Saloon Closures Under Mayor Dittmar Enforced
The piece discusses Mayor Dittmar enforcing Sunday saloon closures and protecting law abiding saloonkeepers while punishing violators. It also notes The New York Tribune's claim that France rivals the United States in silk manufacture, with the U.S. producing over 70 percent of its silk domestically and a protective tariff challenged by natural law.
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Dittmar
Daiig
New York
Fribune
France
Carnegie gifts fund professorial annuities and colleges
Andrew Carnegie has contributed ten million dollars to provide annuities for worn out college professors and seventeen million to small colleges. Dr Pearson of Chicago adds one hundred thirty five thousand dollars to small colleges in the southern States. Such liberality has never been known before in this or any other country.
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Andrew Carnegie
Pearson
Chicago
History of high yield corn culture circulations offered
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin notes that corn yields over one hundred bushels per acre were achieved. It urges Stephenson county farmers to request circulars by writing E Davenport Urbana Illinois to join the regular mailing list.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Ilinois
Urbana
Stephenson County
E. Davenport
Illinois
Milwaukee banker faces life term for $1.4 million theft
Frank G. Bigelow, president of First National Bank of Milwaukee, is accused of gambling on the board of trade and stealing $1.4 million from his bank. He allegedly covered the theft with false accounting entries, earning him a life sentence in the penitentiary.
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Board of Trade
Frank G. Bigelow
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Judge Jenkins Defends Rule of Law Over Violence
Milwaukees retired U S circuit judge James C Jenkins warned that the law must not yield to violence, claiming the only safeguard of life property and liberty is the supremacy of law against corporations capital or labor. He urged all people to heed the truth and uphold orderly enforcement of the law.
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James C. Jenkins
Milwaukee
United States Circuit Court
Canal Question Faces Congress on Panama Project
Mr. Wallace returns to Chicago asserting the nation must decide whether to build a better canal at a lower level or a sea level canal. He says work will fit any decision by the secretary of war, the president, and Congress, with no loss of time or funds. The $40 million to French owners and $10 million to Panama are only a starter, with about $500 million more needed to finish the canal.
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Wallace
Panama Canal
Chicago
Congress
Republic of Panama
Movement to sever western Pennsylvania from state politics
A letter argues Western Pennsylvania seeks separate statehood due to Philadelphia’s influence in the legislature. The writer warns of a future Illinois move to divide Cook County. It notes Cook County already holds significant senatorial districts and could sway laws with minimal aid, while citing New York’s past effort to curb urban representation.
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Westernennsylvania
Philadelphia
Ilinois
Cook County
New York
Ime
McKenzie
JoDaviess Cobrity
Tlinois
Cook
Letter Etiquette and Petty Favors Sparked inane snippets
A column mocks inflated requests for favors, citing examples like a governor’s aide, Harvard president, and a suitor, all coaxing “Thanking you in advance” while urging proper thanks after grants. It parallels calls for reform with a tone of satirical civic guidance and social snobbery.
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Wis
Roar
Willhun Kidd
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Tores
Thomas Pest
Mattha
Freeport Roars for German Population in City Image
In Freeport known as The City of the Churches residents celebrate a strong German presence. The piece praises German citizens, doctors, lawyers, ministers, and banks, arguing more Germans would enrich commerce, culture, and religious liberty, with Freeport shown as a model American city.
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Freeport
Rockford
Heidelberg
Pretzeltown
David Hume
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Go Ingersoll
America
Billy Sunday
Good Old
Samuel Spencer Calls for Stronger Rail Rebate Laws
Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern railway, urged strengthening laws against rebates and unfair discrimination. He called for prompt legal action against offenders and punishment for proven guilty parties, while defending innocent railroads from collective punishment as unfair and un-American.
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Samuel Spencer
The
Southern Railway
Spencer
Presidential timber discussed by state names in Illinois
The article lists several men as possible Republican presidential candidates including Joseph G. Canyon Speaker of Congress and Charles De heen governor of Illinois, with mentions from Missouri Wisconsin Iowa Indiana and Ohio highlighting figures such as Robert LaFollette Leslie Shaw Albert Cummins Charles Fairbanks and Joseph Foraker.
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Jeaust
Ilinois
Joseph G. Canyon
Congress
Charles
Deheen
Shelby M. Cullom
Alvert J. Hopkins
Missouri
Joseph B. Falk
Wisconsin
United States
Robert M. LaFollette
Iowa
Leslie M. Shaw
Albert B. Cummins
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
Ohio
Joseph L. Foraker
Roosevelt as Next Republican Nominee and 1904 Victory
The passage argues a future Republican convention will largely overlook stalwart leaders like Spooner and Taft, predicting Theodore Roosevelt will be named by acclamation and re-elected with a landslide, despite Roosevelt not seeking another term. The New York World counters by declaring Roosevelt the sole figure likely to be mentioned.
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Ator
Wilton H. Taft
Wisconsin
Jon ©. Spooner
United States
New York World
East
Theodore’ Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt
Ohio woman sues 82-year-old husband for divorce
An 82-year-old Ohio woman has sued her 82-year-old husband for divorce, calling attention to how people rush into marriage before they grasp its duties. The piece contrasts Puritan fears of change with modern church life and noisy congregations.
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Ohio
Roosevelt’s Post Presidency Honor Questioned in Westerner and New Yorker Debate
A Westerner questions offering city mayorship to President Roosevelt after his term ends. A New Yorker replies that if he succeeds as president the city should give him substantial recognition, prompting a lively exchange.
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Roosevelt
Sermon Length Sparks Boyish Bet in Sunday School
The Rev Dr Fourthly notes Tommy stayed awake during worship, teasing that he bet the marbles with Dick the sermon would last less than twice the prayer. Tommy boasts he won the bet.
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Tommy
Remarkable Postman Traveled Vast Distance on Rounds
A retired English postman reportedly logged about 440000 miles on his rounds over his career and, by extension, the idea that walking around the world 25000 miles is a feat many achieve without realizing.
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Enngland
Livingston shares family tale about son George and mother
Former Congressman recounts a childhood moment when his son George, then seven, says he suspects his mother is prejudiced against him. He recalls his dad asking what was wrong and George replying that Aunt Sarah had said he was the image of his father.
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Livingston
George
Pop
Sarah
Editorial Courage Needed to Speak Honest Truths
A call to citizens to write letters and sign their opinions for publication. The piece defends expressing views as a civic duty and argues that silence by cowards only invites louder insults on the editor’s integrity. It urges local writers to stand firm and contribute openly.
Young man refuses job after father reference in store dispute
A youth visited a business house and claimed an old man thought a position could be found there. The proprietor rejected him, stating that even with a thousand openings he would not hire someone who speaks of his father as the old man.
St Paul Globe to be discontinued on May 1
After 27 years the St Paul Globe will stop publication on May 1. Its career shows vicissitudes and changes from prosperity to decline. Twenty years ago it was influential. now it dies for want of support. J. J. Hill of the Northern Pacific bought the Globe hoping for an "origin" but could not make it pay.
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St. Paul
Roosevelt changes official name of presidential home
The White House becomes the official designation for the president s residence in Washington. President Roosevelt preferred this over the former Executive Mansion title used since Washington. Secretary Shaw issued formal notice to department heads and government clerks announcing the change.
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White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Shaw
Food and personality satire from a Chicago professor
A University of Chicago professor quips that diet reveals character. He jokes that eating eggs marks one as an old hen while fruit implies a perch and spare ribs imply an old maid, and that men who eat fish or hot dogs suggest a soak or a gay old dog, respectively.
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Cilrago
Dukes in America A Critique Of Daedalian Esteem
Janes Hazendyde, vice president of the equitable society, is portrayed as a degenerate American duke. The text attacks his lack of brains, taste, and integrity while noting his father’s honesty. Hyde is labeled a silly fool who squandered money for absurd display and had no rightful claim to the wealth.
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America
Janes Hazendyde
The
Equitable Society
Hyde
Labor Unrest Rise Amid Demands for Shorter Hours
The teamster seeks shorter hours, the miner demands higher pay, and the mason and carpenter press for an eight hour day as the section hand negotiates terms.
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Teameter
Farmer's Steadfast Labor Inspires Morning Song
A Montgomery News excerpt praises a farmer who keeps to work despite factory closures and others being indisposed. He rises at four, milks ten cows, and tends fields, then hurries to Nel to sing a merry tune. He wonders about hog prices for June.
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Montgomery News
Dixon Keeps Incumbent City Council Despite Outsider Push
In Dixon, Billy Sunday urged replacing town sa loonkeepers with new faces before spring elections. Yet on Tuesday every incumbent alderman was re elected by a large margin, indicating residents prefer current leadership over outside intervention.
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Dixon
Sardonyx Quartz Varieties and Light Transmission
The sardonyx, like amethyst and bloodstone, is a quartz variety. It ranges from light to dark brown red in color with a cloudy waxy luster. It belongs to the middle tar min group with amethyst as the first clear type and bloodstone as the third opaque type. The sardonyx transmits light but is not transparent.
Forty Is Not the End of Work but a Real Beginning
The speaker argues that forty marks the start of real life study thinking and work. Knowledge is the valuable asset, and a man should pursue genuine effort, regardless of prior accomplishments. Age 40 signals maturity not completion, and continued achievement depends on ongoing effort.
Banker Frank Bigelow Confesses Major Loss on Trade
The Elgin Courier notes another banker facing scrutiny as Frank Bigelow, president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, admits losing 3,000,000 in two years. The editorial argues penitentiary offense for bankers who speculate on the board of trade, even with their own funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Frank Bigelow
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Elgin Courier
Simpler Lemon Remedy Bids for Inactive Liver Relief
A physician favored simple lemon juice in hot water for an inactive liver. A man with headaches and poor appetite improved after taking a half lemon in hot water twice daily for several days. The note claims lemon juice can suit many constitutions better than drugs, being safer, pleasanter, and cheaper.
Remarkable cattle sale shows tariff impact near Forestville Iowa
A few days ago Kash brothers living one mile north of Forestville sold to William and George Barr of this city twenty head of choice steers averaging 385 pounds each at $8 per hundred weight. The lot brought $1,851.25 or $67.56 per animal. The sale is notable and shows how rapidly the Iowa farmer is being pauperized by a high protective tariff. Manchester Iowa Free Press.
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Kash Brothers
Forestville
William
George Barr
Iowa
Manchester
Pious petition mocks a Black runaway aboard train
An Atlantic Constitution extract quotes a Georgia settlement petition from a Black man asking for divine punishment for a runaway Black person who boarded a railroad train with the collection meant to pay his salary. The teller pleads that the train should jump the track but spare the other passengers, even if the yather loses a leg.
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Atlantic Constitution
Georgia
Former State Senator Convicted of Bribe and Expulsion
Former State Senator Harry Bunk ers of San Francisco was convicted of accepting a bribe as chairman of the commissions and retrenchment committee to grant immunity to corporations under investigation. He and three fellow committee members were expelled. Bunk ers now faces a penitentiary offense conviction. The other three senators Emmong French and Wright await trial on similar charges.
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Harry Bunkers
San Francisco
Committee On Commissions
Senate
Emmong
French
Wright
Chicago Tailors Strike Targets City’s Truck Wagons
About fifteen hundred tailors disrupted the Chicago wagon trade to paralyze two million residents. The piece notes that such action may backfire as public sympathy wanes and employers endure longer, hinting that speculators may gain from the broader disruption and reduced productivity.
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Chicago
John W. Gates
Local option vs county option in liquor policy
The passage argues towns should decide liquor control locally, with licenses and restrictions tailored to community needs. It contrasts local option with county option, asserting that a town’s people are best placed to judge whether sobriety and order benefit from prohibitive or restrictive measures.
Lincoln Courier Endorses Emmerson Advice on Paper Rivalry
The Democratic Lincoln Courier praises Mr Emmerson as a square competitor and urges his friends to buy him out rather than launch a new paper. The column endorses this strategy as sound based on experience.
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Lincoln Courier
Logan County
News-Herald
Emmerson
Uphill toil to launch a second paper in Mt. Vernon
The narrator notes that starting a second newspaper is rarely successful. Over fourteen years seven different editors tried in the first decade to supply the long felt want, each failing. The final aspirant, who spent more on his venture than the others combined, quit after issuing only three issues of the Mt. Vernon Register.
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Mt. Vernon Register
Witty Australian Sehop Tales From The Strand Magazine
The Strand Magazine recounts humorous tales about a retired Australian sehop. A clergy description of a wealthy parishioner likens him to a man who tends a garden by day and the billiard room by night, while a dissident passenger on a ship explains his cross as a sign of his occupation, similar to a red nose.
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Strand
Prishioner
Senator Platts Funeral Attended by Senator Pettus
Senator Pettus of Alabama, nearly eighty four, left home at 5 AM Sunday to reach Washington Conn for the funeral of Senator O H Platt. His arrival honored the memory of his associate and pleased Platt’s family and his hometown's people.
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O. H. Platt
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Washington
Conn
Senator Platt
Arbitration pact ends New York labor disputes
About 100000 building trades workers and 1000 employers in New York have agreed to an iron clad arbitration system. A general arbitration board will settle future disputes and adopt a uniform procedure, aiming to curb strikes and lockouts through negotiated mediation.
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New York
Reckoning with speculators and banking frauds
The text argues speculation wrecks risked fortunes and cites stock and grain gamblers as causes of defalcations. It urges Congress to criminalize officers of banks or trustees who speculate on markets, seeking severe penalties for such crimes.
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Congress
Board of Trade
Aristocracy and selfishness clash with fair play
The passage argues that many forms of aristocracy, not just wealth, are objectionable when they press their demands beyond fairness. It condemns selfishness as society’s chief offense, stressing that any group, if unchecked, will seek more covetous gain than is fair, regardless of status or method.
Mother's Doughnut Motto Brings Comfort and Perseverance
A poetic reflection on doughnuts as a moral boost during hard times. The speaker urges persistence, recalling better days and the comforting memory of mother's donuts. Practical worries about finances and repairs are touched, but resilience remains the core message.
Six U S Senators Die In Fifteen Months
In fifteen months six U S Senators have died from the Republican ranks, Marcus A Hanna and General Hawley among them. The deceased came from Ohio Connecticut Connecticut Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Tennessee with a ninety member Senate. Bate was a Confederate general Hawley a Union general both achieving high rank by promotion.
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United States
Marcus A. Hanna
Matthew
Quay
Wiliam B. Bate
General Hawley
George
Bate
Hawley
Glory on the Hills Inspires Celestial Songs at Bing
Montgomery News notes a revival mood with verses praising inspiration and music as people greet the second spring. A rural telephone worry emerges as doctors report delayed calls and a shift to remote symptom reporting, even asking patients to hold a baby to the line for diagnosis.
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Bing
Montgomery
What makes a boy loved during the war era
A reflective piece on manliness and virtue for boys. It argues that respect for mothers and sisters, keeping promises, defending the weak, and showing honor build trust and friendship. Encourages boys to be generous, selfless, and considerate to win peers and hearts.
Revival of Civic Pride and Virtue in City Governance
The piece argues for a revival of civic pride and virtue, stressing that officials alone cannot reform a city. It insists that real governance comes from an active, earnest people who desire better conditions and can achieve them through collective action.
Postmaster General Cortelyou Warns Against Mail Frauds
The postmaster general orders reporting of suspected mail fraud and improper use of the mails. Officials will assess whether mailings aim to deceive investors in get-rich schemes, while avoiding broad espionage. The aim is to protect the public from imposition and cheating.
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Cortelyou
First Illinois Territorial Legislature Elects 1812
On September 16, 1812 Illinois held an election for territorial legislators. Six counties elected the senate and house members, forming the first people elected legislature. Senators included Biggs, Judy, Menard, Ferguson, Talbot. representatives included Oglesby, Short, Jones, Lisher, Traramel, Wilson, Grammar, and Grammar. The body met at Kaskaskia November 29, 1812 with clerks Thomas and Greenup. A single doorkeeper served both houses.
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Illinois
General Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
Inllinois
William Biggs
St. Chair
Samuel Judy
Madison
Pierre Menard
Randolph
Thomas Ferguson
Johnson
Benjamin Talbot
Gallatin
The Pox and the Stork Pair Play Is Bouts Play
A fable shows the Pox inviting the Stork to dinner with only soup in a wide shallow dish. The Stork dips easily, while the Fox cannot, prompting a reciprocal sting. Afterward, the Stork returns the insult with mince in a glass jar. The tale ends with the lesson that one who toys should expect a counterplay and not complain.
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Reynard
Death of Judge Weldon at Washington court of claims
A brief notice reports the death of Judge Weldon at the Court of Claims in Washington DC. The event is described in celebratory terms and placed within a flowery rural scene emphasizing spring imagery and peaceful woods. The timeline notes the death occurred very recently.
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Judge Weldon
Pearly Gates
Court of Claims
Washington, D
President Lincoln and a Taxpayer Office Banter Tale
A reminiscence recalls a Lincoln era gathering in Washington with David Davis Oglesby Weldon Hill Lemon Leonard Swett and Col Tom Snell. The president quipped about offices and Taxpayers who do not seek offices. Col Snell, now 86, is the sole surviving figure from those public life decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lincoln
tWnols
David Davis
Gov
Oglesby
Judge Weldon
Hill Lemon
Leonard Swett
Col
Tom Snell
National
Clinton
Tliois
Wit and Weather Jokes from a Train Car Script
A compact dialogue expresses social quips and humor about ancients street life and daily routines. Passengers joke about rain, rest days, gastritis, church life, poetry, and seating courtesy, with a playful patter on gender and manners.
Mead Holmes and Rockford Dry Move Crises of 1588
The Rockford scene on the dry question unfolds with Mead Holmes facing both sides as aldermen spar over licenses. Holmes declares for a dry city after a heated council vote, amid massive crowd pressure and a back‑alley exit to safety. Saloons force a daylight barricade and operate curbside with no license fees, signaling a long no‑license era that never recurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Seavill
W. L. Harbison
Mead Holmes
Holmes
Secovill
Noicense
Rockford
Wade Toy Gun
Dr Chase's Blood and Nerve Food Advertisement
A dated health tonic claim offers Dr Chase's Blood and Nerve Food as a remedy for fatigue worry overwork and anemia. It promises to restore blood quality and nerve strength, enhance vitality, and claim it as a universal tonic for convalescents and the aged. Sold for 50 cents by Joe Emmert.
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