Fish to Expose Harriman at Illinois Central Meeting
Stuyvesant Fish declares he will attend the Chicago stockholders meeting in October to reveal inner workings of the Illinois Central and the extent of Union Pacific influence. He notes proxies from many holders and says he will vote in the owners’ interest, even as he declines re election.
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New York
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Chicago
John Jacob Astor
John W. Auchincloss
Charles M. Beach
James W. Catting
Stuyvesant Fish
Robert W. Goelet
J. T. Harahan
E. H. Harriman
Walther Luttgen
Charles A. Peabody
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Forth
John C. Welling
Yong
Harriman
Union Pacific Railway Company
Chicago Great Western Road Finance Plan Discussed in London
A. B. Stickney and Ansel Oppenheim of the Chicago Great Western Railroad visited London with the finance committee to study financing needs for ten years. They may extend their stay to November as monetary conditions in London, like New York, are unsettled and private cables report similar issues in Berlin.
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Sy Factory
Chicago Great Western
United States
Great Western
London Finance Committee
London
A. B. Stickney
Ansel Oppenheim
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Europe
Finance Committee
United Stas
New York
Berlin
Bat
Yankee Regent at Garrick Theatre Chicago Two Week Run
Garrick Theatre Chicago opens Sunday night August 4 with Ben M. Jerome's The Yankee Regent in a revised two week engagement. The revival features new stage pictures and electrical effects with Toby Lyons as chief funmaker and a 65 member cast led by Thomas Burton Walter B. Smith John Waston Bertha Shalek Elsie Baird Elsie Herbert Edith Arnold. J Paul Gallan producer of Veronique and a London Pony ballet from the Gaiety Theatre are among the talents.
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Garrick Theatre
Chicago
Ben M. Jerome
H. H. Frazee
Toby Lyons
Thomas Burton
Walter B. Smith
John Waston
Bertha Shalek
DeWolf Hopper
Elsie Baird
Elsie Herbert
Edith Arnold
J. Paul Gallan
Charles Frohman
Veronique
Gaiety Theatre
London
Vaudeville Headliner Virginia Earle At Majestic Chicago
The Ma jestic theatre in Chicago will feature Virginia Earle as headliner with A Midnight Mistake a dainty playlet by Will H Cressy. Earle, a veteran of Daly's and Casino, brings comic opera star power. Elsie Fay also stars with The Belle of Avenue A likely to draw laughs and encores.
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Majestic Theatre
Chicago
Virginia Earle
Will H. Cressy
Miss Earle
Miss Mearle
Comediennes
Elsie Fay
Avenue A
Tr Puble
Dr King's New Life Pills Promoted by Local Drugstore
An old advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as the most regular routine, comparing daily sun cycles to bodily regulation. The product, guaranteed by Joseph Lamert, druggist, is priced at 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Joseph Lammert
August Clearing Sale Shoes and Oxfords at McNamara
August clearing sale offers big price cuts on entire stock. G. A. McNamara & Co. advertises ladies patent oxfords at low prices, with dealers Schmidt, Weehlin & Piviffer and address 117 Stephenson St.
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Sale Shoes and
Oxfords
Hitegeney
G. A. McNamara & Co
Hied
Stepenson Se
Schmidt
Weehlin & Piviffer’s
Buggies for sale at Dorman Co corner
Bug gy s 40 to Bensamerle door. We have a fine as primer. Prices right. The best season for pleasure driving is still before us. Call and get the best Dorman Co Cor Exchange and VanBurey streets.
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Bensamerle
Dorman & CO
Cor
Exchange
VanBurey
War Path at Jamestown Exposition Showcases Civil War Scenes
The Jamestown exposition presents an expansive War Path with battles of the Monitor and Merrimac, Gettysburg, and Manassas, plus Ferrori animal acts, a baby incubator exhibit, reenactments of Old Jamestown, Pocahontas legends, and diverse international shows. The display features elaborate panoramas, lifelike figures, and immersive scenery to evoke historic and distant cultures.
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Chicago
Buffalo
St. Louis
Portland
Merrimac
Monitor
Gettysburg
Manassas
Ferari
Animal Kingdom
Colonel Ferari
LeBelle Selica
Mille Helene
Pauline
Captain Goldie
Capt. Kaneo
Dick Bass
Josephine
Jamestown
James River
John Smith
Powhatan
General F W Benson 65th Birthday Highlight
Canadian born Major General F W Benson—director of transports and remounts for the British army—began life in St. Catherine Ontario on August 2 1842. His career spanned Sandhurst India Egypt and the South African War with key roles incl to Bloemfontein and Orange River operations.
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F. W. Benson
C. B
St. Catherine
Ont
Upper Canada College
Royal Military College
Sandhurst
India
Staff Colege
Egypt
Sir T. Kelly-Kenny
Bloemfontein
Col
Benson
Keily Renny
Town Board Meeting Notice to Audit Bills
Town Board holds a regular meeting Friday evening August 4 at 7 80 p m to audit bills. Citizens with town charges should present them to Town Clerk Michael Steffen at Rice Building 2nd floor without delay.
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Michael Stepfen
Rice Building
Rain Delays Camp Lincoln Drill As Governor Visits
Rain cut short drills at Camp Lincoln where soldiers gathered for parade. Governor Deneen planned a visit and inspection with Major Tillson directing battalions and Major Lowry leading the guard. Rifle practice to resume after weather and a court ruling preserved existing practices.
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Springfield
Camp Lincoln
Tillson
Walter Fieldhouse
Iinois National Guard
FE. R. White
Charles S. Deneen
Sterling Band
Wile Allan
James A. Creighton
Illinois National Guard
Michael Donovan
Cap Lincoln
Creighton
Court of Equity
This Date in History and Notable Events List
1049 Royalists defeated at Rathmines in 1718. Quadruple alliance formed in 810. Amos Tuck first representative in congress died December 11. A steamboat first arrived at St. Louis. Sir John Rose Canadian statesman born. Charles II abdicated throne of France in 1830. 1861 Congress passed law about slaves used for Confederates military. 1864 Electric light shown outside the Gaiety theater London. 1866 John Hiram Lathrop died born 1799. 1900 Attempt on shah of Persia in Paris.
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Rathmines
Amos ‘Tuck
Congress
St. Louis
Sir John Rose
Charles II
France
Gaiety Theater
London
John Hiram Lathrop
Missouri
Paris
Ladies White Canvas Oxfords On Clearance
Clearning sale at Wachlin & Pfeiffer's featuring ladies white canvas oxfords priced at 1.38 and 160 dollars for bulk or assorted pairs while supplies last.
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Seamide
Wachlin & Pfeiffer
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Congress of Nations
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Arctic
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Palace Theatre
San Salina
Cattahato Valley
Paul Revere
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la Gida
Royal Opera House
Spain
Virginia
Old Dominion
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Capital
Florida
General F. W. Benson
The
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Want
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Onel Fieldhouse
Stephenson County
H.S. Keer
Freeport, Ill
Heeler's
Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pens
Highland Park
Price
Freeport Gas Light & Coke Co
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