Lawyers in Lead for High Positions in U S Politics
A historical overview notes nineteen presidents and many lawmakers were lawyers, with bankers, newspaper men, and farmers also prominent in politics. It highlights the shift from military and legal paths to industry, cites Roosevelt as a non-lawyer president, and discusses the prevalence of lawyers in the Senate and House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Hayne
Allues
Lincoln
Douglas
Blaine
Conklin
Idustry
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Worgan
Spoonend Aldrich
Bailey
Umself
Andrew Johnson
Congress
Jess
Roosevelt
Paul Morton
Navy
George B. Cortelyou
Commerce
Labor
Interior
Hitchcock
Wilson
McClellan
New York
Governors Guild
Massachusetts
Johnson
Minnesota
Hoch
Kansas
United States
Patterson
Colorado
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Carmack
Tennessee
National House
Smith
California
Dawson
Town
Charles B. Landis
Indiana
Scott and Murdock
Richardson
Kentucky
Burleigh
Maine
McCall
Bede
Southwick
Acheson
Pennsylvania
Brownlow
Glass
Virginia
Mint
George FE. Roberts
The
Treasury
Vanderlip
Armstrong
Joseph L. Bristow
Post Office Department
Senate
House
Perkins
Kean
New Jersey
Nixon
Nevada
Millard
Nebraska
Smoot
Utah
Scott
West Virginia
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Tillman
South Carolina
Latimer
Nelson
Dryden
Pattison
Ohio
Allee
Delaware
Representative Kahn
Edwin Booth
Jefferson, Salvini
Clara Morris
Michalek
Ilinois
Representative Smith
Maryland
Amen
Representative Greene
Representative Hunt
Missouri
Representative Patterson
McCleary
America
Lega
Spooner
Wisconsin
Ailey
Texas
Sullom
Allison
Dolliver
Hine
Frye
Williams, DeArmond
Chamark
Statesman
Y M C A Meeting Plans Six Sunday Talks
The Y M C A launches a six week series starting tomorrow to help men new to Christianity. Each Sunday at 830 p m speakers cover topics from The God We Serve to The Friend We Seek to Save with 20 30 minutes of talk and audience discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
L. C. Schmidt
Christ
W. A. Service
F. M. Davis
C. W. McCaskill
H. L. Moore
W. Gardner Thrall
Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar Cough Syrup
Children like Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar the pleasantest and best cough syrup to take because it contains no opiates sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
This Date in History Highlights Major Events
1540 Thomas Cromwell beheaded on Tower Hill. 1789 Pittsburg Gazette first west of Alleghenies. 1794 Robespierre and 71 others guillotined in Paris. 1802 Giuseppe Sarti dies. 1818 Wellington wins Pyrenees. 1821 Peru declares independence. 1844 Joseph Bonaparte dies. 1852 Henry Clay wreck 26 lives. 1868 Fourteenth Amendment enforced. 1884 Henry M. Stanley arrives in England. 1898 Ponce captured by U S troops. 1904 Von Plehve assassinated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cromwell
Earl of Essex
Tower Hill
Pittsburg
The
Alleghenies
Robespierre
Paris
Giuseppe Sarti
Wellington
of the
Pyrenees
Peru
Joseph Bonaparte
Spain
Henry Clay
Hudson River
United States
Henry M. Stanley
England
Africa
Ponce
Porto Rico
von Plehve
Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar Cough Syrup
The original laxative cough syrup Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar relieves cough and purges the system of cold without opiates. Sold by all druggists.
Those $1,00 Shirts at the Golden Eagle Today
Low cost shirts advertised at the Golden Eagle for 48 cents each. Claim by end of day as supplies last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Eagle Toay
Threshermen Supplies Ad From Dorman & Co
Threshermen are urged to stock up on oilers grease cups injectors lubricants packing belting thresher covers belt lacing hooks and adjustable sieves. Dorman & Co at Van Buren and Fw change streets north of the courthouse invite inquiries by call or write.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorman & CO
van Buren and
Fwchange Streets
Court House
Notice of Sale of Freeport Hardware Stock Certificate 27
FF W Siecke offers for sale by sealed bid at C E Meyer Co office until 10:00 a m Friday August 3 1906 for fifty shares of Freeport Hardware Co capital stock certificate No 27 bids may be rejected in whole or part and sale made for cash only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Hardware Company
C. E. Meyer & Co
FF. W, Siecke
Our Clearing Sale Closes Out Summer Stock
Our Clearing Sale creates disturbance in the clothing trade as we close out summer stock including Golden quale. This notice signals a liquidation event and invites customers to shop while supplies last.
Drought Threat Looms Over Corn as Long Range Forecasts Warn
Advises farmers to hold corn at sixty cents amid a broad drought threat across major corn states. Forecasts predict a West to East disturbance bringing heat and reduced showers, with August temperatures well above normal in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and cooler elsewhere. A major drought period could cut corn crop conditions by as much as 26 percent from last year, with rainfall varying regionally. The note urges skepticism toward government crop reports and promotes cautious selling.
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Lou
W.J. Foster
P. Osbas
Washington
D. C
Pacific Coast
West Rockies
Great Central
Rockies
Drouth
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Lakes
Lake Michigan
Pacific
St. Louis
Dodge City
Omaha
Des Moines
Peoria
Cincinnati
Cairo
Chicago
Science
Advertised Letter List at Ivee Port Post Office
The weekly list for July 9 2006 shows names of ladies and gentlemen with letters remaining in the Ivee port post office. Persons calling for above set ters should state advertised July 9 2006 at Surya D. ATKIN Postmuster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iveeport
Amerian
Ralph I
Warp Co
Pace
Rom Babcock
Pearce
Fred J. Beckham
Francis Phillips
Leste Brayton
Oscar Quilin
Preston L. Bruce
Allen Sheridan
J. F. Clark
Roy Summergan
Janes Qole
W. B. Stocker
Henry Kahey
Thos
Thuers
J. W. Freeport
Mil Mig
Vo. Warner
John Horsley
Henry Wilcox
F. Ib
Kodol for Dyspepsia Promises Quick Digestive Relief
An advertisement touts Kodol for Dyspepsia as aiding digestion after meals. It claims the product relieves flatulence sour stomach belching and heart palpitations while helping the stomach recover and regain function. Sold by all druggists.
Bids Sought to Scrape and Paint Hancock Avenue Bridge
Freeport highway commissioners invite bids to scrape and paint the Hancock avenue bridge with two coats of good paint. Bids due by July 30, 1906 at 6 PM to Aug Kampenthal at 12 Clinton Street. The board may reject any or all bids.
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Freeport
Hancock Avenue
Kampenthal
Clinton Street
Rampenthal
Curisy Koehler
Cras
Richter
Canned Meat Fiasco At Sterling Gravel Pit
Roadwork disruption at the Galt gravel pit stems from workers refusing canned meat. After mass quitting and a failed commissary change, contractors ordered locally slaughtered beef at three quarters weekly, ending Chicago packer meat. Local men now dine on meat killed in the vicinity along with other wholesome foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Bowen
Northwestern
Galt
Commissary
Chicago
Man Killed In Sterling Train Yard Accident
A L Paul of Clinton Iowa died in Sterling Illinois after being struck by a brake beam while attempting to board a freight car in the Northwestern yards around nine this morning. He suffered a skull fracture and the loss of his right arm, died at noon after an inquest found the death accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Ill
A. L. Paul
Clinton
Iowa
Johnson
Paul
O'Malley Undertaking Rooms
Big crowds at St Paul Saengerfest gala matinee
Large attendance at the St Paul Saengerfest gala matinee with G H Fairclough directing the St Paul Choral club chorus and Frank Danz Jr leading the orchestra. The Milwaukee Iederkranz, under Charles Orth, received warm applause. The group performed Jubilate, a Swedish vesper, with Dixie sung as an encore. Theodore Kelbe directed the chorus at the evening Bundeskonzert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Theodore Kelbe
406 Pound Boy's Heart Fails
Provie Henry known as the Atwood fat boy dies at 19 in Arcola Til July 27. He weighed 406 pounds and had a 78 inch waist. His parents are described as small. his death is attributed to fatty degeneration of the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcola
Til
Provie Henry
Atwood
Manitouoc Man Receives $30,000 Bequest for Kindness
Fred Billings, a Manitowoc traction company employee, wins a court ruling granting him $30,000 bequeathed by his landlord Pete Kellar of Sterling Illinois. Billings aided Kellar during illness, and the fortune was awarded as a reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
Fred Billings
The
Traction Company of
Pete Kellar
Sterling, Ill
Billings
Kellar
Better Than Spanking Home Remedy for Bed Wetting
A pamphlet promoting Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment for children who wet the bed. It argues spanking does not cure bed wetting and urges mothers to write for guidance without payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Summers
Notre Dame
Ind
Excursion Rates Set On C M St P Railroad
Excursion rates are in effect on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad for Burl ington Elkhorn Delavan Fontana Kansasville Kilbourne Madison McFarland Sloughton Walworth and Waukesha with good returns up to Sept 80. Agent J B Swearr of the Midland division announces the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Elkhorn
Delavan
Fontana Kansasville
Kilbourne
Madison McFarland
Sloughton Walworth
Waukesha
J. B. Swearr
Very Low Rates to Roanoke Excursion Tickets Offer
Very low round trip rates to Roanoke Virginia on the Northwestern line for the annual national convention of the Firemen's association. Excur sion tickets sold August 11 to 15 with favorable return limits. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Northwestern
Low Rates to Minneapolis via Chicago Great Western Ry
Great Western Railway offers reduced fares to Minneapolis for G A A encampment from August 13 to 18. Tickets go on sale after August 11. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Saint Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Chicago
Great Western Ry
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul
Minn
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Chas
Ing. c. F. Hildreth
Hermsmeier
Galena St
Saving Department
the State ‘Bank of Freeport
Savings Department of ‘State Bank of Freeport
Legal
Thirteen News
Foster
Dprouth
Hudson Bay
North America
United States Weather Bureau
Scientific
Alberlain
Lord & Diarthea
Pevas
Milwaukee Liederkrangz
S. Karpen & Bros
Nelson Matter & Co
Widdicomb Furniture Co
Berkey & Gay Furniture Co
McDougall and Hoosier
Globe
Wernicke
Mallon A
Bert & Packard
C. A. McNamara & Co
Stephenson St
Freeport Gas Light and Coke Co
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