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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
3
New primary law tests era with broad office races
The August direct primary law sets 686 elective posts to be filled by plurality. State officers governors attorneys general and clerks face nomination via direct vote. Trustees of the University of Illinois and a wide range of county and court positions also go to the Aug primary. Officials warn the law takes effect July 1 and June 9 serves as a boundary before the Aug 8 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court Court
Congréssaén
State Senate
General Assembly
Orl
State Board of Equalization
Municipal Bench of
Chicago
Cook County
Deneen
Supreme Court
Chris Mamer
University of Ilinois
Ees
Board of Equalization
A. R. Porter
Cheta C. Duffy
Ottawa
W.C. Hippard
Springfield
The
Board of Flection Commissioners
Ambrish Twister dialogue from Harper's Weekly
A humorous exchange shows Patsy and Mike debating debts and drink costs. Patsy admits unable to pay three dollars, leading to a mock jail sentence of six days. Mike questions the misspent funds and remarks if the drink money were saved, payment would be possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy
Mike
Harper's Weekly
Scarce Town Lots Prompt Cemetery Move
The Bilville Banner quotes its editor saying the town can no longer provide lots to every subscriber and urges reserving remaining parcels for a cemetery, reflecting pressure on scarce land resources in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilville
Atlanta Constitution
Perhaps She Marries Him to Reform Him Says Houston Post
A quoted Houston Post remark suggests a woman marries a man she believes she can reform. The fragment hints at social norms and expectations surrounding marriage, reform, and behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uis
Houston Post
World-wide influence debated in Baltic region exchange
Fragmentary text suggests a debate over control of world wide influence or power, with emphasis on the Baltic region and control by a bloc or alliance. The wording hints at strategic stakes and diplomatic tension without clear names or dates.
Sugar Trust to face $3 million claim by government
Treasury agents and customs officials allege fraud and underweighing on sugar imports from the American Sugar Refining Company. Investigators claim average 1 percent weight shortfalls across a decade of shipments into New York, with duties underpaid and bribery of officials possible. Grand jury proceedings advance as investigators search records and compile evidence touching many refinery employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar ‘Trust
Treasury
Sugar Trust
New York
Grand Jury
Customs
Clersk
Aliens Took 110 Million From U S as They Return Home
Figures from the North German Lloyd line estimate that 110000000 was taken out of the United States last year by aliens returning to Europe. The $200 average carried by each of about 550045 returning immigrants funds a year or more of idleness. Returning aliens reportedly will not accept American savings in any form but gold from their own country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Line
United States
Europe
Fire destroys plants in Coffeyville and Cleveland
Fire at Sunflower Glass Company in Coffeyville Kansas wipes out the plant and pattern shop and armature winding works of Cleveland Steel Casting Company. Estimated losses run to $100,000 for each site. A political note mentions Irish representative peer elections with qualification concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunflower Glass Company
Coffeyville
Kan
Cleveland Steel Casting Company
Willian
Bilec
Beses
Lord Cursos
Ireland
Roosevelt warns wealthy to back reforms against trusts
President Roosevelt in a Congress message labels a wealthy, organized effort to discredit reform. He cites fines on Standard Oil and Santa Fe rebating, defends prison for wrongdoers, and urges federal state cooperation, interstate control, and broader Sherman law tweaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Standard Oil Company
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Gaynor and Greene
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Washington Seen Through a Tourist and Political Vignettes
The piece contrasts Washington sightseeing with New York tourists, notes social quirks of locals toward visitors, and covers varied items from Congressman Hobson's proposal for a government weekly paper to Pennies in rural delivery boxes and other Capitol anecdotes. It also mentions Cy Sulloway, a court ruling on Panama Canal bonds, and post office morale changes for souvenir cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Austin
New York
Cortelyon
Gould
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Austin
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