Commissioners of Public Charities Meet in Springfield
The Illinois Commissioners of Public Charities held their quarterly meeting in Springfield. The board’s financial statement for the three months ended March 31 details ordinary and special expenses for each institution during the quarter.
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Commissioners of Public Charities
Springfield
Northern Insane Hospital
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Eastern Insane Hospital
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Central Insane Hospital
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Southern Insane Hospital
Institution For
State Reform School Eye and Bar Infirmary
Perry
Peeight and
Ewe Beer Aere
Notorious fugitive Samuel Hazel captured after Dongola killing
Samuel Hazel, linked to the September death of Mollie Dalton near Dongola Union County, was arrested at Poplar Bluff Missouri and brought to Anna jail by Deputy Turner. A $200 Governor's reward had been offered for a suspect named Watel.
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Samuel Hazel
Mollie Dalton
Dongola
Union County
Poplar Bluff
Anna
Turner
Watel
Illinois Legislature in Extra Session Adopts Apportionment Bills
The legislative body fails to reach quorum in early sessions but moves forward with Congressional and Senatorial Apportionment bills, adopting resolutions, advancing bills to second and third readings, and planning special orders for April 25 to 27. The House and Senate report on canal cession to the federal government and fix chaplain pay at five dollars per day as adjournments occur.
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House
Senate
State Normal University
Illinois & Michigan
General Assembly
Committee On
Congressional
J. W. Morgan
Assembly
Various Tidbits From The Era Of Oddities And Anecdotes
A collection notes a Oxford professor dying from blood poisoning after impure milk, a Mungo the circus elephant dying of pneumonia in Washington, and a China emperor rumor debunk. It mentions Cincinnati and Boston’s music plans, a Toronto clergyman correspondence, a Denver naming tale for James W. Denver, and a Western gossip column from Opinion and Graphic.
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Oxford
Nce
London Spectator
Mungo
Washington
China
New York Sun
Cincinnati
Paris
America
Boston
Athens
Conservatory of Music
Toronto
Denver
Col
Ohio
James W. Denver
California
Kansas Territory
Colorado
Arapahoe County
Graphic
The Yellowstone Geysers Spectacle and Its Colorful Eruptions
The author describes geysers in Yellowstone, noting varied eruption styles and durations. The Grand geyser erupts nightly at a regular hour, delivering successive powerful bursts, vivid colors in crater edges, and dramatic vapor, spray, and rainbows as dusk light halos the scene.
The Wrong Fur Riot on High Street
An excited colored man sought an officer on High Street to report abuse by a white man in a neighboring house. He vowed to crush the culprit if he appeared. The officer found the man with a bleeding head. the punchline: the “wrong fur” was crushed, not the right foe, leaving both parties bruised.
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Dat Pusson
Pusson
Detroit Free Press
Rhode Island Governor From Mill Town Roots to Power
The Panapolis Journal notes Rhode Island Governor Littlefield rose from cotton factory labor in Natick to political prominence, contrasting his career with that of William Sprague who later became governor but fell into bankruptcy, illustrating a wheel of fortune.
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Littlefield
Rhode Island
Natick
Sprague
William Sprague
N Panapolis Journal
Household and farm notes on cleaning and livestock breeding
The excerpt covers disinfectant recipes from Country Gentleman, rose care and greenhouse tips from Denver Tribune, and a ranch breeding summary near Bexar County Texas describing 450 ponies including Shetland Arab and Zacatecas stock. It also includes a quotation praising farmers wives for butter quality.
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Denver Tribune
Bexar County
Tex
Zacatecas
Mexico
L. A. Coffin
Chicago Herald
Annual Lessons From the Iowa State Register on Farming Practices
The Iowa State Register urges farmers to test seed corn and avoid bad stacking after last year’s losses. It warns a single week’s delay in fieldwork harms harvests and profits, stressing timely harrowing, cultivation, and threshing to prevent birds, weather damage, and mortgage problems.
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Towa
Iowa State Register
Musical Exhibition Honors Mason & Hamlin Organ Co
Milan hosts a royal patronage Musical Industrial Exhibition and Competition with a wide array of instruments gathered. Mason & Hamlin Organ Company receives the highest medal the sole award in that department among 250 awards overall. The victory continues a fourteen year streak of World Fair triumphs for the organ makers.
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Milan
Italy
America
Mason & Hamlin Organ Company
Manhattan
Brown's Iron Bitters Tonic For Spring Weakness
Spring fever is described as a run down condition risking disease. Brown's Iron Bitters is promoted as a non alcoholic tonic to build strength, enrich the blood, improve complexion, and provide a foundation to resist seasonal strain for symptoms like dyspepsia indigestion malaria and general weakness. Sold by all druggists.
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Logan
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Carlinville
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Jacksonville
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Tazewell Dolivan
Tonesboro
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White
Carmi
Whiteside
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Morrison Sneer
Albany
Williamson Pew Marion
Winnebavo
Rockford
Seeeese
Woodford
el Paso
Illinois Charities
Deaf and Dumb Institution
Rye and Bar
State Reform School
Ss. Aa
Samuel Weaver
Hickory Township
Macon County
W. A. van Leer
Friend's Creek
John Kister
Weaver
Eliza J. Murray
Lebanon
St. Clair County
Deering Harvester Works
Chicago
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