Local Grocery Ad Highlights Prices
Franklin grocery line features rolled oats 21b pack at 7c, Gunpowder Tea 75c quality at 45c lb, Japan Tea 25 and 35c, baking soda 1 1b at 4c, New Orleans molasses 39c gallon, 29c for 60c quality, spices from 15c to 25c lb, white Satin flour $1.15 sack, whole wheat flour 35c sack, cuke’s ginger snaps 5c lb, Boston Golden Santos coffee 27c lb, bacon 84c lb, yeast wafers 5c for 2 packages.
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Franklin
Japan
New Orleans
Boston Golden Santos
Freeport
Insurance Conference in Chicago Seeks 15 Percent Commissions
In Curcano August 5 William Trembor of Freeport chairs the non union group planning a Chicago meeting tomorrow to discuss a 15 percent commission basis and rate war avoidance. About forty non union managers are expected, with agents from Allemania and New Hampshire already arriving. The aim is to prevent further rate cuts while considering a school buildings and church rate reduction in Chicago and Cook County. Local Chicago agents expect exclusion from the fight as state affairs await Friday’s decisions.
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Chicago
Curcano
William Trembor
Freeport
Nonunion
Allemania
New Hampshire
Underwriters’ Association
Cook County
Talmage the Attraction at Rock River Assembly
Dixon August 4 The Rock River Assembly eagerly awaits the arrival of noted divine Talmage. Tomorrow and Friday are labeled Talmage Days with no extra charges. Other activities include Dr Crawford on Pre Reformation Reformers, Savonarola talk, Mrs Morse art lectures, Bible study and music classes, and a growing assembly hotel. Board members elected are Messia J L Moore W T Schell of Polo Ill and M Olson of Chicago.
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Rock _ River Assembly
Dixon
Talmage
Crawford
Assembly Hotel
Assembly Board
Messia
J. L. Moore
W. T. Schell
Polo, Ill
M. ©. Olson
Chicago
Fatal mushroom feast kills two sisters in Rooxroro
In Rooxroro Illinois on August 4 Misa Urania Lamb 20 and Miss Hita Lamb 14 died from poisoning after eating wild mushrooms gathered in nearby woods. Their father Albert T Lamb traveling salesman for Forest City Furniture and two other children are seriously ill. A doctor was not summoned until Monday morning, too late to save them.
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Rooxroro
Misa Urania Lamb
Hita Lamb
Albert T. Lamb
Forest City Furniture Company
City Treasurer Koehler Resigns. Cleary Elected in Ill
City Treasurer Philip Koehler resigned today after bondsmen withdrawal. The city council elected Dr. M. H. Cleary to succeed him, while James Hudson was appointed president of the board of education. Koehler states his accounts are all right.
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Koehler
Garena
Ill
Philip Koehler
M. H. Cleary
Dr. Cleary
Board of Education
James Hudson
Fatal Spree Throws Four to Death in Cincinnati Room
In Cincinnati this morning Ezra Rouse Arthur Guth Roy Carr and Nellie Bennett were suffocated in a room above Otto Adler's restaurant during a wedding celebration. Thirteen others present also drank and smoked. the group shared the room after a wedding.
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Cincinnati
Ezra Rouse
Arthur Guth
Roy Carr
Nellie Bennett
Guth
Otto Adler
Two Hundred Women Drowned in Dnieper Flood
Sr. PETERSBURG Aug. 5 Special Two hundred women were drowned when the swimming bath at the river Dnieper in Krementchug was submerged by a flood.
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Sr. Petersburg
Japan Suggests Belgium as Arbitrator in Hawaii Dispute
Yoronami August 5 report that Japan semi-officially announces a proposal to name Belgium as the arbitrator between Hawaii and Japan. The move aims to resolve the ongoing island dispute through a neutral international judge, signaling diplomatic effort to avoid direct confrontation.
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Belgium
Yoronami
Japan
Hawaii
Dunkard Church Selects Meeting Place Committee
Representatives of the German Dunkard church met at this city to appoint a committee to secure a suitable location for the next general conference. D L Miller presides with David Eby as vice president O P Rowland treasurer and committee members Benett Trout RB Kiltner Jane Heckman and Franklin Myers. The committee meets in Polo August 16 to receive proposals and arrange visits to bidding towns.
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Tia
Effort to End Coal Mining Moves in Several States
Strikes and sympathy actions sweep West Moreland mines as union leaders push a mass march against coal operators. In Illinois a state convention gathers to form a uniform scale while Ohio and Kanawha Valley miners report sparse activity and aid from local communities. Markets close with mixed grains and livestock prices as weathered by recent drought and strong cash demand.
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PriTsBurg
West Moreland Country
Pennsylvania
Springfield
James JM. Careen
Wheeling
W. V
Clarksburg
Kanawha Valley
Norfolk & Western
Eastern Ohio Minera
Lewis
Weather forecast for Oxn toaco August fifth
Continued fair tonight and Friday in Oxntoaco with northeast winds. Illinois special indicates stable conditions across the region.
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Oxntoaco
Illinois
League of American Wheelmen gathers in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Aug 5 League members continue arriving in large numbers with a noon count of 12,000 registered and new arrivals by every train. Since headquarters opened over 2,000 new members have enrolled.
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League of American Wheelmen
Philadelphia
Death of a College Professor in Boston
Frederick D. Forest Allen Ph D longtime Harvard professor of classical philology died at 53 from a paralytic stroke. He served seventeen years at Harvard and passed away in Boston on August 5.
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Boston
Frederick D. Forest Allen
Harvard
Big Fire at Union Foundry in Rockford Il
A noon blaze at the Union foundry opposite the Northwestern freight office in Rockford Illinois drew the entire fire department. The fire is described as large with heavy expected losses.
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Rockford
Rookroro
Union Foundry
Northwestern
Deputy Joseph Augenstein Appointed as Deputy Sheriff
Sheriff Clingman names Joseph Augenstein of Afalkey as a deputy sheriff in a formal appointment, expanding the county law enforcement team.
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Clingman
Joseph Augenstein
Afalkey
A Fine Line of Goods
F E Cowley from Chicago presents a choice line of cigars to local trade introducing new products to customers and retailers.
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F. E. Cowley
Chicago
A Race Matinee at Taylors Park This Afternoon
A race matinee is held at Taylors Park this afternoon featuring a 2:19 trot 2:28 trot and a free for all pace.
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Taylor’s Park
Big Contracts For Lena And Oakdale Campmeetings
The McHenry bakery holds contracts to furnish bread for both Lena campmeeting and Oakdale campmeeting. A concert is planned at Taylor's Park by the Henney Buggy Company band on Friday evening, August 6, starting at 7:80 o'clock. The program promises to be good.
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McHenry
Lena
Oakdale
Taylor’s Park
Henney Buggy Company
Taylor's Park
Illinois Central runs special trains to Lena camp meet
To aid attendees at Lena camp meeting on August 8 and 16, the Illinois Central Railroad will run special trains from Freeport departing 8:30 a.m. arriving Lena 8:55 a.m. Return service leaves Lena at 10:00 p.m.
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Lena
Illinois Central Railroad
Freeport
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