Illinois bankers oppose central bank plan in Carthage meeting
Group Eight of the Bankers' Association of Illinois held a convention in Carthage with about 150 attendees. Speakers included Judge William Logan from Keokuk A O Wilson of St Louis W C White of Peoria and Dr C G Hopkins of Urbana. They opposed the central bank proposition though Wilson argued for it. Officers elected included Chairman John L Little Rushville and Secretary E H Miner Winchester with an executive committee listing names across multiple counties. The session ended with an auto trip to the Keokuk and Hamilton dam site.
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Illinois Bankers In Convention
Idea
Bankers’ Association of Illinois
Carthage
William Logan
Keokuk
A. O. Wilson
St. Louis
W. C. White
Peoria
C. G. Hopkins
Urbana
Central Bank
John L. Little
Rushville
E. H. Miner
Winchester
J. R. Pearse
Adams County
G. Vandeventer
Brown County
A. F. Ayres
Morgan County
John Weber
Pike County
George Dyson
Schuyler County
J. L. Kendall
Scott County
Keokuk and
Hamilton Dam
Pythian Home Dedicated in Decatur
About fifteen thousand visiting Pythians joined with locals to dedicate the Pythian Home for Aged and Orphans in Decatur. Mayor Borchers gave the welcome, Grand Chancellor Watson accepted, and a $20,000 check finalized Decatur’s $25,000 contribution. The three story brick building cost $160,000, measures 275 by 147 feet, and holds 150 inmates.
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Decatur
Pythian Home For
C. M. Borchers
Grand Lodge
J. J. Reeve
Albert Watson
J. W. Carter
Bachelor King Quits Race in Alton Senate Bid
Charles Doyle withdraws from the state senate race against Edward Bealle the Alton mayor. He will not oppose Bealle and plans to run for state representative in Michael Link's district advocating woman suffrage. Doyle previously opposed female participation.
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Charles Doyle
Alton
Senate
Edward Bealle
Illinois Girl To Wed Italian Nobleman Count Adimiro Morelli
Announcement in Manitowocks Wisconsin reports Miss Belle Dunham of Wayne Illinois to wed Count Adimiro Morelli an Italian nobleman based in Florence The couple met during travels in Italy three years ago including Paris and Florence The betrothal was revealed at a Sunday luncheon while Miss Dunham visits her sister Mrs Charles C West in Manitowoc Wisconsin
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Belle Dunham
Manitowoc
Wis
Wayne
Adimaro Adimiri Morelli
Florence
Miss Dunham
Manitowocks
Charles C. West
Illinois
Italy
Paris
Elevator Manager Promises Reinstatement After Loss
G. H. Gray, ex-manager of the Farmers' Elevator at Illiopolis, declares a $30,000 loss was cleared and expects to regain his former post. He cites the upcoming stockholders meeting as proving his prudent administration of the company.
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G. H. Gray
Farmers’ Elevator
Illiopolis
Elgin Girl Seeks Place in New York Chicago Race
Miss Alice Potter of Elgin seeks eligibility for the famed 50,000 dollar air race from New York to Chicago. James B. P. Lew of the Aero Club of Illinois has received inquiries about her participation. The question will be discussed at the Aero Club delegates conference in New York.
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Elgin
New York
Auto Crash in Sterling Injures Two Men
Frank Lee owned auto skidded on wet pavement in Sterling and struck the curb throwing Galen Rogers and Frank Branch from the vehicle. Rogers suffered a crushed head wound while Branch sustained both legs broken below the knee. Cairo in Gale Damages Estimated at 40 000 Dollars. A severe gale swept Cairo and the Ohio river harbor blowing down trees poles signs and chimneys. The ferry Som Three States went adrift.
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Hart
Frank Lee
Sterling
Galen Rogers
Frank Branch
Cairo
Ohio River
Many Projects and Incidents Across Illinois and Nearby
The report lists varied local developments including Elks home in Robinson costing 15000, a 9500 to 90 cent gas franchise at Elgin, Ottawa bond sale above par for river bridge approaches, a new Swedish American National Bank in Rockford, public baths planned in Moline, a Marion county court house bid near 100000, a North Star Egg Case Company mill in Quincy, and a wooden grandstand fire at Ottawa driving park. Also notes a pearl found in the Illinois river, a moving picture sermon by Rev. Barker, a Vandalia Odd Fellows hall, Fraternal Tribune insurance inquiry costs, and a train wreck avert by George Wilson near Harlem.
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Sterling
Elks
Robinson
Granite City
Madison
Venice
Tri-Cities
Fulton County
G. A. R. Hall
Canton
Union Furniture Company
Rockford
Mt. Carmel
Elgin
Moline
Board of Supervisors
Marion County Court House
Quincy
North Star Egg Case Company
Ottawa
Citizens’ Oil and Gas Company of
Flora
Illinois River
Hardin
Herman Brinkman
Theodore Beck
Percival H. Barker
First Congregational Church
Maywood
Reid Haubenreisser
Pontiac
Vandalia Lodge of the Odd Fellows
Rock Island
Fraternal Tribune
New York
Pacific Coast
May Divide Union of Miners in Illinois Strike Split
Engineers and firemen plan separate union as they withdraw from the miners union after wage gains. The move began at Marion and spreads to other coal towns in southern Illinois.
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Illinois
Walker
Marion
Deep Waterway Setback in Illinois Bridge Case
A Peoria judge sustains a demurrer by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway against Swain & Son to convert a La Salle bridge into a drawbridge. The ruling blocks steamers from reaching Utica, Starved Rock, and Ottawa as part of the proposed great lakes to Gulf waterway. An appeal will be filed.
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Peoria
Starved Rock
Great Lakes
Gulf
N. E. Worthington
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company
D. M. Swain & Son
la Salle
Utica
Ottawa
Ill
Soldiers' Home Is Sustained in Quincy Complaint
The State Board of Administration found the charges against officials of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Quincy groundless. Jackson Tibbs of Clinton, a former inmate, alleged three hours of daily work in camp and barrack duties and pension impounding, but the board dismissed both points as vague and customary.
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Quincy
State Board of Administration
Jackson Tibbs
Clinton
Tibbs
Board of Administration
Plan War on Cheap Funerals by Illinois Undertakers
After a stormy session in Springfield, the Illinois State Undertakers Association decided to remain united and oppose splitting into downstate and Chicago groups. They will campaign against a new plan offering $100 funeral for $3 a year and embalming instructions, warning that such cheap funerals undermine standards.
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Illinois State Undertakers’ Association
Springfield
Chicago
Convicts Flee Joliet Prison Then Are Recaptured
Henry Horn and Thomas Brown two Cook County convicts serving burglary terms at Joliet State penitentiary escaped from the quarry during a fusillade of shots and were captured about half an hour later by Illinois Steel Company detectives in a chance encounter. Both had served two years of their terms. Church Wipes Out 20000 Debt at McLeansboro Methodist Church note burned in ceremony. The church dedic ation occurred two years ago and features a 2000 dollar pipe organ with half funded by Andrew Carnegie.
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Chicago
Jolet
Henry Horn
Thomas Brown
Joliet
Illinois Steel Company
Cook County
McLeansboro
Andrew Carnegie
Fire in Minonk Kills Family After Delirious Boy Fire
A Minonk home fire claimed the lives of a mother and two children while two others were rescued. A 10 year old son, delirious, set fire to his bed triggering the blaze. Firefighters saved two family members from windows as the home burned.
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Harry Hobler
Minoak
Harry Mobler
Minonk
Three Years for Mall Theft
James Murphy a Bloomington painter was sent to Fort Leavenworth for three years after stealing $680 from the Bloomington post office while seeking painter work. T. J. Houlihan and R. B. Malone were convicted in County court for selling liquors in Anna Tr Cinetr, and charged with running a club that sold keys to members for 50 cents and refined for selling liquor.
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James Murphy
Bloomington
Fort Leavenworth
T. J. Houlihan
R. B. Malone
Anna [Tr Cinet
Unknown Man Killed by Train Near Mount Vernon
An unidentified man was struck and killed by a Louisville and Nashville train near Mount Vernon. This marks the second unknown fatality on the same road within a week.
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Louisville and
Nashville
Mount Vernon
Turkey Raising and the Hidden Dangers in Confined Rearing
The article discusses how turkeys are hard to raise in confinement due to disease like blackhead, noting the risks of mixed yards with chickens and the decline in mortality when turkeys roam freely. It recalls an old Virginia plantation where free-ranging turkeys thrived despite harsh conditions, contrasting with current trends and expert views.
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Virginia
Stimulated hens in Tasmania egg production debate
Consul Baker reports Tasmania hosts leading egg yields with six white leghorns producing 82 eggs per period at Springvale Gardens near Hobart. The piece notes feeding practices, including skimmed milk curds, oats and green foods, and warns such stimulation is artificial beyond natural 24 eggs a year. It urges keeping good records and tidy premises to boost visitor perception.
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Henry D. Baker
Tasmania
Springvale Gardens
Hobart
Nature
Experiments With Poultry at Canadian Station
In an incubation study hens outperformed incubators by hatching 128 of 245 eggs versus 261 of 545 for the incubator. Comparing frozen with sound wheat, White Plymouth Rocks laid 469 eggs on frozen wheat versus 657 on sound grain. Seven White Orpington hens laid 181 eggs on frozen wheat versus 214 on sound grain, with healthier appearance on sound grain.
Egg Hatchery Advice on Fertile vs Fertile Eggs
A National Poultry Journal note explains fertilized eggs last longer for shipment and should be carefully selected for hatching. It advises choosing large, long eggs from early laid clutches for cockerels and warns against ill shaped eggs or those with white shell spots. Do not moisten setting eggs.
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The
National Poultry Journal
Hatchling Goslings Guidance from National Poultry Journal
The article cautions against early gosling hatching and keeping young birds off ponds until fully feathered. It advises feeding cornmeal, animal meal, and ground oats moist three times daily initially, then once daily as they begin grazing. In cold weather increase feeding frequency.
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National Poultry Journal
Napoleon on Women in Public Letters
A New Book by Tighe Hopkins quotes Napoleon legends on women, including views that diminish female equality and praise for Josephine. The excerpts show casual disdain, detachment in love, and passionate personal letters claiming fierce longing and romantic intensity.
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Napoleon
France
Josephine
Tighe Hopkins
Chicago trade review notes calm before harvest and mixed demand
Dun's weekly trade review reports favorable signs in retail and wholesale after warm weather boosts seasonable goods. It notes reductions in stocks, strong grain and lumber movement, growing confidence in fall sales, but price uncertainty for textiles. Bank rates stable, money easier, bank clearings at 269.5 million, with 19 Chicago district failures, 3 liabilities over 5 thousand.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Trade and Weather Drive Mixed U S Business Signals
New York reports irregular trade with improving western distribution contrast. Warmer weather boosts crop and trade prospects in West Northwest and Southwest, while past cool Atlantic coast conditions hindered East developments. Week ending June 16 shows 178 U S business failures, vs 189 prior week and varying past years. Canada totals 27, down from last week.
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Atlantic
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's
Grain and Livestock Prices Across U S Cities in Report
Market bulletin lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices by city including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo and others. Figures cover wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed with ranges for quality levels and commodity types.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ste. Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Joseph A Young Heads Morgan-Guggenheim Alaska Interests
Joseph A. Young formerly general superintendent of the Southern Padua Railway in San Francisco has been elected president of the Northwestern Commercial Companies and of the Alaska Steamship Company, placing him at the head of Morgan Guggenheim interests in Alaska and on Puget Sound.
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Joseph A. Young
Southern Padua Railway
San Francisco
Northwestern Commercial Companies
Alaska Steamship Company
Morgan- Guggenheim
Alaska
Puget Sound
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