Farmers Institute Opens In Stephenson County Hall
The sixth annual farmers institute in Stephenson county opened at the courthouse with S. M. Malnix presiding. Large turnout. programs emphasize domestic science, nutrition, and economy. Speakers stress modern farming, stock care, and educated household management for farmer families and wives, urging practical study and progressive improvement.
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Stephenson County
Court House
S. M. Malnix
Damascus
West
Illinois
The Parent-Teacher Bond and School Stewardship
A reflective piece urging parents to actively guide and support public schooling. It emphasizes parental duties, respectful dialogue with teachers, regular attendance, and school hygiene, ventilation, and moral formation. It argues parents are integral to students’ character, health, and learning, and urges proactive involvement.
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Fritts City
Republican Senatorial Convention to Nominate One Senator
Republican voters of the Twelfth Senatorial District in Illinois are urged to send delegates to a Freeport convention on May 15, 1000 at 1 p m for nominating one Senate candidate and no lower house candidates. Delegates are allotted by per 200 votes and a 100 vote fraction cast for McKinley in 1586 with counties listed for representation.
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Tnois
Freeport
Marcel
Ting
Philadelphia
State Board of Equalization
McKinley
Boone
Carroll County
Ado Daviess County
Lee County
Ogle County
Stephenson County
Winnebago County
A.B. McRear
ELS
Whi Iman
Geo. F. Bucher
Richard Barkintt
Warren Badger
Jof. Fair
W. L. Eaton
Stephenson
Peoria
Tuesay
Republican County Central Committee
Congress
Board of Equalization
United States
Republican County Central
Ilinois
Illinois
Senate
William McKinley
Wales
Daviess County
Lodge Room Meeting and Masons Work Tonight
In the Lodge Room a meeting of Freeport Commandery No 7 Knights Templar will be held this evening for business and drill Excelsior lodge of Masons will meet Friday night for business and work in the F C degree Col H S Bowler installed the newly elected officers of the National Union last night
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Freeport Commandery No. 7
Knights Templar
Excelsior Lodge of Masons
F. C
H. S. Bowler
National Union
Accidents Leave Two Residents Injured On Ice
S P Shaw an elderly man on Lincoln avenue fell on an icy crossing this morning though he escaped broken bones he was badly injured. Mrs J C Pratt stepped from her Broadway home when the pavement was slick and fractured her arm she is under Dr Hayes care.
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S. P. Shaw
Lincoln Avenue
J.C. Pratt
Broadway
Hayes
Local health notes and remedies in brief
Fre. RE. H Best recovers from sickness while Madge Furry and Mrs. H D Bentley suffer mumps. Alvin Pfeiffer returns to the Boston store after a severe mumps attack. Ralph Hudson resumes activity after illness. Mention of De Witt's Little Early Risers as a cure for constipation and liver troubles. H J Moogk.
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RE. H. Best
Madge Furry
H. D. Bentley
Alvin Pfeiffer
Boston
Ralph Hudson
De‘Witt
H. J Moogk
Morning Session Opens At Damascus Institution
President S M Mulnix called the first session to order at 10 o'clock and introduced H G Gilbert who offered prayer. President Mulnix gave a brief address. music followed by Frank Rosenstiel and son. Committees were appointed on nominations and resolutions.
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S. M. Mulnix
Damascus
H. G. Gilbert
Mulnix
Frank Rosenstiel
Harlem
Mannix
J. W. Stocks
Lawrence Shelfey
Charles Blakeway
Chas
Domestic Science Session Highlights in Stephenson County
The Stephenson County Domestic Science association held an afternoon session led by Mrs Geo W Shippy of Waddams township. Weather disrupted several participants but the program remained engaging with papers read and the president's address stressing the infancy and growth of domestic science work in Illinois and Stephenson county.
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Stephenson County Domestic Science Association
Geo. W.shippy
Waddams Township
Shippy
Illinois
Ilinois
The Shovel and the Spoon Program Debate
A speech highlights gender roles in a local institute meeting. The speaker critiques the old adage that a wife can spoon more than a husband can shovel. He notes some women support mortgages, education, and self-improvement while acknowledging audience bias and financial tensions within a marriage.
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Liam
Mrs Kedzie on Domestic Science in Illinois
Mrs. Nellie S. Kedzie of Bradley Polytechnic Institute Peoria lectured on domestic science detailing the school’s cooking program water foods milk foods and meat selection. She emphasized practical training in serving and kitchen management plus bacteriology and diet. The afternoon included other talks and a music program with Miss Clara Hunt and the Rosenstiels.
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Kedzie
Sesson
Nellie S. Kedzie
Market quotations from Cuero and Chicago grain and livestock
Closing Board of Trade quotes show May wheat at 6 5 3, May corn 3 3 3, and May oats 2 2. Cattle at Chicago 18 000 with fat steers steady, hogs 36 000 steady, sheep 15 000 steady. Northwest receipts list Minneapolis and Duluth totals. New York stock market notes to follow from broker C W Killen.
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Curoaco
Board of Trade
Union
C. W. Killen
Roontiz
Rene Mayu
Chicago
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
New York
No Right to Ugliness Ad Claims Beauty Formula
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure to health ills causing a poor complexion. It links constipation kidney trouble and impure blood to pimples and a run down look, claiming the tonic purifies blood and improves nerves eyes and skin. Offered for 50c at Emmert & Burrell's drug store.
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Panis
Emmert & Burrell
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Crook
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Waller
Pleton
Florence
Cy BeStisssesererverene
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John Sprague
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Tat
J. BE
Taggart
Wieman
J.J. Bhaltfer
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Veheaddapeben
Farmers’ County Institute
Josh Billings
State Farmer’s Institute
Pha
James
Mrrs. Gi
W. Sheppy
McConnell
Gage
Iask
Domestic Science Association
Justin
L. M. Swanzey
M. Malnix
The
Stephenson County Farmaday Institute
H. E
Confer
Ada Blakeway
Frank Rosenstiel and Son
Agnes Hunt
Wennote Cibler
J. van Matre Pavatte
Wig
Keaton
Hagel Shippy
D. A. Keith
DeKalb
Blanche Knipsehild
Freeport Music
G. A. Willmarth
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Milton Purvis
Lake Forest
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Brooklyn
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