La Follette Defies Speaker in Republican Party Rift
The insurgent Wisconsin senator declares defiance after Speaker Cannon moves to purge the party. The piece frames a clash between progressives led by La Follette and Cannon backed forces, arguing for a free ballot and authentic Lincolnian Republican roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coma
Senator la Follette
Seattle
Wis
la Follette
Follette
Republican Party
Cannon
R.M. LA Follette
St Elgin
Cummins
la Pollette
Bope
Cann
Progressive Repub
Lincoln
Con Cannon
Special
United States
Sumner Sam Curtie
Carl Schurz
Foland Grant
Tammany
Tiger
New York
Congress
Erteis
Cox
Cincinnati
Sullivan
John
Cannoniam
Jeffries Jennn Signed for World Heavyweight Bout in California
James J Jeffries and Jack Jenn eon signed final articles for a heavyweight title fight to be held in California by July 5 1910. The winner earns 75 percent of the purse with 5 000 side bets from each fighter. The bout may reach 45 rounds or end earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eon
Albany
Cali
Fornia
San Francisco
Warrant Likely for King County Game Warden
King county game warden Harry Rief faces an arrest warrant on charges of improper conduct in office. He allegedly used informers to obtain half the fines from game law violations, with Edith Geiger claiming and others certifying informer status. The case centers on the legality of informer proceeds and the rubber stamp signatures accompanying the claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Rief
King County
Robert T. Hodge
Rief
Court House
O. K
Justice of the Peace Carroll
H. Rief
Vanderveer
E. T. Geiger
Edith Geiger
Game Warden
Justice of the Peace
John E. Carroll
Justice Carroll
K. T. Geiger
BE. T. Geiger
Eb.t. Geiger
Dr Cook The Twentieth Century Sphinx Moral Battle of Claims
A portrait of Dr. Cook as a polarizing figure, praised for moral courage and condemned as a fraud. The piece portrays supporters and detractors, arguing over truth, science, and the Mount McKinley controversy, and frames Cook as a enigmatic twentieth century sphinx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrill and
Printz
A. Cook
Mount McKinley
Cook
Verieat
God
Dr. Cook
E & Spicentess
Science
The Lean Years Are Upon Us in Hill
A summary of James J. Hill's critique in The World’s Work on U S farm decline. The piece argues lean food supplies, urban poverty, and land misuse threaten the nation as farm output lags Britain and Germany. It calls for widespread model farms, rural schools, crop rotation, soil renewal, and stock raising to secure national food and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Northwest
United
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Samuel Johnson
Agricultural College
Hill's Warning to the Farmers
The piece urged farmers to view farming as an exact science rather than luck driven. It argued that a national food supply underpins social order and industrial progress, stressing disciplined methods beyond chance.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cannon, the Wolf
Senator Robert M. Lafollette
Jeff
Jack
Bulletin
James J. Jeffries
Jack Jenn
Reif
Miss Geiger
T. J. Dillon
James J. Hill
Doubleday-Page
Daily Star
the Star
Jas, J. Hill
Hill
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!