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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
4
A pricing line reports a subscription rate of 1.00 dollars per year prepaid while noting a higher amount of 31.25 dollars if not prepaid, reflecting an advance payment incentive and a late payment penalty or higher year rate.
A local notice states that advertisements will remain published indefinitely until an order to discontinue is issued. The clause applies to ongoing listings and any future inserts until official cessation is provided by authorities or the advertiser.
On January 17 1901 ex governor Tanner clashes with Cullom in a political struggle as Tanner seeks a secret ballot to mislead voters about representative votes while Rankin and Sherman resist without a roll call that would reveal secrecy.
In Jacksonville last Friday evening 500 well-wishers gathered at the Hotel Dunlap to honor Governor elect Yates and bid him God speed. Speakers included half Democrats and the crowd joined in singing America, signaling broad support for the upcoming administration.
Rumor claims Attorney General Grigg will leave his cabinet post and Addison C. Harris as United States minister to Austria would succeed him. The move would spare Grigg humiliation over a misinterpretation of the anti-canteen law and be welcomed by temperance advocates.
The Senate grants the president broad authority to prosecute the war with the Filipinos, while withholding leeway on military canteen policy, reflecting a view that wartime measures should be mandatory against this enemy.
The adoption of the apportionment bill raises Congress to 387 seats, a gain of 30 from the current total. Illinois gains three additional representatives under the measure.
A reader proposes a drastic, if blunt, solution to hazing at the Military Academy in West Point suggesting that a few disciplined cadets be admitted with the privilege of carrying side arms. The remark reflects intense debates over disciplinary methods and military tradition.
A reader argues that kidnapping has become a common robbery method and urges a law permitting fiends to be shot on sight, expressing strong demand for drastic legal action.
In replacing a formal ball with a reception for Gov. Yates inauguration, Mrs. Yates is noted as a reformer worthy of recognition. The shift signals a move toward practical civics and public engagement in the early proceedings.
Mr. Cudahy expresses sympathy for disappointed politicians and reflects a mood like eating Crowe. The remark frames current political setbacks with a wry, self aware tone.
The text questions William E. Curtis's willingness to admit he slandered Chinese missionaries and notes Mrs. Yates ejecting the inauguration ball from the event during Governor Yates's inauguration arrangements.
The president declares a plain duty to promptly remove the can teen from every army post under his authority. This sweeping move targets lingering containers amid ongoing reforms across federal installations.
In the death of P. D. Armour Chicago loses a leading entrepreneur and energetic magnate. His passing marks the loss of a prominent figure in commerce and civic influence.
A mob burned Fred Alexander, a Black man, at the stake in Leavenworth yesterday before about 8,000 spectators. The account likens the atrocity to colonial horrors and highlights continued uncivilized behavior among Americans. The Military Tract Press Association plans a meeting on January 18 in Galesburg. The army canteen's abolition is noted, with implications for soldiers.
The army reorganization bill is described as a reformation bill. A lighthearted aside questions the new hat’s appearance and fit, noting the army cannot have a beer saloon in camp.
J W Scott visited Chicago with stock while Miriam Bolles returns from Carthage. New year parties draw crowds as Rev Frank Hoover evangelizes in Dallas City. J I Hendricks builds a barn west of town. Harmony Insurance dinner boosts finances. Dinning family from Cincinnati visits Hoover. Hardware stock moves to Nauvoo and a restaurant sale shifts post office to Elder Harter building.
Kioma and Compache Opening Agency invites homeseekers to claim 20,000 farms of 160 acres each under the Homestead Law. Describes Oklahoma reservations as fair, with prairies, bottoms, elm and pecan groves, streams, and mild climate. Special advantages to old soldiers. Address L. O. Cox, Attorney-at-Law, Manager, Compache, Ind. Ter.
Editor Chris Reitter of the Saginaw Post and Zeitung credits Dr. King's New Discovery for curing his family's grip. He reports that three bottles cured all throat and lung troubles after others failed. Trial bottle free. drug stores offer 50c and 1.00 sizes.
A newspaper ad touts Electric Bitters as a cure for backache headaches nervousness insomnia melancholy fainting and dizzy spells. Mrs Phebe Cherley of Peterson Iowa credits the remedy with curing years of kidney trouble and a lame back enabling her to do housework at 78. The ad says the tonic overcomes constipation improves appetite and promotes health, priced at 50 cents at Marshs.
The Chicago Tribune positions itself as a bright intelligent newspaper, independent and fearless in opinion, yet fair to opponents. It promises thorough national coverage and advanced news gathering in the West, aiming to guide readers through vital public interest stories.
Sunday School times 9 30 to 10 00 a m and 9 45 a m at different churches. Preaching at 11 00 a m and 7 00 7 30 p m with midweek prayer meetings. Junior and Epworth Leagues listed under Methodist and other pastors H G Vandervoort S Wallace M S McCoy. Social services at 11 00 a m each Sunday.
Listing of Jessamine Rebekah Lodge 507, Uncle Mac Chapter 81 O E S, Bowen Camp 1014 MWA, I O O F 864, Bowen Lodge 486 A F and A M, Royal Circle 156, G A R Nash building, Bowen Council 272 M P L, Bowen Concert Band. Details include meeting nights, halls, times and officers. Visiting neighbors cordially welcomed.
The advertisement extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the world’s best healer for cuts corns burns bruises sores scalds boils ulcers felons and skin eruptions. It also notes a pile cure and sets the price at 25 cents at Marsh's drug store.
A Mexican war veteran and editor endorses Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says it cured his Mexican diarrhoea and prevented a pension increase denial, calling it unequalled for quick diarrhoea relief and easy to take. Sold by C. C. Marsh.
An 19th century patent medicine note urges immediate blood cleansing with Herbine to strengthen the liver and withdraw biliary poisons from circulation, priced at 50 cents. The ad presents a health claim tied to liver function and toxin elimination.
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