Miners Demand 1903 Engineer Seizure Pact in Illinois
In Illinois, United Mine Workers request operators sign the 1903 agreement for hoisting engineers amid wage disputes. In Chicago area districts some operators pay the 1908 stipulation, but suspicions linger over unequal treatment and delays in strike benefit funds. Miners in several counties push for state officials to provide benefits during strikes, criticizing the fund's distribution and past fines and dues.
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Springfield
United
Mite
Illinois
Chicago and Alton
Senate
Chicago
Wilmington
Vermilion
Green Ridge
Herrin
Ilinois
Saline
Willamson
Franklin
Jackson
Perry
Chicago and Alton Road
United Mine Workers’ Organization
du Quoin
United Mine Workers
MORE GRAFTING AT CHICAGO Grand Jury Indicts Ex Clerk
Chicago April 30 grand jury indicts ex Circuit Clerk John A Cooke on twenty eight forgery counts and conspiracy to defraud the county of fifty thousand dollars plus embezzlement and record withholding. He posted bonds totaling thirty nine thousand dollars with William J Moxley and John Dadle as sureties, pledging to fight the cases and not plead guilty.
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Chicago
John. A. Cooke
Cooke
Criminal Court
William J. Moxley
John Dadle
Moxley
Honore
Death by Own Action of Major Throop in Rockford
Belvidere born Major Throop of Company B fourth Illinois Cavalry and later staff to General Grant shot himself in a bath tub in Rockford amid despondency. A prominent Mason he had earlier questioned whether a Mason who commits suicide would receive a Mason burial.
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Throop
Rockford
Co. B. Throop
Belvidere
Fourth Illinois Cavalry
Grant
Sherman
Mhroap
Williams Bros and Co Bankrupt Springfield TM
Williams Bros and Co of Springfield file voluntary bankruptcy petitions in the United States district court. Scott Th Williams Bruce Williams and Chester C Williams of Williams Loos Co owners of a Decatur Illinois department store face creditors filing a bankruptcy petition earlier. Receiver appointed with total liabilities listed at 100000.
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Williams Bros. and Co
Springfield
United States District Court
Scott Th. Williams
Bruce Williams
Chester C. Williams
Williams Loos. & Co
Decatur, Ill
Death of a Party-Niner in Chicago Leader Sears Dead
Thad L P Sears, president of the Western Association of California Pioneers, died of old age in Chicago. Sears moved to California in 1845 and served in the first California state senate before returning to Chicago in 1870.
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Chicago
Thad LP
Sears
Western Association of California Pioneers
California
Senate
Woman Appointed Trustee at Geneva State Training School
Governor appoints Mrs. W. S. Hef as trustee of the state training school for girls at Geneva to fill a vacancy. Springfield April 1 80. Harvard avenue Chicago appears in filing.
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Springfield
Fermn
Harvard Avenue
Chicago
Veneen
Founders' Day Observed at Augustana College
Rock Island UL marked Founders Day with special exercises at Augustana College in April celebrating the 80 pounders event and local school commemoration.
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Rock Island
Augustana College
Dover Man Bob Cleaver Heroic Sacrifice Rescue Story
A survivor of the Coline of Goole wreck told how Dover man Bob Cleaver selflessly stayed behind to aid others. He shouted to stay away as rescue neared, while Cleaver's earlier words urged a mate to bale and jump, saving others at the cost of his own life.
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Coline
Goole
Ramsgate
Uncle Dick
Dover
Bob Cleaver
Cleaver
Hugh
London Graphic
Docks poised for idle time as longshoremen walk out
The Leader notes the week closed without an understanding between dock managers and the Longshoremen's union. The tentative compromise is abandoned and take bids on the docks may idle after Monday midnight. The longshoremen’s contract expires and owners prepare to tie boats at the end of trips.
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Cleveland
Aptif
Feud Violence Breaks Out in Breathitt County
In Jackson Kentucky on a April day a volley of thirty to forty shots wounded one man as Red Tom Cockrell Jake Noble and Tom Barnett besieged Beach Hargis in Harrison Hall’s house. Barnett was shot in the wrist. the source cites a street quarrel between Hargis and Cockrell as the spark.
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Jackson
Breathitt County
Tom Cockrell
Jake Noble
Tom Barnett
Beach Hargis
Hargis
Harrison Hall
Barnett
Cockrell
Senate Passes Indian Appropriation Bill Amid Lands Debate
Washington reports the senate approved the Indian appropriation bill while discussing a motion to lift land sale restrictions on all tribes except Choctaw Cherokee Chickasaw and Seminole homesteads. The house considered the agricultural bill as Williams spoke against protection and Cushman replied. A session in memory of Representative Pinckney of Texas was held with eulogies.
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Washington
Senate
House
Williams
Cushman
Representative Pinckney
Texas
Telegraphed death tolls add seventeen in San Francisco
General Gree ly reports from San Francisco an additional seventeen deaths. Named victims include Arthur Agnew Jacob H Buck er Patrick E Creighton Bertha Fablin French infant Genevieve Hunt aged years Mr Hunt John Keller Bernard Kelloge Kifisze Sakura Charles Neville George Neville Benjamin Orwitz Sara Japanese Mrs Williew T Whitaker an unnamed man and an unknown Chinaman death by own action.
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Washington
General Greely
San Francisco
Arthur Agnew
Jacob H. Bucker
Patrick E. Creighton
Bertha Fabilan
French
Genevieve Hunt
Mr. Hunt
John Keller
Bernard Kelloge
Kifisze Sakura
Charles Neville
George Neville
Benjamin Orwitz
Sara
Williew T. Whitaker
Chinaman
Visionary Mary Woslovskaia Claims Three-Year War Forecast
In Warsaw dated April 80, Mary Woslovskaia leader of the Mariatints a sect posing as the Mother of God says she has seen a vision that the war with un believing Roman Catholics will continue for three years.
Roosevelts Return From Potomac River Outing
President and Mrs. Roosevelt return to Washington after a weekend excursion down the Potomac in the yacht Sylph.
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Roosevelts
Washington
Empire Oversees Appointive Changes and Meetings
Reports from St Peters burg claim Nicholas intends to name Premier de Witte head of the imperial council. The Kalamazoo public building site expands via senate passage. Berlin police promise no extraordinary order on May Day. Nor thwestern College fundraiser $1 500 approved by New York Evangelical assembly. Carmegle hosted at Toronto Canadian club banquet. Tremont Temple hall hire refused for Maxim Corky lecture in Boston. Leavenworth High School valedictorian honors WK Bruce’s daughter. Chicago to represent Norway’s coronation via five-member committee. Brest strikers dispersed by cavalry after violent clash. Barcelona theater panic from short circuit leaves one dead ten hurt. Baltimore Cathedral marks centennial corner-stone. pope blesses. Navy affairs committee proposes $89,784,216 bill for largest battleship.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
de Witte
Council of the Empire
Senate
Kalamazoo
Mich
Berlin
New York
The
Evangelical Association
Northwestern College
Andrew Carmegle
Toronto
Maxim Corky
Tremont Temple
Boston
Th WK. Bruce
United States Treasury
Leavenworth
Kan
Chicago
Wing Wankonw Vie
Norway
Brest
France
Barcelona
Span
Baltimore
Lause Committee On Naval Affairs
Abating Sona in Chicago Morning Paper
A Chicago man greets news of a daylight robbery on Michigan Avenue with gleeful levity. He says it proves the smoke in the city is abated, prompting protests from onlookers who question the cheerful reaction.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Puck
Dowie Returns to Zion City Amid Storm and Split
John Alexander Dowie reentered Zion City to a sparse crowd far smaller than his former throngs. He spoke briefly after an electrical storm canceled much of the day’s spectacle, while Voliva’s rebels held a rival gathering nearby, drawing thousands to Zion College as Dowie’s adherents endured rain and darkness.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Alon City
Shiloh House
Dowie
Zion City Tabernacle
Voliva
Zion College
Acre
Volyva
Dowie Faces Charges at Tabernacle Amid Turmoil
The article describes John Dowie in white and gold apostolic robes delivering a sermon at the Tabernacle. He denies accusations of misusing funds as congregants confront him while Mrs. Dowie aligns with Voliva critics. Dowie vows grief over family desertions and remains at Shiloh House pending court injunction decisions next Thursday.
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Dowie
Maen Dowle
Mexico
Fre
Downe
Tabernacle
Vooltva
Shiloh House
Voliva
Three Thousand Steel Workers Strike in Longway France
Three thousand steel workers at Longway in France have begun a citywide strike. Several attempts have been made to remove the foreman of the mills amid ongoing labor tensions.
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Longway
France
Fried It on His Cham Comedy Story From Al Wilson
Al Wilson the singing comedian relates a macabre tale about a boy given two pink sugar images marked poisonous. After days one image disappears and his mother panics asking about the missing pink image. The boy coolly says he gave it to Richard Howe and vows to eat the other if Richard is alive tomorrow.
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al Wilson
Richard Howe
Harold
Columbas Dispatch
Treating Wrong Disease and Dr. Pierce's Prescription Claims
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for many female ailments caused by underlying disease. It argues doctors misdiagnose symptoms, promoting pills, while the tonic allegedly strengthens the feminine system, relieves nervous symptoms, and pairs with Favorite Pellets for stomach and bowel relief.
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Pierce
St. Vitus
Princes of the Napkin and a Portland Exposition Tale
A note on exiled nobles working as waiters cites their polish and speed. The piece references a Fifth Avenue restaurant manager and a belief they seldom rise beyond steady labor before moving west. It also recalls a Portland Oregon exposition opening with a parade and a lobby scene shouting for two congressmen and two gentlemen.
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Maninger
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
New York Sun
Portland
Ore
Saturday Evening Post
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar remedy
Advertises Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as the best remedy for coughs colds and croup. Claims mild cathartic action expelling all cold from the system and removing phlegm from the throat suitable for children and adults. sold by all druggists.
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Kennedy
Reunion of Old Friends Sparks Surprise Talk
In a cordial exchange a man reveals to Kathryn Fairweather in a casual meeting that he remembers their childhood days. He notes her marriage to him not by looks but by lasting qualities, mentioning his two young daughters and his wife’s fond anecdotes about him.
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Kathryn Fairweather
Jove
Chicago Record-Herald
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promoted for Digestive Aid
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure to aid digestion after meals. It claims the product makes the stomach sweet and relieves belching sour stomach and flatulence. Available from druggists.
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All Drugetista
Silk from Mediterranean shellfish spun into fabric
The pinna shellfish in the Mediterranean produces silk used by Sicilians to weave a handsome fabric. The silk is spun initially to attach the shellfish to rocks.
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Mediterranean
Kitchen Measurement Precision for Dry Ingredients
The guide explains cupfuls by spoonfuls and level tops with a knife. Heaping cupfuls fill beyond but not to the cup edge. A scant cupful is level with two teaspoonfuls removed. Tablespoons and teaspoons are measured level. A half spoonful is split from a full spoonful.
Practical dietary guidance from an old admonition
The text urges quartering and coring apples for cooking, notes figs soften with cooking, and warns against raw fig peels. It recommends carrots for digestion, highlights celery as sulfur rich and beneficial for rheumatism, and advises avoiding very acid beverages and fruits for sensitive skin. It cautions stewed fruit may disagree with weak digestion, often due to bread eaten with fruit.
Cleaning silver with whiting and alcohol technique
The text instructs rubbing unstained silver with a flannel dipped in whiting and alcohol, treating stained pieces with oxalic acid, and applying a wet paste for fine handles to fill crevices. After drying, whiting is brushed away and surfaces are polished with chamois.
Cleaning Instructions From A Historic Paper
The text outlines careful dusting and wiping steps for old paper. Start by brushing walls and wiping with clean dusters. Divide stale bread and use crust to wipe downward from the top, in light strokes. Avoid upward moves and over half a yard in one pass.
Clothes Fork Advantage Over Straight Stick
The passage praises a clothes fork for removing garments from a wash boiler. It notes the fork makes clothes wind up on the tool, unlike a straight stick. Instructions say it can be built from various lumber, about three feet long with tines about ten inches, and three to four inches wide.
Snowball Molded Rice with Jelly and Custard
Boil rice in salted water until very tender. Pack hot rice into small cups halfway. Chill for three hours. Scoop centers and fill with bright jelly or preserved pieces. Invert molds onto a dish and surround with soft custard or serve with cream and sugar.
How to Clean White Plumes with Soap and Pear Ash
To clean white plumes, cut White soap into small pieces and dissolve in boiling water with a touch of pear ash. Draw the plumes through the solution until clean, then rinse in a clean lather and cold water with a hint of blue.
Timeless carpet care tips for long lasting rooms
The note advises choosing a uniform small pattern carpet for all bedrooms and suggests sewing together worn areas from two pieces when moving or worn. It claims the merged carpet will be nearly as good as new, preserving appearance and usability in future housing.
Cockroach Exterminator Recipe Declares Lethal Bread Syrup
A historic note describes a crude cockroach killer made by mixing poke root with black molasses into a syrup spread on bread. It claims immediate lethality as roaches eat the bait. The method presents a brutal households remedy from the period.
Colored Finananels Color Process Note
A brief note advises against adding salt when coloring Raunels. It suggests using a pinch of a substance the size of a large nut mixed into three or four gallons of water for the coloring step.
DeWitt Witch Hazel Salve Promises Quick Relief
The notice claims BE, C. DeWitt & Co. supplies a salve that reliably relieves burns sores tetter cracked hands and piles. It asserts immediate relief for bleeding itching and protruding piles and states the product stops pain. Sold by all druggists.
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C. DeWitt & Co
DeWitt
Carpet Cleaning Ad by A. M. Hoover
An advertisement invites readers to have their carpets cleaned by A. M. Hoover offering service under the name Phalles B08. The notice is concise and directs interested customers to contact for cleaning.
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A. M. Hoover
Phalles
Ted
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