Illinois Governor urges legislature to reform primary system
Governor Charles S. Deneen calls an extraordinary session to enact a compulsory primary election law, urges statewide primaries, and proposes appointing committees and hearings. He notes Supreme Court voided the existing law, warns of chaotic party processes, and asks for swift action. He also seeks funds to cover civil service expenses and railroad tax investigation costs.
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Yn Coy
Imani
Imargins
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le People
General Assembly
State Civil Service Commission
Illinois Central Railroad Company
New York City
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Deneen
Austrian Immigrants in United States Reach One Million
The census figure shows about 1 020 000 Austrians living in the United States. This population spans decades of migration and highlights the community's size in American cities and regions.
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United States
Prince Khilkoff rises as Russia’s engine of state
The article portrays Prince Khilkoff, minister of communications, as the sole minister able to maintain his post amid crisis. It recounts his rise from railway engine driver to imperial praise after driving a train for Emperor Alexander III, illustrating his popular, independent stance and refusal to bow to autocrats or crowds.
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Russia
Prince Khilkoff
Prince Khilkuff
Gid
Prince Kbilkeff
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kbilkoff
St Petersburg
Khilkoff
Alesander III
Objectionable Type Critiques Puritanical Hypocrisy
A writer denounces the puritanical type as the most repellant. They claim so called good people lack real tenderness and apply human laws while ignoring divine charity and mercy. The piece condemns hypocrisy among self proclaimed virtuous standards.
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Saya
Waiter Turns Tip Into Fortunate Tide Lands Bet
Martin Kellar, a Seattle cafe waiter, overheard talk of striking it rich in Tacoma tide lands. With $2000 he secured an option on land and soon received an $80000 Union Pacific offer for the block. He cleared about $60000 on the deal and returned to waitering, finding tips sometimes more valuable than those who give them.
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Martin Kellar
Seattle
Tacoma Tide Lands
Kellar
Tide Lands
Union Pacific
Reading His Future. Father and Mother Debate Willie’s Mischief
A family scene unfolds after three months apart. The father gleefully sees financial promise in Willie while the mother worries, noting Willie hides jam and cake, and raids savings from his sisters. The exchange ends with the father declaring a bright future and the mother calling for accountability.
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Willie
Jingo
Doctor Around The World Offers Sleep Cure
A Paris area doctor on a tour treats a insomniac Englishman in Rouen. The man, barefoot in pajamas, can’t sleep or work despite travel. The doctor prescribes a remedy and promises the patient will sleep after taking five drops in water tonight.
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Rouen
Maadam
England
Amiens
First Hero Receives Bronze Medal for Railway Rescue
Geo Poell of Grand Island Nebraska awarded the first bronze medal under the 1905 act for risking life to save a child on a freight run. He reached from the pilot to pluck a two and a half year old boy from danger, was dragged 125 feet, losing his left foot and breaking both arms, while the child was unharmed.
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Congress
Geo. Poel
Grand Island
Neb
Poell
St-Joe-and- Grand Island
Paul Ussary
Crase
Ice cream becomes year round staple says vendor
The ice cream man notes demand shifts from seasonal to year round, with more product sold in winter than before. He cites regular winter orders by many families and widespread presence in hotels and restaurants, aided by ice cream sodas at soda fountains.
Not Compliment in Studio Tea Scene
In a light exchange Ralph Adams Cram remarks on a wealthy amateur painter at his studio tea. A guest gushes over the latest picture claiming perfection and praising the painter’s birds, prompting Smear to correct that the subjects are angels not ostriches.
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Calike Champagne and Clever Tongue Play
A Cleveland Leader snippet riffs on social wit and language. Miss Verner and Miss Pert clash over charm and effervescence as gossip, jokes, and a quip about the mother tongue surface in a playful, anecdotal dialogue among neighbors and a child observer.
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Miss Verner
Special session opens as Deneen urges primary law action
Illinois Senate and House convened at noon Tuesday in a special session called by Governor Deneen to push a new primary law. The session honored the late Representative Norden as the chamber adjourned briefly. The main primary bill from Attorney General Stead was not yet ready for introduction.
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Sherman
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Hull
Weskage
Supreme Court
Curious Global Bits From A Far-Flung Era
A collage of odd facts spans royals and reform from the Sultan’s longevity to Lord Justice Vaughan Williams owning butcher shops. It notes Germany’s school deaths, Mont Blanc rail aims, Miles’s oil profits, rat colonies, and a Crown Prince’s full name. Miscellaneous items cover Conrad’s Korzeniowski, London underground rats, Irish-made gowns for Cowes, and Rothschild fortunes.
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Texas
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Italy
Umberto Nicola Tommaso Gréganni Maria
San Francisco
Joseph Conrad
Korzeniowski
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Zululand
Havemeyer
New York
Mexvan Central
First Canadian Milestones From Colony to Confederation
A compilation of early Canadian milestones including settlements in Quebec 1618 and Manitoba 1811, the first steam railway 1836, coppered by 1871 BC entry, first cable message 1865, Bank of Montreal 1817, and Royal William 1883 Atlantic crossing.
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Canaad Northwest Territory
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Pu ‘Northern Railway
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Cook
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Royal William
African Peaches Arrive From South Africa For U S Stores
South African Drakensburg peaches sell for about 60 cents each at select fruiterers in New York. Shipped to London, the fruit is carefully packed to prevent bruising and takes roughly four weeks from orchards to market. The Drakensburg region is praised as premier for fruit growing. A curious line notes girls reacting when addressed by male relatives.
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South Africa
Drankensburg
London
Thies
Unfamiliar Facts From The News Reel
A collage of oddities and future trends. It notes 70 ships wrecked and 354 damaged along German coasts, warns France uses wood less than Amoureq, predicts London’s omnibuses may double, and mentions red lanterns on night doctors. Reports on a venomous New Guinea bird and animals feigning illness for milder duties.
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France
London
New Guinea
Proverbs of Wall Street and Market Caution
A garbled antiquated prose piece contrasts biblical wisdom with market folly. It warns that reliance on merchants and lenders can mislead, urging careful study of financial ratings and the value of a good name as collateral.
Quick Retort Saves Student at Dartmouth
A Dartmouth gathering recalls President Bartlett’s wit when Barron Shirley faced faculty discipline. Bartlett scolded him for contempt, and Shirley replied he had tried to conceal it. Bartlett then allowed Shirley to go.
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Dartmouth
Barron Shirley
Franklin, N. H
Bartlett
Shirley
Bart
Chuck
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