Prairie State Vote Totals in 1908 Illinois Election
Official returns show Deneen leading outside Cook County with 357 139 votes to Stevenson 334 021, a 23 118 gap. Taft statewide leads Bryan. Taft 77 410 in Cook County, city total 1 180 080 with Taft gaining 178 780 state plurality.
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Springfield
Rose
Deneen
Cook County
Stevenson
Cook
Supreme Court
J. McCann Pavis
John T. Pickering
Chicago
Taft
Ostost
Tatr
Gompers Endorsed as Officers Elected at Convention
The report was adopted and Gompers fully endorsed. At 10 a m today the election of officers was the special order. All the old officers were re elected with little opposition except Keefe, vice president. T L Lewis spoke for the miners and presented a silver cup to Gompers and a diamond ring to Mrs. Gompers as thanks for the convention.
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Gompers
Keefe
T .L. Lewis
Bishop Muldoon Named Head of New Rockford Diocese
Archbishop Quigley of Chicago will formally transfer the diocese to Bishop Muldoon at St. James church on December 15 at 3 p m Father Wavelege of Freeport will present a purse to the new bishop at a reception that follows in the adjoining school hall Mayor Jardine will preside at the public reception A procession of priests and two Chicago delegates will attend the ceremony
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Rockford
Quigsey
Chicago
MuLdoon
St. James’ Church
J. Z. McCann
Elgin
Father Wavelege
Freeport
Madoon
Mark Jardine
Mine Explosion Kills One Injures Three in Benton Coal Field
In Benton Coal Company mine a blast caused by afterdamp from a blown-out shot killed Alexander Brown and seriously injured Albert Rien Joseph Mitchel and Pam Crone. The mine’s workings were undisturbed overall and details emerged four hours later.
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Benton, HL
Benton Coal Company
Alexander Brown
Alberet Rien
Joseph Mitchel
Pam Crone
Aged Man Willed by a Train in Peoria County
Peoria county records an accident on the railroad as Henry TD Mor fett, 84, was killed near Marx see Up to the time of Marketts death he was the oldest living … (text incomplete)
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Peoria
Henry TD Morfett
Marx
Macketts
Do Ceoria
Taft
Frank Boiitehcock
Republican National Committees
Mane Charles A. Chirk
Los Angeles
Cab
Brinkley
Gompers Fully Endorsed Report At Federation Convention
Gompers faced no doubt of strong control as the American Federation of Labor opened its convention. His report was debated for a day and a half, with expectations that parts could be amended or his political direction altered.
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Denver
American Federation of Liber
Gomipers
Foot and Mouth Quarantine Hits New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Reports from Danville Pennsylvania and New York describe a foot and mouth outbreak tracing to a Buffalo cow shipment. Vets identify thirty five infected cattle in Montgomery County near Norristown and say all infected animals will be killed. Over 1,000 cows and many swine have already been slaughtered. New York and Philadelphia shipments to foreign ports halted by the quarantine.
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Danville
Montgomery County
Norristown
Buffalo
Sehech
New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Forest Fires Rage Across Arkansas and Oklahoma
Dispatches report no abatement of fires in Arkansas with extensive property loss. Fifteen miles of fire sweep through the Klamash mountains in eastern Oklahoma threatening Arkansas national forest reserves. In New York the relay race to Washington proceeds with Y M C A athletes cheered by hundreds and expected to finish around midnight.
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Little Rock
Ark
Mena
Klamash Mountains
Oklahoma
Arkansas National Forest
New York
Washington
Young Men’s Christian Association
Colonel J C Babcock Dead in Mount Vernon NY
Colonel John C Babcock a principal scout for the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War died at his Mount Vernon home at age 72. He enlisted in Chicago at the outbreak of the war and served with the Sturgis regiment.
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J. C. Babcock
Mount Vernon
N. Y
John ©. Babcock
Army of the Potomac
Babcock
Chicago
Fires Devour 500 Square Miles North of Roswell
Reports indicate a massive grass fire burning in a 500 square mile area north of Roswell New Mexico. The incident disrupts air and ground operations and threatens nearby ranches and habitats. Local crews and volunteers work to contain the blaze as winds complicate efforts.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Marley Lawton
Henry W. Lawton
Philippine Islands
Philippine Scouts
China
Crafever
Port Towonsend
Foley's Kidney Remedy Endorsed By Medical Texts
The ad notes hexamethylenetetramine as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic in Foley's Kidney Remedy. It urges prompt use at first irregularities to avoid serious illness and lists H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Juugkuna as endorsers.
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H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Juugkuna
F J Burdett Piano Tuner Seeks Orders
F J Burdett piano tuner advertises services at Krown's and Dollmeyer's stores and accepts orders by phone, dialing 306. Practical note lists contact options and location details for readers seeking tuning work.
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F J. Burdett
Krown’s & Dollmeyer
Trade Continues to Gain in New York Markets
G D and Co Weekly Review reports widespread gains in trade with weekly volumes surpassing prior levels as manufacturing remains active. Demand for winter goods rises amid seasonable weather while collections lag in some areas. Pig iron and coke prices rise modestly signaling steel industry trends. Bessemer pig iron reaches 16 at Valley Furnace. forward delivery terms improve though rail demand remains weak. textiles show rising sales and price hardening.
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New York
G. Dun & Co
Stoel
Bessemer
Vailey Furnace
David
Plan to aid unemployed outlined by Secretary Straus
Secretary Straus of the department of commerce and labor has developed a comprehensive plan to aid the unemployed. The plan, to be explained in his annual report soon, borrows principles from the information bureau in the immigration service.
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Washington
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Information
Immigration Service
A Pugilist's Life. Comber A Stayer and A Goner
A brief catalog of boxing life stages from the early chapters of A Pugilist's Life. It lists Chapter II A comer Chapter III A stayer and Chapter IV A has-been with a brief tag from Puck.
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Puck
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
An old time newspaper feature touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ills, citing Mrs Mattie Copenhaver of Parsons Kansas and claiming long standing relief from hysteria irritability and nervous conditions. The message invites sick women to write for advice and mentions the product's 30 year history and alleged cures of displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and other symptoms.
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Mattie Copenhaver
21St St
Parsons
Kans
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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F. A. Miller
W. W. Winton District
Madison, Wis
Kuehner Bros. Furniture
Journal
Prairie State
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Chicago City
Daniel Ro Sheen
James TH. Brower
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George W. McCuskrin
Ind
John Googlesby
Hepa
Elmer A. Perry
James AL Rose
Nelpho PF
Treidler
Dem
James S. McCullough
Ralph Jeffris
Andrew Russell
John BR. Mount
Asin
Tle Dowise
Eulerne
Bishop Muldoon
Diocese of
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Galesburg
Anton Seffoenberger
Yates
Duquoin
Perry County
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Pistor
First Baptist Chapel
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Abeer
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Peril
Wm. A. Rogers
C. W. Harden
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Eran
Perfection
Japan
Nickel
Rayo
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
C. G. Schoeffel’s
California
Cereline
Malta Vita
Malaga
C. G. Schoeffel
Jersey
R. I. Greenings Baldwins
King of Tompkins Co
Northern Spy
Burrell Brothers
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