Illinois Soldiers Homes in Good Health and Need for Upgrades
Illinois G A R committees report three veterans homes Quincy Nor mal and Wilmington in strong condition under careful administration. At Wilmington 82 residents average age 77 with 47 receiving pensions, six blind, three in wheelchairs, four on crutches. Quincy home praised for management by Captain Somerville, 142 couples in two new cottages, improvements planned including electric light plant and extensive repairs. Nor mal Orphans Home shows good order and productive farms. 283 residents with 161 boys and 122 girls, eight teachers and four in manual training, with funds requested for library repairs painting wiring plumbing and equipment upgrades.
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Illinois
Quincy
Normal
Wilmington
Joseph Rosenbaum
Somerville
Quincy Company
Springfield
Civil Service Commission
General Assembly
Birth of journalist George F Parker remembered
George F. Parker born in Terre Haute Indiana on December 30 1847. He later edited newspapers in Iowa and served as managing editor of the New York Press. He contributed to the London Times and American and European magazines and held Democratic party posts in Iowa Pennsylvania and national committees. He served as assistant postmaster of Philadelphia starting in 1885.
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George F. Parker
Terre Haute
Ind
State University of
Iowa
Indiana
Washington, D. C
Parker
New York Press
London Times
Democratic State Committee
Town
Democratic State Committee of
Pennsylvania
National Democratic Committee
Philadelphia
This Date in History Highlights 1775 to 1905
A compact timeline lists key events including the abolition society formed in Pennsylvania in 1775 the Havana port opening to American vessels in 1804 a 1829 Bogota constitutional gathering a 1861 bank suspensions a 1868 Sheridan’s capture of chiefs a 1871 Monroe fire a 1894 Amelia Bloomer’s death a 1903 Iroquois Theater fire and a 1905 assassination of Idaho Governor Steunenberg by dynamite.
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Pennsylvania Society For Abolition of Slavery
Havana
Bogota
Colombia
New York
Boston
General Sheridan
Santanta
Lone Wolf
Monroe
Amelia Bloomer
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Iroquois Theater
Chi- Cabo
Steunenberg
Idaho
Dangerous Operation The Appendix Removal Claim
An advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a safe remedy for constipation headache biliousness and malaria. It claims the pills work quietly with no frightful operation and are priced at 25 cents at Jos Emmert's drug store.
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Dr. King
Jos. Emmert's
Francis Schlatter Healer of Denver Visits City
Francis Schlatter the Phenomenal Healer of Denver is in the city and will remain for some time. Healer can be visited at 184 Exchange St with daily public demonstrations and lectures at 8 p m at the corner of Stephenson and Mechanic streets. Contributions received. Psychology notes provided.
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Denver
Colo
Exchange St
Stephenson and
Mechanic Streets
Brewers Agree Not to Deliver Beer on Sundays
A group of brewers including Baier & Ohlendorf Schwich Bros Franz Bros Brewing Co Baer Bros Yellow Creek Brewery announce a pact not to deliver beer on Sundays and Saturday nights after a specified hour starting January 4 1900.
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Baier & Ohlendorf
Schwich Bros
Franz Bros. Brewing Co
Baer Bros
C. Yellow Creek
Pardon Request For Frank W Harris At State Board Meeting
Public notice announces an application for the pardon of Frank W Harris at the January 1900 meeting of the Board of Pardons. Harris was convicted of murder in the September 1895 term of the Stephenson County Circuit Court and sentenced to hang, later commuted to life imprisonment by the Governor.
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Board of Pardons
Linoie
Frank W. Harris
Stephenson County
Tinois
Doughas Parrison
Iroquois Theatre Fire Memorial Marks 600 Victims
Chicago marks the fifth anniversary of the Iroquois theater fire with a granite monument in Montrose cemetery for 600 victims, including the unknown woman buried there. A memorial service is held at Winard hall with Rev. Jenkins Lloyd Jones and others delivering addresses.
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Chicago
Montrose Cemetery
Troquois Memorial Association
Winard Hall
Jenkin Lioyd Jones
Randolph Street
Montrose
Marked for Death to Health via King’s New Discovery
Mrs A C Williams of Backy says a grave-yard cough nearly killed her. After trying doctors, Dr King’s New Discovery cured her, she gained 58 pounds and regained full health. The medicine is advertised as a world healing remedy for coughs colds and lung and throat diseases and pneumonia prevention. Sold at Jos Emmert’s drug store 50 cents to $1. Trial bottle free.
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Jos. Emmert’s
Advertising the goods at hand and in the air
The quote contrasts the need for quality products with the need to publicize them. It emphasizes that advertising without goods is futile and goods without advertising is useless.
Dramatic Scenes at the Grand Totlight
Amusements page promotes a bill of dramatic scenes at the Grand Totlight with thrilling incidents. It promises pathos revenge passion strong love bubbling humor and a gripping plot that holds reader attention from start to finish.
The County Sheriff by O B Wees at Grand Opera House
The County Sheriff is presented tonight at the Grand Opera House. A newly rewritten production features a strong company, striking scenery and several pleasing specialties for theatergoers.
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O. B. Wee
Grand Opera House
Billy Link Vaudeville Comes to Grand Opera House
The Press at Moline praises Billy Link's vaudeville company for a six performance run at the Grand Opera House starting Thursday December 31 with two shows daily. The critic lauds Link and his troupe as peerless among traveling acts and highlights Lynn and Bonnie Hazzard along with Mike Bernard for top billing and high grade, entertaining acts including a fort rescue skit and a lively Doc Cheatham finale.
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Moline
Billy Link
Grand Opera House
Moline Theater
Lynn
Bonnie Hazzard
Mr. Hazzard
Mike Bernard
Link
Miss Chartery
Mr. Link
Rough Riders
Cheatham
Howe's Moving Pictures Promises Global Tour at Grand Opera
Lyman H Howe presents a diverse program at the Grand Opera House Sunday including Naples Rome Savoy India Bombay Calcutta Benares Darjeeling and a London military review. The reel shows steeple chase dangers phenomena sports in Australia wildlife sulphur mining in Sicily and a Reedham orphans drill with Niagara winter scenes.
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Lyman H. Howe
Grand Opera House
Naples
Rome
Savoy
France
India
Bombay
Calcutta
Benares
Darjeeling
London
England
Sicily
Reedham
Niagara
Comedy Bill at Majestic Shows Two New Films
The Majestic screens two pictures today. The Installment Collector is shown alongside Five Niggers in the Ring, a highly humorous film depicting five Black men in a prize fight on screen.
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the Majestic
Modern Samson Boxing Exhibition at the Lyric Tonight
The Modern Samson and his wife will give a boxing exhibition tonight at the Lyric as part of their regular act. The Samsons proved a decided hit yesterday with big crowds at all performances.
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Samson
Samsons
Valuable Property for Sale in Freeport
J O Paces offers 16 Winnebago St seven room house with bath modern improvements large cellar barn and five lots at foot of Wright and Madison streets 150 feet from ICRBR shop 86 by 48 barn five room cottage wind mill water tank or complete concrete plant new phone 48.
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Freeport
Winnebago St
Wright and
Madison Streets
I.C.R. BR. A
J.O
Freeport Water Company Announces 10% Early Payment Discount
The semi annual water rents are due January 1 1909 at the Water Company's office 106 Van Buren St. A 10 percent discount is offered for advance payment. Office hours include evenings from December 26 to January 1 except December 27. All flat rate customers urged to take advantage.
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van Buren St
Freeport Water Company
Daily Journal Delivery Advertises Citywide Service
The Daily Journal offers citywide delivery for 10 cents a week, detailing affordable access for readers across the area. The notice promotes low-cost home delivery and broad distribution within the city.
Messina Earthquake Devastates Port City and Surrounding Areas
Reports describe Messina crushed by a massive earthquake with ships wrecked and thousands killed or missing. Survivors, survivors sail to Sicily but many perish. rescue ships, doctors, and international aid rush to the stricken region as officials warn of disease and dramatic geographic changes.
Giolitti Forms Committee for Relief Efforts
Premier Giolitti appoints a fin tonal committee to organize succor for the afflicted as the first donor contributes two hundred thousand dollars to relief.
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Giolitti
Consul Cheney and Wife Die in Messina Earthquake
Washington reports Arthur E. Cheney American consul at Messina Sicily and his wife believed dead after the Messina earthquake. A Malta wire dispatch via Consul Gale notes the consulate destroyed and confirms Cheney’s Illinois origin and Connecticut appointment in 1907. Unofficial figures estimate up to 50 000 killed with fires worsening the disaster. Consuls in Messina struggle to send or receive news.
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Washington
Arthur
Cheney
Messina
Sicily
State Department
Stuart Lupton
Malta
Maltese Islands
Mediterranean
William H. Gale
Consi
Lupton
Galen
Taupton
Hunots
Mes Sina
Connecticut
Griscom
Rome
Roosevelt Cables King in Italy Calamity Sympathy
President Roosevelt sent a cable to the king of Italy expressing appalled sorrow and offering sympathy after a dreadful calamity. The American Red Cross issued an appeal for contributions and will coordinate with the Italian Red Cross. Red Cross officers are in direct contact with Italian governors.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
American National Red Cross
Italian Red Cross
Theodore Roosevelt
Red Cross
Straits Reconfigure After Earthquake Near Messina
Navigators report the Straits of Messina have taken a new shape after a recent quake. Villages and forts along the straits are destroyed, light houses swallowed by the sea, and night navigation is impossible while daytime travel is dangerous. The British steamer Ebro arrived at Palermo.
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Sicily
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Straits of
Messina
Charybdis
St. Rose
Palermo
Ebro
Frightful wreck survivors recount chaos and loss
Witnesses describe a devastating sea disaster with scenes of horror and collapse. Francesco Lojacona is named among the survivors as others search for missing family members, while Ludovico Fulet refuses to abandon kin during the peril and aftermath.
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Fen
Ogaton Loathet Aul
Wae Sitet
Depat Mbeu
Filet
Ludovico Fulet
Washington
Ezien de Sie
Francesco Lojacona
Ove
Pasion
Earthquake lasts twenty three seconds at Messina
A Messina report notes a twenty three second earthquake with dramatic atmospheric effects. Sparks and flashes lit the sky as air charged with electricity surged, while the earth's crest appeared to crack and lurch, followed by lateral oscillations that sent people fleeing into the streets.
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Messina
Amell
Seismic Theory Tied to Subduction in Italian Text
In Rome December, Professor Saemi, noted seismologist, argues the quake stems from subsidence of the earth's crust and may be aggravated by volcanic movement. He cites rapid settling and a large portion of the Peloritan mountains as submerged, with granite hills of Scylla altered by sea action.
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Rome
Saemi
Saew
Scylla
Peloritan
Caruso to Donate Week's Salary for Italian Earthquake Sufferers
Opera star Caruso will give a week's salary to earthquake relief in Italy. Reports say he earns about 62 500 a week at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
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Caruso
Satsey
New York
Enriceare
Italy
Moetonpolites
Man Held to Grand Jury on Fur Theft Charge
Rudolph Ruch faced a grand jury after a hearing before Magistrate Bentley in Mosaic. He is charged in a fur overcoat theft involving Niche Fuchs and is unable to post $200 bond set by the court.
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Rudolph Ruch
Niche Fuchs
G_mosa
Bentley
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Clears Cold Sore Quickly
Leo F. Zelinski of Buffalo New York reports using Bucklen's Arnica Salve to cure a stubborn cold sore in few days. The product heals all sores and is sold with a 50 cent guarantee at local drug stores.
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Leo F. Zelinski
Buffalo
N. Y
Sos
Puna Drug Store
Daily Journal Delivers Citywide for 19c
A note from the Daily Journal announces citywide delivery at a rate of 19 cents. The message emphasizes broad service coverage within the city limits and highlights affordability for readers.
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Bilo Aang BP
Plectric
12Th Street
New Gate
Locust Street
Francis Schlatter
Chi
Cago Theatre
Harriet M. Burbank
Studio
Grove St
Louise Price
the Lyric
the Daily Journal
Fioin Nagrid Thowen
Flanes
Calabria
Catania
Great Britain
Russia
Sappho
Andrassy
Windreds
Pope
Reggio
Gerace Metina
Palmi
Bank of
Ilinois
Caer
Daily Journal
Emerick, Barrett & Co
the Reliable Jewelers
Stephenson ST
la Vallieres
Bengstons
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