Senatorship Chaos Looms In Springfield Wisconsin Saga
Springfield Wisconsin January reports a split general assembly racing to vote on the United States senatorship with no party caucus, possible deadlock, and names like Deneen Hopkins Shurtleff Yates and Lorimer discussed as contenders. A joint resolution plans a Tuesday and Wednesday session to elect a senator under constitutional terms.
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Welle
Springfield
United States
General Assembly
Hopkins
Bossips
Lorimer
Deneen
Shurtleff
Frank ©. Lowden
Yates
George T. Buckingham
Senate
John G. Oglesby
House
Hopking
Tropkins
Albert J. Hopkins
George Edmond Foss
William E. Mason
Lawrence B. Stringer
Supreme Court
Cullom
Hall of Representatives
Vinci Vitamin Product Aids Lewistown Woman’s Strength
Feeble 80 year old Mrs Michael Bloom of Lewistown Pennsylvania reports rapid strength gain after using Vinci cod liver preparation. She says three bottles let her walk a quarter mile and perform many tasks. Ad promotes Vinci as a body builder for the elderly and weak with money-back offer.
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Michael Bloom
Lewistown
Vinci
Emmery
Freeport
Hlinsie
Bonaparte and Meyer Grilled in Capitol Row
Senator Tillman accuses Attorney General Bonaparte and Postmaster General Meyer of scheming with Roosevelt officials to ruin him. He claims his mail is held up and papers opened by unknown keys in the Capitol, cites letters and circulars, and demands answers on who copied his letters and why action against the Southern Oregon Company was not pursued.
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Morton Dr. Hull
Dunlap
Deneen
Hopkins
Tme
Fred M. Blount
State Central Committee
Blount
General Assembly
Washington
Tilman
Bonaparte
Gehneal Meyer
Christendom
Roosevelt
Post Office Department
Dorr
Mr. Tilman
Hale
Reeder & Watkins
Ife
Tillman
Southern Oregon Company
Congress
Weapons in the Cake Smuggling Plot Exposed
In Los Angeles on January 15 a prisoner and an accomplice concealed a revolver and cartridges in two cakes headed for the county jail. The alleged plan was to murder night jailers and free thirty prisoners. Frank J. Humely confessed he originated the plot, with Robert I. Watson rearrested after earlier forgery sentence.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Frank J. Humely
Robert I. Watson
Squandered earnings deny citizenship in Mondee county
Kredding Cal Jan 15 An applicant for citizenship papers who lived in Mondee county six years and earned 35 a month admitted he saved nothing and wasted his substance in riotous living Judge Baker of Alturas refused to grant him naturalization Though technically qualified in other respects his earnings were spent on liquor and gambling, leading to the denial of his American rights.
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Kredding
Cal
Mondee County
Baker
Alturas
Filipino Band Heads to Washington for Taft Inauguration
Manila reports the cone stabulary band Jest aboard the transport Eufort en route to Washington for the presidential inauguration of President Elect Taft. After the ceremony the group will perform a limited travel route before launching a US tour.
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Taft
Manila
Cone Stabulary
Eufort
Washington
United States
Wynerie Arrives for Coal Supply at St Vincent Port
The British steamer Wynerie has put into St Vincent to take on coal. The ship’s crew had to consume a parcel Ler varego and other stores and fittings before securing supplies.
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St. Vincent
Dan
Wynerie
Personal Pile Remedy Promises Immediate Relief
An advertisement claims Man Zan Pile Remedy provides instant relief for all forms of piles. The product is offered with a 60 cent price guarantee and lists H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guener as sellers.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guener
Vigilante meeting urged after Chicago home invasion
Chicago reports another bold assault by Lake Cluff's tele phone robbers. A masked pair rang the Rankin home, drugged Mrs. Rankin with a chloral soaked cloth, ransacked the house and stole $15. Physicians say her condition is critical as residents call a vigilante committee to organize.
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Chicago
Lake Cluff
North Shore
Alro
William Rankin
Court A Wale of Tears as Bank Trial Ends
Pittsburg Jan 15 J B F Rinehart accused of wrecking Farmers and Drovers National Bank of Waynesburg cried as his attorney urged acquittal. Weeping filled the crowded court. verdict to be opened today if jury reaches a decision. Worley and Smith arrested on charges of trying to reach a juror.
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Rinehart
Pittsburg
J. B. F. Rinehart
National Bank
Waynesburg
George W. Worley
James L. Smith
Lincoln Birthday National Celebration Urged by G A R
Washington Jan 15 The Grand Army of the Republic urged a national celebration of Lincoln’s birth on Feb 12 and asked President Roosevelt to issue a proclamation. General H M Nevins of New Jersey and General F Burdette of this city presented the request. the president said he would act today.
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Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Lincoln
Roosevelt
H. M. Nevins
New Jersey
F F. Burdette
Racing Dates Unclear After New York Jockey Club Meeting
In New York on January 15, the Jockey Club did not decide racing dates for courses around New York. Chairman August Belmont said racing dates were not discussed. Belmont was re-elected chairman, with James R. Keene as vice chairman and F. K. Sturgis as secretary and treasurer. Hitchcock Knapp and Miller were re-elected stewards.
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Jockey Club
New York
August Belmont
Belmont
James R. Keene
F. K. Sturgis
Hitchcock Knapp and Miller
Rockefeller’s Health Claim He’ll Reach Century Mark
Cleveland Jan reports Dr. O B Biggar, a physician and friend of John D Rockefeller, denies rheumatism rumors. He asserts the oil magnate will live to be a hundred, citing avoidance of worry, outdoor exercise, light meals, and rising from the table somewhat hungry.
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Magnate
Cleveland
Jan, Jr
O. B. Biggar
John Rockefeller
Dr. Biggar
Two Bodies Exhumed In Arsenic Poisoning Case At Mary Kelleher Home
In Somerville Massachusetts on January 15 authorities exhumed two bodies from the home of prisoner Mary Kelleher. Police say arsenic was found in the remains and believe she poisoned six people to collect life insurance.
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Mary Kelleher
Somerville
Mass
Hawaii Welcomes Italian Quake Sufferers for Home
New York Jan 15 Hawaii expressed the wish to give a home and cordial welcome to Italian earthquake sufferers. Help is required on the plantations.
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Hawaii
New York
Attell Knocks Out Weeks For Featherweight Title
Abe Attell knocked out Freddie Weeks in the tenth round to claim the featherweight world championship in Goldfield Nevada on January 15.
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Attell
Weeks
Goldfield
Nev
Abe Attell
Freddie Weeks
Breakfast Table Revelations
A London Saturday Review quip advises brides to study a suitor at breakfast to gauge temperament and habits. It warns against a man who feeds the forty, a melancholy mood, or boisterous chatter, noting an empty drum makes the loudest noise and a morning chatterbox tires.
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Chee
London Saturday Review
Carmichael Brain Four Alienists Find Insanity In Murder Case
Detroit January 16 four alienists examined the brain of Rev John H Carmichael who killed Gideon Browning at Battle Run church and died by suicide at Carthage HI They report acute mania congested blood vessels brain coverings adhesions and prior inflammation of the brain Also they say drug marks on the body were post mortem.
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Dolsenes
Detroit
John H. Carmichael
Gideon Browning
Battle Run
Carthage
Carmichael
National shell fisheries plan eyed by state officials
New York January 15 authorities from Maine Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina Georgia Florida Texas Louisiana Mississippi Oregon California and Washington met to form a national association of shell fisheries commissioners to protect shellfish.
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New York
New York State Fish and Game Commission
National
Association of Commissioners of Shell Fisheries
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oregon
California
Washington
Actor Hero in Real Life
Danville Illinois January 18 Arthur Hill an actor saved sixty four people from death by applying the brakes to a Wabash railroad coach that was about to leave the tracks and collide with a freight train. The coach ran 200 yards before stopping. May Poth Miss Hudson jumped Dorothy Hutchinson stayed on the coach and was injured about the shoulders Miss Path dislocated elbow and Miss Hudson sprained ankle
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Danville
Arthur 1Ill
Hill
May Poth
Miss Hudson
Dorothy Hutchinson
Miss Path
Man sacrifices life in China and Japan fast mail crash
Chicago January 16 A railway collision at Union street crossing between two sections of the China and Japan fast mail of the Chicago and Northwestern killed one man and injured six others. George Van Dusen a flan gman on the first section died while attempting to stop the second section his body found under wreckage. Charles Johnson thirty five a Sioux City passenger bound for Sweden was rushed to the county hospital unconscious.
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Chicago
China
Japan
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Union Street
George van Dusen
Flangman
Charles Johnson
Sioux City
Sweden
Government Turns Over Panama Canal Papers
The justice department transferred all papers on the Panama canal purchase to a United States District Attorney in New York. The move aims to pursue possible criminal action against publishers criticized in cartel newspapers for remarks about the deal.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Stm
Southern District
New York
Matty's Brother Shoots Self in Personal Crisis
Nick Mathewson, brother of the New York pitcher, a Lafayette College student in Easton, shot himself in the right temple during a personal crisis. He had been home ill two weeks and authorities believe overstudy unbalanced his mind. The wound is described as dangerous.
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Lafayette
Scranton
Nick” Mathewson
New York
Lafayette College
Easton
Russian year ends with 1957 death sentences and 782 executions
During the just ended Russian year 1,957 people were sentenced to death and 782 were executed in St. Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg
Colonel Mullin Dead in Hartisburo Virginia
Colonel Charles H Mullin Republican leader of Cumberland county dies at Hartisburo Virginia on January 15. He played a key role in local politics and party organization.
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Charles Mullin
Hartisburo
Charlies H. Mullin
Cumberland County
Suite Nice Pressed at Malles Galena and Vanura Meet
A brief note records a suit neatly pressed at Malles Galena and Vanura meeting, noting a small wardrobe mishap or care tip observed during the event.
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Malle's
Galena
Vanura Mee
Daily Journal Delivery Notice
The Daily Journal offers citywide delivery for ten cents a week.
Combed Hair Defiance Sparks Wartime Wit
A disheveled poet protests a scoffer with formal hauteur claiming daily hair grooming. The scoffer retorts by pressing the habit, prompting a sharp exchange that reads like a wry New York Times quip from the era.
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New York Times
A Pill in Time That Will Save Nine Pills
An advertisement for Ringe Little Liver Pill claiming to treat biliousness sick headache and constipation without gripe. It notes a 35 cent price and lists sellers H J Moogk and C P Guenther.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
Daily Journal Delivery Details Listed
The Daily Journal is delivered to any part of the city for 10ch week. This notice outlines service availability and pricing for citywide circulation.
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the Daily Journal
Miss Grey Matrimonial Case Hits Court of Appeals
Chicago court hearings on Marion Grey, a matrimonial agent, challenge Judge Landis’s trial conduct. Attorney Zoline argues trial evidence and a biased jury charge tainted verdict. judge questions urge for reversal while noting the defrauding charge involved a man who claimed contentment with his wife.
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Court of Appeals
Chicago
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
K. M. Landis
Marion Grey
United States
Landis
Elijah N. Zoline
Zoline
Grosscup
William Grabel
Searchlight Club
Elgin
Doctor May Sue Editor After Libel Claim
Dr. V. H. Podstata superintendent of the state hospital for the insane in Elgin Illinois accuses the Migin Courier editor of malicious and criminal libel. He threatens suit for damages over an editorial criticism of the hospital administration and the civil service system in Illinois.
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Wroth
Newspaper Man
Elgin
V. H. Podstata
State Hospital For the
Migin Courier
Sult
Courier
May RazE death by own action Bridge at Lincoln Park
Chicago officials weigh razing the May River Bridge in Lincoln Park after a decade of suicides at the lagoon. Park commissioners plan to vote on the proposal next session amid calls to remove the structure to end the deaths.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Auto Funeral Today For First City Chauffeur
Chicago on January 15 witnesses its first auto funeral when Wilbur Pruyn, a chauffeur and possibly the citys first taxicab operator, is buried. The Illinois Chauffeurs union ordered an all automobile procession with every vehicle acting as a hearse and car in the final rites.
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Chicago
Wilbur Pruyn
Pruyn
Illinois Chauffeurs’ Union
Davis in jail as Elkville threats loom
Will Davis known as the boy Black Sland operator has been jailed. An outside accomplice has written Elkville authorities demanding his release under threat that they shall die if he is released. The note references tribute extortion from Davis’s father and others.
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Elkville
Centralia
Will Davis
Davis
State Firemen Name Officers Bloomington HI Jaly 15
The Ili nois State Wiremen's association in session at Clinton elected officers President N T Pierce Xenia secretary Walter E Price Champaign treasurer M T Quick Arcola.
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Bloomington
Jaly
Ilinois
Clinton
N. T. Pierce
Xenia
Walter E. Price
Champaign
M. T. Quick
Arcola
Measles Pointed to Despondency in Death of Carman Clayman
Bloomington WL Jan 16. Carmus Clayman a farmer shot himself in the head amid despondency over an attack of measles. He died.
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Bloomington
Carmelus Clayman
Mounting a Horse Left Side Rule
A riding master explains mounting on the left side as a historic rule to avoid the sword on the left hip. The pupil asks why, and the teacher cites old horsemen with swords. Horses are accustomed to the left side, and mounting from the right risks being kicked.
Cuticura Trio Heals Child’s Severe Skin Eruption
Mrs. R R Whitaker of Winchester Tennessee reports her two and a half year old daughter developed a painful itchy eruption on the hips and upper legs in October. After two doctors failed, using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent over two weeks in February the child recovered fully and has had no further skin issues.
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R. R. Whitaker
Winchester
Tenn
Complete Cuticura skin and hair treatment advertised
For cleansing the scalp and treating crusts scales dry hair and rough hands. Promises soothingred and antiseptic benefits for infants children and adults. Includes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with optional pills. Sold by Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston Mass. Mailed free Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases.
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Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Sole Props
Coming Events for January and February at Local Halls
January events list includes a dance and card party at St Marys hall on the 18th the sixth annual dance of the Retail Clerks union at Germania hall on the 20th a performance by Harold Henry pianist at the YMCA on the 22nd under the Muterperan society and a commandery hall gathering at the Masonic temple on the 25th Bernarr Macfadden lecture on physical culture at the YMCA on the 2nd February policemen plan the sixth annual ball at the Masonic temple on the 0th.
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St. Mary's Hall
Film Schedule Fragment for January Matinees
Readable fragment lists January showings including Quincy Adams Sawyer Monte Carlo Girls The Revelation Texas Pals Man From Home The Power of Truth Mrs Temple's Telegram The Hinshaw The Fighting Parson with matinee and night performances. Several dates appear garbled but indicate a cinema or theater schedule snippet.
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Quincy Adams Sawyer
The
Want New Fish Law From Galena Fishing Club
David Shean and Frank F Dunnekbeck presidents of the Galena Fishing club prepare a petition to the Illinois legislature requesting five thousand dollars to remove game fish from shallow waters and relocate them to deep waters. A resolution to draft such action was passed at a recent club meeting.
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Messrs
David Shean
Frank F. Dunnekbeck
Galena Fishing Club
Illinois
Fishing Club
Erin and Rock Grove Collectors File Bonds
B S Kauffman Erin tax collector files an 8468 dollar bond signed by W H Kauffman and Charles Leseman. C F Bennehoff Rock Grove collector files bond of 16704 dollars with circuit court clerk and tax books, signed by Hugh Bennehoff and A B McCanley.
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B.S. Kauffman
Erin
W. H. Kauffman
Charles Leseman
C. F. Bennehoff
Rock Grove
Circuit Court
Hugh Bennehoff
A. B. McCanley
Miller retains physician role for C M B and T railroad
Dr. Miller remains resident physician and surgeon for the C M B T railway company and enjoys good standing with Chicago railroad officials. The attempt to remove him from office failed, though the move had sparked interest in Shannon residents.
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Savanna Times
Mrs Irving Prideaux Hosts Clara Kruse in Rockford
Mrs Irving Prideaux of 1641 South Weat Street entertains Mrs Clara Kruse of Freport in a cordial social visit noted in the Rockford Star.
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Rockford
Irving Prideaux
South Weat Street
Clara Kruse
Frezport
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