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The Washington times., 1924-03-08

She finally decided to sue him
for divorce and phoned for her
lawyer to come over and see her.
But the lawyers wife said she
couldn't disturb him because he
WIS trying to hear Seattle on his
new set.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

For years, husbands have tip
t0ed around the house 80 as not
to awaken the baby, now it's the
wives turn to be quiet while the
husbands try to listen to the
broadcasting from San Francisco
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

She called up forty-seven New
York attorneys, and every one of
them was listening to broadcast
ing programs.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

If some folks done all they
was goin' to do they wouldn't be
nothin' left for the rest of us to
do.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

One man almost choked his
wife to death for kissing him
just az he was about to tune in
WDAP, Chicago.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

It's wonderfully romantic for a
woman to tell her husband she
loves him but he'd much prefer
to hear the announced at SJAX,
Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

She succeeded in locating one
guy who wasn't sitting at his
set, and he was up on the roof
fixing the aerial.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

He'd rather hear a raspy voice
in Pittsburgh say ''This is KDKA"
than have his bride whisper, 81
love you, dear"
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

Teller that's drinkin' bootleg
always thinks it's something else
the matter with him,
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

He claimed she could have
saved her kisses until Monday
night, when MI tho Chicago sta
tiOns arc silent.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

Sophy Spriggins says they
Amt no red nor green shoes
walkin' the straight and narrer
Nath.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

amt got no sympathy for
the Teller that's always tryin to
sweep UP sunshine an put.
clouds in it's place.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

A woman used to have a hard
Job keeping her husband at home.
Now she can't get him out of the
house.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

Polly Pelker, who says she's
the best ballet dancer in the viii
lage, can't git a chance to show
off cause the reform society
says no one shan't wear them
wicked kind of skirts hereabouts.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

The only difference in having
a dead husband and one who's Q
radio fan is that once in q while
q dead husband comes to life.
Copyright, 1924, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

Way I look at 1t, the Demon
Rum is havin' many a good
hearty laugh these days.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

I've found that the best way
20 give advice to some chaps
u to keep your mouth shet.
The Washington times., 1924-03-08

Deke Spriggins seems to think
that the more you go round
wearin' a long face an shoutin'
you're a sinner the better chance
you got Of gettin' to the place
where you want to go.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-16
UniuersitySoil
Extension Worker
Makes History

Professor Griffith Richards, ex-
tension worker from the Soils. De-
partment of the University of Wis
consin. had the honor and dis
tinction of arranging for and con :
Quoting the first agricultural ex-
tension meeting that was ever con.
Quoted within the boundaries of
DellGna Township. Sank County,
last night October 9Th at the Del
Iona Central school district No. 4.
AS might be expected the meet
ing was not large for the farmers
there are not in the habit of at
tending meetings of this kind
They did not know what to ex-
pect and evidently many people in
the township were not curious
enough to come and find out what
was going on. 1t was a good
thing however that, many more
did not come because the seating
of the school was taxed
to the limit even as it was when
abou*5 Is folks came. Dqllona
Township has no town hall in
which to hold meetings of this
kind. Up to the present they
have seen little need for a town
hall but this was the first but will
not be the last meeting for the in
terest displayed by those present
gave assurance that they will want
to hold more meeting in the fu-
ture. In face arrangements are
being made to hold one
day Soil Fertility school here
some time during November or De
cember.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-16
General Grants Visit As'fEa y
To De0iLs Lake In 1880
By 0. d. Brandenburg

col. Villas later, then attorney gen
eral for the postofice department,
editor Of the Madison Democrat
just preceding the writer and final
ly dean of law at the University Of
Wisconsin. Col. f. d. Grant was
with his father atsCoI. Villas home,
Capt. Dexter M. Kasson of Milwau-
kee also was with the party, and
Col Charles King, military com
mandant at the university, had &
leading part in all the formalitics
Of the occasion. Gen. Grant knew
him well as a dashing young soldier
and also as the son of Gen. Rufus
King, another famous fighter.
At Devils Lake
Wednesday morning, Sept. 8, 1880
at 8:15 a special train conveyed
Gen. Grant, Col. Villas, Mayor P. {.
SpOoner and others to Devils Lake,
where a few hours were agreeably
spent in viewing the delightful
scenery of that region" The party
arrived at about 10 o'clock and tar
ried some two hours. Capt. w 3.
Pearl, manager of the Cliff House,
had a sprightly young daughter,
Agatha, in her early teens; and to
this day she cherishes an album in
which are the autographs Of both
Gen. Grant and his son, which she
had blithely solicited. Also Col.
Villas pleasantly penned his name.
This extraordinary visit was thus
mildly recorded in a Baraboo paper
of September 18th in just fourteen
lines, entirely without caption:
Gen. Grant. accompanied by Gov.
Smith and q select party of ladies
and gentlemen, came up to Devils
Lake last Wednesday on a special
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-16

Gen. u. S. Grant, greatest captain
of his day, and twice president Of
the republic, once gallantIy refuY-
ed glass Of rare old Wisconsin
wine at Devils Lake because for
sooth a fair young girl had just
done so! Yet this famous soldier
according to. careless report, was
never conspicuously ayerse now
and then to a wee bit of the elixir
that stimulates.
At Milwaukee also, in June, 1880,
Grant consistently declined intoXi-
cants, and at Platteville an intimate
friend, accompanying him to that
city from Galena in 1868, pro
nounced him total abstainer"
The interesting episode respect
ing this wine occurred at Devils
Lake on September 8, 1880 Gen.
Grant was the guest Of Col. Will
liam +. Villas in Madison, the state
fair being in progress, and he well
coined the opportunity Of an in
triguing morning to spend a few
hours at this picturesque lake,
where, in the romantic easterly
nook, nestled the rambling old Cliff
House, owned by Col. Villas, close
under the beetling quartzite bOul-
ders Of the rugged bluff.
For two days Cen Grant had
been spending some hours at the
state fair, held then at historic OLE
Camp Randall in Madison whore
thousands Of Wisconsin troops
rendezvoused before going to the
front and where they were mus
tered out later now the scene
annually of thrilling gridiron con-
tents
Gen. Grants party included Col.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-16
Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their
kindness and help during the death
of our father.
Mrs. Mary Smith
Ward Shepherd and family
Charles Smith and family
Herman Smith and family
Cecil Raymont and family
George OFT and family
Mrs. Tillie Fields
Emil Smith
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-16


General, what's your estimate
of the height of that bluff" point
ing to the west elevation near the
Claude home.
about $40 feet was the reply,
after casual appraisement.
1t is sos feet, - not by any
means bad guess; but General
Grant was ever accredited with a
remarkably quick eye that took
in topography at a glance"
Methodists Put One over
Apparently the stay at the lake
was indeed brief, since we are
told that the excursionists re
turned to Madison at noon," going
direct to the fair grounds where,
to booming cannon, at one O'Clock,
Grant and the others ''partook Of
Granger dinner at. the Metho-
dist dining hail.. The canny
Methodists had cleverly posted in
front of their stand a portrait of
Grant encircled with flowers and
bearing this legend:
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-16

train. The general took a trip
around the lake on the steamer,
which Capt. Thompson had decor
ated for the occasion, and returned
almost Immediately after. When
it became known in town that this
distinguished guest was coming, a
number of our citizens went to the
lake to pay their respects to hin,
but so short was the notice that
comparatively few were in time
to meet the general"
Capt. Thomas Thompson's steam
or was tie Minnewaukan, small
w0odburner that could accommo-
date so or 90 passengers and was
capable of making the circuit of the
lake in less than an hour.
The only other Baraboo journal
of that day, Ford's Democrat,
edited by a stout old Kentucy bour-
bon named Ford, who abominated
the Grants, and all other repubG-
cans, made no reference Whatevc
to the presence Of the renowned
soldier only three miles away!
Grant Refuses Wine
The boat stopped at Kirkland,
end the party visited the wine Gel
lar who're Noble G. Kirk, proprietor
set FORT his choicest vintage.
The youthful Pearl girl, now Mrs.
II. A. Oswald and mistress of the
Episcopal rectory at Crawford, New
Jersey, where her nephew resides,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-16

Frederick Dent Grant, eldest son
Of the general, who died in 1912 on
Governors Island, New York, while
military commander Of the depart
ment of the east, and Gen. W. T..
Rowley, who was a court clork at
Galena when Grant, with wife and
four little children, very poor, ar.
rived from St. Louis in May of 1885,
to join his two brothers as clerk III
the leather store which Grant $
father had established years Pc
fore. at the time Of the Deyi 5
Lake visit Gen. Rowley was tho
last surviving officer of Grants or
iginal staff. He was democrat
till the startling occurrence at Fort
Sumter, but instantly proclaimed
his loyalty to the union and was
out with Grant at once making Pa
triotic speeches to secure enlist-
ments During the war Gen. Grant
promoted him rapidly, just as he
had elevated to high posts varioHs
other intimatos made during his
eleven months at Galena during
those early trying days, notably
Gen. Rawlins, his favoritc stat
officer who was in his first cabinet
as secretary of wa.
Other Heroic Figures
Gen Rowley was the house guest
in Madison of Gen Edwin e. B.N-i
ant, himself a Judge advocate dur
ing the war, long war partner Of
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-16
Man Jailed With
Burglar Outfit

Portage officers recently arrested
a man hanging about town there
and found in his possession CON-
plete set of burglar tools and re-
volver. He gave his name as Fred
Martin of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-16

has often told, when the wine
was offered, how she had politely
responded with pert ''No, thank
YOU" whereupon Gen. Grant gar
lantly remarked:
''Well, I'll not take it either, if
this little girl doesn't t."
Another incident may be noted.
In brave effort to especially honor
Gen. Grant, Capt. Thompson had
borrowed a handsome chair AMI
rug from the Louis J. Claude home
near by, but it CHANGED that this
graceful attention mostly went for
naught, since Gen Grant failed en-
tirely to occupy that particular
chair, according to the observant
little Pearl girl,
Noble G. Thompson of Minnea-
polls, a son oil capt Thompson,
contributes sCne interesting data
"It was a beautiful, warm day
and the lake was calm. father had
the boat nicely decorated with flags
and flowers and Mr.. Claude had let
him take quite number of lion,
leopard and tiger skin rugs which
were placed on the deck There
were not many on the boat outside
Of the generals party. can re-
member Mr.. Claude and his daugh-
ter Louise, Mr.. Pearl and daughter
Agatha, MY mother and little sister.
MI Brown, who looked after the
engine, father and myself. There
may have been two or three others
but not many more. After we left
the dock my sister Louise MRS.
III. o. Terwilliger) ; then about six
years old, presented the general
with a package of views of the
lake. He was sitting by himself
with his hands on his cane and his
chin resting on his hands. He
barely looked up and seemed lost
in thought. He kept this position
nearly all the time and seemed %
take no interest in anyone or am
thing.
1--WE went around the lake ST."
ly and the ladies served some re-
freshments. When the party left
the boat father went up to the hotel
with the general and had some con
versation with him and in the
office picked up a sheet Of paper
and asked the general for his auto
graph, saying something about us
children wanting it. The general
signed his name and passed the
paper to Fred Grant who signed it
three times, once for each of us
In someway this paper has been
lost.
GAS l was ol.y about ten years
old at the time this all took place
1 can not be very positive about
some points, but looking back J
would say that the general looked
and acted like man either deeply
worried or completely exhausted
from his long trip.
Another member Of the family
gives a triding variant version to
the effect that when General Grant
boarded the steamer he was met
by Louise, little daughter of Cap
tain Thompson, and presented with
a bouquet Of native flowers, which
act he seemed to accept as mat
ter of course and made no response.
The Girl Pilot
Another maiden who appears
in this story is Miss
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= * * = * = x y 81 y
GENERAL GRANT +
WILL DINE HERE *
AT / O'CLOCK TODAY *


Naturally the place was packed
while a vast throng could not be
accommodated at all! A large
table was reserved for Gen. Grant
and we well may believe that
the very handsomest of maidens
of the church had been selected
to wait upon the distinguished
guests Of course"
After dinner Gen. Grant "took
in the show in detail" lingering
especially over the livestock; and
the day before he had done the
same, visiting all departments.
On this day, September 8, 1880,
| had my first and last view of
Gen. Grant. was returning from
Baraboo for my second year at
the university, and as | passed
along, the Madison station plat
form late in the afternoon. Gen.
Grant had just alighted from a
carriage, beside which he was
standing. | noted particularly a
large splotch Of dust or stain upon
the lower part OF his long black
frock coat, in front, and l recall
that rather unimportant circum-
stance even more wildly than any
thing else of personal nature
Gen. Grant, his visit ended, VIZ
then departing for Chicago, and
considerable thrOng was at the
station, yet l had no difficulty in
edging close enough to obtain a
near view, perhaps not more than
thirty feet away. The fall term Of
the university opened that very
day, and doubtless many other
students were privileged to see the
famous soldier.
Frank T. Thompson, another son
of Capt. Thompson, says the Mime
waukan was duly christened with
wine, the bottle broken on its
prov by Louise Claude, as the boat
started into the water. This was
in 1872 or 1873.
Grant was So when at Devils lake
and he died five years later. The
writer is clearly of the conviction
that Grant was never in Wisconsin
after September s, 1880.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-11-14
EIGHT HOUR LABEL FOR
UNION EXPORT GOODS

By international Labor News Service.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 13.-
Outline of a plan suggested by the
international Federation of Trade
Unions to safeguard and extend the
8-hour work day in every civilized
nation, is interesting labor executives
here. The plan is based on the sue
cessful use Of the union label by trade
unions of the United States.
Briefly the plan provides for the
labelling with an Eight Hours Mark"
of all goods exported from countries
which have not ratified the Washing
ton Eight Hour Convention. In a
statement from its headquarters at
Amsterdam, Holland, the Federation
says:
ANY new suggestions which prom
Uses to be Of use in safe guarding the
8-hour day deserves very careful at
tention in these days, when employers
are 50 eagerly trying to abolish this
very inconveaient limitation to their
powers Of exploiting the workers. 1t
was recognized at the Washington
Conference in 1919 that the S-hour
day would have to be secured inter-
nationally, for if it were not, the door
would be open to unfair competition
by countries which refuse to adopt it.
International Action Needed
s'Trade unionists know now even
better than they did in 1919 that if
one country defaults, all the others
must suffer as a result, and that no
country is really safe so long as the
workers of another country work
more than eight hours. Here and
there plans have been considered
with aim at stronger action by the
international trade union movement
to compel countries which do not adj
here to the 9-hour day to observe the
provisions Of the Washington Con-
ventiOn.
'aThe union-label system Of America
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-11-14
Progressive Thought Is Victorious

, a hundred times all the effort, all the
devotion and all the money that has
been put into it. The Progressive
campaign has awakened scores of
thousands to their civic responsible
ties. It has made people think about
the problems that affect their lives.
1t has inspired them to do noble
work. It has enriched their lives. The
moral and intellectual value of the
campaign is inestimable.
The good influence of the campaign
on organized labor, we believe, can
not be overestimated either. The in
dorsement by labor of the Progressive
candidates and the splendid support
it has given to the campaign has won
the admiration of every forward-look-
ing man and woman. The self-sacri-
ficing devotion of the rank and file of
labor in this campaign has been an
inspiration. Promoted by no selfish
motive, actuated only by desire for
new deal in government the workers
contributed unsparingly of their time
and energy. Working together in this
great cause new bonds of unity were
forged among t hem which will
strengthen the labor movement. So
universally loved by trade unionists is
Robert M. La Toilette that there has
been no bitterness in this campaign
among the members of organized labor
who supported him and those who
still adhere to the old parties.
Whether the election is won or not
the forces of progress are victorious.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-11-14

gagged in finishing processes, refuse
cooperation, the whole scheme would
fall to the ground.
eBut organized workers would soon
realize that much can be done in this
way to secure better working eondi-
tons for comrades in other eeun-
tries, and to safeguard the s-hour day
IN their own country. Then, too, in
countries where the 8-hour day is a
practical reality, and not a dead let
ter, public opinion would undoubtedly
be on the side of the workers, as in
these countries long working hours
are universally regarded as an unfair
way of competing in the world market.
Plan Can Be Put Through
"The above are, of course, broad
outlines only. There would, of course,
have to be an enormous amount of
preparatory work. But the very fact
that the success of the scheme does
not depend on winning the support Of
an apathetic public so much as upon
the enthusiastic whole1hearted CO.
operation of the workers who are to
benefit by it should be some guar
antee of the possibility Of putting II
through. At any rate it is worth
the thoughtful consideration of all
who are interested in the introduction
or maintenance of the 8-hour day"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-11-14

By the time this issue reaches our
readers one of the most brilliant cam
paigns in American history will have
ended. A nation wearied of time
worn superficial issues of the two old
parties has been inspired by the vital,
social and economic issues projected
into the campaign by the Progressive
movement. Long deceived by boss con-
trolled parties of an opportunity to
vote for candidates and issues other
than those acceptable to our political
despots, the people in this campaign
were enabled to express a preference
as between government by, of, and
for the privileged interests and gov
eminent by, of, and for the people
themselves.
The real issue in America, the issue
which politicians have obscured in a
haze of dead and unessential issues,
were brought ont into the light of in
quiry and discussion. The encroaca-
ment of the privileged few upon the
rights of the many, the power of the
private monopoly system over the
political and economic life of the peo-
pie, war and peace, the rights of or
ganized labor, the problems of agri-
culture, the evils of the courts, the in
junction, public ownership of natural
those issues that are close
to the life and labor of the American
people formed the basis of the Pro-
gressive campaign.
This campaign has been worth to
the Progressive movement in America
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-11-14

is well known, and, generally speak
ing, the results do not seem to be
unsatisfactory. Why should not
similar system be used to safeguard
the 8-hour day? All goods exported
from a country which has not ratified
the Washington Eight-Hour Conven-
ton would then have to bear a label
with the words Eight Hour Mark
It would, of course, be the business
of the trade unions to control the
labelling of the goods. Goods without
this mark would be refused transit
by the transport workers of the coun-
try of destination, or even of any
ransit country which they would
have to pass through; and in certain
cases northumberland goods), the
workers of the country of designation
would refuse to use them for finishing
processes.
Transport Workers Aid Required
at would of course, be absolutely
essential to have the cooperation of
international transport workers; but
in the case of semi-manufactured
goods, such as iron and steel, which
are being sent to another country to
be used for manufacturing the fin
ished article it would also be neces-.
sary to secure the assistance of the
workers engaged in the finishing pro-
eesses.
'Precaution would also have to be
taken, similar to those now success
fully adopted by the British building
unions, who see to it that all doors,
ETC., emported from abroad bear a
special stamp OF are accompanied by
declaration from the trade union of
the exporting country guaranteeing
their manufacture in conformity with
the provisions Of the agreements
made by the trade union.
Success Up to Workers
ain the United States, appeal is
made to the public not to buy goods
which do not bear the union label.
In the case Of goods with the Eight
Hours Label it is not so much the
general public as the organized work.
ers to whom appeal would have to be
made, for everything would depend
upon them. If, for instance the
transport workers OF the workers en-
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-11-14

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 49,
Residents of the United States are
now enjoying a cost Of living standard
which is lower in comparison with the
pre-war period than the standard in
nearly all other principal countries
According to the most recent COM
parative data received by the Federal
Reserve Board, the prices of necessi-
ties in Canada only are closer to the
pre- war period than in this country
Prices are higher in England, Belgium,
France and Italy. The Reserve
Boards data shows the cost of living
in percentage increase above the pre-
war period, as follows:
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-11-14

The term cost of living includes not
only food but all other major necessi-
ties like clothing, shelter, fuel and
miscellaneous essential expenditures.
The Federal Reserve Boards re-
ports of the price level Of foreign
countries are received from and
worked out by statisticians and econ
omists in those countries.