Governor Tanner signs butter coloring ban in Illinois
In Carthage on Friday morning June 18 1897 Governor Tanner of Illinois signed a bill prohibiting the coloring or imitation of butter. Other items note camp hold ups in Capple Creek talk of a vigilance committee and a whaleback steamer City of Everett sailing from San Francisco with 2600 tons of corn for famine relief and $200000 in cash contributions.
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Tanner
Illinois
City of
Everett
India
San Francisco
J. Hobbs
Jacksonville
Mortality, Marriage and Mirth in Modern Life
The passage notes a reduced child mortality rate and a broader share of births reaching usefulness between cradle and grave. It questions whether women will welcome conditions that make them more humorous as men grow scarce, considering matrimonial aspects in evolving society.
Congress Library Moves to New Building With Massive Storage
The Chicago Record reports on the relocation of the Congressional Library from the Capitol to a new, modern structure. Aimed at rapid access, the system will classify by authors alphabetically with enchanted honeycomb racks, elevating cars, and an anticipated 6 million volumes capacity.
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Congressional Library
Capitol
Congress
Spofford
Library of Congress
National Library of France
British Museum
Boston
Library of Music
Chicago Record
Anson Sees Boston Top Pennant Pick amid Chicago Critique
Captain Adrian Anson, the grand old man of baseball, reflects on past greatness of Chicago and argues the game has deteriorated tactically while praising old teammates. He predicts Boston will win the pennant, citing balanced hitters and stronger pitchers, and notes Chicago’s slow start and weather woes as reasons for the nascent slump.
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Adrian C. Anson
Chicago
Anse
Baltimores
Bostons
Mike Kelly
Williamson
Burns
Pfeffer
Flint
American Association
Oc Ocean Ee
Polo Grounds
New York
Everett
Emilie
Chicagos
Boston
Baltimore
Hanlon
Robinson
Clarke
Ganzel
Young Bergen
Tenney
Doyle
Lowe
Reitz
Short Field
Long
Jennings
McGraw
Collins
Duffy
Joe Kelley
Hamilton
Stenzel
Young Stahl
Keeler
Nichols
Lewis
Klobedanz
Sullivan
Stivetts
Pleasure Trip For Popular Pastor Arrives in London
Reverend John F. Cummins of Boston arrives in London after winning the prize for the most popular pastor in New England. He is to stay at top hotels and eat fine food while avoiding walking. He will send a report of his experiences to the paper, which plans to publish it in the sporting department. Also noted is a Sydney post office clock emitting an electric flashlight every hour at night to show the exact time to distant residents.
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London
John F. Cummine
Boston
England
New England
New York Sun
Sydney
Acetylene Lighting Trials Spark Borough Interest
The Merchantville Pennsylvania light question ends with the council accepting acetylene street illumination. The borough will likely be lit with acetylene, as the winning bidder secures the contract. The move marks the first adoption of acetylene for street lighting in the area and awaits observable results.
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Merchantville
Oldest Candidate Seeks Citizenship in Search of Heaven
Peder L. Holst, 191 Dania avenue, aged 92, applied for naturalization. He has lived in the United States 27 years and told Clerk Salmonson that becoming American would ease his path to heaven, noting religion as his motive.
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Peder L. Holst
Dania Avenue
Clerk Salmonson
Mernes Epslendes
Heaven
Mennonites Migrate to Texas for Cheap Land
A large band of Mennonites plans to move from Kansas and South Dakota to Texas near Houston and purchase about 12,000 acres. They originally settled there about 90 years ago at four dollars an acre and now seek to sell at twenty five to forty dollars per acre as they relocate seeking affordable land.
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Kansas
South Dakota
Houston
Texas
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William G. Allan
Capple Creek
Col
Butte
Mont
Parkersburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Europe
Bimetallic Commission
McKinley
Friends of
France
Thomas E. Watson
Mr Bryan
Watson
Butler
Bryan
Democratic Party
Congressional
South
Senate
Washington “Post
Kansas City Journal
London Lancet
Anson
Fle
Owen S. Hill
Hill’s Drug Store
Ind
Dovey Bros
Knightstown
E. Bufkin
The
Carthage Building, Loan and Savings Association
Jesse Henley
Planing Mill
Nashua
N. H
Paris Petit Journal
Switzerland
Helvetia
Cincinnati
Society of Western Artists
Duc d’Aumale
Delaware
Jack Batt
Lon LeMay
Ball & Llemay
East St
Rush County
Geho. Lal. Osborne
Rushville
Indiana
Stevens & Titsworth
East Side
Main St
M. F. Lovett
Old School
Wain Street
Mercer, Henley & CO
Mary E. Odell
Main Street
Bundy
East Mill Street
Otto P. Hill
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