Notables Address Bankers Opening Illinois Convention
Ill inois State Bankers association plans two day Springfield meeting September 25 26 with Comptroller Ridgely and Gov Sherman among speakers. Delegates tour Lincoln home and parks, attend a theatre show, and hear sessions on banking law and collateral notes at the Leland hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barret Ridgely
Edmund J. James
University of Ilinois
Lawrence Y. Sherman
W. H. Stead
Illinois State Bankers’ Association
Springfield
Representatives’ Hall
State House
H. H. Devereux
Robert I. Hunt
Citizens’ National Bank of
Decatur
Thomas D. Catlin
Association
National City Bank of Ottawa
Lucius Teter
W. Sale
Studebaker, Sale & Co
Bluffton
Ind
EB. J. Golt
Chicago
American Institute of Bank Clerks
Lincoln Home
Washington Park
North Park
Camp Lincoln
State Fair Grounds
Lincoln Monument
Golf Grounds
Leland Hotel
Golf Club
Chatteron’s Theatre
Charles Frohman
London
E. B. Rogers
Central Baptist Church
Robert IT. Hunt
Citizens’ National Bank
City National Bank
Ottawa
William B. Ridgely
Currency
Washington, D. C
Savings Bank
American Bankers’ Association
Chicago Savings Bank
Nelson H. Greent
Green & Greene
Tallula
Frank P. Judson
Edward D. Keyes
Champaign
Illinois
William H. Stead
Ilinois
Jas. W. Sale
Bluffton, Ind
Institute
BE. J. Goit
St. Louis
Leland
Chatterton's
Premiums Awarded At The County Fair
County fair awards list many named pupils across grades, with first and second placements in language, spelling, arithmetic, drawing, and craft. Lot 55 covers city and village schools. Lot 56 for high school tasks includes drawing, manual training, and woodwork by students such as Kenneth Burrell and Orlando Gochenour, among others.
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Center Street
Union
River School
Lincoln
Third Ward
Kenneth Burrel
Dr. Wings New Discovery Aids Mrs Stephens In Port Williams
Mrs Ora A Stephens of Port Williams Ohio writes of Dr Wing’s New Discovery easing a two year cough and curing what friends suspected as consumption. The remedy claims to aid throat and lung troubles with three bottles, priced 50 cents and 1.00, trial bottle free, guaranteed by Joseph Emmert.
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Gorila
Ora A. Stephens
Port Williams
Dr. Wing
Joseph Emmert
Keys Lost Near Journal Office Reward Offered
Lost flat steel keys found near the outside door and a split key marked 60. Return to the Journal office for a reward.
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Journal Office
Masons to Meet in Chicago for October Grand Lodge
Grand Secretary J H C Dill prepares the Illinois Masons annual report in Bloomington ahead of the October Chicago meeting. Delegates include Charles C Wolf from Excelsior lodge and Frank Rogers from Evergreen lodge with Hon L L Munn on a key committee. The Old People’s home at Sullivan seeks more rooms. sixty inmates plus staff seek support for expansion. Leave of absence up to two weeks is allowed for inmates with traveling expenses covered. Pastors lead Sunday services, including a summer joint worship with the Methodist congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. CG. Dill
Grand Lodge of Masons
Illinois
Bloomington
Grand Lodge
Chicago
Freeport
Charles C. Wolf
Excelsior Lodge
Frank Rogers
Evergreen Lodge
L. L. Munn
Sullivan
Decatur
Well Worth Trying says Dr Ning’s Life Pills
W H Brown of Pittsfield Vermont praises Dr Ning’s New Life Pills as the best thing after a pension. He states they keep his family in splendid health. Quick care for headache constipation and biliousness. 25c guaranteed at Joseph Emmert’s drug store.
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W. HH. Brown
Pittsfield
Birthday note on Archbishop Keane of Dubuque
Archbishop John Joseph Keane, famed educator and church leader, marks his 67th birthday. Born in Ballyshannon Ireland on September 12 1889 he rose to head the Dubuque archdiocese in 1900 after earlier service as bishop of Richmond and director of the Catholic University in Washington.
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Washington
Richmond
Catholic University At
Rome
Lea Num
Dubuque
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Keane
This Date in History Highlights Major 17th to 20th Century Events
Key moments include Henry Hudson's voyage up the river named for him in 1609, Sobieski and Lorraine lifting the siege of Vienna in 1683, Washington's Philadelphia entry in 1776 after Brandywine, Harrison defeating Indians at Fort Wayne in 1812, Mexican capture at Tampico in 1829, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Bill, Asquith's 1862 birth, and the 1903 Cleopatra's Needle project along the Thames, plus the Maryland launch at Newport News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hudson
Vienna
John Sobieski
Duke of Lorraine
Washington
Philadelphia
Brandywine
Gen
Harrison
Fort Wayne
Santa Ana
Tampico
House of Representatives
H. H. Asquith
Middletown
EB. S. McCook
P. P. Wintermate
Yankton
Dakota
Thames Embankment
United States
Maryland
Newport News
State board of equalization adjourns as reports lag
Springfield Ill Sept 11 The state board of equalization met today and adjourned to two weeks hence because several counties had not yet reported assessments. There is much speculation over whether the board will tax the capital stock of mercantile and manufacturing corporations after the assembly passed an exemption law later ruled unconstitutional by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
State Board of Equalization
General Assembly
Marvy's Lad Faces Nightly Rocky Mountain Tea
The piece notes Marvy had a young son with a fair face and a nightly drink of Rocky Mountain Tea. It also mentions Joseph Emmert and that The Daily Journal costs 11 cents per week for city delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvy
Joseph Emmert
Daily Journal
Beg 40 Years Hoard 40000 Sterling Couple Seek Aid
Sterling report details William Mines and his wife traveling through northwestern Illinois for nearly forty years begging with accordion and organ. They claim about 40000 wealth from daily donations up to 108, with expenses often paid, after purchasing a 500 money order to Pittsburgh. Two children also travel with tambourine and flute for large sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
William Mines
Ilinois
Bureau County
Pittsburg
Large Enrollment at Freeport College of Commerce
The Freeport College of Commerce reports its fall term enrollment at a record high with about one third more students registered in the first two weeks than any prior year. City residents make up most of the newcomers, reflecting strong support from local business and professionals. The college pledges continued leadership in commercial training and announces a night school opening October 1 with many enrolling already.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport College of Commerce
Freeport
A O U W Ends Options In Illinois Lodges
Springfield Sept 11 The prand lodge of Illinois Ancient Order of United Workmen adopted supreme lodge recommendations from Montreal last June on insurance rates The options system is done away with and the classified list removed Delegates 240 represented nearly all lodges in the state
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Prand Lodge
Ilinois
Order of United Workmen
Supreme Lodge
Montreal
Basket of plums sent from Canon City to Mrs Entorf
Mrs Sntorf of State street received a basket of large plums in perfect condition on Tuesday. The fruit came from Canon City Colorado, sent by her son Reverend S. F. Entorf who left two years ago for his health and now lives on a fruit ranch.
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The
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Stead
First Ward
Union Street
River
Hazie Druis
Kachelhoffer
Mina Neuberger
East Freeport
Center
Dewer Eder
Ethel Love
Dublin
M. Neuberger
Adeline Brown
Louisa Zimmerman
Kachelhoffer School
Ti. M. Netnberger
Elizabeth Kinsella
Mary Melenhan
Stephenson County
Effie Kauffman
Elizabeth Johnson
Eder
Julia Schaeffner
Ist
K. Burkhart
Lucy Brown
Flora Neuberger
County Betow High School
Bae Kauffman
South America
Eric Kauffman
Ilnolis
Flora Neuh
Katie Burkhardt
Africa
Elizabeth Boedecker
Cecile Brundage
Bethel Brown
Elizabeth Fugate
Mabel Murphy
Roy Guhl
Angelina Brockmeier
Lillian ‘Trapp
Edna Mereke
Margaret Russell
Pearl Carnen
Harry Cushing
Ilinois Agricultural Association
Cecil Brundage
Old People's Home
Willner Bros
Mend
Jeac
Archbishop Keene
W.W. Kimball Co
Galena St., Freeport, IJ
Mallon Neohiewd
Freeport Gas Light and Coke Go
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