Missing Woodmen member found after eight year search
A Modern Woodmen society sleuth located Charles Watson, a DeKalb Illinois Woodmen camp member, alive in Minneapolis after an eight year mystery. The society had resisted paying a $2000 policy while pursuing a national search. The case ends with confirmation of his alive status.
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Woodmen Society
Alearing
Charles Watson
DeKalb
Woodien
Minneapoliss
Jonas
The Closing Hours of A Bayliss Life Memorialized
A memorial pamphlet recounts the final hours of A Bayliss of Michigan after a horse accident. The narrative covers his 48 years since enlisting in the 11th Michigan cavalry, his education at Hillsdale, and his roles in public instruction and normal schools. The piece critiques farmer issues, dirt-road costs, and freight rates, contrasting road taxes with railroad rates and urging infrastructural improvements.
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Bayliss
Stichigan
11Th Michigan Cavalry
Hillsdale, College
Michigan
Indiana
Ilinois
Illinois
Western Illinois State Normal School
Barliss
Iowa
Little Village
Mr Bayliss
A. Bayliss
Francis G Blair
Public Instruction
Age Limits in Civil Service Debate Sparks House Showdown
Washington discussion centers on a pending measure to fire civil service employees on July 1 1914 when they reach age 65. A veteran supporter lists current members over 65 or approaching it including Sherwood Cannon Conn Thistlewood Suulway Lawmile Greene Andrus Stedman York Payne McMorran Brad ley Plumley Hill Gardner Dalzell McCreery Rucker Sweet Daugherty. Senate names include Stephenson Bankhead Johnson Cullom Bacon Bradley Gallig er Burnham Dillingham Page Martin Root Tilman Warren Works Per kits DuPont Thornton and Wetmore.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Lawmile
Virginia
Greene
Massachusetts
Andrus
New York
Stedman
North Carolina
York and Payne
McMorran
Michigan
Bradley
Plumley
Vermont
Hill
Connecticut
Gardner
New Jersey
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
McCreery
Rucker
Colorado
Sweet
Daugherty
Missouri
Senate
Isaac Stephenson
Bankhead and Johnson
Alabama
Cullom
Illioois
Bacon
Georgia
Kentucky
Gallinger and Burnham
New Hampshire
Dillingham and Page
Martin
Virginie+Root
Tilman
South Carolina
Warren
Wyoming
Works and Perkits
California
DuPont
Delaware
Thornton, Louisana and Wetmore
Rhode Island
Rates Should Be Radically Lowered for Farmer Freight Lines
A 19th century critique argues farmers are burdened by high railroad freight rates. The author contends farmers are ready to demand rate reductions on every railroad in the state, noting farmers often own or rely on local lines, and that freight charges press on rural economies.
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Amer Ia
New York
Liverpool
State Agricultural College
Agricultural Department
Lnois Bankers Association
Ottrwas
aCwi
Kinney Finds Renewal in Country Air Amid Decline
In Kirkwood country fields St Louis political leader Thomas E. Kinney reflects on life as illness weakens him. He longs for rest and revival from fresh air, while Elijah M. Haines recalls hearing robins sing before his own death, showing nature's quiet solace amid public struggle.
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Thomas E. Kinney
St.Louis
Kirkwood
Kinney
St. Louis
St Lotus
Elijah M. Haines
Aurora
Haines
Bureau County
Free Rand McNally Illinois map for annual subscribers
Republic subscribers paying a year in advance receive a free Rand McNally wall map of Illinois. The map shows the census of every city and village with a marginal index for locating towns. Postage ten cents applies if mailed.
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Republic
Illinois
Rand McNally
Notice of Real Estate Sale of Edward E Fuller Estate
Public notice details the sale of real estate from the estate of Edward E Fuller in Henry County Illinois. The property, southwest quarter of section 11, township 17 north range 2 east, lies north of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad right of way, with sale set for June 10 at 3 pm at the farm house. Terms require 10 percent cash and remaining balance by a noninterest note due March 1, 1933. possession and deed on March 1, 1933. William L Andrews is administrator with Jos I Shaw attorney and Henry W Sand auctioneer listed.
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Edward FE. Fuller
Edward E. Fuller
Henry
Titnots
Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad
Illinois and Mississippi Canal
William L. Andrews
Henry W. Sand
Jos I. Shaw
Adm
Closed For The Game Ledger Style Mourning Outburst
A fragmented Philadelphia Ledger clip depicts a worker facing grief after multiple relatives are killed. The boss suggests taking a day off as panic and despair surface, with a strained exchange about headaches and caution. The scene ends with a sign reading Closed for the game.
Corn Growers Contest Opens in Henry County
Henry county branch of the Illinois Live Stock and Breeders association and Geneseo Short Course announce a corn yield contest with prizes 60 40 and 20 to the top three. Open to all county farmers, rules allow fertilizer choice and local land management to equalize conditions. Entries must reach D S Brown Geneseo Ill by June 1 1912. Committee members Howard Hutchinson Clyde D Ford Will Berglund Tra Sieben Oscar Hulting.
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Henry County
Ilinois
Geneseo
International Harvester Co
Hi Boys
D. S. Brown
Ill
Illinois Live Stock Sea Breeder's Association
Howard Hutchinson
Clyde D. Ford
Will Berglund
Tra Sieben
Oscar Hulting
Pocketless Shirts In Baseball History
In early baseball lore Cliff Carroll’s pocketed shirt altered the game culture. A blooper on the St Louis grounds led to Carroll forcing a ball from his chest pocket and scoring a run, prompting Chris von der Ahe to order pockets removed from uniforms.
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Cliff Carroll
Garrell
Amierican Magazine
Circus Ad Campaign Sparks Promising Experimental Results
Circus folks have been making experiments along advertising lines. The results have been announced and surprising. The Sells Floto show, playing on the Pacific coast, spent its entire advertising appropriation of thirty thousand dollars in newspaper columns to promote the act and attract crowds.
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Pacific Coast
Boarag Etslag
Robinson
Floto
Robingoi
Fioto Na Ra
Tara
Canning Factory Notice At Geneseo Ill May 13 1919
Geneseo Illinois May 13 1919 a notice to sweet corn contractors asks delaying planting until ground is in condition to prevent factory congestion and time loss for unloading. plant early corn as soon as soil is in condition then balance before June 10 with contracts allowing planting to June 10 E B Dawes manager and Mrs Monroe Bennett featured. Mrs Bennett aged 39 wife of a farmer in Tallsey Linton Indiana gives birth to quintet three boys and two girls so eight children in two years as visitors arrive at Bennett home.
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Geneseo
Ill
Jine
E. B. Dawes
Monroe Bennett
Linton
Ind
Bennett
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Kidney
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Lee Q
Ernest Neuman Demites
Genesen
Neuman
A. Bayliss, Michigan
Oss
Tzrieve
Philadelphia Ledger
IHC
Stomachruliver Forlungs
Ds Pierce
Torpedo
Gernant & Schultz
St Anderson
CIA
Gus Feldman
Chicago
East Exchange St
International Harvester Company of America
USA
Inc Service Bureau
Service Bureau
Harvester Building
Seashoe
Wiese
Bate
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