Lees Time to the Senatorial Question Delayed Legislation
Springfield March 8 The Illinois legislature returns to work after a lengthy delay caused by the senatorial fight and house committee clashes. Browne and Tippit factions split, Speaker Shurtleff divvies minority seats, and apportionment debates loom alongside a one mill tuberculosis bill. Deneen's potential senatorial bid and Taft's possible interest spark further intrigue as 40th General Assembly moves toward concrete action.
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Springfield
Hil
House
Shurtleff
Ginca
Browne Vist Shaitliff
Senate
House Committee
Crawford
Tippit
Ilinois
Browne
Lantz
Eepy
Inols
Judicial Apportionment Committee
Stamp Act Talked Of By MacVeagh
Chicago March 8 Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh says Roosevelt expanded government functions and increased usefulness and responsibility citing the bureau of commerce and labor and the pure food law. He argues deficits require a stamp act and that tariff settlement will help bridge expenditures and revenue, affecting the president and cabinet and business planning.
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Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Theodore Roosevelt
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Treasury
Congress
Payne
National Treasury
Taft Rides Twelve Miles and Lady Taft Takes Duties
Simplicity marks Taft's White House Sunday as he rides the Potomac speedway serving with Gen Edwards Archibald Butt and Private McDermott. Mrs Taft, the first lady, brings long public life experience from the Philippines and Washington society to her new role. Negro footmen ordered to admit the public to the East Room from noon to 1 pm.
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White House
Philippines
Washington
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Unitarian Church
Sterrett
Charles Taft
Dupont Circle
Clarence R. Edwards
Archibald Butt
Francis McDermott
Potomac Speedway
East Room
Roosevelt Walks to Church in Snow With Wife
Theodore Roosevelt and his wife trudged six miles through slush to attend Christ Episcopal church in Oyster Bay N Y They left Sagamore Hill three miles away and arrived ten minutes before services Returning they kept the same routine Roosevelt spent the afternoon reading indoors and plans a trip to New York for business noting his daily exercise for the African expedition
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Christ Episcopal Church
Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt Out of Arena Says Platt Roosevelt Retires From Politics
Former Senator Thomas C Platt claims Theodore Roosevelt has left politics for good and will not be heard from again. He notes Elihu Root will lead New Yorks Republican organization and that Taft and Root maintain close ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt
New York
Thomas C. Platt
Ehhu Root
New York State
Taft
Africa
Roosevelt
Don't Do It Don't Do It Taft Oath Slip Inspires Banter
Washington reports recount a slip in Chief Justice Fuller's oath reading to President Taft. Fuller used the phrase to faithfully execute the constitution instead of the office of president. Taft and his secretary of state reportedly discussed the moment, with a remark of dont do it attributed to the secretary.
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Washington
Fuller
Taft
Inaugural Costs a Life Dies on Train
On a train carrying 400 Kentucky Republicans from Washington J W Calvert died of pneumonia The disease developed as a result of marching in the snow and slush of inauguration day in Louisville Kentucky on March 8
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Louisville
Washington
J. W. Calvert
Waiter Delays Meal Prompted Senator Impatience
A southern senator, angered by slow service in a cafe, learns the waiter sought the boy who took his order. The senator then reveals he was the boy who gave the order, ending the brief anecdote from Los Angeles.
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South
Los Angeles
Simes
Wealthy Sacramento socialite wed chauffeur in intrepid romance
Mrs. A Van Voorhies aged fifty five, famed Sacramento heiress, married Arnold Patterson her thirty year old chauffeur at her mother's home. The couple's story began after Patterson was injured and she nursed him, sealing a surprising match in March.
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Weasithy
Hera
Sacramento
Cal
A van Voorhies
Arnold Patterson
Patterson
King Has Pretender's Aid and Renunciation Claim
The pretender Dom Miguel Braganza in Lisbon declares renunciation of any claim to Manuel and Princess Beatrice and plans to reside in Portugal to aid national regeneration. Manuel's engagement to Princess Beatrice pleases both plebeian and patrician subjects amid upheaval.
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Manuel
Dom Miguel Braganza
Lisbon
Ing Manuel
Beatrice
Portugal
Dom Miguel
Ishots Police Sergeant Feud Ends In Revolver Duel
St Louis March 8 police sergeant Patrick E Kepnedy was near fatally wounded when patrolman James J Maguire shot him three times after a clash over alleged remarks. Maguire dragged Kennedy to the cell block, then Kennedy struck Maguire with his club. The patrolman is a prisoner.
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St. Louis
Patrick E. Kepnedy
James J. Maguire
Maguire
Kennedy
Miners Confer With Operators This Week
Pittsburg March 8 Times in April seven years ago the six months strike in the anthracite coal regions began and public hardship followed. The last three year agreement expires March 11 and renewal decisions harmony or strife rest on talks. President Lewis of the United Mine Workers is in Pennsylvania conferring with mine owners and associates and seems hopeful. He will meet Wednesday in Philadelphia with miners committee and later with presidents of anthracite railroad and coal companies.
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Pittsburg
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Miners’ Committee
Anthracite Railroad
Standardize silver ten shilling notes issued in India
Allahabad March 8. The Allahabad Pioneer says a project is under consideration to meet British budget needs for old age pensions by reviving Viscount Goschen's earlier plan for issuing ten shilling notes secured on silver. The United States is noted as considering a similar move and silver price rises could restore rupee value.
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Allahabad
British India
Viscount Goschen
United States
Artist Walter Schultz Found Dead Near Capital
Walter F. Schultz, an artist traveling for health, was found dead in a snow bank near Washington. He had a ragged neck wound. A sister, Mrs. Almore F. Gillette of Sioux City, identifies the dead man as Schultz. His traveler's check for 300 dollars, 28 dollars in cash, watch and jewelry were left untouched.
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Rockwall
Tex
Arthur McKinney
Anderson Ellis
Wil Clark
Andrew Clark
Ellis
Sioux City
Walter F. Schultz
Gaurder
Washington
Almore F. Gillette
Armour and Company
Schultz
Kelly Wines to Open This Week Amid Sale and Receivership
Danville March 8 Kelly Coal mines near Danville sold under foreclosure for 975000 cash and to reopen this week. Deering Coal Co Delaware corp receivership assigned to W C Niblack of Chicago after US Steel declined to complete purchase talks. Stockholders fear hostile interests may control Deering affairs.
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Danville
Kelly Coal Company
Deering Coal Company
Delaware Corporation
W. C. Niblack
Chicago
R. R. Hammond
Niblack
Deering Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Jlinois Steel Company
Vandals Ruin Burlap Art Drape in Federal Building
Chicago March 8 vandals damaged the federal building slashing burlap wall coverings worth thousands. Workers on the second floor found the fabric torn in scores of places. The estimated damage totals about 3000 dollars.
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Federal
Chicago
Five men charged in Edison bulbs theft ring in New York
Five men are under arrest for a years long scheme that stole between 25000 and 30000 incandescent bulbs from the Edison company in New York. Detectives describe a well organized looting plan with a former express company driver implicated for procuring bulbs in 2400 unit lots and selling them with four Edison employees as accomplices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Company
New York
More Pay for 2600 Hands at United Shoe Plant
Beverly Mass March 8 The front of the United Shoe Machinery company here was started on full time today. For about a year the plant ran nine hours daily. An hour more has been added. About 2600 hands are employed.
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Beverly
Mass
United Shoe Machinery Company
20 Men Pull Ambulance In Street Car Crash Rescue
Chicago report tells how twenty men seized a rope tied to an ambulance after a wreck with a street car. They pulled the ambulance for more than a half mile, replacing their injured horses in a bid to save a life, but the effort failed as the ambulance reached the scene.
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Chicago, March
Mitchell Urges Actors to Affiliate with AFL
John Mitchell, noted labor leader, urged all United States actors to join a national organization that could affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. He spoke to members of the Actors' society the Actors' church alliance the Actors' union the Vaudeville Comedy club the White Rats and other theater groups in New York.
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American Federation of Labor
New York
United States
John Mitchell
Actors’ Society
The
Actors’ Church Alliance
Actors’ Union
Vaudeville Comedy Club
White Rats
Government to prove tariff existence in rebating retrial
In the Standard Oil rebating retrial the government aims to finalize proof on tariff No 24. It is claimed the publication shows an eighteen cent rate for oil between Whiting Indiana and West Saint Louis Missouri.
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Chicago
March
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Whiting
Ind
St. Louis
Harvester Company to Add 400 Workers in Springfield
International Harvester plants in Springfield Ohio will immediately employ 400 more workers and extend daily hours from eight to ten. The action increases the factory workforce to about 1,400 and boosts production.
Shoe Stitchers Strike Hits Lynn Factories
Fifty stitchers in thirty five shoe plants in Lynn Massachusetts went on strike today to press for a new wage scale. If prolonged the action could place hundreds out of work. The stoppage was ordered as a demand for higher pay.
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Lynn, Mess
Woods Liver Medicine Promoted for Broad Liver Ailments
An 19th century remedy advertised as a liquid liver medicine claims to regulate the liver relieve headaches constipation stomach kidney disorders and act as a gentle laxative. It is marketed to treat chills fever and malaria with tonic effects visible after the first dose. The larger bottle is priced at $1 and contains more quantity than the 50 cent size. sold by H J Moog and C P Guenther.
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Woods
H. J. Moog
C. P. Guenther
Steel Cut Makes 232 at Rolling Mills Plant in Zonesville
The American Rolling Mill company's sheet mill in Zanesville has closed indefinitely, leaving about 200 workers unemployed. Officials blame steel price cuts for the shutdown, signaling long-term impact on local industry and employment.
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Zonesville
Zanesville
American Rolling Mill Company
Burglars Target Chicago Home Taking All Valuables
In Chicago on March 8 burglars broke into John Burmeister at 1152 Maple Square Avenue. They chloroformed Burmeister and his wife, ransacked the flat, and carried off all valuables. The couple remained unconscious for several hours after the drug took effect.
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Chicago
John Burmeister
Maple Square Avenue
Burmeister
Pat Crowe Falters After Convert Hail
Chicago dispatch reports Pat Crowe once praised as a convert has fallen from grace. The morning paper alleges that with several men of questionable repute he visited a Quincy Street saloon and after failing to borrow $2 he stood off the proprietor for drinks.
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Chicago
Pat Crowe
Quincy Street
Looting at State Asylum Sparks Warrants for Arrests
Bloomington reports wholesale plundering of the state asylum for the feeble minded at Lincoln. Superintendent H C Hardt says the theft has been discovered and warrants issued for George Otto and Lee Gallagher on the charge of receiving stolen goods knowing them to be stolen.
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State Asylum
Bloomington
Lincoln
H.C. Hardt
George Otto
Lee Gallagher
Harriet M. Burbank Pianist at Grove Street Studio
Harriet M Burbank teaches piano at her Grove Street studio listing Studio 8 Grove Street and adjacent address details.
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Harriet M. Burbank
Grove St
Pan A Safer 8 Favored Well
A fragmented OCR note references a safer choices theme and a favored eight, indicating a cautious approach favored in a preparation or prediction context. No additional names places or dates are clearly legible.
Golden globules promise kidney relief trial offer
Pipeules for the Kidneys are little golden globules which act directly on the kidneys. A trial will convince you of quick results for Backache, Rheumatism, Lumbago and tired wornout feeling. 80 days' trial $1.00. They purify the blood. Sold by H. J. Moogs and C. P. Guenther.
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H. J. Moogs
C. P. Guenther
Rockford Fire Captain Killed at Factory Blaze
Rockford Rockford Fire Captain Ernest Pearson died after a wall collapse while battling a blaze at the Rockford Paper Box Board factory. Fire loss reported at 50009 dollars.
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Rockford
Ernest Pearson
Pile Remedy Promises Immediate Relief for Piles
Personal experience touts Man Zan Pile Remedy as delivering instant relief for all forms of piles. Guaranteed 606. Gold by H. J. Moogk end C. P. Guen-
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guen
MUST LOOK YOUNG by Dred Locks and Dye
A New York Sun vignette notes nurses seek youth via hair dye to appear vital. A patient and doctor discuss dyed hair among young nurses, noting doctors’ sympathy for youth and the harsh demands shortening nurses’ careers. The piece argues gray hints push dye use higher than expected.
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Nuaraca
New York Sun
The Mahogany Craze Opens With A Logging Tale
A seventeenth century London tale explains how mahogany rose from rough ballast logs to prized furniture. Logs unused as ballast were aged into beams and boxes with heavier tools, revealing a beauty that impressed craftsmen and the Duchess of Buckingham, launching a fashionable demand.
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London
West Indies
Jfe
Duchess of Buckingham
Skirt Word Origins and Connection to Shirt
The term skirt shares an etymological path with shirt and related words like short shear kirtle and curt. It has specialized to mean a lower garment with emphasis on the lower edge where it is cut short, defining the boundary to skirt.
A Pill in Time That Will Save Nine Sp
A short advertisement for Little Liver Pill claiming cure for biliousness sick headaches and constipation with no griping. Priced 25 cents and sold by H J Moogk and C P Guenther.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
Why He Brought Him Mrs Grimshaw Dinner Visit
The excerpt notes a visitor in a torn house with paint smell. Mrs Grimshaw questions the man’s dinner presence while Mr Grimshaw’s conscience topic surfaces. The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Past citations appear as ad hoc quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Don't Wait For Kidney Trouble Says Freeport Buyer
A Freeport woman Mrs J S Fisher of 143 Homer Street testifies Doan's Kidney Pills eased her kidney trouble after she started using them following a friend's advice. She reports feeling better soon after starting the remedy and credits Doan's Kidney Pills. Sold by all dealers priced 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
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Freeport
J. S. Fisher
Homer Street
Ill
Dean
Doan
Emmett
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Burdett Piano Tuning Ad at Brown’s & Dollmeyer’s
F J Burdett advertised as a piano tuner at Brown’s and Dollmeyer’s with an orphony style listing and contact 20s 1 408. The brief notice signals local service availability and a phone listing in the era’s classified ads.
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F J. Burdett
Orcery
Brown's & Dollmeyer
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Hopkins
General Assembly
Healy
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Via
Emmert
Druggis Freeport
Ulinels
Knox
Wisnow
Ishoots
Texas
Kelly Wines
Deering Concern Affairs
Shoe Machinery Company
Mitchell
Wiggins
Ropters Chloroform
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