United Mine Workers elects Thomas L Lewis as president
Thomas L. Lewis, long time vice president and prominent critic of John Mitchell, is chosen to lead the United Mine Workers of America. Observers note Lewis’ militant temperament and fighter posture may shift union policy while maintaining cordial relations with Mitchell.
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United Miners
Thomas L. Lewis
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Mitchell
Bob Taylor's Ungrateful Cousin Fiddles With Truth
Tennessee Senator Bob Taylor recounts a Missouri penitentiary letter from a convict claiming kinship. He says he advised the Missouri governor to release him, recalling the doors opening, yet the supposed cousin never thanked him. He notes he cannot verify his letter influenced the escape.
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Bob Taylor
Bob” Taylor
United States
Tennessee
Washington
Missouri
Sage Foundation Aims to Uncover Poverty Causes
John M Glenn chief officer of the Russell Sage foundation has an annual income of 400000 for humanitarian purposes. Endowed by Mrs Russell Sage with 10000000 the foundation's aim is to study social and diving conditions to uncover poverty causes and apply practical remedies later. Mr Glenn, about fifty, hails from an old Baltimore family and shifted from law to sociology with long charity work. The foundation, headquartered in New York, is in its infancy with investigations advancing and expected results in two to three years.
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John M. Glenn
The
Russell Sage Foundation
Russell Sage
New York
Ienn
Baltimore
Tie
Sage Foundation
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Sold at Stephen Bon Street
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are promoted as the best pills known. Sold by Wm. FF Jungkunz, druggist, 85 Stephen Bon Street.
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DeWitt
Wm. FF
Jungkunz
Stephen Bon St
The Divining Rod Examined by Scientists
A Scientific American summary reports geologists from the US Geological Survey finding that divining rods move due to unconscious body or muscle shifts, especially where water is expected. The method offers no real advantage in locating groundwater beyond the operator’s perceptiveness and regional geology.
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United States Geological Survey
Scientific American
A Pet Bear in Alaska Service Vessel Tale
A veteran describes a pet bear named Wineska aboard a revenue service boat in Alaska. The bear climbed masts and yardarms, rode overboard with a rope harness, entered a native boat, and helped himself to sugar and butter in the lockers. Despite occasional disobedience, he was playful and never treacherous, with eyes that glowed like two fire balls when hiding in darkness.
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Revenue Service
Alaska
Leutenant
Woman Flouts Library Parcel Rule at Congressional Building
A tall young woman at the Congressional Library in Washington challenged a rule forbidding parcels inside. After being told to leave her parcel, she opened three wrapping papers and removed black stockings, hanging them over her arm, and handed the paper to the attendant to hold until she exited.
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Congressional Library
Washington
Chicago News
Trick of Horace Goldin Surprises Waterbury Audience
An audience in Waterbury challenged by a suspenseful Vaudeville line watches Horace Goldin perform a lemon and elephant illusion. The trick ends with the elephant reportedly gone and the stage manager shuffling on in slippers, drawing applause despite some fear.
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Waterbury
Tam
Horace Goldin
Cassell
Daily Journal Delivery Service Expands Citywide
The Daily Journal announces weeklong home delivery extended to every city district. Residents can opt in for daily copies with new routing and flexible subscription options.
Ketchell Emerges as Rising Middleweight Contender
The Montana cowboy Stanley Ketchell gains prominence after beating Joe Thomas in a brutal 45 round Colma match and again securing a victory in a rematch. Promoters push Ketchell as a top infighter with pacing and body attack that may lead him to middleweight finals. He is slated to meet Mike Sullivan on Washington's Birthday at Colma.
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Stanley Ketchell
Joe Thomas
Honey Mellody
Ketchell
Thomas
Frisco
Jim Coffroth
Colma
Wketchell
California
Montana
Nelson
Ifitchell
Mike
Lwin" Sullivan
Washington
Cal
New York oarsman builds boat from newspapers in St Augustine
George W Johnson, longtime New York oarsman now in St Augustine Fla, works on a "news paper boat" made entirely of newspapers. The 20 foot craft will sail from St Augustine to New York next spring via inland waters, with ten waterproof bulkheads and a newspaper mosaic deck. Johnson previously rowed from New York to Boston in a similar craft, expressing confidence in a successful expedition.
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George W. Johnson
New York
St. Augustine
Fla
Johnson
Maine
California
Alaska
Bahama Islands
Boston
Harvard Crew Coach Announces New Independent Coaching
Harvard announces an immediate crew routine innovation to aid inexperienced rowers through individual coaching. Coach Wray will be at the university boathouse Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 3 to 5 until the spring call for men is issued. He will assist newcomers to rowing in hopes of cultivating promising talent that might otherwise go unrecognized.
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Harvard
Wray
University Boathouse
Turfman Madden Takes No Chances
John B. Madden, a horse breeder and racer, will not risk racing in New York as legislation threatens the sport. He recently entered horses in big stake events in Europe and plans to ship more of his string abroad for next season if it benefits his interests.
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Madden
John BE. Madden
New York
Europe
Mire Madden
Ng Fama
Eprance
Michigan Baseball Announces Eastern and Southern Trips
The University of Michigan baseball team plans an eastern road tour next season to face Cornell Brown Syracuse and possibly Pennsylvania and other small colleges. During spring vacation the Wolverines will undertake a southern trip meeting Vanderbilt Kentucky Tennessee and several minor colleges.
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Michigan
University of Michigan
Cornell
Brown
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Tennessee
Freeman the Senator Signs for Washington AL Club
Jerry Freeman, a popular Minneapolis baseball figure, has signed to play first base for the Washington American League club next season, marking a major move for the veteran player and a notable addition to Washington’s lineup.
DeWitt's Carbolized Salve Endorsed for Piles
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is especially recommended for piles. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkupz, druggist, 85 Stephenson St.
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DeWitt
Wm. F. Jungkupz
Stephenson St
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Keeping the Hands In Order
Practical tips on keeping hands white and soft without costly products. Wash with ordinary oatmeal, dry, rub with powdered starch, and use vinegar or tomato juice for stains. Lemon, dry mustard, and mustard in water help remove odors or strong smells.
Homemade Cough Candy Recipe Steps and Tips
Instructions describe soaking half a cup of taxseed in one cup boiling water and one cup slippery elm in another cup, covered for three to four hours, then straining. Combine with three cups sugar, simmer ten minutes, add lemon juice, simmer until brittle in cold water, pour into buttered tins, and cut into squares once nearly cold.
Restoring a Discolored Kitchen Board With Bath Brick
A home method suggests whitening a stained kitchen table or bread board by washing with hot soapy water then rubbing with bath brick. Rinse, scrub with a brush, and air dry in sun. Fine sand can replace the bath brick when used with soap and water to remove tough stains.
New Awning Blind Shields Open Window
A Lowell Massachusetts inventor receives a patent for an open window shield system called an awning blind. It uses existing side shutters placed at right angles to the wall and held by loops over upper hinges. A hinged forward end and a supporting bar secure the shield and keep shutters extended.
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Lowell
Mass
Last Words Of Famous Figures In Medical Journal
A British Medical Journal excerpt surveys the final utterances of notable figures. It cites Darwin, Pasteur, Mirabeau, Cuvier, and others, detailing their last phrases or moments before death and noting the differing tones from acceptance to defiance.
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Nathnawel
Tinve
Traube
Lacock
Cuvier
Charlies Bell
Dyce Davidson
Aberdeen
Oliver Coldsmith
William Hunter
Pasteur
Darwin
Mirabeau
Tie
Cabanis
British Medical Journal
The Bloodstained Equator Critique of Civilization
A Strand Magazine note condemns Equatorville and the equator itself as settings of widespread crime and ignorance. The piece calls for civilization to transform a 25 000 mile belt into a line of enlightenment, contrasting savagery with progress.
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Equator
Equatorville
Strand Magazine
KODOL Promises Relief for Dyspepsia in City Drugstore Ad
An old advertisement notes KODOL as the best remedy for indigestion. It touts ease and thorough action and lists Wm. F. Jungkunz, a druggist at 85 Stephenson St, as a seller. The Daily Journal offers home delivery for 10 cents weekly.
Cough Remedy Instructions From Herbal Mixture
A home remedy describes steeping dried hops and hore bound in cold water, straining, then adding honey and two cups of siga. The mixture is boiled until thick and stored in a bottle. Use one teaspoonful every half hour until coughing eases.
How to Make A Fine Early June Pea Soup
A splendid soup uses one pint of soup stock and one cin of early June peas boiled until tender, then strained. Do not add lumps of butter or flour, but stir in a pint of milk with the strained peas. Serve with a teaspoonful of cream in the counter of the piste and toasted bits of bread, buttered.
Monism and Its View of Mind and Matter
The text defines Monism as the doctrine that mind and matter are one, denying the supernatural and stating all is parts of a single universal whole with mind and matter as two sides of the same thing. It cites a New York American quote on Monism and notes Princess Fleury of Battenburg discussing foreign missions and India’s conversion as pivotal.
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New York American
Fleury of
Battenburg
India
Asia
Constantine
Relief for stomach trouble with KODOL advertised
The notice urges prompt stomach relief at first sign of trouble. It recommends taking KODOL for dyspepsia after meals to aid digestion and proper stomach function. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz, druggist, 85 Stephenson St.
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Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson St
Hazardous Home Cure Advice Reprinted in Old Notice
The passage describes boiling a square of house Hannel in water, folding it into a pad, sprinkling turpentine, and applying hot as possible for stomach ache and chest colds. It also claims headaches may be relieved by applying to the neck area.
How to firm soft pickles with vinegar and salt
If pickles become soft they can be made firm by placing them in a closed jar with vinegar to which a pinch of salt has been added. Keep closed for twelve hours.
Complex early rail timetable data from Chicago Great Western and partners
East and west bound train schedules with connections at Rockford Belvidere Beloit and Milwaukee. Details include train numbers No 204 206 211 and others, passenger and freight services, cafe and parlor car availability, daily and Sunday operations, and agent notes by J. B. Sweatt Maple Leaf Route and WM. Neese.
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Lim Omahs Lim
Sioux City
Omaha
Dodge
Dubuque
St. Paul Lins Andes
Decatur
Ana Etree
Ayeedehas Teseeen
East Bound
Lvy.Freep’t. Ar
West Bound
Ly.Chic'ge
Uffet
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Vard
Madison
Sycam Valley
Davenport
Chicago
Rock Island
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
North
South Dakota
J. B. Sweatt
St Paul
Minneapolis
Aterloo
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Waterloo
St Joseph
Ft. Dodge
Dally
WM. Neese
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul
Mine
Rockford & Interurbaa Rwy
Freeport
Preport
Elgin
Aurora
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Tanley Ketchell
Atwrea
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Keqy
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Shields
Emerson
Stephenson Bt
People's Column
J. FF. Snailth
Stephenson Street
Care Journal
State St
C. B. Eling
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D- Bate Oreate
Nver
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EL A. Reed
Stockton
I. Takbin
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Theo. Kundinger
Fari
Lancaster
FF. Kortemeler
Mpire
Jol Phasher
Freeport 2
Union St
BR. Tailenma Ave
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Win
Walton Nephews
Lidtt
Postotee
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E. Bradstain
Cuimo St
Pagitire Mars
Petek
Te Clack Avenue
Oren
Rootai
Peters
Cbisato
REN
Favo
Gieietia Rorad Gael Joiubige Eity
Osuettas Ferede
Hollister & Barrett's
Oldstom
Newport
Red
Brewster Hotel
Gradfield Regulator
Ilanta
Deliv
Business Directory
Freeport, Illinois
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H. H. Antrim
G. Shumway
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F. Dorman
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State Bank
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R. G. Shumway
A. & Held
J. Fred Smith
Fred W. Hoefer
H. H Antrim
J. H. Steal
Cc. O. Collmann
J. S. Collman
L. R. Jungkunz
A. F. Schulte
D. B. Schulte
Wm. Trembor
August Bergman
W. Tt. Radleigh
W. N. Cronkrite
John 8. Collman
First National Bank
O. B. Molar
Me .O.right
Bidwel
M. Clark
Asa’teer
Dona Hurrell
Joseph Emmert
C. H. Little
Wm. D. W. B. Bidwell
Addison ‘Bidwell
M. Ac. B. Elson
Pres
L. Z. ‘Farwell
W. Pres
D. F. Graham
Second National Bank
Illinois
Canital
M. V. B. Bilson
L. Z. Farwell
J. F. Fair
Reuben Siegfried
D. FF. Graham
J. .L. Meyers
J. H. Graham
J. N. Galloway
F. E. Schaeffer
H. S. Webster
E. Mayer
Union Loan & Building Association
FF. E. Schaeffer
C. J. Wells
John J. Trunck
Mb. Mayer
J. F. Kramer
W. J. Schwarz
R. BP. Eckert
Attorney Art Law
Freeport, Ilinoia
Wagner
D&w
Anzeiger Building
Chicago and
Spring Streets
C. A. Ruthe
Carpenter and Contractor
Douglas Ave
Offie
Stephenson Se
New
R.R
Illinois Central
R. R
John F. Daly
Chicago Great Western
Maple Leaf
Southeeport
Chicago Express
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