Rise and Rose of a State Senate in Quiet Protest
Senator Morley Vernon sees a rose on every desk in the Illinois Senate and a card urging him to back house joint resolution 19 for a women’s suffrage constitutional amendment. Amid laughter and mixed loyalties, Vernon reflects on Dr. Ames’s reform push and the long road of political maneuvering that brought the measure this far.
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Vernon
Senate
Morley Vernon
Bull Burns
Burns
Ames
Minois
Dr. Ames
Doc" Ames
Doc” Ames
Padg ‘Plu
Llinois
Woman lawyer alters Vernon's view in Springfield lobby
Senator Vernon encounters Maria Burley Greene, a stylish, poised young lawyer who denies court work and seeks his backing for a favorable resolution. Their exchange reveals mutual respect, hints of Portia allusion, and a cautious, growing tension as they discuss the bill and their Chicago bar ties. A second item notes a patented fire device guiding horses from stalls to safety.
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Vernon
Senate
Gruff Burns
Miss Greene
Senator Martin
Senator Vernon
Chicago
Maria Burley Greene
Vérnon
Miss Gresne
Portia
Cook County
Springfield
Safe Rules for Living by Eieroclea
The text urges just dealing with everyone including adversaries to avoid becoming evil. It promotes universal friendship and goodwill toward all beings of the same nature, emphasizing humanity and moral restraint.
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Eieroclea
Care of Trees in Paris History and Records
In Paris there are 85 840 trees with lot numbers ages and history recorded in the Hotel de Ville books. The department's appropriation is 450 000 francs yearly. The work could not be done for any smaller sum without the thorough initial effort. Reign of Napoleon II. Technical World Magazine.
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Paris
Hotel de Ville
Napoleon II
Technical World Magazine
Elmer Predicts Heaven Crowding After Five Funerals
A child notes five funeral processions passing his home and warns his mother that heaven will be crowded if they do not hurry. The remark blends grim humor with a child's blunt take on death and afterlife.
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Small Elmer
First and Last Appearance of Casey the Contractor
An old Irishman named Casey, once a humble laborer turned contractor, builds a fine house for his children who shun him. After his death, he lies in state in the parlor as kin celebrate, until an old friend views the corpse and wryly notes that they have not spared the parlor for him.
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Casey Minda
Casey
Yentuch
Lusht
Seven Year Old Checkers Prodigy Delights New York
Leslie Fox of 83 Stuyvesant Avenue Brooklyn, age seven, astonishes as a top checker talent. Taught by his fireman father William J. Fox, he mastered eight openings including the Fife and Glasgow. He has toured city clubs, played exhibitions with champions, and holds his own in advanced play.
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William J. Fox
Leslie
Ard
Fife
Glasgow
Leslie Fox
Stuyvesant Avenue
Brooklyn
Open Circuit Telegraph Described for Home Creations
Percy J. Friday explains a simple home open circuit telegraph setup from Popular Mechanics. Each end uses a sounder transmitter two point switch and batteries with an A wire to allow calling without a closed circuit. Both switches flip to open or connect as needed enabling calling and sending messages.
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Percy J. Friday
Popular Mechanics
RIGHT AND LEFT EYED BOYS BLOWGUN MAKING TESTS
A magazine piece explains left eye dominance and a simple test using a card hole and a coin to show if a person is left or right eyed. It then mentions boys making blowguns from a straight glass tube and describes basic steps for crafting one for fun.
Amusing Game of Jungle And Make Your Blowgun Arrows
Instructions describe checking straightness of a tube and wrapping it for protection, then bore holes with a red hot tool and seal ends. It also outlines making tiny arrows for blowguns and a party game where players guess a rhyming noun through gestures and actions.
Dean’s Kidney Pills Help Fort Scott Man
A Fort Scott Kansas man reports using Dean’s Kidney Pills for kidney stones. He states the medicine dissolved a stone, stopped dizziness and headache, and led to weight gain and improved health after passing sediment and stones. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Hammonds
Hill St
Fort Scott
Kansas
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
ASK FATHER. Clergyman What would your father say on Sunday
A collection of short humorous vignettes from a modest early 20th century issue. A Mohawk and Malone train tale features an Italian passenger feigning illness from eating a chick with big eyes while a bystander asks why he groans. A country paper interview ends with a matron declaring she is the party he belongs to.
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Wille
Mohawk & Malone
John
Wien
A Man of Means in a Raising Marriage Drama
A dialogue reveals Ethel and Stern Parent about a suitor named Fledg ley. He is described as a man of means by Ethel while the father notes the income is 31,000 a year. Ethel counters that he intends to increase his earnings.
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Ethal
Fledgley
Ethel
Viewpoints on Palisades Vandalism and Ad Painting
Poet laments vandals blasting the Palisades and ruining a beloved site. Business friend urges action, recalling the area as a prime spot for painting patent medicine ads. This opinion exposes tension over preservation versus commercial use.
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Palisades
Puck
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