Illinois plans at Portland centennial exhibit
Illinois broadens its Portland centennial display with a recreated Lincoln home and period furnishings, including original pieces and a Lincoln bedroom replica. Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber leads the Springfield team compiling pictorial and manuscript history, featuring Illinois governors, early expeditions, Fort Dearborn, the Civil War, and a state university exhibit across multiple rooms.
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Illinois
Portland
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Jessie, Palmer Weber
Starved Rock
Ottawa
Deer Park
Tilini
Chicago
Louis XIV
Virginia
Lewis
George Rogers Clark
Arthur St. Clair
Western Territory
Harrison
Indiana Territory
Ilinois
Indiana
Edwards
Tllinois
Weber
Starr
W. H. L. Wallace
Fort Massae
State Daughters of the American Revolution
Kaskaskia
Cahokeia
State University
Summer vacation offers boys involvement with Y M C A programs
The local Y M C A invites parents of boys aged 12 to 18 to enroll in a summer plan designed to build health and character. A dedicated staffer will supervise a ten day summer camp near Galena Illinois with educational activities including mine training and a Mississippi trip, plus swimming lessons, picnics, and supervised recreation. The program aims to provide safe, constructive summer activity under H F E Steele, the boys work director.
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Y. M
Galena
Ill
Mississippi
Iowa
Gen. Grant
H. F E. Steele
Flying Rollers plan to invade Chicago sect of 144000 followers
New sect led by Benjamin Purnell claims the end of the world arrives in 1916 for nonbelievers and restricts salvation to 144000. The movement, already established near Benton Harbor Michigan on 210 acres with a $20000 expected yearly harvest, attracts merchants and requires long hair and vegetarianism. Hundreds to move to Chicago by wagon as another prophet joins the warning prophets.
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Chicago
Benjamin Purnell
Benjamin
Mary
Benton Harbor
Mich
Purnell
Michigan City
Now is the time for Hyomei cure for catarrh
Hyomei is promoted as easier to cure catarrh in May or June using a pocket inhaler. The vegetable prep destroys germ life in air passages, purifies blood with ozone, and reaches the respiratory tract. Complete outfit costs one dollar, with extra bottles fifty cents. personal guarantee offered by Wm. F. Jungkianz to refund if unsatisfied.
Delayed Installation Of Innovation Suda Fountain At Solt's
due to labor troubles the Innovation Suda Fountain cannot be installed before June 11 at Solt's Chocolate Shop. a small apparatus has been placed in their store for use until the Tonovation arrives. American Sova Fountain Co.
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Solt
Sova Founvratn Co
A-Euw
Cement Walks. For quick and reliable work
Advertisement for cement work services by Staas and Jahn, located near Under State Bank, offering fast and dependable cement installation.
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Staas & Jahn
State Bank
Freeport Shines in Insurance Distributions 1904 Largess
An Insurance Press list shows Freeport distributed 51661 in 1904. Heirs of D A Knowlton received 10000, with Milledgeville and Thomas Schell also noted among large beneficiaries. Illinois totals top state sums, while New York leads nationwide with 58616801.
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Freeport
Life Insupente Companies
United States
D. A. Knowlton
Milledgeville
Thomas T. Schell
Chicago
Illinois
Amboy
Apple
Rio Aupota
Uae
Belvidere No
Ccs
Eee
Bloomington
Clinton
DeKalb
Dixon
Elgin
Cseu Reese
Florence Station
Forreston
Galena
Galesburg
LaSalle
Ilinois
Iown
Wisconsin
New York
D A R Annual Conference Opens In Illinois
The ninth annual conference of the Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution opened in Moline with delegates from major Illinois cities. Vice President General Meischas Deere attended from Moline as President McMichiel welcomed visitors. Officials reported strong organization health as Mrs Fessenden of Chicago spoke. Prof Blair presented views of Fort Massae near Metropolis. a grand reception followed. Business and officer elections are scheduled for tomorrow.
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Ilinois Society
Moxmourn
Linois Daughters of the American Revolution
Illinois
National Association
Meischas Deere
Moline
McMichiel
Monmouth College
Fessenden
Chicago
M.T. Scott
Bloomington
Prof. Blair
Chicago University
Old Fort Massae
Metropolis
Ornamental trolley poles urged to improve urban facades
An article rails against crude trolley poles marring city streets and buildings. It cites a Hartford firm’s cast ornamental bases and caps for poles as a potential upgrade, noting few firms currently manufacture such castings and urging wider adoption in prominent locations.
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Boston
Hartford
Conn
Europe
Tortures of a Preacher Cure by New Discovery
Rev. C. D. Moore, pastor of the Harpersville Baptist Church in New York, describes agonizing coughing from the grip and relief only after using Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. The drug is sold at Joseph Emmert's drugstore for 50 cents and 1.60, with a free trial bottle offered.
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C.D. Moore
Baptist Church
Harpersville
N. Y
Dr. King
Joseph Emmert
Magazine content shocks college sport scene
McClure's June issue features revealing pieces on college athletics and the commercial side of recruiting top players, with Typhaid fever critiques by Adams and Helen Keller's college days tale. It also previews essays on Scott and Kipling, plus stories by Chester and O'Higgins, and a City and national news spread.
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McClure
Juné McClure
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Helen Keller
Sir Walter Scott
George Edward Woodberry
MacClure
George Randolph Chester
Tutt House
National
Mayor Dunne
Chicago
General O. O. Howard
Charles Warren Stoddard
Dallas Love Sharp
Dunne
General Howard
Lincoln Memorial University
Tennessee
Mr. Stoddard
Rudyard Kipling
Naula
F F. D Ashery
Mary A. Clarke
Henry L. Kiner
Greig Lapham
A. Decker
Richard S. Graves
J. F. Conrad
Elizabeth Ashman
Samuel Lover
Wallace D. Coburn
Emma C. Dowd
James Ball Naylor
Amusements at the Grand this week headline act lineup
The Grand offers a weekly run of comedy with Lucy and Lucier as top liners. Wilson and De Monville, George W. Stewart, Emilie Wait, and Cameron and Flanagan perform singing and dancing with first class acts. Souvenirs are given tomorrow afternoon to each child. Seats for the last three nights are on sale at the box office.
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Lucy
Lucier
Wilson
de Monville
George W. Stewart
Emilie Wait
Cameron and
Flanagan
A Fearful Fate of Terrible Piles
Harry Carlson of Masonville Indiana testifies Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best cure for blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. Also praised for cuts and burns. 25 cents at Joseph Emmert's drugstore.
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Harry Carson
Masonville
Joseph Emmert
Furious Fighting and a Cure by Electric Bitters
Geo W Hoffman of Harper Wash recalls a seven year battle with chronic stomach and liver troubles. He credits Electric Bitters with curing his diseases and urges others to try them. Sold by Joseph Emmert at eight cents a bottle with guarantee. Also bold deals on ladies silk belts at W C Ruch's 6 and 10 cent store.
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Geo. W. Hoffman
Harper, Wash
Joseph Emmert
W.C. Ruch
Burdett Piano Tuner Promotes Jasmine Buds Night
F. J. Burdett, piano tuner, orders at Brown and Dallmeyers. Prof. Dawson plans to distribute jasmine buds to patrons at the season’s last dance tonight.
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F. J. Burdett
Ordera
Brown & Dallmeyers
Phone
Prof. Dawson
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D. A. Knowlton Estate
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Joe Mitchell Chapple
Haeckel
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Good Housekeeping
America
Louis B. Allyn
Sumner
Robert Gier Cooke
Pater Paniilias
Phelps Publishing Co
Springfield
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