Political corruption across ages and modern graft tales
A century of political swindles unfolds from railroad schemes to Tammany Hall. The piece recounts investors borrowing $200,000 to form Central Pacific, bribery that secured land grants and a $27 million federal loan, Tweed’s bribery era and dubious deaths, Huey Long’s bold tactics, and modern vote buying with toys and nurses. It notes billions in graft by officials, citing Tammany’s $75 million take in one year.
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Central Pacific Railroad
Wisconsin’s balanced growth of farms and factories
Wisconsin blends rural life with extensive industries in dairy, cheese, crops, and manufacturing. The state produces corn, wheat, sugar beets, apples, hops, and maple syrup while housing mills, breweries, paper plants, foundries, and vehicle and electrical equipment plants. Steamboats on the Mississippi and Great Lakes traffic aid commerce alongside fast rail and truck routes.
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Wisconsin
Mississippi
Superior
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Racine
Great Lakes
Wis
U. S
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Coulee
Lake Winnebago
Lake Geneva
Madison
Jean Nicolet
Green Bay Area
Wisconsin The Badger State From Pioneers to Industry
Wisconsin, nicknamed the Badger State for its pioneer spirit, grows from vast forests and lakes into a balanced blend of industry and agriculture. Since 1848 statehood, German and Scandinavian immigration fueled railroads, dairy, paper mills, meat packing, and leather products amid a landscape of lakes, rivers, and Great Lakes shoreline.
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Wisconsin
Badger State
Nicolet
Wiskonsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Illinois
Madison
Great Lakes
Chicago
Michigan
Ohio
Tinois
Indiana
Wiseaisle
Soviet Assistance Termed America's Great Mistake
News analyst reviews postwar Europe and U S policy toward Russia. He recalls a German tour, debates Allied strategy, and argues that America erred by pressing for rapid victory and aiding the Soviet Union. The piece discusses Churchill Roosevelt Eisenhower and Russia, the veto tradition, and political fallout at home.
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America
Germany
Europe
Eye Street
N.W
Washingtonia
Russia
England
Dunkirk
Churchill
Balkans
Greece
Berlin
France
Low Countries
Italy
Roosevelt
Stalin
Eisenhower
Boswell
Butcher
Ike
State Department
Political bosses and fake names in a noisy era
A roundup of political corruption, graft, and media exposure across nations and cities. Notes on ward bosses manipulating voter choices, a Senate challenger scheme abandoned after press glare, Twain’s satire, a Wall Street forgery test, Mussolini’s daughter seeking Argentina entry, Belgium’s crown prince, Shanghai gossip about atomic goods, Los Angeles scams, Doris Duke in Hawaii, Irving Berlin hits, and mob threats tied to mayoral power.
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Mussolini
Edda
Italy
Argentina
Crown Prince
Belgium
Shanghai
Los Angeles
M. Falkenburg
Jinx
Irving Berlin
Doris Duke
Honolulu
Paree
N.Y. Ayem
Underworld
Wisconsin Dairy Pioneer Hoard Shapes State Agriculture
A historical editor from Fort Atkinson, long before Wisconsin’s dairy shift, championed dairying over wheat. He founded Hoard's Dairyman, promoting dairy growth through writing, lecturing, and outreach, inspiring German and Scandinavian farmers to shift to dairy and boosting state prosperity.
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University of Wisconsiat
Madison
William Desioster Hoard
Witsatkin
Hoard
Wisconsin
Fort Atkinson
Dairyman
Barbs by Bankhage on Farm Labor and Odd Tidbits
The column lampoons farm life with playful imagery of meat, milk, and daily chores. It hints at shorter farm hours for hired hands and milking timing adjustments, while drifting into quirky asides about everyday mishaps and a clerk mishandling a strawberry cream in a chocolate soda.
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Tweed Ring
New York
Hoss Tweed
Tweed
Capitol Hill
Huey Long
Eis Seiten
Edward Emerine
Omichigan
Llinois
United States
Walter
Goodland
Sharon
Farmer
Security Council
Ghengis Khan
Ghengis
OPA
Congress
Ty Farmer
House of Representatives
Metropoltan
Lillian C. Watford
Tri-State Atomic Information Committee
Washington
Nudle
White House
Senate
House
Hull
Cordell
Mr. Hull
George Norris
Mark Twain
Twain
Wall
Bankhage
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