The Recluse of Fifth Avenue
Peter Milman endures a second life blow as Hazen Brewer’s collapse shatters his fortune. In a rich Fifth Avenue home he clings to scraps of news while his loyal butler clips clippings, planning to relocate as he confronts a ruined future. He meets Herman Loddon, a former ally turned snide assessor, who confirms Brewer’s full failure and Milman’s precarious hold on a Fifth Avenue property.
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Peter Milman
Lower Fifth Avenue
Sneed
Hazen Brewer
Brewer
Milman
Hazen Brewer Nut
Peter Mitmuan
Herman Loddon
Loddon
Alilinans
Lodden
Lodden Ore
Herman Yoddon
Hunstings
Kired
Fifth Avenue
Familly
New York
South Carolina
Heppelwhite
Milmans
van Sluyter
Peter
Milman Sneed
Benjamin Milman
Aaron Burr
Hamilton
Milman and Loddon clash over debts and a dying mortgage
In New York society circles, Hazen Brewer’s mortgage on Peter Milman’s home nears its due date as Milman’s insistence on remaining in his birthplace widens the rift with lawyer Herman Loddon. Loddon, boastful and resentful, faces Milman’s quiet mastery and looming financial peril.
Home Sweet Home authorship tale told by Kansas City Star
The tale of John Howard Payne composing Home Sweet Home under loneliness is disputed. Some say debtors prison or poverty, others note a once-successful playwright with bright prospects. Payne cites a dull October day and wandering mood, recalling Easthampton memories, while Italy inspired the tune later paired by Harry B. Bishop.
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John Howard Payne
London
Payne
Easthampton
L. I
Fields
Italy
Harry BD. Bishop
Kansas City
Folly of Fashion Haunts Henry Eighth Era Dandies
Frederick Tisdale notes in Liberty that English fashion under Henry the Eighth produced such heavy padded garments that a bench was built beside Parliament for fainting dandies to rest their mattresses thighs.
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England
Henry the Eighth
Frederick Tisdale
Liberty
House of Parliament
Yellowstone Park Land Claim Sparks Debate
A claim proposes dividing the park’s 3,348 square miles into square plots of 90 feet by 90 feet for each Americas citizen. Clarifications are needed on feasibility, ownership rights, and impacted conservation protections.
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Yellowstone Park
Illinois Senate Passes Tax Plan and Education Note
Senator Barr's bidl and a university governance provision pass the senate without opposition. Francis G Blair congratulates Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh, mother of Charles A Lindbergh, as president of the National Educational Association. House roads committee advances an amended gasoline tax bill directing half the revenue to county road funds. Illinois imposes immediate restrictions on potato imports from tuber moth infested areas.
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Richard Barr
University of Minors
Board of Trustees
Senate
Francis G. Blair
National Educational Association
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Meents
House Committee On Roads
Illinois Department of Agriculture
S. J . Stammrd
T Olsen
Division of Plant Industry
Len Small
Illinois Supreme Court picks Heard as chief justice for coming year
Governor Small urges joint cyclone and flood relief committee to coordinate equitable relief across communities. Iowa state road and bridge awards for five counties list contractors and project values, including Route 78 and Route 99 work. Lee county primary election law case awaits advisement. new 1910 law implications discussed amid legislative changes.
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House
Senate
Small
General Assembly
Department of Public Works and Buildings
A. I. Munson
Marion
Iowa
Peoria
Vincennes Bridge Company
Vincennes
Ind
Peorin
Harvey TL
Roberts
Rushville
Hancock County
J. J. Donnegan Construction Company
Shenandoah
Towa
Cook
Dupage
L. Gray
St. Louis
Merger County
Oscar K. Heard
Freeport
Clyde EK
Stone
Tllinois Supreme Court
Thutybody
Lee County
Supreme Court
Nonpartisan House Members Conference Active in Session
The MFP Rice president and secretary Robert Whiteles lead a weekly meeting of a nonpartisan house members conference group. They discuss pending legislation with high attendance from fifty one members, though not all attend every session. The group acts as an unofficial house committee, formed during the 1921 session.
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Nonpartisan
House
MFP Rice
Robert Whiteles
Senate offers reapportionment bill in Illinois
Senator Herman J Huenisch of Chicago introduces a reapportionment bill totaling 31 districts in downstate areas and 24 in Cook County. Earlier, Senator John Datley of Peoria proposed a resolution to appoint a committee to redistrict the state, which the Senate adopted but the measure died in the House.
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Senate
Herman J Huenisch
Chicago
Downstate
Cook County
John Datley
Peoria
Senate approves progressive income tax bill pending house vote
The senate approved a tax plan imposing 1 percent on incomes up to 5000, 2 percent on 5000 to 10000, and 3 percent above 10000. It awaits house passage and a referendum before taking effect. Protesters also pressure Gov Len Small over the Lager horse race pari mutuel bill with many church and civic notices urging a veto.
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Senate
House
Len Small
Bloomington educator Charles L. Capen dies at 82
Charles L. Capen of Bloomington, longtime member of the state board of education, died at his home after a brief illness contracted in Chicago during a state board meeting. He was eighty-two.
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Charles L. Capen
Bloomington
State Board of Education
Chicago
State Board
Senator Turner's bill to fight corn borer passes senate
Representative W Turner guides a bill creating a state department of agriculture to combat the European corn borer. It clears the senate without dissent, carries an emergency clause, and goes to Governor Small for signature.
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W. Turner
State Department of Agriculture
Senate
Small
Contagious Disease Leads State with 1000 Cases
The latest report from state health director Dr. I D Raw Hagx shows Menzales at the top of contagious diseases with 1000 cases, followed by 431 mumps and 327 pneumonia cases across the state.
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Menzales
I. D. Raw- Hagx
Looting Reported in East Peoria Flood District War Dispatches
Looting of property in the flooded district of East Peoria led Governor Small to deploy Companies E and F of the 130th Infantry from Peoria to the Tazewell county district.
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East Peoria
Small
Peoria
Tazewell County
Grandstand Construction Progress at State Fair Grounds
A 250 strong workforce is pushing forward a new grandstand at the state fair grounds. The structure, described as the largest and most modern in the Middle West, will overlook a new mile racing track and is slated for completion by July 15 under Director Leslie Small of the state department of purchases and construction.
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State Fair Grounds
Middle West
Leslie Small
State Department of Purchases and Construction
Funeral for Hon Charles Curren Draws Lawmakers
Afiss Eva Young and Misses Anna and Margaret McDonald attended the Mound City funeral for Hon Charles Curren former house member. Congressmen Edward E. Denison Marion and Representatives Carl Choisier Claude L. Rew Wallace Bandy Marton and Alexander Wilson of Cairo also attended.
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Afiss
Eva Young
House of Representatives
Anna
Margaret McDonald
Mound City
Charles Curren
House
Senate passes Sturr bill on 48 hour work week for women
The Senate approved Senator Sturrs measure setting a 48 hour work week for women with a maximum ten hours daily. It removes objections to the ONeill bill and the Starr proposal now moves to the house for action.
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Sturr
Senate
O’neill
Starr
Senator Meents Bill Advances For Hard Roads Funding
Senator Richard Meents pushed a bill through the senate authorizing 38.8 million dollars for road construction. The package includes fifty thousand dollars for building a state cement plant, with no opposition noted in the passage.
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Richard Meents
Senate
House backs quo warranto bill and Joliet reform bill
The house committee reported favorable on the quo warranto bill to bar ouster proceedings against constitutional officers, already passed by the senate. The appropriation bill for 800000 to build a Joliet women’s reformatory was reported for passage, and it has also passed the senate.
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House
Senate
House Committee On Appropriationy
Joliet
Senate panel endorses bill repealing liquor production restriction
The senate committee on license and miscellany reported Senator Frank McDermott's bill repealing the act restricting the manufacture of intoxicating liquors and sent it out for passage.
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Senate Committee On License and Miscellany
Frank McDermott
Senate backs Whiteley bill on state chicken registration
The senate approved Representative Robert Whiteley’s measure targeting poultry theft. The bill requires registration of chickens sold within the state to curb theft and track traded birds.
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Senate
Robert Whiteley
Former State Senator Albert C. Clark Dies in Los Angeles
Albert C. Clark longtime state senator from Chicago’s Thirteenth district died in Los Angeles California. He served sixteen years in the legislature and was succeeded by Senator Harry Starr last year.
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Albert C. Clark
Chicago
Los Angeles
Calif
O Grady Weber Bill Repeals Search and Seizure Nets
The senate committee on license and miscellany reports the O Grady Weber bill as favorable. The bill has passed the house.
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Senate Committee On
House
Castoria Advertises Relief for Infants and Children
An old advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted remedy for constipation, flatulence, wind colic, and diarrhea in babies and children. It claims to ease feverishness, aid digestion, and promote natural sleep, noting the genuine product bears its signature.
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Fletcher
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Tinois
Hiram
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Oakland
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