Trustees See Water Decision as Aid to St Louis Drinking Water
Chicago dispatch reports Missouri victory in a federal ruling allowing continued flow of Lake Michigan water through a drainage channel to the Mississippi. Trustees of the sanitary board hail the decision as an object lesson and a boost to upcoming hearings, arguing dilution will not pollute St Louis water. Representative William M Springer appointed to lead the board's legal case for the canal.
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Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Missouri
Mississippi River
St. Lois
Wenter
Frank Wenter
St. Louis
Mississippi
Springer
Drainage Board
Jon
William M. Springer
Washington
Praiinge Canal
Miners Face Retrial in Carterville Riot Case
In Vienna Illinois the circuit court reopened for retrial of Wesley Shadowen Lem Kadowen Charles Shadowen and others charged with killing five nonunion miners during a Carterville riot on September 17 1899 Witnesses crowded the train into Vienna as proceedings resumed with a brief session and a longer trial to follow today The victims named were Sim Cummins T J Boyd John Black Huse Bradley and Henry Braunen.
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Vienna
Ill
Wesley Shadowen
Lem Kadowen
Charles Shadowen
Robert Fadfield
Willis Carney
William Kelley
Richard Kelley
Elmer James
Matthew Walker
John Wallace
Rank Rider
A. J. Wangle
Sim Cummins
T. J. Boyd
John Black
Huse Bradley
Henry Braunen
Carterile
Yestunday
Smallpox Epidemic Discussed by Illinois Health Officials
Dr Kean Springfield indicates smallpox is the epidemic in the state with mild forms common. The Illinois Board of Health warns against denying the outbreak and stresses distinguishing unmitigated smallpox from its mitigated, milder form especially in northern Illinois.
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Kean
Springfield
Egan
State Board of Health
Board of Saith
Miners Injured When Mine Cage Falls in Illinois Shaft
In Springfield Urs Jan 23 a cage at Spaulding Coal Company's shaft near Spaulding fifteen miles east of town fell thirty feet injuring six miners. Named injured are Larry Tucker Charles Minney William Wells and Edward Stringham along with two unknown workers. Tucker suffered a broken leg and internal injuries.
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Springield
Urs
Spaulding Coal Company
Spaulding
Eht
Tlarry Ucker
Charles Minney
William Wells
Edward Stringham
Ucker
Illinois Bar Association to meet on law amendments
The state commission appointed by Governor Inner will meet at the senate chamber in Springfield at 10 a m on Feb 8 to hear judges and lawyers with suggestions for changes in the practice of law in Illinois.
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Springfield
Tls
Inner
Supreme Appellate and
Civit Courts
Illinois Bar Assention
Campfield case ends without verdict after costly trial
Oshkosh Wis Jan 23 The jury failed to reach a verdict on John Campfield for the murder of Alphonse Sandon August 30 1898. Jurors reported seven to conviction and five to acquittal on guilt with ten two for forged will. The costly trial 40 000 will not be renewed.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Campfield
John Campfield
Alphonse Sandon
Wifes While You Wait Involving 75-Year-Old Man
In Moundsville West Virginia on January 23 Christian D Kleiner aged 75 hired a matrimonial agent for a life partner and paid 25 dollars, 15 in advance. The agent arranged a match with Barbara Yockey aged 55 from Miltonsburg Ohio, they traveled and married within hours after meeting, with neither knowing the other beforehand.
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Moundsville
W.va
Christian D. Kleiner
Miltonsburg
Barbara Yockey
Kleiner
Treasury Denies Durkee Bond Claims in Quincy Sale
Secretary of the Treasury Gage wired the Quincy Whig denying any foundation for the Durkee heirs claims used to justify $12,000 in bonds sold locally. The claims alleged the United States owed $260,000,000 on first mortgage Union Pacific bonds, a figure many have sold at 100 cents on the dollar.
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Quincy, Hs
Gage
Quincy Whig
Durkee
United States
Union Pacific
Insurgents Defeated At Taal By U S Forces
Manila report says two companies of the forty sixth infantry under Major Johnson and three companies of the thirty eighth under Major Muir defeated about 300 insurgents at Taal Batangas on Saturday taking the town. Marietta shelled the town. insurgents had four cannon, two captured. Two Americans wounded, ten insurgents dead on the field.
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Manila
Forty-Sixth Infantry
Johnson
Thirty-eighth Infantry
Muir
Taal
Batangas
United States
Marietta
Caillaux to push tariff cap on colonial imports
Paris January 23 J Caillaux a moderate Republican will introduce a bill in the chamber of deputies to establish a maximum tariff on colonial products from foreign countries that do not grant France the advantages of the most favored nation clause.
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Paris
J. Caillaux
Chamber of Deputies
France
Revenue receipts rise in first half of fiscal year
Washington reports the December statement shows six month revenue collections totaling 151,780,158 dollars, up 13,457,683 dollars from the same period a year earlier.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Child Hurt In Feed Cutter Accident At Hale's Corners
A seven year old girl, daughter of Jacob Wagner, lost two fingers on her right hand while playing with a feed cutter in Hale's Corners Wisconsin on January 23. Her two brothers witnessed the incident.
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Hale’s Corners
Wis
Jacob Wagner
Markets Report Quoted Movements on Wheat Corn and Cattle
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show Wheat for January at 63 54, May 66 5, July 67 0. Corn ranges include January 31 4, May 83 4, July 128 2. Pork prices for January around 10 62, July 9 44. Oats and short ribs listed with several bid figures. Live stock for Chicago shows hogs selling 3.70 to 4.85, cattle 3.05 to 7.50, lambs 3.75 to 6.40, with regional Milwaukee prices for wheat No 1 northern 66 0 to 66 2 and rye steady.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Seeesee
Lycee Heep
Iuxtra Creamery
Texas
Limit of ocean steamship speed and other curious notes
A compilation notes ship speed limits around twenty four to twenty five knots for modern ocean liners, plus dimensions near one thousand feet. It adds trivia on London streets, New York population, cannon use, muskets, women sailors, frost effects, armor, Buffalo shaving machine, Guildhall, and various historical and scientific curios.
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Lewis Nixon
Coyo
Board of Health
Finland
Buffalo
Guildhall
London
Cologne
Land Crabs Of Cuba Delight Foodies And Troops
Report describes Cuban land crabs as loathsome at first glance but tasty. Troops in Cuba and West Indians note the crabs feed on cane tops and corn meal, are hunted at night with torches, and cooked in okra soup or gumbo. The process includes pinning legs, tying claws, and using a calabash to flush crabs from holes.
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Cuba
Antilles
West Indies
New York Journal
Quotes on Mothers From Global Voices Through History
A compilation of lines praising mothers from diverse traditions. The excerpt gathers sentiments from West Africa Hindoo Russian German and European writers. It highlights maternal love as a guiding force, comforting care, and pivotal influence across cultures and ages.
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West Africa
Hindoo
Benjamin West
W. L. Weems
Eugene de Guerin
Victor Hugo
L. Aimee Martin
Henry Ward Beecher
Victor Hugo Masterpiece Sought at Local Bookseller
A nervous customer asks for Victor Hugo's greatest work and, after confusion over the title, learns the shop has Less Miserables. The exchange is recounted by the Norwich Argus in a brief shop scene.
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Victor Hugo
Norwich Argus
Sizing Up Papa at Blank Castle Mischief
A London Telegraph anecdote recalls a five year old heir at Blank Castle who defies his father during lunch. The father, trying to assert authority, bangs the table and demands the boy remember who he is. The boy replies that the man is only muvver’s husband, provoking amused laughter from guests.
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Blank Castle
William
Muvver
London Telegraph
Rules for Family Peace
A list of guidance for domestic harmony urging self control kindness and gentleness. It emphasizes self examination patience, restraint in anger, sympathy for others, cheerful outlook, modest speech, and humble behavior toward younger family members.
Bride and groom clash with art museum sign
On their wedding tour the couple pausing at the Art Museum misread a sign on a hanging reproduction and quipped that visitors are ignorant. The bride then asserts they misunderstood the warning hands off cannot be touched.
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Milo
Setting Up For Himself
Jamie Spence drives cattle in Bleckburn with a collie that bolts into a butcher shop and steals a leg of mutton. The butcher confronts Jamie, who replies the dog was his once but is dying for himself now, in this Spare Moments vignette.
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Jamie Spence
Bleckburn
Jamie
Hissing Signation Across Cultures
The New York Emerald notes that hissing takes different meanings by region and context. In West Africa natives hiss at astonishment while in the New Hebrides they hiss at beauty. Busutos hiss to applaud speakers and the Japanese hiss as a reverent hush.
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West Africa
New
Hebrides
New York
Homelike Hotel in Boston Noted for Plague of Cockroaches
A Boston transcript describes a homelike hotel scene where three cockroaches glide across the breakfast table on the first morning, leaving visible nicks in the crockery and prompting traveler commentary.
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Boston
Curious Facts From A Bygone Era On Moustaches And Bees
A compilation of odd claims and observations including Chinese imperial customs the old tree of Burma and ambassador salaries. It notes how moustaches freeze on the face in cold winds and a drunk bee reacting to cosmos blossom near Colmar and telephonic farm talk via wire fences in Australia.
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China
Para
Brazil
New York
Celestial Empire
Earth
Burmaby
England
France
Austria
Germany
Italy
Russia
United States
Turkey
Paris
Weir
Australia
Colmar
Paris Council of Hygiene
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids Promoted as Kidney Remedy
An advertisement touts Morrow's Kid-ne-oids as a scientific kidney and urinary ailment treatment. It claims eighteen years of development by an experienced chemist and features testimonial from H. W. Ulrich, a motorman, who reports recovery after using the product and Morrow's Liverlax. The pills are described as Yellow Tablets sold in wooden boxes for fifty cents per box at local drugstores with a descriptive booklet available.
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Morrow
H. W. Ulrich
The
Electric Company
American St
H. J. Moogk
John Morrow & Co
Springfield
Ohio
Ducks Lay Black Eggs From Acorn Diet Says French Paper
A French scientific writer reports ducks fed acorns, eaten ravenously, lay black eggs due to iron-rich shells reacting with tannins. The paper also notes fowls fed boiled lobster shells may lay bright red eggs.
One Minute Cough Cure Praised for Breathing Cure
An enduring testimonial extols a remedy for lung trouble and grippe. It claims quick relief from coughs colds croup bronchitis pneumonia and throat and lung troubles. The user asserts early use prevents consumption and praises HH D Moogk as endorser.
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Grippe
Law protects trailing arbutus first in U S history
The Connecticut legislature enacted a law safeguarding the trailing arbutus, cited as the first state wildflower protection law in the nation, reportedly inspired by a newspaper article calling for such protection. The piece also notes saltwater sill mining in northern Mexico and local anecdotes about New York area geography and a unique umbrella case in New Orleans.
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Mexico
Camaron
Laredo
Shakerag
Greater New York
Board of Improvment
Manhattan
Manhattan Island
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Bronx
Borough of
Richmond
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Queens
Greater
New York
William Penn
America
Pennsylvania
France
New Orleans
Germany
Kansas
Prince of Wales tests Hindoo school in Madras visit
The Prince of Wales visited a Hindoo school in Madras where pupils practiced address etiquette. He asked a boy about a prismatic compass and the reply, Your royal compass, your prismatic highness, drew laughter and a nod from the heir apparent.
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Prince of Wales
Madras
One Minute Cough Cure Praised by Southern Agent
L T Travis of Selina Georgia endorses One Minute Cough Cure as an effective remedy. The note claims immediate results for coughs colds croup bronchitis and throat and lung troubles from H J Moogh.
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L. T. Travis
Southern R. R
Selina
H. J. Moogh
Frustrated Youth Quarrel Reported in Chicago Post
A boy complains of strict punishment from his father for fighting a smaller boy. The exchange shows anger and frustration as a sympathetic neighbor tries to understand. The source quotes the boy and describes parental threats of punishment if fighting occurs.
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Tom
Chicago Post
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Promises Prompt Relief
The ad claims Chamberlains Cough Remedy gives prompt relief for coughing and helps with colds and pneumonia prevention. Emmert & Burrell, Druggists, sell the product. Swiss archaeologists reclassify a ruin near Blewbel as Celtic, not Roman.
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Chamberlains
Emmert & Burrell
Cure for Pneumonia and Coughs Endorsed by Parents
J T Berry of Loganton Pennsylvania says he was cured of pneumonia entirely by One Minute Cough Cure after doctors failed. He claims it also cured his children of whooping cough and relieves coughs colds croup grippe and throat and lung troubles. Mothers endorse it. H J Moogk.
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J.T. Berry
Loganton
H. J. Moogk
Lovely Hands and Beauty Tools in a Dental Context
A brief excerpt describes hands as lovely and uncommon, noting a setting with silver sand a deep basin a stiff nailbrush good soap and two small implements including ile and orangewood sticks as transforming ugliness into lasting beauty within a mouth type of cautionary or instructional tone.
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Long Run Cough
Credited by C Unger of 212 Maple St Champaign Illinois with curing a year long hacking cough after trying various remedies and months of medical care. The testimonial credits Foley's Honey and Tar for the relief and notes no further trouble. Endorsed by H J Moogk and W F Jungkunz & Co.
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C. Unger
Maple St
Champaign
I]l
Foley
H. J. Moogk
W. F. Jungkunz
Reduced Western Rail Fares From The C M St P Ry Co
The company offers second class tickets to western points on lines of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific at greatly reduced rates via connections. Details available at the sales ticket office. Do not miss to secure these bath territory deals.
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Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
Lous
Bath
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