Contests and Delegates Shape Illinois Senate Race
In Chicago primaries Carter and Cullom factions battle for control of the Illinois state convention. Carter delegates in Cook County, plus instructed Carter and Cullom-aligned votes, will determine credentials and likely a Cullom majority on key committees. Tanner supporters claim influence but offer no figures.
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Springfield
Lls
Cullom
Carter
Cook County
Edgar
Jackson
Moultrie
Sangamon
Hunecy
Cook
Dean
Chile
Chicago
Hancey
Ianecy
Peoria
Blancey
Andrew JJ. Lester
Spring Valley Mining
Oli
Illinois
Ryan
Miners’ Union
Hunter
Spring Valley
Ills
Spring Valley Con Company
Longnecker Elected Illinois Department G A R Commander
Jacksonville Illinois May 3 The last session of the Grand Army of the Republic encampment was held amid enthusiasm Officers elected include Judge Longnecker Chicago commander St M Berry Chicago senior vice commander T I Litchfield junior vice commander Rev Ss W Thornton Jacksonville chaplain Rh J Lane South Galesburg medical director Charles Partridge Chicago assistant adjutant general W I Ross Chicago assistant quartermaster general Peoria named next encampment site A speech from Commander Thornton of Matt Stary post featured a gavel made from Lincoln era timbers.
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Longnecker
Ilinois
G. A. KR
Jacksonville
Grand Army of the Republic
Judge Longnecker
Chicago
St. M. Berry
T. I. Litchfield
Ss. W. Thornton
Rh. J. Lane
South Galesburg
Charles Partridge
W. ID. Ross
Peoria
Grand Army
Thornton
Matt Stary Post
Lincoln
Gas Explosion Wrecks Chicago Drug Store Building
Gas explosion at Dale and Sempill's drug store on Clark and Madison streets wrecked the third and fourth floors and the roof. The blast injured three men.
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Chicago
Dale & Sempill’s
Clark and
Madison Streets
Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted Widely
Advertisements claim Mrs Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound aids many women. Letters from grateful users, confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham, Lynn Mass, and endorsements from doctors and readers appear alongside various health topics and products.
Prominent Patent Remedies and Sayings Parade
An assortment of old ads and quotes tout Banner Salve for cuts and skin diseases, and Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for stomach health. Various names like H J Moogk, W F Jungkunz, and W E Lake appear, alongside maxims about taking care of pennies, small things, and diet. The passage blends promotional lines with aphorisms and a court case note about a playwright seeking royalties.
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Pierce
Dullness in Trades Circles Signals Mixed Business Outlook
Dradstreet reports a further subsidence of demand and prices as unsettled labor conditions curb optimism. Wholesale activity cools while retail demand draws attention as basic business factors like crop prospects exports and purchasing power remain largely unchanged or only modestly improved. Weakness in provisions and crop prospects depresses corn and wheat, print cloths stay weak, and raw materials show mixed signals with 153 U.S. failures this week versus 182 last week and varied year comparisons.
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New Yorks
Dradstreet’s
United States
Suspected Bank Robbery Sparks Injustice Claim
Monticello Wisconsin May 4 There are no new developments in the local bank robbery case. Fred M Simmons of Syracuse NY is shown as a suspect due to hotel registration and mistaken hotel register entries. The misidentification caused an innocent man to be implicated.
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Monticello
Wis
Fred M. Simmons
Syracuse
N. Y
Simmons
Mutual Mercantile Agency
Ile
J. M. Simmons
Hatley saved from forest fire by Wausau crews
A Sentinel dispatch from Wausau reports Hatley village and Fenwood Lumber yards escaped destruction as forest fires raged near Mosinee and between Mosinee and Marathon City. Rain is urged to prevent revival and further damage to swamps and dry lands. In Chicago, Samuel and William Farrelly were found dead in a sewer, likely from gas.
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Milwaukee
Wausau
Wis
Hatley
Fenwood Lumber Company
Mosinee
Marathon City
Chicago
Samuel
William Farrelly
West Sixty Second Street
Averted Rail Disaster In St. Maudo Tunnel
Paris reports a railway disaster was averted when two bombs were found on the rails in the St. Maudo tunnel. Information to the Vincennes police led to the arrest of four reputed anarchists.
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Paris
Lomely
St. Maudo Tunnel
Vincennes
Chicago Markets Report May 4 Wheat and Grain Prices
Chicago markets show May wheat at 66 1/2 cents and May corn around 8 1/2 cents, pork futures near 12.00, and mixed cattle and hog quotes for May. Butter and produce prices listed, with hog, cattle, sheep receipts and ranges, plus Milwaukee grain results and Chicago hogs and cattle totals for the day.
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Chicago Board of "Trade Today
Lord
Mayo
Reek Hides da Seseey
Chicago
Tedium Dee
Texas
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Old Hub Corner
Stephenson Street
Babinet
Point de Paris
School Council of
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Carbondale
Uls
Thinois
Normal University
Andrew S. Draper
University of
Champaign
Marvringeable Benefit Association
Collinsville
Tiobinson
Vandalia
Edna Thompson
Indianapolis
Obs
Harry JE. Searing
Southern Illinois Normal University
Edward A. Porter
Pinkham’s
Lydia
Mar. Dolley
Viyop
H.J. Moogh
W. F. Jungkunt
India
Foley
H. J. Moogk
W. F. Jungunz
J. I. Carson
Washington
H. J. Moogh
McKinley
Otto Korb
K. P
Boonville
Ind
de Witt
Oregon
Cascade Range
Bull Run
Ashland
Canadian Northwest
W. F. Jungkunz
Stubb
Indy
Penn
DeWitt
W. E. Lake
Happy Creek
Berlin
Munich
Allgemeine Zeitung
Kreuz Zeitung
Fort Wayne Knitting Company
Chemnitz
Chicago Grain and Produce
Milwaukee Grain
Northern
C.A. McNamara
C. A. McNamara & Co
Teral
Welsbach Mantle
Yusea
Welsbach
The
Freeport Light & Fuel Co
Callornta
California
Chicago, Union Pacific and
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
P. H. Hough
Malena
Winslow Street
Delaware Street
H. Granspen
North
Galena Ave
Schlott’s
Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Ke Y
H. Lord
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