Illinois Governor Born in State Highlighted
Reports note CEG Segoe Yates as the first Illinois governor born in the state. Blandinsville buys 100000 bricks for sidewalks. Fulton county jury pool of 200 for trial. A U S recruiting station opens in Quincy with June 1 deadline. Mrs Nation continues anti saloon protests in Kansas. A February depot accident in Vermont yields a $4000 cash settlement and a life pass for Mr Masters. Colchester Odd Fellows Knights of Pythias building to be dedicated February 26 with addresses by John J Brown and M P Berry. Supper and ball planned that evening.
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Unite States Regular Army
Quincey
Nation
Kansas
Topeka
Masters
Vermont
Canton
Colchester
Grand Lodge
The
Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias
John J. Brown
Vandillia
Knights
M. P. Berry
Carthage
Odd Fellows
State News and Local Notes from Illinois
The Warren County Farmers Institute will meet at Roseville Illinois on February 13 1901. A large crowd is expected. Johann Leonard Roeder of Quincy is 101 and has lived in the same block in Quincy for 57 years. Mendon will gain a farm telephone line system with the Mendon and Paloma mutual company forming a fifth independent line. The Jacksonville Courier notes crowds travel to Springfield seeking jobs, governors included, with many seeking varied positions.
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Warren County Farmers’ Institute
Roseville
Illinois
Johann Leonard Roeder
Quincy
Germany
Mendon
Mendon and Paloma Mutual Company
Western Illinois
Bell
Illinois State Horticultural Society
Agricultural Department
University of Ilinois
Washington County
San José
Nauvoo
Light snippets and quips from an early 20th century column
A collage of short items: Indiana lawmakers sanction electrocution as death penalty, a baby born without limbs in Carlyle, a mint output of sixty six million pennies, musings on luck and pluck, a South American doctor’s leprosy remedy suggestion, and a jab at a stubborn reader who refuses a newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Australia
Kitty
Nly
The hard life of the country merchant and advertising missive
The column portrays the burdens of the country merchant who bears costs for others from pastors to beggars while advertising is praised as essential. It asserts that business people must endure, yet critics claim merchants grow rich, prompting a broader temperance, reform impulse echoed by Mrs Nation and allied women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jones
Quips and incidents from a bustling Illinois era
A collage of humorous vignettes, local happenings, and oddities from Illinois towns. Notes on gas discovery near Stronghurst, anti cigarette bills in Minnesota, governor Yates’s stance on prize fights, and a series of peculiar anecdotes and accidents across rural communities.
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Marsh
City Drug and Book Store
Meera
Ceg Segoe
Yates
Blandinsville
Fulton County
Jacksonville Courier
Springfield
Jean
Willian W. Martin
Indiana
Carlyle
John Brown
Mrs. Nation
Puck
Lyon
Chicago Daily News
Stronghurst
Ed Stine
Minnesota
Halvorsen
Tennessee
United States’ Supreme Court
Richard Yates
Toronto
Canada
Mr. Martin
Camp Point
McDonough
D. C
Monniger
Hamilton Press
Barry
No.4
Prof. Hogg
Elsie Dawson
Amrine
Pelmell
Keokuk
Warsaw
Macomb
New York World
Prairie City
Avirs
Harper County
Anthony
Harper
Montgomery County
Mary Green
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