Illinois Soldiers' and Widows' Homes Report Highlights
A committee reports on the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Quincy and the Soldiers' Widows' Home at Wilmington. About 1 600 veterans, average age 66, live at Quincy with new cottages and a library. Normal hosts 316 children with strong education, gym, bands, and three-year career prep. The piece urges legislative funding and notes other states' broader support for veterans and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fef. C. Held
John A. Davis
Titnois
Quincy
Ilinois
Illinois
Wilmington
Cook County
Normal
State Board of Charities
General Assembly
Iowa
Indiana
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
South Dakota
Oregon
Wisconsin
Maois
BUCK Urges Legislation for Three Homes Support
Edwin H. Buck and Charles A. Partridge submit a plea to lawmakers urging legislation to aid three homes. The appeal argues it is humane to permit a wife to stay with her husband rather than be sent to the poorhouse, calling on comrades and citizens to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Buck
Charles A. Partridge
Happenings at Lena Lena Jan 2
Local items note New Year visits and sickness among Lena Lena residents. Families share dinners and travel to nearby towns. Social events include a Knights of Pythias reception, a Phidian Art club musicale, and watch night services at the Methodist church.
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Lena
G. L. Baldwin
Warren
Morna Byers
Monroe
Roush
W. W. Bonebright
Willie
Webster City
Florence Taylor
Lola Altenbern
Silver Shield Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Roe
Phidian Art Club
Mildred Musser
Freeport
Harry Dunning
A. A. Stamm
Will Lampert
Henry Wolf
Rockford
Irene
Prb
Lanark
Retires After Fifty Years With Illinois Central
Charles Beck longtime chairman of the board of pensions for the Illinois Central Railroad retires at 70 after fifty years and one month of service. He began Sept 19 1856 as a freight clerk in Dunlint Iowa and ends Nov 1 as pensions board chair he organized. Beck a Philadelphia native now lives in Chicago where he has been since 1881 in the railroad service.
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Charles Beck
Board of Pensions
Illinois Central Railroad
Beck
Illinois Central
Dunleith
Spensions
Philadelphia
Chicago
Major Gilleas resigns after 48 years with Illinois Central
Major Michael Gilleas third vice president of the Illinois Central resigns after forty eight years of active service. He started at Amboy Illinois and fifteen years ago moved to Memphis where he oversaw lines south of the Ohio river. He and his family will relocate to Los Angeles California to live in the future.
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Memphis
Tenn
Illinois Central Railroad
Michael Gilleas
Gilleas
Illinois Central
Amboy
Ill
Yazoo
Ohio River
Los Angeles
Cal
Real estate transfers listed by Stephenson County Abstract Office
The notice itemizes transfers since last report including Sutts to Wilsey 80 acres in Waddams. Barnes to Rockey 1,400 dollars for parts of Guiteau addition in Freeport. Dehn to Funk 6,000. Funk to Younglove 6,000. Stettler to Armstrong part of Russell square Winslow 1,885. Mayer to Secker 2,200. Flickinger to Myers 1,127. Siecke to Wenthe 750. Gund heirs to Hoefer 5,500. Fulton to Bixler 900. Holste to Sandoe et al 8,200. Abstracts of title furnished on short notice. deeds mortgages and other legal instruments drawn.
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Stephenson County
W. Sutts
Perry Wilsey
Nis
Waddams
M. G. Barnes
Thomas Rockey
Guiteau
Freeport
G. J. Dehn
G. H. Funk
Coltman
Jefferson
F. W. Siecke
F. C. Wenthe
C. E. Meyer
Josephine Gund
BE. A. Hoefer
Rige
J. W. Fulton
Josiah Bixler
Dakota
F. P. Holste
J. W. Sandoe
Wise Counsel From the South Promotes Electric Bitters
J R Blackenship of Beck Tenn touts Electric Bitters as a cure for kidney trouble and other ailments. He claims full recovery after several bottles and recommends the remedy sold by Joseph Enmert's drug store with a 50 cent price and guarantee.
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J. R. Blackenship
Beck, Tenn
Joseph Enmert
City streetcar workers win sliding wage scale agreement
Committal of conductors and motormen met with Manager A J Goddard and the company approved a sliding scale pay rise. Motormen will earn 16 to 17 cents per hour and conductors 14 to 16 cents, with credit for years of service. One newer motorman will revert to 15 cents for two months.
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A. J. Goddard
Goddard
Ashes dumped in alley sparks dispute over work
John Beverly, hired to remove ashes north of Stephenson street, used a private dumping spot in the alley south of Galena street after an arm of the city’s enforcement halted the usual ground. A tall, sharp-eyed officer confronted him, forcing removal. Beverly decries harsh treatment and cites the labor question as his motive.
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John Beverly
Stephenson Street
Chicago Street
John
Galena Street
Father John's Medicine Promoted For Health in Freeport
An advertisement urges readers to avoid patent medicines and cough cures and promote Father John’s Medicine as a pure nourishing remedy. It emphasizes prevention of pneumonia and cold by timely use and notes the product is free from opium or morphine, sold by Joseph Emmert at 111 Stephenson Street in Freeport Illinois.
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John
Father John
Joseph Emmert
Stephenson Street
Freeport, Il
New Butter and Egg Firm Opens In City
K. L' Chilton & Co announces a new firm in the city dealing solely in butter and eggs. Freeport serves as a branch with headquarters at Oneco where they buy products to dispose of. A central location is being sought as the business grows.
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K. L' Chilton & Co
Freeport
Oneco
Baseball Manager in Town for Freaport Team
Freaport manager Thomas Schoonhoven was in town over New Year visiting team directors. He says he is still seeking new players but otherwise the update is quiet.
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Thomas Schoonhoven
Freaport
Tommy
Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea Family Tonic Ad
Reconstructs your whole body and makes rich red blood. Drives out impurities that have collected during the winter. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is a family tonic priced 35 cents for tea or tablets by Jos. Emmert.
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Hollister
Jos. Emmert
Moehrle-Koehler Case Clarifies Trial Truths
Chicago lawyer Chas. A. Fitch argues in a letter that Freeport reports on the Moehrle-Koehler case misstate facts. He says no settlement offer occurred, that most circuit court claims were allowed except $18, and the verdict eliminated a county court judgment while awarding $178.98 to Mrs Moehrle and letting her claim her share of her mother's estate.
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Chicago
Haineis
Moehrle-Koehler
Freeport
Moehrle
Ccircuit
Circuit Court
Tech
R. B. Mitchell
This Date in History Highlights 1794 to 1901 Events
Notable 19th century milestones listed include Edmund Randolph's 1794 appointment as Secretary of State, London’s Trafalgar Square statue of George IV in 1844, Prussia’s Frederick William IV death in 1861, Temple Bar removal in 1878, Tom Thumb's death in 1879, Die Meistersinger premiere in 1886, 1891 theater fire in New York, 1892 women’s diplomas at Royal College of Surgeons, 1894 mass killings in Russia, Open Door policy noted in 1900, and Lord Roberts knighted in 1901.
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Edmund Randolph
Virginia
George IV
Trafalgar Square
London
Frederick William IV
Prussia
Flanders
Louisiana
Joshua Baker
Temple Bar
Tom Thumb
Wagner
Ting
America
Metropolitan Opera House
Fifth Avenue Theatre
New York
British Royal College of Surgeons
Krosche
Russia
Hay
China
Lord Roberts
Queen Victoria
M Carey Thomas Portrait of a Pioneering Educator
Born January 2 1857 in Baltimore M Carey Thomas grew to become a leading American educator. She graduated from Cornell in 1877 at age twenty studied at Johns Hopkins and in Europe, taught English at Bryn Mawr and since 1894 led the college as its president. She authored several works on higher education for women.
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Cee M. Carey Thomas
America
Baltimore
Miss Thomas
Cornell College
Johns Hopkins University
Europe
Leipzig University
University of Zurich
United States
Bryn Mawr College
College For
Thomas
Rhodes Scholarship Examination At Illinois In January
University of Illinois President EK J James announces the next Rhodes scholarship exam will be held January 17 and 18 in Champaign Illinois. The place to be announced later. Tests cover Greek Latin and mathematics. Applicants must be 19 to 24 and have completed their sophomore year. One scholarship will be awarded.
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Champaign
Ill
EK. J. James
University of Illinois
How to Cure Chilblains
John Kemp of East Otisfield Maine shares his cure using Buecklen's Arnica Salve claimed to heal chilblains frost bites and skin ailments. He notes success on salt rheum and other conditions and advertises the product at Joseph Emmert's drug store for 250.
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John Kemp
East Otisfield
Buecklen
Joseph Emmert
Letter from Michigan describes fire loss and new beginnings
Wan A Kraus recounts the 1905 Newaygo fire that destroyed his Baileyville home, the family’s survival of the blaze, and their rebuilding. He explains moving back to carpentry, current work at Newaygo Planing Mill, local industry, land for sale, and life in a growing town with power from the Muskegon river dam. He closes with New Year wishes to Illinois friends and the Journal staff.
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Newayvao
Mich
Fllinois
Baileyville
Ogle County
Michigan
Hess Lake
Newaygo
Emma
Gladys
Muskegon
Journal
Wan. A. Kraus
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic Praised by Nurse
A trained nurse endorses Paxtine as superior to other antiseptics for women and general mucous membrane healing. The note claims the formula comes from a noted Boston physician and has long been used in private practice for sore eyes mouth throat nasal and pelvic catarrh. Joseph Emmert, a druggist, urges readers to try it and consult the journal’s want column.
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Boston
Joseph Emmert
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