Altgeld Dies After Joliet Address Collapse
Former Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld died in Joliet after collapsing on stage during a pro boer meeting. He had arrived from Chicago to speak and suffered a sudden stroke, with physicians unable to save him after hours of efforts.
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Fointa
Aeld
Joliet
dJohn
Allgeld
Mrgeld
Mr. Altgeld
Chicago
Williny
Cen Methuen
Anronseiois
Funston Defends Philippine Policy at Marquette Club
Brigadier General Frederick Funston, honored by the Marquette Club in Chicago, urged strong U S action in the Philippines. He cited Maj Waller s case and criticized Filipino leadership while arguing the war would end only with conquest and decisive American control.
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Funston
Philippines
Frederick Funston
Marquette Club
Chicago
United States
Philippine Islands
Maj
Waller
Tsay
Aguinablo
Boston Strike Grows as 30000 Idle in City Industries
Boston faces a widening strike as nearly 30,000 workers in freight transport and related sectors stay idle. Longshoremen, express firms, and coal teamsters join the stoppage, congesting docks, yards, and supply chains while authorities seek a path to settlement amid rising unrest.
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Boston
New Highut
Lacian
Wml
Manly
Mien
New York
New
Boston and Maine Road
Beet Sugar Foes Lose as Cuban Tariff Cut Wins
A bitter capitol battle ends with 50 to 72 vote in favor of Cuban tariff reduction. Beet sugar advocates failed to block the measure, losing to government forces after a prolonged lobbying fight.
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Capitol
Washington
Fire destroys Converse public school building at Goshen subsidy eyed
The sole Converse public school, a brick structure costing 10 000 to 16 000 dollars, burned after starting on the second floor, likely from a cigar set. Insurance stands at 5 000. About 400 pupils attended. most lost books. Authorities plan hall rentals and immediate rebuilding while a school will resume. Goshen grants 30 000 dollar railroad subsidy to secure line to Lake Wawasee and Fort Wayne by set dates. A body found in Marion barracks. Various state briefs note libraries, insane cases, strikes, and incidents across Indiana.
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Converse
Goshen
Fort Wayne and Goshen
Lake Wawasee
Fort Wayne
Wabash
Carnegie
Kokomo
C. Boyden
Elwood
Muncie
Claude Eilis
Carlisle
Indiana
Terre Haute
Xavier Laitem
Montpelier
Indianapolis
Elizabeth Dice
Elkhart
Nicholas Dettling
Suckeyville
Perry
American Tinplate Company
George W. Faucett
Paoli
New Revenue District
Terre Iante
New Albank
Charles Neathery
Henry Helmig
Peru
Jeffersonville Reformatory
B. A. Quigle
West Side
Vincennes
Quigle
Parker and Ricker
Miss Baker
Nellie Jones
H. W
Charles Busching
Busching
Unsettled Weather and Trade Woes Hit Markets
Unseasonable thaw and floods disrupted manufacturing and transport. Iron and steel outlook worsens as Pittsburg floods cripple plants and coke supplies falter. Coal shipments curbed while footwear demand stalls. Cotton goods hold firm. labor worries linger. Wheat and crop prospects vary across Kansas Texas and Oklahoma with moisture concerns. Feeder cattle hogs and sheep show modest shifts.
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New York
G. Dun & Co
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
National Market Prices Reported for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Chicago and other cities show mixed price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep with grains and dairy values. Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee list No 2 wheat corn oats rye and other staple prices with small variations across markets.
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Chicago
Timothy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
A benevolent cyclist helps a French peasant up hill
A rider in France pushes his machine and steadies a donkey cart on a steep incline. The donkey struggles yet arrives at the summit as the grateful peasant thanks his benefactor. The peasant jokes that he would never have made it with only one donkey.
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France
Remarkable recovery after kidney pills in Champlon
Mrs A Wellett of Champlon Michigan describes five years of sleepless nights, pain and nervousness. After months of taking Dodd's Kidney Pills she reports dramatic relief, better sleep, no back pain, and renewed health and appetite.
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Champlon
Mich
A. Wellett
Dodd
The Way He Said It and Mrs Newlywed
The brief notes a joke about Jack Rich and his mother-in-law health, with a punchline that she has not had a sick day since their marriage. A judge is mentioned as part of the scene.
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Congress
Maceo
Gomez
Kansas
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
Jack Richpop
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Blockbuster Cure
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive remedy for catarrh a constitutional disease. It is taken internally and fights the disease through blood and mucous surfaces with a $100 reward for any uncured case. Sales by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Iearn
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
C. Kee
Senator Stewart Buys Dairy Farm in Virginia
Senator Stewart, once linked with silver and Nevada, has purchased a dairy farm in Virginia and now sells its dairy products in Washington.
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Stewart
Silver
Nevada
Old Dominion
Washington
Cough Remedies and Notable Advertisements
An assorted column promotes Kemp’s Balsam as a instant cough cure with free sample bottles, warns of delays, and lists 25 cent bottles. Also advertised are Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes and Kiino's Great Nerve Restorer promising a permanent cure for fits and nervousness with free trial bottles.
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Kemp
Br. Kiino
Rk. H. Kline
Nurse President Endorses Vegetable Compound For Women
Miss Virginia Granes of Watertown New York, president of the Nurses Association, praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She recounts twelve years of service and a personal recovery from womb and ovarian inflammation after using the remedy. She urges others to try it and offers to speak in its favor.
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Virginia Granes
Nurses'Association
Watertown
N.Y
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Tam
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Mr. Altgelil
John Peter Alteeld
Hiehhind
Ohie
St. Feotus
Whittier
Navasas
Ertineey
Missouri
Dia
Savana
Andrew Comey
Altveld
Chicaco
Altgeld
Cook County
Grover Cleveland
White House
Mielden
Schwab
Necbe
Haymarket
Cleveland
John Plaltgeld
Tmordier
Cuba
Fred Therned
Litchfield
Marion Normal College
Herned
John Kennedy
National Military Plome
Marion
Herr Krupp
Goethe
Lydia E. Pinkham
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