Mayor Kerns Belleville Reforms Spark Prosperity Growth
A portrait of Belleville Illinois mayor Fred J Kern and his early 1900s reforms. He modernized police with merit medals and strict target practice. He replaced a weak fire department, paved twenty miles of streets, built thirty miles of sewers with a septic tank, and extended cement sidewalks. He annexed land west to Edgemont, reduced interurban fares, eradicated toll roads, and curbed drunkenness by humane court measures.
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Aberdeen
Fred J. Kern
Henry George
Belleville
Illinois
Bellevile
St. Clair County
East St. Louis
Kern
Nolies
Edgemouth
Edgemont
Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago
Supreme Court
Toll Road Company
Justice Courts
Papes Diapep sin advertised to relieve indigestion
Advertisement urges readers to seek Pape's Diapep sin from a pharmacist with a 50 cent case, claiming it cures fermentation and indigestion symptoms within minutes. It describes causes as food fermentation, weak digestive organs, and lack of gastric juice, promising instant relief after taking the product.
Aberdeen Herald Grays Harbor chronicle details
The Aberdeen Herald serves Grays Harbor with a twice weekly edition priced at $1.50 per year in advance.
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Aberdeen Herald
Grays Harbor
Funeral Train Carries Late Governor Cosgrove to Olympia
The special Portland to Olympia funeral train arrived at 6 am bearing the body of Governor Samuel Bedlove Cosgrove. The casket was moved to the capitol rotunda for public viewing and state funeral services were held in the house chamber. A large, diverse turnout including state officers, militia, fraternal groups, and visitors from across Washington attended the burial at Masonic Cemetery.
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Olympia
Portland
Hay
State Senate
House of Representatives
National Cyara of Washington
State Capitol
Capitol
Fairbanks
Japanese Association of
Ashington
Piere County
National Guard
Grays Harbor
Northwestern
Washingington
Teeone
Sentti
House Chamber
Capitol Building
Masonic Cemetery
Samuel Bedlove Cosgrove
Chehalis County Exposition Seeks Superior County Produce
The Chehalis County Commission urges all producers to fertilize and grow top quality berries fruit and vegetables for the A Y P Exposition. Producers are reminded that other regions will showcase their best displays and Chehalis must not fall behind. Space is limited and exhibits may be updated as new samples mature with H D Chapman as executive commissioner available for information.
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Chehalis County
H. D. Chapman
Hay Takes Date of Office as Washington Governor
Marion E. Hay was sworn in as governor of Washington at 10:30 am by Chief Justice Rudkin in Olympia. He succeeds the late Samuel G. Cosgrove, whose brief tenure followed illness and death on Sunday. Hay, the state’s first millionaire governor, faces a pending Supreme Court challenge from former Lt. Governor Charles E. Coon over nominating qualifications.
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M. E. Hay
Cosgrove
Rudkin
Hay
Natures of Ager Pty 7
Wilbur
Charles EK. Coon
Tiny
Supreme Court
Seattle architect plans chosen for city high school
The Chamber of Commerce committee unanimously backed the Seattle plan for the new city high school after reviewing rival proposals from local architects. The move followed the school board's initial adoption of the Seattle design without inviting local entries, prompting public outcry and a competitive call for plans.
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W. J. Patterson
A. L. Davenport
C. M. Weatherwax
E. B. Benn
J. W. Clark
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Annual Gathering at UL Loo Pileuyterial Church
The annual meeting shows year end progress with 60 new members. Officers elected include deacons E B Crary J T Carberry E R Spencer W G Powell I C Bundy and deaconesses Mesdames T C Bundy J A Mapes S McLymont W W Boner A J Stewart. The secretary is J A Mapes treasurer B F Johnson trustee to succeed himself. A banquet followed in the social hall with toasts on the law of the church school and church finances.
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Mondeveaing
E. B. Crary
J. T. Carberry
E. R. Spencer
W. G. Powell
I. C. Bundy
T. C. Bundy
J. A. Mapes
S. McClymont
W. W. Boner
A. J. Stewart
B. F. Johnson
E. E. Boner
A. Newell
Samuel G Cosgrove Washington Governor Biography
Samuel Godlove Cosgrove sixth governor of Washington born April 10 1847 in Tuscarawas County Ohio. Union Army veteran and lawyer who settled in Pomeroy Washington built a substantial farm and political career. Survived by wife Zephyrena two sons Major Howard Cosgrove Elliott E Cosgrove and daughter Mrs Roy J Kinnear. He held various civic roles in G A R Odd Fellows Mason and Elk lodges.
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Samuel Godlove Cosgrove
Washington
Tuscarawas County
Fourteenth
Ohio Infantry
Samuel Cosgrove
Samuel
Gov
Cosgrove
Zephyrena Edgerton
Major Howard Cosgrove
Roy J. Kinnear
Seattle
Elliott E. Cosgrove
Carfield County
Pomeroy
Ohio
Nevada
California
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Herman D. Crow
Supreme Court
Methodist Episcopal Church
Alaska
National Organization of the G. A. R
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Garfield County
Howard
Olympia and
West Prospect Street
Medical Ad Dealers Clash Over Local Papers
A 1909 Grays Harbor dispute shows Chehalis County doctors quitting Aberdeen World Grays Harbor Post and Aberdeen Herald ads for medical fakirs. C V Loy offers billboard ads as alternative in a taunting letter, while The Herald laments losing local physician patrons.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Chehalis County Medical Association
Aberdeen World
Grays’ Harbor Post
Aberdeen Herald
G. E. Chamberlain
I. R. Watkins
O. R. Austin
City
Grays Harbor
West Coast Adv. Bureau
C. V. Loy
The
Herald
Lytle Out as NP Agent. L Mickel in at Aberdeen
M B Lytle, longtime ticket agent for the Northern Pacific depot, has left for Seattle and is replaced by L Mickel. Lytle leaves behind many friends in Aberdeen. The Congregational church boys gymnasium club plans a free basement entertainment tomorrow evening. The Aberdeen council adjourned to Thursday at 7 30 p m in memory of the late Governor Cosgrove.
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M. B. Lytle
Northern Pacific
Seattle
L. Mickel
Lytle
Aberdeen
Congregational Church
W. W. Hart
Cosgrove
Governor appoints state horticulture head and capitol commission
Gov. Hay named F. A. Huntley of North Yakima as state commissioner of horticulture ahead of the April 1 1909 deadline. He also formed a new capitol commission including A. S. Taylor and Alex Nelson plus F. D. Huestis to oversee state lands granted for the capitol buildings. The panel will sell timber lands to fund debt and finish the Capitol project. first meeting is set in Olympia next Friday.
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Olympia
Hay
F. A. Huntley
North Yakima
Capitol Commission
State Board of Medical Examiners
Hoquiam
Chehalis County
F. D. Huestis
Puget Sound
E. W. Ross
J. E. Frost
Capitol
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Belleville, Ill
Ors Parfit
State
Presbyterian Church Review
Samuel G. Cosgrove
the Herald
Gov. Hay
Senator Polson
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