Wisconsin political notes and city affairs draft
A Wisconsin newspaper item discusses E. C. Wall withdrawing from a national committeeman race, naming J. M. Clancy as proxy, and criticizes the move as aligning with gold Democrats. It also covers city hall succession questions, imperial edicts from Pekin, and national ticket chatter with Bryan and McKinley among contenders.
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Rose
Wall
National Committee
Wisconsin
Lise
Clancy
Wail
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic Party of
Bryan
Eugene V. Devs
Social Democracy
Wharton Barker
Tgittlus Donnelly
Wooley and
Metcalf
Prohibition
Towne
McKinley
Roosevelt
Kansas City
Prayerful Spirit Breaths Through the Face of Prayer
Poem fragment attributes blessing to prayer and divine communion. It reflects on spiritual repose shaping inner truths beyond spoken words, urging frequent prayer during pleasure and rest. The lines quote Olly Wheeler Wilcox from a June Woman's Home Companion column.
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Olly Wheeler Wilcox
The
June Woman’s Home Companion
Strane
Franklin
Washington
Scofield opposition and county caucus tensions arise
The Wausau Record notes Governor Scofield faces La Follette’s candidacy with tempered opposition. Waukesha county praises reform while Madison Journal discusses caucus pressures and the Oconto Republicans’ reaction amid public welfare concerns. A Winnebago evaporation note highlights water loss impacting paper mills and groundwood pulp supply.
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Scofield
la Follette
Wausau Record
Oconto County
Commonwealth
Edward Scofield
Oconto
Avan
la Follatte
Madison Journal
Notes by the Funny Men And Public Quips
A collage of joke lines from various papers including tributes and quips about politicians, censuses, high heels, bicycles, and eclipses. The snippets parody public figures and social norms, with humor about money, aging, fashion, and households.
Magazine notices and new editions in midyear publications
The Banker and the Boar by H. J. Wooster nears a second large edition. Cleland argues independence of the executive against Congress. McClure's features a Bryan portrait by William Allen White. Women's Home Companion discusses household topics and early American history. Linwood Lincoln? Lincolnton? Lincolnette? Linplncott's Magazine offers a complete novel per issue and strong fiction. Sowah Allen's Wife prompts new pieces for The Ladies' Home Journal.
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Banker
Boar
H. J. Wooster
Mecminen Company
Linpincott
Iime
New York Welcome After Sea Journey and Customs Tangle
A passenger describes returning to New York from Europe aboard the Steamship, citing relief at sight of land and a smooth customs exam. Officials at quarantine and aboard the ship perform baggage checks, with a chalk-marked inspection process and concerns about duty on purchases. The writer contrasts European travel with American life, noting New York’s vitality and openness, and shares scenes of the harbor, streets, and hotel transfer.
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New York Harbor
New York
State News Highlights From Wisconsin Localities
A garbled Wisconsin wire details varied items: repairs on Sour Shore Road, To Wrvtsee Daly di, and a busy January calendar with the Catholic KRolehia event and the Wistonain State Onteopathle association. It notes divorce sought by Emma Shadbolt, multiple street tramps, strawberry shipments from Sturgensy, a lecture by Bishop Messmer, Rev. Gaylord taking New London pastorate, a law partnership formed by Theodora W. Brazeau and Grand Rapids mayor, and condolences for a business death. Also reports on a Green Bay police round up, rescue at sea near Sheboygan, a Madison cam proprietor missing, and local mill and river conditions affecting operations.
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Hamlin Garkina
West Sajem
Pome West
Sour Shore
West Superior
Wisconsin
Daly
Wistonain
Janeswithy
Emma Sha
Messmer
Our Lady of Lourdes
Marinette
WL OR. Gaylord
Congregational Church of
New London
Gaylord
Virgin
Theodora W. Brazeau
Law School
University of Wisconsin
R. R. Gomzins
Grand Rapids
Mra
Frank Famal
Appleton
Northwestern Railway Company
Mar Femal
Green Bay
Sterling Scetey
Philip Hira
Louis Albrecht
Sheboygan
Fathear Juley
Stockiridge
Auta
Tutner Marquette
Wott
Madison
Common Council
Hood's Sarsaparilla Blood Purifier Story
A brief tale extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as America's greatest blood medicine. It claims pure blood ensures health and links disease to impure blood.
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America
Rungeli Sage Keeps Glasses Through Hard Times
In Crete Kusaelly Spee, the Rungeli Sage earns fame for thrift, wearing the same eyeglasses for nearly a quarter of a century. The metal frame breaks repeatedly, repairs are common, and vendors beg him to replace them, yet he vows to wear them until death.
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Denton
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Canton
Europe
Li Hung Chane
Peskin
Thore
Seymour
Peki
Crete
Thele Rungeli
Fa Tune
New York
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Mitwanfs
Vnte New York
Northwestern
HB. D
Paris Row
Worthwestern
Wisconsin Telaphons Company
Via
Milwaukee News
Miwaukee
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Mr. Wall
Binwell
Propia
Madison Democrat
Coler
Champaign
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Comptrovier
Providency
United States Monetary League
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Preas
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Milwaukee
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God
Long Jones
Waukesha County
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Lone
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Indianapolis Journal
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Chicago Tribune
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Mr. Dolen
Washington Star
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Boyville
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Ladies’ Home Journal
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the Northwestern
New Washington Bridge
Karlom River
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Carnmbia University
Tre Mewlore Phillie
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Chanters van Phe
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de. Haffkine
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Tetngley
Bhy Smithaontin Instation
Frank Leslie
John Quincy Adams
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Egekith Butterworth
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Goion Square, New York
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Elieen
Comptroller of
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Shiwino
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Aldo
Chamberlain
Racine
Citie South Harbor
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Eppiness
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Childewe Teater
Ie Mou
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