Banished couple of shop lifters meet at hotel and marry
A tale from Star & Company recounts Miss Bessie Merriweather and Mr. Hugh Barton, both caught shoplifting at a grand sale. Their mistaken arrests, misdirected pursuits, and eventual pact lead to romance and plans to buy furnishings from the store upon marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star and Company
Jewett
Bessie Merriweather
Hugh Barton
Miss Merriweather
United States
Misa Bessle
Mr. Barton
Miss Bessie
Miss Perkins
Star & Company
Catskills
Star & Co
Care of Carnations for Potting and Training
Care of Carnations. Perpetual flowering carnations rooted must be potted in light sandy soil. Keep close after potting for a few days, then gradually expose to air but avoid cold drafts. When six to seven inches high, pinch the tips to form a bushy shape. Transplant to five inch pots to flower. Stops needed as shoots reach suitable length unless late in season.
Contrariness in a Baseball Baffling Split
A quip explains Miggles and his wife’s separation as incompatibility. She rooted for the visitors while he backed the home team, a playful clash over sports loyalties that led to marital strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miggles
Harbors clash in Lake Calumet dispute at Springfield
Governor Deneen heard arguments on the anti tuberculin test bill and the Calumet harbor plan. Sanitary district opponents warned the Lake Calumet inner harbor is private enterprise and costly. Supporters argued an outer harbor would not aid Calumet industries and urged signing the bill. The session also tackled tax measures and an upcoming extra session, with vetoes and financial overhaul looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Deneen
Edward R. Pritchard
Chicago Health Department
B. B. Sherman
Lake Calumet
Lake Front
Sanitary District of
Chicago
South Chicago
George W. Paullin
Evanston
Calumet
George W. Bolling
Henry W. Lee
A. C. Clark
B. F
Calumet Harbor
Senate
Hurburgh
Illinois Corporations Certificates of Incorporation Issued
Secretary of State Rose issues filings for Cicero and Southwestern Railways of Chicago with $1,000 capital stock and incorporators Emil R. Rosenthal Laula Cohen and Augustus J. C Tim. Also First Finance and Trust Company of Streator with $1,000 capital stock general brokers and commission business, incorporators Albert Warren Jesse Hurst and Ambrose Ennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Cicero & Southwestern Railways Company
Chicago
Emil R. Rosenthal
Laula Cohen
Augustus J. C Timm
First Finance and Trust
Albert Warren
Jesse Hurst
Ambrose Ennis
Garriers Favor Sunday Closing at State Convention
Illinois Letter Carriers endorse Sunday post office closures and pensions for aged workers. Resolution passage approved unanimously. Over 100 delegates from Chicago to Cairo attended sessions at the state house with 850 at the banquet. State Secretary Finnan of Bloomington spoke on national efforts and Postmaster General Hitchcock's promised mail sorting time reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Letter Carriers’ Association
State House
Chiago
Cairo
al- Hat
Finnan
Bloomington
National Associaton
Hitchcock
Illinois
State and National Association
Frederick A. Rice
Blue Island
Charles Duffy
Chicago
W. R. Spillman
Washington
Prairie chicken protection issue tied to senate bill No 379
Attorney General Stead flags a flaw in senate bill 379 that would leave prairie chickens unprotected in Illinois for four years after July 1. The bill would create a one week closed season and allow hunting for the rest of each year. Illinois Farmers' Institute directors set February 20–22, 1912 for the seventeenth annual meeting in Centralia. A committee was named to draft resolutions on the death of James Frake, former member of the state board of agriculture and Farmers' Institute.
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Stead
Illinois
Illinois Farmers’ Institute
McKeen
State House
Centralia
James Frake
State Board of Agriculture
Farmera’ Institute
Illinois Appellate Court Third District Docket Highlights
Proceedings include Payne v Payne a motion to set aside a striking order and permit final determination. Former v Wabash Railway Company petition for certificate of importance. Witt Bros v Gallemore motion to strike oral argument. further items noted in brief.
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Third District
Payne Vs. Payne
Former
Wabash Railway Company
Cerite
Witt Bros
Gallemore
Governor urges tax commission to replace state board
Governor Deneen urges the Illinois General Assembly to create a small permanent tax commission to replace the state board of equalization and fix inequities in assessment. He warns of a likely 47 cent tax rate unless remedial legislation passes. The message reports a net $9.8 million expenditure increase since two years ago and critiques current revenue methods. The Senate read the message, the House took no action.
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Utilities Commission
Senate
ABC
Gilbert
Mitty
Deneen
Cook County
General Assembly
Springfield
Ill
Illinois General Assembly
State Board of Equalization
State Treasury
Commission
The Governor's Reform Talk Provokes Local Glee
In Home and Reform a resident jokes that the governor’s reform talk tightens burdens while he himself nets pay for speeches. The quip suggests the governor earns fifty a night, pays off his mortgage, and saves in the bank.
Why can't you leave rim alone mutterings from Puck
A brief quip from Puck notes the promoter remarks made to a charity applicant about water effects, implying playful critique of continual adjustments to a rim. The item reads as a satirical cartoon caption highlighting reformist zeal and humorous self-reflection.
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Wall Street
Rim
Puck
Why She Did Not Send Her Picture
A note explains a woman could not show her photo due to a disfiguring skin eruption. The advertisement endorses Resinol ointment and soap for eruptions, eczema, and burns with a testimonial from Opal Lilley of Camp Creek West Virginia. Resinol is sold in opal jars for fifty cents or one dollar.
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Opal Lilley
Camp Creek
W. Va
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Drawing Him On
Edith threatens to run from the parlor while Ernest vows to catch and hold her. The exchange centers on a playful challenge and implying pursuit as Edith readies to attempt the escape.
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Edith
Ernest
Criminal Neglect of Skin and Hair Promoted in Ad
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as essential and affordable for clear skin, smooth hands, and healthy hair. It condemns neglect as harmful and promises a free Cuticura book by mail from Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. of Boston, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
The Passing of the Wife in the Suffragette Era
A satirical notice recalling the wife as a useful domestic figure and nodding to the suffragette age. It jokes that the wife will become extinct and exhibit in museums as society shifts, bidding farewell to the traditional role.
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Hubby
Clean Sanitary Floors with Varnish for Cleanliness
Varnish serves as an effective sanitary agent beyond aesthetics. Varnished floors clean easily by wiping, keeping dust and microbes out of the air. The National Association of Varnish Manufacturers offers a free booklet Modern Floors from 636 The Bourse Philadelphia to show how floors can be kept wholesome and attractive. Varnish is cheaper than carpet and more satisfactory.
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National Association of Varnish Manufacturers
The
Bourse
Philadelphia
Penn
A Prudent Program and a Weather Wait
A dialogue opens with a rule never to lend an umbrella, Growcher says good idea, Grump notes drift risks. A professor’s lecture about sleep ends with misinterpretation and a home bedtime. A saying on transgression contrasts hard paths. Garfield Tea is claimed to ease constipation amid varied weather chatter.
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Mr. Growcher
Mr. Grump
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Bunker Hill
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Alabama
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Garfield
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