New Start in Life State to Supply Jobs for Released Prisoners
Illinois through its free employment bureaus in Chicago and other cities will begin next Monday to provide work and assistance to about a thousand men, women, and boys released from penal and reformatories each year. Governor Deneen approves a plan that entrusts state employment agencies with securing jobs for those who have served sentences or had punishments mitigated, aiming to overcome past employment obstacles and reduce recidivism.
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Chicago
UM. Nois
Deneen
Wealth in mussel pearls at Wabash river diggings Mount Carmel
Rich finds in pearls continue in mussels from the Wabash river as diggers camp along the shore. Pearls valued from 500 to 1000 dollars are common this summer with several thousand laborers shifting beds. Notable finds include a $1000 pearl bought by B M Pepper of Mount Carmel and an $1000 sale by John Schoenfield, 18, of Fairfield Illinois.
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Mount Carmel
Wabash
United States
Ben Foster
B. Mm. Pepper
John Schoenfield
Fairfield
Til
Funeral of Mayor James S Neville in Bloomington
Bloomington HL Aug 21 prominent public figures attended the funeral of Mayor James S Neville at St Matthews Episcopal church with Governor Deneeva ex Governor Yates Vice President A J Stevenson and others among pallbearers. Andrew Russell of Jacksonville also listed. Carterville OL Aug 21 posses search for Drew the negro alleged to have slain three men at Zeigler. bloodhounds used. Drew heavily armed. reward raised to 100.
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James S. Neville
Bloomington
Uncis
St. Matthews’ Episcopal Church
J. W. Areson
Deneeva
Yates
A. J. Stevenson
A. T
Fronch
Neville
William Wirkpateles
Andrew Russell
Jacksonville
Carterville
Drew
Zeigler
Here
Tarrisburg
Woman Brutally Murdered in Pontiage
Bloomington Illinois reports a woman, Mrs. William Thomas, wife of a miner, murdered by her husband who cut her throat and smashed her skull. The killer escaped amid a family quarrel as the stated motive. Also, in Lacon Illinois a saloon brawl left Nick Smith charged after John Parsons fell, breaking his neck and dying. the coroner’s jury cleared Smith.
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Bloomington
William Thomas
Pontiage
Lacon
Varna
Nick Smith
John Parsons
Magnolia
Parsons
Smith
Marriage at 72 and 47 in Chicago
Poederiek Gardner aged 72 and Hazel Michael aged 47 were married in Chicago yesterday. The notice promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills claiming they prevent dull bilious feelings and guarantee results without sickness. Sold by all druggists.
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Chicago
Poederiek Gardner
Hazel Michael
DeWitt
Very Low Rates to Roanoke for Firemen's Convention
Excursion tickets to Roanoke Virginia via the Northwestern line will be sold August 1 through 13 with favorable return limits. This special price offer is in connection with the annual national convention of the Firemen's association. Apply to the agent Chicago and North Western Railway.
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Roanoke
Northwestern
Favorite Prescription touted as health tonic for women
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a powerful restorative for weak and worn-out women especially those in work or nursing. It claims to calm nervous symptoms, relieve insomnia and anxiety, and cure female disorders, urging readers to write to Dr. Pierce at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo for confidential guidance.
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Pierce
Se Oentae Nervy, Inc
Golden Medicals
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N. Y
The Art of Idling and Its Subtleties
The London Chronicle weighs the value of idling and the skill to idle at will. It contrasts views from Kenneth Grahame and Barry Pain, noting idleness sometimes yields effort and balance, while excessive laziness misses the point. It argues true idlers know when to act and when to rest.
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Stevenson
Kenneth Grahame
Barry Pain
Grahame
Pain
London Chronicle
History of the typewriter and key inventors
An inventor notes the evolution of the typewriter from Henry Mill's 1714 English patent to America's A. H. Beach, whose 1856 patent failed practically. The first practical model by Latham Sholes appeared in 1867 with partners Soule and Glidden leaving the venture, and Remington later mass produced the machine, with Sholes remaining with the firm until his death.
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Henry Mill
England
America
A. H. Beach
Latham Sholes
Sholes
S. W. Soule
Carlos Glidden
Remingtons
Resin from fir trees yields yellow ductile rosin
The resin of shoemaker and fid diper comes from Scots fir larch and balsam fir of Canada. The clear turpentine juice exudes before drying, consisting mainly of oil of turpentine and resin. Distillation separates oil from resin, and adding water to the fluid resin creates Yellow resin, prized for its ductility due to residual oil.
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Canada
The Orange Tree Cultivation From Budding To Harvest
A historical note explains orange trees as the longest Hoed fruit, bearing in its third year and yielding abundantly for 106 years. It claims ripe age around 500 years, low maintenance, rapid early growth, and swift height expansion in the first years before fruiting accelerates after a decade.
Elusive Stensland seen in Colusa at Riverside Hotel
Colusa California August 21 Paul C Stensland former Milwaukee Avenue State Bank president Chicago suspected seen at the Hotel Riverside engaging rooms and meeting John Hartog Colusa Chamber of Commerce manager both men noted a familiar look with the stranger who registered as Th Smith and vanished without further word
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Colusa
Cal
Paul C. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Chicago
Riverside
John Hartog
Colusa County Chamber of Commerce
Stensland
Hartog
Markets Feed The Day With Mixed U S Grain Quotes
Chicago trading quotes show wheat and corn in narrow ranges with September futures around 0.70 to 0.80 via various delivery months. Lard and short rib prices move, while live stock futures reflect solid receipts and steadier cash bids for hogs, cattle, and sheep. New York quotes echo strength in exporters and prime beef, with hogs steady to higher and lambs firm.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
SOROS
Tehoo
Kunning & Stevens
Mast BulYels
N.Y
Shep and Lambs
A Cane of Nursing Reflections by Senator La Follette
Senator La Follette denounces a corporation’s dodge of the law as a cynical excuse. He recalls a provocative anecdote about a young nurse who married a 73 year old man, illustrating the era’s blunt humor on aging and engagement.
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Senator LaFollette
Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Advertisement Claim
An 19th century lay advertisement touts Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a safe pleasant cure for ailments including nervousness headache and indigestion. It promises to purify the blood clear the brain and cure bowel troubles, with money back if it fails and pricing 50c and 3.00. Also notes umbrella repair service by T. S and Byas at 97 Galena Street.
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