Waterways and primary bills dominate Illinois session
Springfield Oct 10 The Republican house conference backs broader legislation after voting down a motion to limit focus to the deep waterways bill. Senate leaders push four subjects deep waterways primary elections internal improvement commission and vehicle tax, with resistance expected from the senate. Governor Deneen reiterates noninterference as Paterson urges a direct plurality primary. Senate debates waterways bills and a constitutional amendment proposal by a governor named commission.
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Springfield
Republican House
Senate
Wittie- Man
Brancn
Deneen
House
Schmidt
Dunlap
Aged, Penniless Davies Bound for Soldiers' Home
Mrs An pa Davies of Bloomington Illinois long tied to public life will move from Logan county hospital to the Soldiers Widows home at Wilmington. Her father Thomas Ford governed Illinois 1842 to 1846 and was a Black Hawk War soldier. Governor Deneen and the state board of public charities advocate decisive state support.
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Bloomington
An‘pa Davies
Thomas Ford
Minois
Logan County
Wilmington
Deneen
State Board of Public Charities
Vaudeville for Charity in Moline and Rock Island
Society people in Moline and Rock Island prepare a two show charity vaudeville and minstrel program to be held October 16 in Moline and the following evening in Rock Island. Over 200 participants will perform to benefit Bethany Home sheltering 100 homeless infants.
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Moline
Ill
Rock Island
Bethany Home
Judge Withdraws from Magill Trial in Decatur Case
Judge W G Cochran collapsed amid the Magill trial and will step down. Lawyers on both sides agreed a new judge will take over and continue the proceedings. Fifty additional jurors were summoned for the panel. Citizens in Peoria Heights attacked 10 yards of Peoria Rail Way tracks and threatened to blow up barns and a viaduct over a disputed franchise.
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Magill
NL Decatur
W. G. Cochran
Peoria
Peoria Heights
Peoria Rail Way Company
Experience Ends as Hinda Railroad Section Man Struck
James Hughes, a longtime section man for the Hinda Railroad at White Heath, was struck by a train and killed. The incident occurred in Champaign County and authorities are investigating the accident.
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Champaign
James Hughes
Hinda Railroad Company
White Heath
Man Attempts Murder of Woman in Pana
A young man named Matza tried to shout and kill Gertrude Kruken over a rejected marriage proposal. Paul Fribe intervened and was seriously injured while rescuing her. A mother reports her baby Case improved after a sweet remedy. Bold by Wm. EF. Jungkunz, 85 Stephenson street.
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Pana
Matza
Gertrude Kruken
Paul Fribe
Wm. EF. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Mrs Brown Resumes Painting Classes at Gift Shop
Mrs Brown will resume her painting classes on October 10 at the Gift Shop located at 166 Stephenson Street. The event invites local residents to join and enjoy introductory instruction and studio sessions.
Daily Journal Delivery Coverage Expanded Citywide
The Daily Journal announces expanded delivery to every city area, ensuring home and business access with consistent service across neighborhoods. The new schedule aims to improve readership reach and convenience for all residents.
Anchors Society Holds Annual Officer Election
Last night the Anchor Society elected officers and reported rapid membership growth. President John Bauscher Jr leads a fraternal benefits group that offers death benefits tied to membership, with small monthly dues for maintenance. Dr Currier installed the officers after an oyster supper following the meeting.
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Anchor Society
John Bauscher, Jr
Systeby
K. A. Blust
Theodore Koch
Charles Meyer
Sentinel
George Shaffer
Robert OC
Hadler
William Dunlap
August Landgraft
Herman Heeren
Dr. Currier
Illinois Dairymen Promote State Fair Premiums
Illinois State Dairymen's association issues a prepared program highlighting premiums for dairy cattle breeders and butter cheese and milk exhibitors. The program promotes judging by Illinois dairy school professors, a milk test like the National Dairy show, and liberal prizes. A headquarters tent near the dairy barn hosts short dairy subject addresses. Contact secretary George Caven at 154 Lake Street Chicago for details.
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Illinois State Dairymen’s Association
Illinois Dairy School
Illinois
Dairymen’s Association
Dairymen's Association
George Caven
Lake Street
Chicago
Polo Man Meets His Father in Unexpected Reunion
Solomon Krauss of East Greenville rode with a stranger to a farm near Pennsburg. The man claimed Polo Illinois origin and Emanuel Krauss as a potential relative. A shock ended the ride when Krauss recognized the visitor as his own son, eleven years apart.
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Pennsburg
Solomon Krauss
East Greenville
George
Polo
Krauss
Emanuel Krauss
Mr. Krauss
German High Court bars doctors from fixed fee codes
The High Court of Germany rules it illegal for local physicians to unite and set a fixed fee schedule for professional services. The decision affects medical fee practices at London Hospital and similar institutions.
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Germany
High Court of
London Hospital
Bee Association Meeting At Courthouse Supervisors Room
A meeting of the Bee association is scheduled in the supervisors' room at the courthouse on Tuesday October 16. Attendees will discuss association business and upcoming events.
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Bee Association Meeting
The
Bee Association
Court House
Young Woman Workers hold work and tea meeting
The Young Woman Workers of the First Presbyterian church will hold a combined work and tea meeting Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Moore. Rev. Mr. Britton of Belvidere will speak on missions replacing the regular program.
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First Presbyterian Church
Moore
Mr. Britton
Belvidere
Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 sales pitch
An advertisement touts Nervous Debility and Prostration from overwork, claiming Humphreys’ Homeopathic Specific No 28 is the only successful remedy after 40 years. It promotes $1 per vial and a special package for serious cases at $8, sold by druggists or prepaid by mail from Humphreys Medical Co. William and Julia Streets, U Ye.
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Humphreys
Humphreys' Med. Co
William & Juha Sts
U Ye
Sharp attack on Salvation Army aid of General Booth
Chicago dispatch reports a fierce rebuttal to John Manson’s The Salvation Army and the Public. Commissioner Nicol defends Booth, denying cross funding of social and spiritual work, notes bank reforms, and cites extensive Army achievements including 81 posts, 14 million in attendance, 65 industrial homes, 2 million in shelter meals, 300,000 homeless helped at Christmas, and 60,000 finding profitable employment.
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Chicago
Wil Hanmi Booth
The
Salvation Army
John Manson
London
Booth
Nicol
A. M. Nicol
General Booth
Manson
Publc
Peoples Palace
Boston
Salvation Army Bank
United States
National Corn Exposition in Chicago with prizes
Chicago hosts the National Corn Exposition from October 10 to 19 featuring a major agricultural display. Prizes total $100,000 with $30,000 spent on decor for the Coliseum and annex. gifts include land, implements, pianos, household goods, and up to $1,000 for the top fifty corn cars. Delegates from leading states attend the National Corn Congress. Tickets via Chicago and North Western Railway.
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Chicago
Coliseum
National Corn Congress
Chicago & North Western Ry
The Man of the Hour at Crams Opera House Tonight
Amusements note the 1906 Broadway success of The Man of the Hour by George Broadhurst. Broadhurst denies using real officials as models while explaining the play centers on a young man choosing duty over self, amid a celebrated cast led by William A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismer.
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William A. Brady
Joseph R. Grismer
George Broadhur
New York City
Realife
Broadhurst
McClellan
Weaver
Philadelphia
Becker
Milwaukee
Folk
Missouri
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Crams Opera House
Brady and
Burlesque at Monte Carlo Girls Tonight at Grand
Burlesque managers announce a novelty program at the Grand tomorrow night headlined by the Monte Carlo Girls with a merry Military Melange opening act and a vaudeville line up including Trueheart-Dillon and Burke Lew Golden Vera Harte John Burke Annie Golden Eva Sullivan and May Burns. The closing burlesque The Female Seminary promises a potpourri ofacts and elaborate chorus costumes accompany the show.
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Monte Carlo
Trueheart-Dillon and Burke
Lew Golden
Vera Harte
Goloist
John P. Burke
Annie Golden
Dainty
Eva Sullivan
May Burns
Female Seminary
Uncle Tom's Cabin Returns as Concert Tour in Freeport
The Freeport engagement shifts from a street parade to a band of 25 musicians under Mr. Martin. The company will perform classical pieces plus popular medleys at noon and evening concerts in front of the theater. The event is set for Monday October 14 with both matinee and night shows.
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Martin
Uncle Tom
Freeport
Happenings at Lena a Lena October notes
The Lena community reports visits and arrivals from Freeport Rockford and nearby towns. Amity Lutheran women and friends spent a day at Thomas Kahl's home. Many residents updated homes, moved, or planned travels to Freeport Rockford and beyond.
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Lena
Missionary Societies of
Amity Lutheran Church
Thomas Kahl
Charles Weaver
Chas
Wales
Catherine
Freeport
Ollie Zaeger
Rockford
Pennsylvania
Chas. Eby
Homer Street
Joseph Eby
Tony
Wm. Blair
Kent
A. M. Werkheiser
W. N. Midkirk
Belvidere
Elgin
Chicago
Dairy Exhibit Features Dairy Talks and Creamery Conventions
A two week exhibition will host numerous conventions of dairymen creamery men and dairy stock raisers. Public addresses by noted dairy experts from leading agricultural colleges will also be featured during the event.
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Daiy
A Home Remedy Promoted By Chicago Drug Store Manager
A Chicago prescription druggist touts a stomach remedy labeled Prosene Compound as the key ingredient. The recommended mix includes tincture of cinchona Prosene Compound and sherry wine to be taken before meals and at bedtime, claiming it supplies pancreatic juice to aid digestion.
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Chicago
Rosie
Coming Events and Local Celebrations in Freeport
Oct. events include Prof Dawson social dances at Lexington hall on Oct 10 and a Knights of Columbus observance on Oct 14. A golden anniversary for Freeport lodge on Oct 16, First M H church choir concert on Oct 17, White Shrine fall ceremonial Oct 21 to 26, and a fair and bazaar at Piva on Oct 8. Royal League dance and card party also listed.
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Dawson
The
Royal League
Lexington Nel
Grand Opera House Listings and Shows by October Dates
The notice lists upcoming acts at Grand Opera House with dates in October including Man of the Set EMR Cae Libea Reet Mabel Barrinen in Fo the Ranch Isle of Bone and Seminary Girls along with Raymond Wells and Co and The Royal Slave programs on various October days.
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Mabel Barrinen
Isle of Bone
Bone
Seminary
International Dairy Show Opens in Chicago Stockyards
Thousands of dollars worth of blooded stock from across the United States and Canada are on display at the second International Dairy show at the stockyards amphitheater. The event, backed by the U S Department of Agriculture and the National Association of Dairy Instructors and Investigators, is described as the most notable of its kind in the country. It highlights sanitation in dairy product manufacture and handling, proper cattle breeding, and the improvement of all food.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Stockyards
United States Department of Agriculture
National Association of Dairy Instructors
Victor H Metcalf Birthday Portrait and Career Note
Victor H Metcalf is noted as secretary of the navy of the United States, born October 10, 1853 in Utica New York. He studied at Utica Free Academy and Russell Military Academy, attended Yale briefly, then law school, admitted to Connecticut and New York bars, practiced in Utica and Oakland, served as California congressman, and was appointed secretary of Commerce and Labor before becoming secretary of the navy.
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Victor H. Metcalf
Navy
United States
Utica
N. Y
Utica Free Academy
Russell Military Academy
New Haven
Yale
Law School
the Navy
Metcalf
This Date in History 1675 to 1863 Highlights
Notable events listed include Guise defeating Hugue nots at Dormans in 1675, Virginians defeating Shawnees at Point Pleasant in 1774, a 1780 hurricane in the Barbadoes, the 1812 Drury Lane theatre reopens in London, and the 1836 US Bank failure amid cotton speculation. Also noted are Henry Wade Rogers birth in 1663, Lincoln and Douglas debate challenge, a two cent postage reform, and damages at Hell Gate New York Harbor from dynamite.
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Guise
Dormans
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Barbadoes
Madlejouice
Drury Lane
London
United States Bank
Philadelphia
Henry Wade Rogers
Abrahan Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
United States
Plood Rock
Hell Gate
New York Harbor
Digestive aid from natural acids and digests foods
A stomach-friendly remedy called Kodo combines natural digestants and vegetable acids with the same juices as a healthy stomach. Pleasant to take and aids digestion, sold by Wm. F. Jungkuns at 85 Stephenson Street.
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Wm. F. Jungkuns
Stephenson Street
National Corn Exposition in Chicago October 5 19
The National Corn Exposition will be held in the Coliseum at Chicago from October 5 to 19. It promises the largest corn exhibition yet with over $50,000 in prizes across state classes and multiple cash awards, plus a special $1,000 prize for the best fifty ears. Spectator events include the March of Corn husking bee and dance, with Illinois Naval Reserve band music. Train service by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway offers round trips within thirty days. Read the Journal's want column.
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Coliseum
Chicago
Iiinois Naval Reserve Band
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
A Nice Distinction: Atlantan’s Wife Sharp Tongue
A well known Atlantan returns home around 2 am after heavy drinking. His wife Who waits at the top of the stairs begins scolding, and he drifts to sleep only to hear her remark that not all women must endure such conduct. Annie asks if she is speaking again.
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Jones
Annie
Kansas City Star
Gladstone interruption at Leeds suffrage meeting
A Westminster Gazette recounts Mr. Gladstone's address to a Leeds women’s suffrage meeting. He praises the eloquence of the ladies and remarks on the pleasure for men to hear women speak, then is surprised by a back‑row Yorkshire dig lampooning his bachelor status.
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Mr. Gladstone
Leeds
Westminster Gazette
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