National political chatter stirs in Wisconsin papers
The Daily Northwestern reports on campaign tactics and conditional orders amid Taft vs. Roosevelt debates, critiquing party strategies, business agitation, and press influence. It notes editorials, editorials, and public sentiment shaping the election discourse and warns of panic and distrust in economic conditions.
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Acconhas Lo
Ma Taft
Gary
Ceameygrence
Resenen
Yuling Veaneet
Moreeser
Fem
Astness
Wombenay
Agi
Taft
Thia
Epeik
Pantie
Dimurbaare
Iano
What Debs Stands For In This Socialist Platform
Debs and the Socialist Party are urged as a national force with strong Milwaukee county roots. The piece cites The New York Call and outlines a program favoring worker ownership of production, rent control, public goods, and broad social reforms while warning against rapid upheaval and urging cautious support based on potential political and economic consequences.
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Debs
Socialista
Bocaulstry
Milwaukee
Sowaliasty
Saclanete Prapafanda
Dele
Antiliste
Dekia
New York
Democratic
Arte
Dehs
Cheveland
Rome
Wien
Gileye
Ely
Ely Hlantlan
Bogey Man Prophecies Followed by a Sham Critique
The piece rebukes an orator nicknamed the Bogey Man who warned of dire economic and social collapse under McKinley and the Republicans. It cites past failed predictions on wages, mortgages, and trade, noting events disproved his forecasts. It also muses on invention from printing to electricity, and comments on Wisconsin voters and the 1896 campaign atmosphere.
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Mr Dryan
Oman
Tileaki
F McKinley
Republican Party
Faullang
Bryan
Miss Petticoats to Play at Grand Opera House Saturday
Amusements note a clever stage adaptation of a New England comedy Miss Petticoats praised by Boston editors as wholesome and sincere. The Goaton theater production features authentic seaport village life with detailed scenery and finish, promising a bright future for the playwrights.
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New England
Itaelf
Miss Petticoats
Hoeia
Neen
Grand Opera House
Courtroom scene unfolds as mother finds long-lost daughter
Myrtle Barber, fifteen, at a Catholic protectory learns her mother Flora Avery, of Spearfish, is real. Habeas corpus brings Mary Stafford to the New York Supreme Court, with Barber now Stafford claiming kidnapping years ago. The mother, divorced and remarried, seeks custody as the girl meets her after fourteen years apart.
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New York
Myrtle Fiarber
Catholic Protectory
Unele
Flora
Avery
Spearfish
Supreme Court
Marnie Barber
Mary Stafford
Courh
Charles Barber
Tila
South Dakota
Harber
Stafford
Barber
Big Cfty
Wisconsin university rivalries spark tense campus row
A lifelong Northwestern correspondent condemns Madison upperclassmen for harassing freshmen with a poster and ducking threats. The letter urges swift law enforcement and calls the university to curb rowdy acts defying state law, university rules, and decency. It rails against Ku Klux Klan vibes and public disorder on campus and in town.
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Northwestern
East Madison Depot
Wisconsin University
pubMc
India
America
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Ku Klux — Klan
Wheeler
Windsor
Madison Powers
Oshkosh
Guthrie Tax Valuation and European News Highlight
Guthrie Oklahoma reports a taxable valuation of d dollars, up from 1 040 000 last year. Imm directory figures hint at a 2 percent population rise to 42 595 in Superior. Budapest unveils a monument to the late Crown Prince Rudolf amid European intrigue. Persian minister Morteza Kaho, Jon, estimates about 4 600 persons in the near future.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
IMM
Budapest
Rudolph
Europe
Jon
Morteza Kaho
United States
Taft reception in Ohio and scattered news items
Ohio workingmen give Taft a cordial reception while other items note Mrs Arthur Walters death from lockjaw after fourteen teeth were plated a Taft state race outlook by Republican leaders a murder indictment discussion in Chicago a note on Mrs Elkins and Duke Abruzzi a Bryan oppose circular alleged by Democratic Chairman Mack cholera cases in St Petersburg and deaths from the disease a French Parliament opening and income tax plans Edna Tropper's court testimony on gifts from AOQ Brown Martinique ash fall on Guadeloupe Mount Soufriere activity and cabinet promotions in Britain Bonaparte on Sherman anti trust prosecutions. Lionel and Virginia's first week of school ends with a boy's prideful remark about kissing Bergaing.
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Ohio
Taft
Arthur Walters
Belvidere
Taman
Munn
Chicago
Fanny Thompson Rame
Elkins
Duke Abruzzi
Mack
Bryan
St. Petersburg
Edna Wallace Tropper
New York
AOQ Brown
Martinique
Vincent
Guadeloupe Island
Soufrier
Press Bureau
Democratic National Committee
Notes by the Funny Men in a Delineator Piece
A Delineator humorous column compiles light vignettes from children and adults. Jokes cover school, family life, and everyday mishaps with playful twists about sleeves, peanuts, and a boy mispronouncing words.
Newspapers mock politics fashion and finance in Wisconsin
A survey of modern print humor and politics cites the Racine News on oil lawyers the Milwaukee Journal on fall fashions and humor, La Crosse speech by Senator La Follette, and editorials from Marinette, Wausau, Fond du Lac, Milwaukee Press, and Appleton Post. It notes Taft Hughes Bryan Roosevelt themes and Wisconsin shifts in La Follette’s influence.
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Standard Oil Company
Racine News
Bryan
Milwaukee Sentinel
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Senator la Follette
la Crosse Leader Press
Public Schools of
America
Marinette Eagle-Star
Taft
Roosevelt
Wausau Record-Herald
Aize
Sherman
Fond du Lac
Hughes
Weat
Aeem
Hig Combeyeren
Appleton Post
Evensong and the Timber Wing Romance
A poem excerpt narrates a courtship where a maid desires firs and a suitor longs to repay with timber. He cannot pay, she later marries a famous timber wing named Oakleigh Hawthorne Underwood, and their life in Hemlock Beech is noted, per Horare Dodd Gastit in Success Magazine.
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Oakleigh Hawthorne Underwood
Hemlock
Success Magazine
Typhoid Claims More in Sheboygan Area News
The brief report notes ongoing typhoid fatalities in Sheboygan, alongside various Wisconsin items. A $90 altar was dedicated at St Paul’s Episcopal Church. Plymouth Green Bay’s race track property is being platted for market. Fond du Lac adopts fireproof garages for autos. Fire destroys Heddie’s Lumber Yard and nearby structures at a loss near $40,000.
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Sheboygan
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Plymouth Green Bay
Fond du Sac
Appleton
Fannie Winans
John Winans
Milwaukee
Hae
Max Sontag
Heddie
East Troy
David Linen
Washington Street
Racine
Manitowoc Dry Dock Company
Chicago
Charles Buas
Oconomewose
Lebanon
William J. Lemp
St. Louis
A. H. Mand«lan
Oconomoweec
Nathan Ascher
Marinette
Mennel Harden
Vhtef
Milwaukee Fire Department
United States
Department
Orden Evenson
West
A. K. Sagena
Beloit Pollen
J. C. Menning
Durand
Flemming
Indianapolis
Ind
A. W. Wilmarth
Chippewa Falls
Charles Gorst
Mendota
W. A. Gordon
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
M.C. Bergh
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