Deadlock in Illinois Senate United States Senate race drags on
Seventeen ballots in the Illinois General Assembly fail to produce a majority for United States senator as Hopkins vs Foss and Stringer battle continues. Speaker Shurtleff maintains control as roll order tactics and absences shape the protracted joint session with Chicago figures and lawmakers gathered in Springfield.
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United Waites
Forty-sixth General Assembly
Albert Jopkins
Anti- Hopkins
Foss
Fon
Hopkins
House
Senate
William M. Brown
Chiago
Frank P. Schmitt
Calhoun
Lincoln
Stringer
Wharton
Charles S. Wharton
Chicago
E. O. Kowalski
Deneen
Cook County
Kowalski
Robert T. Lincoln
Senator Henson
Boss
Mason
Shurtleff
McKinley
Lowden
Morton
Etringer
Hall of Representatives
Senate Chamber
John J. Hanberg
Charles Vail
Ad. Brundage
Roger C. Sullivan
J. J. Magerstadt
Bernard J. Mullaney
Busse
Blair
Lawrence B. Stringer
House of Representatives
United States
Lea O'Neil
Ent
Throvahkett Ue
Balletine
Rudowitz Can Remain Here Extradition Denied
Rudowitz, a Russian revolutionist named Chien tumbie Christian, will not be extradited to the Czar's country. Secretary of State Heat declined to order extradition, a decision met with rejoicing by friends who argued it would avert judicial murder. Rudowitz remains jailed as final government action awaits. The case drew national attention amid fears asylum rights and refugee protections could be undermined.
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United States
Heat
Giao
Ruesiuie
Rudowitz
State Department
Rudowity
Elgin Milk Producers Plan City Meeting Fight
Milk producers in Elgin and nearby areas plan to oppose Chicago orders with a city meeting. They will join a Chicago formed organization on Feb 1 and seek state coverage for tuberculosis testing and state inspection of imported stock.
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Lgin
Wic
Elgin
Chicago Common Council
Board of Health
Chicago
Engineers Meet Today in Chicago Great Northern Area
An important gathering of engineers from across the nation will assemble in the Great Northern area this afternoon as the Illinois Society of Engineers and Surveyors opens its annual meeting. The event runs until Friday evening with officer elections and the yearly banquet. Five engineering problems will be discussed as the key feature of the program.
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Chicago
Great Northern
Illinois Society of Mugineers and Surveyors
Torpedoes Create Panic at Gary Warehouse
An explosion of two railroad torpedoes housed in a Chicago South Shore and Eastern railway warehouse in Gary Indiana caused panic among about a hundred employees and injured two women. The torpedoes were detonated by heat from steampipes and the blast was heard for blocks, sending nearby occupants fleeing the area.
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Chicago
Chicago, South Shore and Eastern Railway
Gary
Ind
Love Letters in Court Prompt Breach Suit
The breach of promise case of Miss Lenora Lane against Oko Quisenberry opened in Lincoln circuit court. Forty or more letters written by Quisenberry to Lane, filled with love declarations and signed Your husband Yours For ever and Little Sweetheart, were introduced as evidence.
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Lincoln
Lincoln, HL
Lenora Lane
Oko Quisenberry
Conre
Quisenberry
Miss Lane
hLintle
Taken as Mail Thief Veteran Postal Clerk Trap by Decoy Letters
Fdadwin W. Key, a veteran railway mail clerk on the Burlington route between Rock Island and St. Louis, was arrested here by post office inspectors. He is charged with opening mail and is said to have been trapped by decoy letters after months of shadowing. His home is at Winchester, 101, where he has a wife and six children.
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Rock Island
Fdadwin W. Key
Burlington
Rock Islind
St. Louis
Abey
Ebey
Winchester
101
Creesscup WII Not Resign. Chicago. Jan 27
Judge Peter 8 Grogscup denied the story that he had signified his intention of resigning as soon as President Roosevelt could get his successor.
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Chicago
Peter 8
Grogscup
Roosevelt
Jersey channel gland linked to European continent
A French scientist claims the Jersey gland in the English Channel once formed part of Europe. An old charter shows an abbey was obliged to provide planks to connect with the mainland at low tides.
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Gland
Jersey
English Channel
Europe
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup promoted for colds
Colds at this season are relieved by Bees Laxative Cough Syrup which eases the system. Pleasant to take and suitable for children for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Sold by H J Moogh and C P Guenther.
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H. J.moogh
C. P. Guenther
Two Jurors Accused Hearing Today of Charges Against Men
Nashville Tenn January 27 The second venue of 600 talesmen exhausted without completing a jury to try Colonel Duncan Cooper Robin Cooperated John D Sharp for the slaying of former Senator BH W Carmack Judge Hart will devote today to hearings against Jurors Leigh and Jackson He drew another venue of 500 names and the sheriff is summoning them for service Friday The state filed charges against Juror Hy C Jackson claiming he was incompetent because he was a habitual drunkard Juror J 8 Leigh also is charged with being too fond of liquor.
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Caspers
Nashville
Tenn
Duncan Cooper
Robin
John D. Sharp
BH. W. Carmack
Dudge Hart
Leigh
Jackson
Hy. C. Jackson
J. 8. Leigh
Moving Pictures Evidence in Damages Suit
A Brooklyn court viewed motion pictures showing a boy at play in a $50,000 damage suit against the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company. Stephen McGory, ten, through a guardian, claims hip trouble from injuries alleged in the case. The film depicts him running about with other children.
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New York
Brooklyn
Coney Island and
Stephen McGory
Plea for postal boys drew cheers from congressmen
In Washington on January 27 a feature of the post office bill debate was a twenty minute speech by Representative Sperry of Connecticut urging adequate pay for the postal service. At eighty three, he spoke feebly yet received liberal applause from fellow members.
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Sperry
Washington
Representative Sperry
Connecticut
Five Die In Mine Disaster at Boswell
Five men are dead after a gas explosion and ensuing fire in the Merchants' mine of United Coal at Boswell, Somerset County. Despite reports of many missing, officials believe this to be the complete list of fatalities.
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Pittsburg
United Coal Company
Boswell
Somerset County
Congress Helpless Declares Murdoch
Washington Jan 27 Representative Murdoch of Kansas challenged the House by asking if an ordinary member can properly discharge duties to the nation Under four propositions he cited a secret service agent paid 28 a day a railroad president paid 1000 a year as a mail messenger mail charges on the Eads bridge over 35000 a year and 500 a year for a clerical duty He said any member not a chairman of an appropriation committee could seek corrective action against these items despite the speaker’s opposition
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Washington
Murdock
Kansas
Secret Service
Michigan Central Railroad
Eads Bridge
St. Louis
Cashier Ends Life in Portsmith Bank Review
Portsmouth Iowa January 27—State Bank cashier C D Scroggins shot himself during a routine audit by a state examiner. Thorough book scrutiny shows no reason for the act, authorities suspect temporary insanity from overwork.
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Portsmouth
C.D. Scroggins
State Bank of
Scroggins
Nebraska Earthquake Shocks Pierce and Knox Counties
Dispatches report earthquake shocks rattling Pierce and Knox counties in Nebraska on January 27. The blast-like noise frightened horses and cattle and caused a stampede, with a young herder narrowly escaping harm near Foster while fifty cattle bolted.
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Norfolk
Neb
Pierce
Knox
Foster
Life Term For Train Robber In Helena case
George Frankhauser was found guilty of robbing a Great Northern train and taking $40,000 from registered pouches. He endangered the custodians and, under federal law, must serve life imprisonment at hard labor.
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Helena
Mont
George Frankhauser
Great Northern
What Women Suffer In Shopping Hat Woes
A husband mocks his wife over hat shopping and costs while she laments the mental strain of bearing the burden of fashion. He dismisses her concerns with a sneer as she pleads for understanding. The wife speaks of the pressure to wear and pay for hats despite ugliness and discomfort.
Rainey accuses Cromwell of Panama graft scheme
Representative Henry J. Rainey charges William Nelson Cromwell and associates with a vast graft plot to divert Panama Canal revenues. He labels Cromwell a key actor in a scheme to control Panama’s government and force Obaldia's election, tying Taft’s visit to deep plans.
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Taft
Washington
Willam Nelson Cromwell
Henry J. Rainey
Hibneils
Panama Canal
Cromwell
Panama Republic
Rainey
Roosevelt
Canal
New York
Panama
Obaldia
Waterways Dinner Promotes $1 A Ton St. Paul Haul
In St. Paul on January 27 the Deep Waterways Committee of the Commercial Club hosted a dinner where speakers Thomas Wilkinson C. A. Thompson and Mayor C. B. Ritchie discussed a plan to push Mississippi improvements. Wilkinson asserted a modern towboat could move 5000 tons from Wittsburg to St. Paul for about $1 per ton.
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Pittsburg
St. Paul
Minn
Deep Waterways Committee
Waterways bill introduced for commission and $500 million bond plan
Washington reports Representatives Ransdell Moore Shirley and Bartholdt introduced a waterways commission bill and a bond bill to raise $500 million for waterways improvements. The bond authorization would cap at $50 million per fiscal year.
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Washington
Ransdell
Moore
Shirley
Bartholdt
Komura In Excellent Health Rumor Denied
Tokio January 27. There is no foundation for the rumor of Count Jusaburo Komura being dead. He remains in excellent health this morning and continues as minister of foreign affairs.
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Komura
Tokio
Jsutaro Komura
Salem bill limits hatpin length to ten inches
Salem Oregon January 27 report says the bill prohibiting hatpins longer than ten inches passed while the effort to abolish the whipping post was defeated.
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Salem
Ore
Donnelly Secures Place as Public Printer
Washington January 27 The senate confirms the nomination of Samuel B Donnelly of New York to the post of public printer and places him in the government role.
Pivcules for the Kidneys Offer Quick Trial Use
Promises quick relief for backache rheumatism lumbago and fatigue with a 380 days trial priced at $1.00. Claims blood purification and direct action on the kidneys. Sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenther.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
Harriet M. Burbank piano teacher at Grove Street studio
Harriet M. Burbank is listed as a piano teacher operating a studio at 4 Grove Street Candée. The note provides a concise professional listing without additional details about classes or dates.
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Harriet M. Burbank
Grove St Candée
Poes Have the Gona at If We Tates the Tun
Fragmentary note reads like an ad style snippet with unclear names and places. Limited readable terms suggest a local shop or event tease but specifics are not recoverable.
Pitchfork Hen Tilman Faces Senate Ambition and Past Feuds
Benjamin Ryan Tilman of South Carolina, nicknamed Pitchfork Hen, has long opposed Black political power and defended his leadership after remarks about the president. A farmer and thrice elected U S senator, Tilman’s career includes a gubernatorial run and battles over negro disfranchisement. He was governor when such disenfranchisement bills and delays on Crum’s nomination occurred. His plantation overseer Ben, a Black man, has managed his family and affairs during his Washington terms.
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Behjamin Ryan Tilman
Sete Fitof
South Carolina
Cleveland
Senate
Milman
Crum
Charleston
Ben
Washington
United States Senate
Hardy on Dialect in Barnes Preface Mourning Dorset Speech
Thomas Lardy editor of Selected Poems of William Barnes laments loss of picturesque Dorset dialect as education spreads uniform speech. He notes that old words fall into ridicule and decay, spoken in villages where pastoral scenes once thrived, leaving no synonyms and widening the gap with younger generations.
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Hardy
Thomas Lardy
William Barnes
Dorset
Barnes
England
New York Central Names William Brown New Head
William Brown becomes head of the New York Central lines succeeding W H Newman. Brown, 45, has served as vice president since 1902 and rose from section hand to top executive. He previously led Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and held multiple rail positions across several midwestern roads.
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W. H W. Newman
New York Central Lines
New York Ceentral
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Herkimer County
N. Y
St. Paul Road
Linnols Central Road
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Kannibal
St. Josep
Council Bluffs
Chicago
Burlington
Kansas City
St. Louis
Keokuk
Northwestern Milways
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Tbat
Twain Story Sparks Laugh at Weeding Task
The tale recalls young Mark Twain or Clemens sent to weed a flower bed and discovering more weeds than blooms. He asks to hoe the weed bed, then, urged to pull a big weed, exclaims how can he pull them when the whole world is piled on them.
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Mark Twain
Alfred
Clemens
Old Fashioned Cream Candy From a Historic Recipe
A tattered recipe describes making old fashioned cream candy by boiling sugar and water, adding starch, and stirring rapidly until the mixture hardens when tested in water. It is poured into a buttered dish, cooled, and pulled into smooth white pieces before cutting with shears.
Darning Carpete For Rug Repair And Preservation
Instructions describe mending worn carpets by applying stout wool cloth to the rug back, securing edges with casual stitches, and densely darning with large embroidery needles using wool silk or flax. For moth-eaten areas, use matched colors in fine wool, stitch tightly so the tufted wool stands up, trim edges with sharp shears.
Darning by Machine Aids Household Repairs
A new darning needle attachment fits any sewing machine and speeds repairs. The device uses two embroidery hoop like frames to hold the fabric while the presser foot is removed. Holes that once took half an hour by hand can be darned in about two minutes with neat thorough results.
Darning by Needle: Simple Device for All Eyesight Levels
A Philadelphia Record note explains a delicate darning apparatus suited for curtains table linen stockings and undergarments. The device allows continuous darning with a single threading, enabling even those with poor eyesight to mend textiles without complexity.
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Philadelphia Record
Warm clothing pins and blueing water plan for cold days
On cold days a home remedy suggests heating clothes pins in the oven to keep hands warm while hanging laundry. After heating, place pins in a bag and shake around the waist to transfer warmth. Another tip is warming blueing water to keep clothes from feeling as cold. The note values comfort and effort.
Lyonnaise Tripe Recipe Instructions
Cook honeycomb tripe in boiling water until tender then drain. Bake to draw moisture, then fry minced onion in butter for five minutes. Add tripe strips and cook five minutes more. Season with salt and pepper, serve hot with parsley, and arrange on a dish.
Egg Paste Spread For Toasted Bread
Three eggs are boiled for twenty minutes then cooled and peeled. The yolks are mashed into a bowl with butter and cream, seasoned with salt and pepper, and spread between slices of buttered bread. Whole wheat or rye bread is preferred to plain white bread.
Winter Ferns and Grasses Dream Beside the Meadow Wall
A poem fragment notes ferns and blue eyed grasses dreaming through winter beside a meadow wall. Jack Frost paints the scene on the window pane, giving a quiet, wintry vignette.
Tender Tribute on a Silent White Form
A Kansas City Journal account describes a mourner laying a silent white form beside the departed, the woman refraining from tears at first, then crying out as nature seems to break. The scene shifts to echoes of grief across the grounds before quiet returns, and speculation rises about laying another egg tomorrow.
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Kansas City Journal
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