State fair band to tour state with booster ads
President Geo A Anthony of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture attended meetings in Springfield and banquets for railroad passenger agents and editors. The plan proposes the Springfield Watch Co band touring the state before the next state fair with trains provided by railroad passenger agents to stop at towns, give short concerts, and distribute fair advertising.
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Kewanee Star-Courier
Geo. A. Anthony
Ilinois State Board of Agriculture
Springfield
Construction and Finance Committee
State Board
Springfield Watch Co
Sheriff Must Pay Deputies For Property Defense
Attorney General Stead rules deputies appointed by the sheriff to defend private property must be paid by the county. He also states the sheriff cannot enter into agreements with individuals or corporations unless funded. In a separate opinion, custodians for the courthouse are under the sheriff's sole jurisdiction.
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Stead
Nighttime Confessions Between Lovers Under Venus
Artie admits uncertainty about Muriel’s love as they sit beneath a starry night. The night owl snores, and Muriel reassures with a dreamy, hopeful smile while Venus shines overhead. The scene unfolds with tender, lyrical dialogue.
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Muriel
Venus
Artie
Doping of ketchup prompts push for preservative bans
The Bureau County Republican notes prosecutions under pure food laws expose dishonest use of benzoate of soda in ketchup and urges a nationwide ban. Government bulletins cite decayed tomatoes and cannery waste, with cases from Philadelphia Michigan West Virginia New York and Massachusetts illustrating dangers to public health.
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Bureau County Republican
Secretary of Agriculture
Philadelphia
Remsent Board
Michigan
West Virginia
New York
Massachusetts
Dr. Wiley
Month's Peace Pact At Silvis Shops
A thirty day truce between Rock Island railway officials and Silvis shop men was agreed in Chicago to avert a strike and give time to consider federation proposals. The main issue is recognizing the Federation of shopmen and contracting with it, with clearer wage and contract terms expected later.
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Rock Island Railway
Silvis
Chicago
Nock Island Train Runs Without an Engineer
Rock Island train No. 2 eastbound ran about half a mile with no engineer as Thomas Kensel fell from the cab while inspecting a wheel. The fireman stopped the train after Kensel struck the hood near the water crane and fell unconscious. Kensel was hospitalized and remained in critical condition. Ottawa Republican Times.
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Rock Island
Thomas Kensel
Kensel
Ottawa
Chicago
Ottawa Republican Times
Ex-Mayor McCaskrin Criticizes Ottawa Governance
Former Ottawa mayor Geo W McCaskrin, who spoke years ago, attacks the current commission form of government. He is told the debts left by his city council total $291 061, a figure the commissioners say counters his critique.
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Geo. W. McCaskrin
Rock Island
Ottawa
Commission
Ottawa Republicans Times
Survivors of 1926 Mie no is reunite in Alpha gathering
Ro are of the famous 1926 Mines com prising a number of Veterans of Henry and Rock Island counties will gather at Alpha August 39 and 31. Survivors include First Lt. A. H. Trego Hoopeston Second Lt W. C. Trego Cumberland Iowa Second Lt Byron Jordan Orion Sergt Geo W Gregg Osceola Nebr Sergt R Treemption Sergt Henry Bridge ford Denver Colo Sergt S M Tenney Brooklyn N Y Sergt Brainard Vance Reynolds Sergt J H Lippincott Hollywood Cal Corporal Geof Trege Corporal Lester H Cooper Hamlet Private Theodore Asquith Harlan Town C H Barbinger Reynolds Jas M Beardsley Rocky Island S A Bartlett Moline Jacob Clouse Whit ten Iowa HG Cooper Soldiers home Kansas W E Davis Rock Island Dr E L Emerson New Windsor Jas Gorman Soldiers home Kansas Louis Hertzel Randolph Iowa Nat Mamor Toulon Charles Joseph Moorhead Kans E T Jordan Montezuma Iowa Joseph Littlefield Litchfield Nebr M H C McElhinney Carbon Iowa Freeman Merryman Kearney Nebr Gottlob Mair Clearmont Mo Jas Marshall Streator N D Albion Nichols Ham on Kewanees David Pfitzenmair Sherrard J M Pierson Strong Nebr N Rhodenbaugh Rock Island Fred Scurr Sherrard John Smith Brooklyn Iowa Peter Smith Brooklyn Iowa Jas Spivy Stella Nebr J LW Twining Gris wold Iowa J R Trego Cumberland Iowa A R Tomlinson Sherrard W J Angles Arlington Kans W W Van Sant Farragut Iowa A Trego Los Angeles Cal.
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Henry
Rock Island
Alpha
A. H. Trego
Hoopeston
W. C. Trego
Cumberland
Iowa
Byron—Jordan
Orion
Geo. W. Gregg
Osceola
Nebr
R Treemption
Rocky Island
S. A Bartlett
Moline
Jacob Clouse
Whitten
HG. Cooper
Soldiers’ Home
Kansas
W. E. Davis
E. L. Emerson
New Windsor
Jas. Gorman
Louis Hertzel
Randolph
Nat Mamor
Toulon
Charles Joseph
Moorhead
Kans
E. T. Jordan
Monte
Telegraphing paid for train escorts and other notes
A collection of short items notes railroad policy requires payment for telegraphing requests to other points. It also reports on Rev. Wm. A. Sunday abandoning platform talk, Farmer Burns turning to professional ball, and inventors Little and Clonninger creating a three row corn planter.
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William Little
Norman Clonninger
Pearl
Pike County
Ex-Governor Francis Buys St Louis Republican
Ex Governor Francis of Missouri who led the Louisiana Purchase exposition has purchased the St Louis Republican. The paper, among the oldest in the Mississippi valley, was Whig until 1854 and then aligned with the Democratic party. Horatio G. Seymour will be editor in chief.
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Francis
Missouri
St. Louis
Chicago Chronicle
The
Republic
Ottawa Republican Times
Old Man Sets Dowry Stakes to Marry Off Daughters
An old man tells a visitor he plans to marry off his three daughters with dowries of five thousand, ten thousand, and fifteen thousand dollars for Mary, Bet, and Eliza respectively. He jokes about a fifty year old suitor, revealing his view on arranged marriages and wealth.
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Mary
Bet
Eliza
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Geo. M'Caskrin
Savings Bank
Kewanee, Ill
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Doginois
Henry Counties
Exchange News
Wm. A. Sunday
Vinton, Iowa
Farmer Burns
Mary L. McKinney
Aledo
Bartonville Asylum
William Rapp
State University
Mason County
Topeka
Bartonville
L. E. McNamara
Mr. McNamara
Prophetstown Echo
I. F. Edwards
Lee County
Dixon College and Normal School
Edwards
Cora Morton
Galva
B. H. Weaver
Rockford
Western Illinois State Normal
Stik
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MAC Omb
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