The Man From Home at Grand Tonight
The Man From Home, a Tarkington Wilson collaboration, opens at the Grand with an Indiana lawyer hero Daniel Voorhees Pike. Liebler & Co present a cast led by Charles Herman Harrington Reynolds Ivan B. Simpson William Corbett and Rosina Henley in a staging developed in Italy near the Regina Margherita hotel.
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Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Monsieur Beauecaire
Insigna
Vanrevers
Harry Leon
Wilson
Arcady
Regina Margherita
Sorrento
Daniel Voorhees Pike
Kokomo
Ind
Sol Smith Russell
George Ade
Lieber
Charles Herman
Harrington Reynolds
Ivan 8. Simpson
William Corbett
W. L. Howe
Rosina Henley
Louise Beaudet
Maggie Holloway Fisher
The Power of Truth at the Grand Opera House
Lorin Howard presents The Power of Truth a tale linking truth and success through the life of Ted Ryder. The piece features a likable American hero and a strong company, shown at the Grand opera house on Saturday January 28 with matinee and night performances.
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Lorin Howard
Ted Ryder
Mr. Howard
Grand Opera House
Dora Thorne At Grand Opera House Next Week
The Dora Thorne stage adaptation comes to the Grand Opera House next Monday with matinee and night showings. Patrons expect a faithful, carefully constructed production of the novel's trials and eventual happy ending.
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Dora Thorne
Grand Opera House
Jin
Dora
The Cry Baby at Grand stars Carlton Guy
Carlton Guy leads the popular comedy drama The Cry Baby at the Grand next Tuesday with matinee and night showings. The star heads the Guy Stock company and is renowned for versatile, careful acting in roles from Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to Jim in My Jim and John Storm in The Poor Relation. The play, written for Guy, uses notable scenery and impressive electrical effects.
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Carlton Guy
Guy Stock Company
Mr. Guy
Dr. Jeykle
Mr. Hyde
D’artagon
Three Musketeers
Guy
Grace Van Studdiford Roles Across Opera and English Grand
Grace Van Studdiford, star of The Golden Butterfly, trained in varied art education. She sang Maid Marian with the Bostonians, the title role in Red Feather, and Michaela Marguerita and other soprano parts in English grand opera conducted by Maurice Gray at Met performances.
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Grace van Studdiford
Maid’ Marian
The
Bostonians
Michaela
Marguerita
Maurice Gray
Is Metropolitan Evens
Advertisement for Atlas Offer by Scott & Bowne
The ad invites readers to send the advertisement plus their paper name, address, and fuel postage to receive a "Complete Handy Atlas of the World" from Scott & Bowne of 409 Pearl Street, New York.
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Scott & Bowne
Peart Street
New York
The Golden Butterfly at Grand Opera House Rockford
A schedule note announces The Golden Butterfly performing at the Grand opera house in Rockford on Monday evening January 26.
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Grand Opera House
Rockford
Pickpockets at Grand Opera Chicago Stirring Drama Says Daly
Arnold Daly stars in The Pickpockets at the Grand Opera House Chicago in a contemporary clash of capital and labor with a romance threading through. The fourth act, featuring a death struggle between sides, marks a peak, as Daly portrays a progressive industrialist who sees the wrongs wrought by his monopoly and seeks to spare workers from federal force backed by trusts. Daly remains for three more weeks.
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Arnold Daly
Grand Opera House
Chicago
Mr. Daly
Memorial service for Rev S M Crissman in Galena
Rev Samuel M Crissman D D longtime Presbyterian pastor died suddenly at his home in Elizabeth Illinois after forty six years in ministry He had served in Chicago Freeport Canton Elkhart DePere and Williamsburg His funeral was held at the Elizabeth church with a twilight service and large local attendance Flowers and tributes highlighted a life of Christlike service and community impact
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Chicago
Galena
R. M. Crissman
First Presbyterian Church
S. M. Crissman
Forest Home
Samuel M. Crissman
Elizabeth
Freeport
Canton
Ill
Elkhart
Ind
DePere
Wis
Williamsburg
Ohio
Cincinnati
Presbyterian Church of
G. A. McAlister
Garena
Thomas McGregor
Hanover
N. A. Porter
Salon College
Providence University
Western Theological Seminary
Allegheny
Crisaman
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Endorsed by Chicago Home
Chicago Working Woman's Home medical superintendent Dr Luella Underhill endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild reliable laxative suitable for families. The firm offers a free sample bottle by mail and lists price at 50 cents per bottle.
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Chicago
Dr. Caldwell
Luella Underhill
Working Woman’s Home
Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Bldg
Monticello, Ill
Judge Clarity to preside at Bergman anti-saloon case
Rockford January 22 Judge Clarity of Freeport will preside over the hearing for J August Bergman a Seventh street hotel operator charged under the anti saloon law on an information by State's Attorney North Bergman has engaged Johnson Johnson to defend and a jury trial will be sought Sheriff Collier is ordered to summon a jury for tomorrow at 10 o clock to select twelve men acceptable to both sides the process will be lengthy to choose the jury.
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Rockford
Clarity
Freeport
J. August Bergman
Seventh Street
North
Bergman
Johnson & Johnson
Collier
Sues Kewanee liquor Dealers
In Kewanee Illinois on January 23 a damages suit totaling 923000 was filed against local liquor dealers by Mrs Rowland wife of Michael Rowland whose logs were cut by a train while he lay on the tracks in an intoxicated condition.
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Kewanee Liquor Dealers
Kewanee
Rowland
Michael Rowland
A Message from the East at Pier Street Church
Dr L W Cronkhite from Burma will address the public at Pier Street church tonight. He comes as a representative of the American Baptist Missionary Union and has spent years among the Burmese. Rev W H Beynon will preach a Sunday night sermon on national interest titled American Industry Versus American Children in Christian America. January 24 is observed nationally as Child Labor Sunday.
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L. W. Cronkhite
Burma
Baptist Church
L. W.cronkhite
Pier Tiat
Cronkhite
American Baptist Wiassonnts Union
W. H. Beynon
Doans Kidney Pills Enduring Testimonies in Freeport
Freeport residents recall long trusted relief from kidney complaints via Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs Elias Church of 214 Spring Ave testifies severe pains eased, housework possible, after taking pills from Emmett's drug store. She was cured, later confirming ten years symptom free in 1907. Foster Milburn Co. sells Doan's for 50 cents.
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Doan
Freeport
Elias Church
Ill
Dean
Emmett’s
Coal Chutes Destroyed at Manchester Station
The Illinois Central coal chute at Manchester burned Wednesday night around seven. Loss estimated at about 3000 dollars. Cause traced to a lantern tipping over, oil saturated wood fed by wind, destroying the chutes despite fire department efforts. Loss will inconvenience locomotives using the site as a coaling station.
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Illinois Central
Manchester
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Endorsed by Kansas Druggist
Dr J M Hawkins of Mound City Kansas praised Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable laxative and stomach tonic. The Pepsin Syrup Co offers a free sample bottle on request by mail. Sold by all druggists at 50 cents and one dollar per bottle.
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J. M. Hawkins
Mound City
Kan
Dr. Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Bldg
Monticello
Ill
Personal mentions of morning traveler and visitors
Henry Serf was a morning passenger to Chicago. Edward Mills is at Belvidere on a brief visit to friends. Mrs. F. P. Fisher of Winslow spent the day in this city. Mrs. Edward Schinig spending a few days at Rockford with her brother M. Paul. Mrs. M. Smith of Chicago, guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lipscond, returned home. Mrs. H. W. Garman went to Forreston to spend days with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Benjamin Garman.
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Henry Serf
Chicago
Edward Mills
Belvidere
F. P. Fisher
Winslow
Edward Schinig
Rockford
M. Paul
M. Smith
J. Lipscond
H. W. Garman
Forreston
Benjamin Garman
Woods Liver Medicine in Maquid Form Ad
Advertisement notes Woods Liver Medicine in Maquid form to regulate the liver relieve sick headache constipation stomach and kidney disorders and act as a gentle laxative. Also for chills fever and malaria. Tonic effects evident with flat dose. A dollar bottle contains twice as much as the fifty cent size. Sold by H J Moogk and C P Guenther.
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Woods
H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
Cure for eczema using Cuticura remedies
Charles T. Bauer of Volant Pennsylvania reports a twelve year battle with eczema on hands arms and feet. After failing salves doctors and arsenic he tried Cuticura Soap Soapointment Resolvent and a solvent. He saw vast improvement and claims full healing with no trouble since over a year ago. Dated March 11 1908.
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Charles T. Bauer
Volant
Babies Cured By Cuticura Skin Treatment
The article touts Cuticura Soap ointment and Resolvent as cures for eczema rashes and itching in infants children and adults. It describes a complete external and internal regimen with prices 26c 40c 50c and chocolate coated pills 25c per vial of 60 sold by Potter Drug Chem Co Boston Mass Mailed Free Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases
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Potter Drug & Chem
Corn
Sole
Boston
Masa
Captain William Vincent of Galena Passes Eighty Six
CAPTAIN WILLIAM VINCENT, a Galena pioneer born in England in 1837, celebrated age eighty six. He joined the Civil War effort as captain of Company A Cothill, serving with distinction and suffering a severe knee wound at Chickamauga.
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Galena
Wm. Vincent
England
Plains
California
Vincent
Co. A. Cothill
Chicamauga
Henry Recital Tonight At The Aia Role
Tickets fifty cents for the Henry Recital at the Aia Role tonight. The program features solo and ensemble works in a concise concert suitable for a wide audience.
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Aia
Henry
Q. Cc. A
Bernarr Macfadden to speak at local YMCA on vitality and health
Bernarr Macfadden the physical culture pioneer will lecture at the YMCA next Sunday and Monday. He promotes rational exercise and right living, attacking liquor traffic patent medicines meat eating and poor education while urging wholesome habits. He will address boys at 2 30 PM and men at 3 30 PM on Sunday then give a public lecture Monday titled Exhila rating Health for All with Q A to follow. Visitors from nearby towns are expected as this is his only appearance in the region this year.
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Bernarr Macfadden
MacFadden
Rockford
Beloit
Powderly at Sixty Birthday Of Labor Leader Powderly
Special to the Journal from Washington reports Terence V. Powderly reaching his sixtieth birthday. Once guiding star of the Knights of Labor, he began as a machinist apprentice and rose to high rank, becoming grand master workman in 1879.
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Immigration Bureau
Washington, D. C
Terence V. Powderly
Knights of Labor
Powderly
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Scranton
Powderly Leads Immigration Bureau Between Cities
Regularly re elected to that office until 1893 Powderly served as chief of the labor organization while studying law. After leaving the Knights of Labor he practiced law for several years and became chief of the immigration bureau of the department of commerce and labor, splitting time between New York and Washington.
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Labor Organization
Knights of Labor
Powderly
Immigration Bureau
Department of Commerce and Labor
New York
Washington
This Date in History 1561 1788 1804 1813 1830 1834
A compact chronology lists notable events and births from 1561 through 1908. It cites Francis Bacon and Lord Byron births, slavery abolition proposals, Frenchtown defeat, Lower Canada’s parliament, South American quakes, credentials of John Y Mason, Milwaukee fugitive slave rescue case, New York gun seizure, Burnside reception, tariff bill in Senate, Aslesund fire, and a million dollar bequest to the American Museum of Natural History.
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Francis Bacon
Lord Byron
Congress
Louisiana Territory
Frenchtown
Lower Canada
Quebec
South America
John Y. Mason
France
Louis Napoleon
S. M. Booth
Milwaukee
New York
Macon
Boston
General Burnside
United States Senate
Aslesund
Norway
Moris K. Josup
American Museum of Natural History
Birth of Baroness Clifton and Bligh lineage unfolds
The text notes Baroness Clifton born January 22 1900 who later became the seventeenth holder of the barony of Cofton in the Bligh family. It explains Cofton’s long female succession, the 1608 grant, and the baby baroness attending Edward VII’s coronation at Westminster Abbey in a coronation robe.
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Great Britain
Bligh
Earl of
Darnley
Betty” Bligh
Cofton
Wing
Edward VII
Westminster Abbey
Polo's Big Poultry Show Opens First Week in February
Polo announces its sixth annual Poultry show during the first week of February. The exhibit, branded as the big event, runs from February 1 with events and displays across the Polo showgrounds, inviting breeders and poultry enthusiasts to attend the annual exhibit.
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Polo
Polo association to stage annual quality show and fair
The Polo Business Men's Association promotes a yearly show with two top judges, twelve and silver cups, cash prizes, and ribbons. It draws public support from the community and local boys, funds evening entertainments, and plans orchestra music and school acts. Entries close Saturday January 30. J T McGrath is president and Dr L A Beadl is secretary.
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J Association
J. T. McGrath
Polo Business Men’s Association
L. A. Beapdl
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