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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
8
A circular from United for Agriculture urged readers to form local good roads clubs and circulate the message. It argues sustained ten cent daily funding for twenty years will deliver year round roads, rural mail delivery, farm telephone, newspapers, magazines, and youth papers, revolutionizing farm life.
Trial lessons free and enrollment since 1881 totals 13 000. Courses include short hand bookkeeping penmanship grammar letter writing Spanish German commercial law dresscutting and other branches. Write naming the branches of interest to American Home University St Louis.
The Nauvoo Independent starts the new century as a semi weekly paper. Baumert Bros., publishers, extend best wishes from neighboring editors for continued success.
The anti cant een section of the army reorganization bill passed the Senate with broad support and now awaits the President's signature. The bill prohibits sale or dealing in beer wine or intoxicating liquors at post exchanges canteens army transports or military premises. Debate noted possible ban on liquor exports to the Philippines under military control. Both parties supported the action with a large bipartisan majority.
The Christian church held its annual meeting in the chapel on Saturday January 5 with a bountiful dinner. Mr. Lee chaired the session at 2 30 and officers reported thriving finances and subscriptions sufficient for the year. Charles A Stevens & Brothers noted for generous advertising and success in Colchester Avon and Chicago.
Hancock county delegates from Modern Woodmen camps met in Carthage at 1 30 p m Thursday Jan 10 to elect eight delegates to the state convention in Peoria on the second Tuesday in February The group of about fifty副 delegates organized with Truman Plantz temporary chairman and W B Risse temporary secretary Names of eight chosen delegates include W E Miller EK A Wilcox W J Carlin Robert Hendrickson H A Eyman CS Forney George Morris and Dr J I Jenkins Alternates to be selected from their own camps
Senate votes to suspend aggressive hostilities until an amnesty proclamation is published and Filipino representatives are invited to negotiations, leaving the president free to prosecute the war by his own judgment without legal constraints. This signals congressional approval of a vigorous campaign until rebels surrender.
Governor Tanner spoke at the Macomb corner stone ceremony for a new normal school building. He stressed rural schools equal to others and their role in supplying trusted leaders in cities, industry, and politics. He warned neglect of rural education endangers the republic and highlighted Illinois as a key agricultural state.
The article notes Mars talk in astronomy and students’ behavior during recess. It describes Geometry class noise when doors open, a boy in the corner glad not to change seats, and bookkeeping finishing January work. It also mentions teachers' morning movements and students observing teachers on their way to school last Thursday.
Three smallpox cases reported at Fountain Green about ten miles from Carthage. Hancock County School Board orders vaccination for all children. Authorities vigilant, quarantines in place, close guard over patients. Disease described as mild with few malignant symptoms.
John B. Laing, reputedly the oldest Freemason in the United States, died in Chicago on January 9 at age 100. He joined Masonry in Scotland in 1820, leaving a legacy in the fraternal order.
F. D. Rugg of Champaign assisted the Court of Honor in installation exercises and sang bass solos to applause. Mr Huge, former general representative, now backs a lecture tour by a liquid air scientist and hopes to arrange a Quincy date. The lecture features liquid air demonstrations and notes engagements in southern cities as plans head toward the Pacific coast.
Opinions clash on the army canteen in Manila era reports. Proponents claim officers and the President support it while temperance groups oppose abolition. Critics argue canteen culture harms morals and efficiency, proposing discharge or hospital treatment for alcohol addiction and removal of risky outside environments.
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