Gov Yates appoints delegates to Niagara Falls meeting
Gov Yates names delegates to the Farmers National Congress to meet at Niagara Falls New York from September 22 to October 10 1903. Appointees include Prof F M Webster Prof Eugene Davenport Mrs Catherine Stahl, and many others from Illinois towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates
Niiagara Falls
Niagara Walls
N.Y
F. MM. Webster
Eugene Davenport
Urbana
Catherine Stahl
Aforo
Willian C Hubbard
Monticello
Thomas Lamb, Jr
Bement
Robert Dodson
Cerro Gordo
D. W. Hursh
W.M. Deweese
Deland
George Pervin
Warsaw
Charles Bartlett
Walter Bart Int
N. H. Dowd
D. Thornburg
Wiliam Hull
Durham
J. B. King
Jomax
John Parskin
George Singleton
Adrian
T. A. Wilkinson
J. R Manford
la Harpe
W. H. Moor
Walter Vanzile
Carthage
Hugh Alison
Stronghurst
Lewis Myers
Topeka
Mouroe Garrison
Wellington
Lyman Ware Butler
E. C. Richards
John (. Fisher
Hillsboro
Henry H. Hitchings
Raymond
Charles H. Witherspoon
George N. Allen
Donnelson
Quincy
John Baldwin
Mendon
Dora McGinnis
Loraine
Finley Jady
Camp Point XY
Calahan
E. N. ‘Blakeslee
J. E Foreee
W Sprague
al Totzalit
James Baynes
O. McC. Howard
Malcoolmirr
J Delong
W. E. Skinner
Oh Burke
W Snow
G. A
Shaome
J Edgerson
Henry F. Thurston
Chicago
Robbers Arrested After East St Louis Bank Attempt
In East St Louis two men James Mason and Fahey were arrested after an alleged Chicago bank and car barn robbery attempt. Police say three hundred dollars and two revolvers were recovered and a third accomplice escaped during the ruckus outside the bank. The suspects resisted capture and were linked to lookouts with tools for safe cracking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lo Wen
St. Louis
Chicago City Railway
Chicago
Purdy
East St. Louis Trust
Savage Hank
Raze a Block House Once Guarded Early Illinois Frontiers
An old log house built about 70 years ago by pioneer Solution Prewitt east of Alton was moved to make room for a modern dwelling. Prewitt, a Ladison County settler active since 1796, fought in Black Hawk and other wars and the structure served as a block house sheltering settlers. Under the floor artifacts include arrows spears tomahawks a tobacco knife blade stained with tobacco juice. The house will be converted into a granary and corn crib.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solution Prewitt
Ladison County
Alton
Prewitt
Hlinots
Virgina
Illinois
Mendota Doctor Ends Life Rather Than Face Trial
Dr F N English a noted Mendota physician killed himself to avoid a criminal trial over alleged malpractice in the death of Afra Leroy Smith of La Salle. Sheriff Trumbo and Deputy Poysche arrested English and Mrs Ed Lawreen at his Mendota home. he was found dead in a pool of blood while awaiting transport to Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendota
Kille
F. N. English
Trumbo
Poysche
English
Ed Law-Reen
Manter
Afra
Léroy Smith
la Salle
Smith
Chicago Males in Excess of New York and Philadelphia
Health department bulletin shows Chicago has a larger male share of population and the lowest male death rate among big cities. Over the past twenty years Chicago averaged 6.3 percent more males than females, while New York and Philadelphia trended toward female excess by 2.8 and 5.7 percent respectively.
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City
Gotham
Weekly Bulletin
the Health Department
Chitago
New York
Philadelphia
Joliet Mayor Aims to Enforce Track Elevation Across City
Mayor Crosius vows immediate action to enforce a six month old Joliet ordinance abolishing all east river grade crossings. He warns railroads of penalties and possible legal measures, citing no compliance and recalling his removal of railroad passes after election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Crosius
Man shoots wife then flees near Aurora
John Van Fleet fatally shoots his wife during a domestic quarrel two miles north of Aurora and escapes into dense woods as Kane County officers search for him. Neighbors and the couple’s children note years of trouble. authorities fear he may end his life to avoid capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
John van Fleet
Burke
Kane Tomnty
van Fleet
Mitchell
Lynching mob blocked by jailer in Shawneetown
Fifty masked men attempted a lynching of John Griffin a black prisoner at Shawneetown county jail but were kept at bay by Jailer Galloway who warned the mob and fired a shotgun if entry occurred. whites drove out about fifty black residents and attacked negro quarters amid rising tensions with no reported bloodshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawneetown
Galloway
John Griffin
Joseph Hobbs
Griffin
DIES AT CENTURY AGE OLDEST IL MAN IN ILLINOIS
Francie Anthony died at his daughter Mrs. D G Freeman’s home in Heyworth at age 120 after a two week illness. Born May 8 1780 in County Tyrone Ireland he served as a captain in the Canadian army during the 1837 French rebellion. He lived thirty years in Bloomington township and survived seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Heyworth
Francie Anthony
D. GC. Freeman
County Tyrone
Ireland
Canada
Bloomington Township
Anthony
GIVES HUSBAND TO RIVAL IN HOSPITAL DRAMA
At St John's Hospital Springfield Ida Gables rushed to the room of James B. Cyphers known as Edward Gordon after a switch engine accident. She embraced him and, before Cyphers' wife and son, his wife renounced him. Cyphers, injured but not seriously, was taken to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St John’s Hospital
Springfield
Ida Gables
Cyphers
Edward Gordon
St. ‘John’s Hospital
New-Fangled Farming Hits the Grangers Congress
Newark News notes a humorous mock convention where farmers at an institute hear lectures on modern agricultural ideas. A tongue in cheek cast lists topics from cow milking to hops poles and barn cleansing with forks or mops. A wagon loading attachment feature promises easier fruit loading with a boarded ramp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grangers’ Institute
Potatoes and practical farm notes from Indiana
Practical farming notes from the period cover wagon loading attachments, potato seed requirements, soil needs, and crop practices. Articles discuss small wagon attachment costs, seed potato counts per acre, soil types, clover sod planting, and prairie soil conditions. Additional tips include whitewashing poultry houses with hot lime solution and preserving woodwork. A Maryland plum specialist notes hardy peaches as a stock for plums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Joad
Prantig Plums and Farm Rack Tips From The Homestead
The piece praises Prantig and varieties Abundanca Chabot Milton and Whitaker as top plum types with Milton noted for high acre profit. It describes a lightweight foldable wagon rack, assembly from 2x2 pieces, and storage when not in use. It covers horse care in warm weather including feeding watering pacing and reseeding meadows with orchard grass and practical farm notes on potatoes and farm machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fet
Tv & Eee
Abundanca
Chabot
Milton
Whitaker
Trowa Homestead
Indians resist land cession in Georgia uprising century ago
A hundred years past Indians in southern Georgia refused to cede lands between the Okmulgee and Oconee rivers, declaring the land, water, trees, and grass as their body and body apart, vowing not to cut them asunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Okmulgee
Oconee
Astley’s Royal Amphitheater
London
Italy
Switzerland
Washington
D. C
Georgetown
United States
Hague
Seventy Five Years Ago in Monroe Claims and Predictions
Fifty years earlier James Monroe sought reimbursement from Congress for extraordinary expenses as minister to France, but the claims remained unpaid despite his poverty. A legendary stone coffin linked to Macbeth near Inverness was said buried in Algin churchyard ruins. A Liverpool paper forecast Andrew Jackson's victory over John Quincy Adams, citing favorable Irish influence in America.
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James Monroe
United States
France
Congress
King Duncan
Macbeth
Inverness
Algin Church Yard
Liverpool
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
America
Fifty Years Ago Chronicle of Epidemics and Early Railroads
A half century ago reports recount cholera outbreaks in Newcas tle Copenhagen and St. Petersburg with thousands dead in two cities while Hawaii suffers 1800 deaths. News covers ground breaking at Davenport for a major railroad, Virginia leadership in Alexandria, and Leavenworth calls for Gen Schofield removal amid the Lawrence massacre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
Ireland
Hawaii
Chester Creek
Del
Benjamin Franklin
Copenhagen
St. Petersburg
Antoine le Claire
Davenport
Laws
Mississippi and Missouri
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Pierpont
Virginia
Alexandria
Richmond
Leavenworth
Kan
Schofield
Lawrence
Central
Linois
United States
Grand Rapids
Mich
Canada
Washington
Baltimore
West
Pennsylvania
Thirty Years Ago Corn Markets and Finance Actions
A historical note recalls the first successful corner in corn at St. Louis led by T. B. Carruther Co. and Nason Bartholow Co. France ends grain duties to ease bread prices in Paris. The Treasury Secretary pledged to issue coin certificates under March 38 1803 if crop moving funds demand grows. Pennsylvanian coal operators in Pittsburgh threaten to cut barge transport unless wage scales align with theirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
T. B. Carruther & Co
Nason, Bartholow & Co
France
Paris
Secretary of the Treasury
Pittsburg
Twenty Years Ago In The Nation And World
A review recalls 19th century era turmoil with police impotence in New Orleans, rampant crime, railroads owning vast land, Java’s volcanic eruption killing thousands, Russian anti Jewish liquor ban, and President Arthur ending a western tour in Billings Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hapean Jury
United States
Java
Chester A. Arthur
Billings
Mont
Ten Years Ago Bank Clearings and Railroads Slump
The August bank clearings in New York fell 34 percent from 1902 levels and 72 of 128 railroads reported lower earnings. Senator Orman of Maryland blocked free silver in the Senate and urged supporters to heed President Cleveland. Nancy Hanks set a Fleetwood track record trotting 2 miles at RoCH with Budd Doble riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Senator Orman
Maryland
Senate
Cleveland
Nancy Hanks
Wile
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Fender
Idinand
Rachel
Peoria
John Sweeney
Bert Harrison
Cella ‘Pulkerstein
Cleveland Amusement Company
Seventh Regiment
C. F. Southerland
J. A. Bloomingston
Michigan
Cook County
Misa Helen McKeon
Patrick
Marie McKeon
James Deboyne
Hamilton
Iowa Central
Metarmney
Gatous
R Ising
Tierce W Nichols
Upper Alton
St Louis
Willian Morris
Northwestern University Dental School
Fond du Lac
Wis
John Luchman
John Graff
George Williams
Thomas Moaheron
William Griffi
Will
Mra. Morris
Thomas Haskell
Harry Green
Haskell
Mary Huffaud
Green
Mra Haskell
Lincoln
Marshalltown
Iowa
Iinois
James Lawrence Brown
Illinois Commission
Commission
Yrintenden
Sklnker Road
Illiois
California
Illinois Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Young Men's Christian Association
Willard Hall
Oliver W. Stewart
National Prohibition Committee
Marie C. Breham
Leonora Lake
Catholic Total Abstinence Society
Mise Lake
Newark News
Indianapolis News
Massachusetts
J. W. Jxerr
Englam
Newcastle
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