Woman Suffrage Bill Signed by Governor Dunne in Illinois
Governor Dunne signed the woman suffrage bill in the Illinois statehouse amid a gala scene. Suffrage leaders and lobbyists, including Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout and Miss Margaret Haley, watched as four pens were used to sign the measure for souvenirs. The event featured photographs for distribution and funds raised from royalties to support an educational campaign in Illinois.
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Springfield
Dunne
Illinois
Mrs. Dunne
Statehouse
Trout
Booth
Funk
William McKin Jey
B. H. McCann
House
William L. Sullivan
Fred W. Rinck
W. H. Richards
Senate
Margaret Haley
Chicago Teachers’ Federation
Miss Haley
Chicago
Gettysburg the Turning Point of the Civil War
The three day battle at Gettysburg halted Lee's northern invasion and shifted the war. Union and Confederate forces suffered deep losses with about 24 000 Union deaths and nearly 30 000 Confederate deaths or wounds. General Meade led the Union while Lee commanded the Confederates.
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Gettysburg
Lee
North
George G. Meade
Longstreet
Ewell
A. P. Hill
John F. Reynolds
W. S. Hangcock
D. E. Sickles
Sykes
Sedgwick
Q O. Howard
Sloc
Little Round Top
Sickles
Peach Orchard
Cemetery Hill
Culp's Hill
the Devil's den
Weed
Pickett
Virginia
Baron Na than guards room with no chairs in his city retreat
The reminiscence recalls Lord Rothschild's father Baron Nathan forbidding chairs in his private room to deter time wasters. French secretary Gavard notes visits to St Swithins Lane for Franco German indemnity matters, often urgent. The passage then shifts to a satirical aside on cigars, comparing wrappers and types to people and choices.
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Lord Rothschild
Baron Nathan
Charles Gavard
London
Gavard
St. Swithins Lane
Crane Indicted for Murder in St. Louis Native's Death
Springfield reports Frank D. Crane a nonunionist indicted for the stabbing death of union carpenter Robert Allen Wilson during a June 19 brawl sparked by a strike. Several others, including William Fagan, were hurt as tensions between union and nonunion workers flared.
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A. L. Bowen
American Association of Officials of Charities and Corrections
Springfield
A. L Bowen
Illinois State Charities Commission
National Association
George 8. Wilson
Washington, D. C
Ralph E. Smith
Madison
Wis
J. L. Reilly
Schenectady
N. Y
William T. Cross
Columbia, Mo
Robert W. Hall
Albany
State Civil Service Commission
Margaret McCumisky
Anna McCumisky
Clare A. Crickett
Peoria State Hospital
Elmer Aiken
Chicago State Hospital
Pearle J. Justice
Elgin State Hospital
Shirley W. Bostrand
Lincoln State School
Land Colony
Baxter Harrison
Joseph Maxwell
Frank Gardener
Henry Halverson
John Schwartz
Walter A. Schaffer
Joseph J. McGrath
Eli R. Heinemann
John Haugh
William J. Sass
Patrick J. Kennedy
John J. Rhode
Harry 8
Frank D. Crane
St. Louis
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East St. Louis
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Southern Illinois
Centralia
Norma Moss
Mount Vernon
M. Be, Evans
Hast St. Louis
Mabel Ammons
Carbondale
H. C. Mitchell
Olive Bower
Albion
F. L. Compton
Marion
H. Williams
State Institution
Elgin
Kankakee
Peoria
Dunning
Joliet
Watertown
Anna
Illnois
American Association of Officials of Charity and Correction
Geneva
Mining Institute For State
St. Nicholas Hotel
Miners’ Institute of the
State of
J. P. Reese
Andrew Flesh
George Eddy
Cantrall
Martin Bolt
H. H. Stock
The
State University
Abstractors
Illinois Abstractors’ Association
Sangamon County Abstract Company
League Park
W. H. Armour
Rockford
A. J. Worman
Effingham
H. G. Schroeder
Belleville
Edwin Tilson
Champaign
John J. Pitts
Bloomington
M. L. McQuiston
Paxton
A. R. Marriott
J. K. Payton
Henry B. Gehrke
Edwardsville
Ilinois
Iiiinois Pharmaceutical Association
Quincy
Ralph R. Dorland
G. A. Anthony
Ke- Vanee
L. P. Larson
W. H. Denton
Beardstown
W. B. Way
Gettsburg
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Seeale
Orgor E
Les
Agathet
Fas
Chronicle
Statenews
Mark Pridmore
George Sadler
Pridmore
Sadler
Carlyle
Board of Supervisors
Clinton County
William Ragen
Rock Island
Gussie Jones
Edward Benton
Edward Patrick
Frank Rochelle
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Jack Welsh
James C. Welsh
Alton
Chicago & Alton
Mount Carmel
Charles Joachim
Caseyville
Vandalia
Thomas Holly
Normal
Clyde Stratton
Leavenworth
J. L. Crowder
Stratton
Pekin
Fort Leavenworth
McCool
Ind
Belvidere
John Myers
Park Zoological Collection
Texas Township
de Witt County
Washburn
James McNeff
Magoon Jamnes
Lacon
Henry Norman
Oscar McElroy
McElroy
Norman
Carbon Hill
Coal City
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