Chicago News Briefs Debated Canal Sanitary Authority and Silk Trade
Chicago reports on a debate over Panama Canal Zone sanitary control with calls to preserve Chief Sanitary Officer Gorgas amid Congress and state bodies. It covers postal savings banks, Massachusetts thrift moves, silk trade woes in the horn of tariff revisions, and Lyman J. Gage's Chicago welcome with his bride.
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Chicago
Panama
Mann
Crawford
South Dakota
Canal Board
Sanitary Department
The
American Medical Association
Iathmlan Canal Zone
Gorgan
Organized Medical Profession of
America
United States
State Board of Trade of
Massachusetts
Postal Savings Bank League
Alfred W. Donovan
Rockland
Savings Banks of
Gage and theosophy figure in Chicago life notes
The article surveys Charles Gage and his wife Katharine Gage at Point Loma, highlighting Gage’s rise from laborer to bank president and his ties to Flo r odora and public enterprises. It then covers Chicago probation officers’ pay, the revival of Chicago’s fat stock show, and university related improvements at the University of Chicago including Hitchcock Hall and new clubrooms. It also notes educational initiatives in Chicago and visits by notable figures from Hawaii and China.
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D Bipis
Gage
Florodora
Point Loma
Merchants’ Loan & Trust Company
First National Bank
American Bankers’ Association
Theosophista
Gages
Katherine Tingley
Chicago
Cook County
Army of Relief and Discipline
Ita
Atlanta
Buffalo
Denver
Syracuse
Portland
Ore
Minneapolis
Boston
Washington
D. C
Salt Lake City
Cleveland
Seattle
Milwaukee
New York City
Cincinnati
Omaha
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Atlantic
Pacific
Knights of King Arthur
Joseph W. Harriman
E. H. Harriman
W. H. Moore
New York
London
Clarence H. Watson
Baltimore
R. P. McGrann
Pennsylvania
University of Chicago
Hitchcock Hall
Charles Hitchcock
Reynolds Club
Chicago Associaton of Commerce
Nathaniel Butler
George H. Mead
The
Honolulu
W. F. Frear
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
National Farm Land Congress
Baron Liang Huei
China
Baron Liang
Japan
Occidental
Quick Relief For Rheumatism Promised By Dr Detchon
George W Koons of Lawton Michigan reports his wife suffered severe rheumatism being unable to lift limbs for two months. After starting Dr Detchons Relief for Rheumatism she improved rapidly. By Wednesday she could dress herself and walk to breakfast. Sold by L P Canning at Clayton and Jackson Streets.
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George W. Koons
Lawton, Mich
Detchon
L. P. Canning
Cor Clayton
Jackson Streets
Nation Corn Show Opens in Omaha at Third Annual Event
The third annual National Corn Show opened in Omaha Nebraska on December 6 and runs through the week. It features corn and cereals from over thirty states with total prizes of 50000 dollars. James J Hill offers 2500 dollars in gold for the best sprays of small grains and grasses. Judges include professors from leading state agricultural colleges.
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Omaha
Neb
America
James J. Hill
Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Rich Men's Gifts and Opera News of the Day
A Vestal Center reader praises Electric Bitters as a great gift to women, claiming it cures nervousness sleeplessness and other ailments and improves health. Advertisers note 56 cents at local druggists W J Smith & Bro H R Palmer & Sons. Theatrical updates report Charles Dillingham plans a revival of Trilby as a light opera with Harry B Smith writing the book and Wallace Eddinger starring in a new comedy by Winchell Smith based on Geo Randolph Chester's Bobby Burnit.
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Mr. O. Rhinevault
Vestal Center
W. J. Smith & Bro
H R. Palmer & Sons
Charles Dillingham
Disorderly conduct case spawns surprise courthouse episode
In a busy police court morning a drunken Lamar Rucker pleaded guilty to breaking front door glass on Hill Street and was fined 25 dollars plus costs. The incident led to a second case involving Dr. A C Holliday who reacted to Daly being held as a suspect. Holliday apologized and the mayor dismissed his case while Daly was released. The overcrowded court may move upstairs if more such cases occur.
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Lamar Rucker
Rucker
Hill Street
A. C. Holliday
Pete Daly
University of Georgia
Dr. Holliday
Daly
Offcer Estes
Holliday
Indigestion Sufferer Cures With New Life Pills
B F Ayacue of Ingleside North Carolina endured 16 years of indigestion and costly medicines before using Dr King s New Life Pills. He reports a full cure and endorses the remedy for constipation biliousness sick headaches stomach liver kidney and bowel troubles. Available 25c at W J Smith Bro H R Palmer 4 Sons.
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B. F. Ayacue
Ingleside
N. C
Dr. King
W. J. Smith & Bro
H.R. Palmer
Chicago Becomes Theatrical Center With Doyle Premiere
Notables including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Charles Frohman and William Gillette attended the Illinois Theatre opening of Conan Doyle The Fires of Fate. The event signals Mrs Frohman’s effort to establish Chicago as an independent theatrical producing hub apart from New York and London. The page includes an advert noting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and its claimed epidemic effectiveness.
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Chicago
Arthur Conan Doyle
Charles Frohman
William Gillette
Conan Doyle
Illinois Theatre Tonight
Col John Mosby Receives Birthday Congratulations
Col John S Mosby, famed Confederate guerrilla chief and public figure, celebrated his seventy sixth birthday in Richmond amid well wishes. The veteran reports good health after a difficult year, and his career as lawyer and Land Commissioner remains noted.
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Richmond
John S. Mosby
United States
Shooting trial ends with man cleared for self defense
Ellie Mathews faced a police court trial for discharging firearms after a hack ride on West Broad street. Strickland and Ford Smith attacked, Mathews fired in self defense, hitting Smith in the face and neck. A pistol found the next morning supported the claim, and the mayor dismissed the case as justified self defense.
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Ellie Mathews
Ford Smith
Young Mathews
Weat Broad Street
Strickland
Matthews
Strckland
Smith
Night Watchman Favors King's New Discovery in Tenn
W. J. Atkins, a Banner Springs night watchman, battled a severe cold that settled on his lungs after exposure. After trying many remedies, he used one bottle of Mr. King's New Discovery and returned to work cured. The medicine claims relief for severe colds, coughs, sore throats, hemorrhages, croup and whooping cough. 50cc and $1.00 trial bottle free guaranteed by W. J. Smith & Bro, H.
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W. J. Atkins
Banner Springs
Tenn
Mr. King
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Death of Louise Mayfield at age eight
Yesterday morning at 4 30 at the home of her grandmother Mrs Bena Moon on Pulash street died eight year old Laine Mayfield daughter of Mrs H L Stewart. The funeral will be at 3 this afternoon at the Christian church with pallbearers H L Shelton John W Thomas Joe H Poss and W G Jones. Interment in Oconee cemetery. The death is a great bereavement to family and friends.
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Bena Moon
Pulash
Laine Mayfield
H. L. Stewart
Louise
Tila Gil
Cotton receipts show season shortage up to December 1
Figures reported by Mr J W Webb indicate a smaller cotton crop this season with 76 765 bales received by December 1 compared with 77 363 last year. Stock on hand stands at 24 593 bales while 51 172 bales have been shipped out and 69 177 came by rail with 16 588 by wagon.
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J. W. Webb
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for Nasal Catarrh Treatment
An advertisement endorses Ely’s Liquid Cream Balm as a fast and reliable treatment for nasal catarrh hay fever and head colds. It claims parity with the solid form and notes quick relief from the first spray. Available at druggists for 75c or by mail from Ely Brothers New York.
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Ely
Ely Bros
Warren St
New York
New Theatre Engages Maude Adams in What Every Woman Knows
Liebler and Co report receipt of Sarael Zangwil's manuscript The Man of Tron for production this season. The New National Theatre announces Maude Adams to star in Barrie's What Every Woman Knows at an early date.
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Lloyd E. Chamberlain
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Silk Trust
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Warren
Wyoming
the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
First National Bank of Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Board of Education
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Park Boards
Chamberlain
Quenza
Col. John &. Mosby
Whiskey Direct
Tennessee
DIST
White Oak
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Hamilton Club
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Hamilton County
Old Lane
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