Graff pushes Illinois river improvement funds
Congressman Graff advances a $50,000 appropriation for the Illinois river from Copperys Creek lock to La Salle with about $44,000 left to spend. Brigadier General Mackenzie assures continued use of the funds, promising dredging and plant repairs to maintain a seven foot channel. The Herald Transcript notes this as a milestone toward a larger deep waterway program and future appropriations.
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Jos, V. Graff
Illinois
United States
Washington
Graff
Mackenzie
War Department
Copperts Creek
la Salle
Treasury
Committee
Senate
Hopkins
Department of Justice and Commerce and Labor
Congressional
Congress
Herald-Transcript
Candid date petitions under new primary law edged by AG ruling
Attorney General Stead issues guidance on when petitions may be filed for state county and congressional primaries under the new law. Clerks and the secretary of state expect a rush on July 1 as petitions circulate for signatures and ballots.
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Stead
Illinois
Secretary of State
Pew
Ofz
Attorney General's Office
Port Lavaca 1908 Gulf Coast country a letter on crops and land
A Port Lavaca correspondent describes gulf coast soil types black waxy soil and black sand loam, yields for corn and cotton, fruit trees and truck farming prospects. He notes rail rivers Navedad Lavaca Guadaloupe nearby, explains crop rotations, costs and potential per acre returns, and remarks on cattle hogs horses and poultry suitability.
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Port Lavaca
Texas
Henry
Charley
Grubbs
Wally Saysonsay
Undercliff
Gulf Coast
Gulf
Lavaca Bay
Navedad
Lavaca
Guadaloupe
Soih
Bermuda
Gange
Jersey
Poland
China
Grubbs Leads Texas Talk on Living Costs and North Gulf Lands
C W Grubbs invites readers to hear about affordable living in Texas with prices for butter hogs cattle and staples plus detailed notes on climate rainfall and bay front real estate. He touts low rents and livable quarters while sharing hunting fishing and property values near the bay.
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George
Bay Front
Texas
C W. Grubbs
Henry City Council Special Meeting Votes for Aldermen
City council held a special meeting on April 22 1908 to canvass the April 21 city election results. Yanochowski 73 votes elected first ward alderman Smith 55 votes elected second ward alderman Leavitt 55 votes while Leavitt won by 13 votes third ward. Green 48 votes police magistrate. adjourned.
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City Council
Haws
Yanochowski
Pace
Smith
Bickerman
Mee- Cune
Ald Cromwell
City of
Henry
F A Yanochowski
Ald Smith
Alds
McCune
Frank Leavitt
Theo Bickerman
Alds Smith
Ald Bickerman
Leavitt
Yano- Ghowsakt
Deneen Defends Illinois Record Against Allegations
The Illinois governor asserts he can refute charges of mismanagement and negligence with proof and reliable data. He argues the public record shows sound judgment and good service, and that criticism from rivals rebounds on them.
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Deneen
Illinois
Jensus
Charles
Ilinois
Unclear Mixed OCR Book List and Names
Fragmentary OCR shows a jumble of book titles and author names such as The Warmer, The He ml ock Avenue Mystery, Two Little Woolden Shoes, The Speckled Bird, and authors like Louis Joséph, Frank West Rollins, Ouida, Augusta. The text mixes numbers and stray punctuation without coherent article context.
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New Library Books
Louis Joséph
API
Ada
Anne ‘Warner
Frank West Rollins
Jacquette
Grace el Cody
Ormean
Ouida” S Wy
Wilson
Roberts Waters
Henry County City News Items Reflect Local Elections and Commerce
Henry city voters kept the council at four Republicans and two Democrats with a Democratic mayor. A. H. Green was elected police magistrate. Parsonages will be taxed. Illinois River lock photo featured. Marshall County interscholastic meet May 22 23 at Sparland. Seed prices rise Clover 3 13 Timothy 2 50. Nine fishboats passed downriver headed to Beards Town. Lehman resigns as Mattoon mayor amid revenue cuts. Princeton Record issues an industrial edition. May 1 contest to select Marshall County participants for the Inter Scholastic contest at the ME church. Libbie Hunt graduates as a Chiropractor. Prohibition sweeps Illinois with over 1 000 saloons closed. John G Oglesby, son of Governor Richard Oglesby, runs for lieutenant governor.
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Henry
A. H. Green
Supreme Court
Illinois
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Mississippi
Henry Republican
Marshall County
Sparland
Beardstown
Hennepin Canal
Vivian
Eugene
Lulu
Moko
W B
Nellie
Hope
Tyche
Lawrence
Paul Jones
Mattoon
L. L Lehman
First National Bank
University of Illinois
Princeton Record
Moses
Noah
Pbutttheark
Libbie B. Hunt
T. 5S
Hunt
Palmer Institute
Davenport
Geneva
Neb
John .G. Oglesby
Hig
Audh -Honore
School Notes and Arbor Day Plans Reported
Nellie Forbes is this week's pianist as the high school baseball team prepares to meet Lacon at Pavilion Park next Saturday. Arbor Day exercises are set for Friday at the schoolhouse with a 2:46 program including songs essays readings and recitations by pupils and teachers.
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Nellie Forbes
Lacon
Pavilion Park
Prof
Mrs King
Magnolia
Mr King
Henry
Jessie Mallary
Minnie Bickerman
Louis Meter
Margaret Myers
Pearl Bush
Margaret Green
Reading
Minerva McKenzie
Violet Balloweg
Pauline Forrest
Florence King
Arbor Day Creed
Magdeline Phillips
Lacon elects three aldermen amid saloon licensing split
In Lacon the vote brought two Republican anti saloon aldermen and one Democratic saloon supporter. Andrew Baechler won North ward by 17 over D M Dean, Richard Mellon carried East ward by 28 over S C Bullman, and Frank Waters won South ward by 8 over R T Ames. Seven saloons will be licensed at $500 each. The council will be split with four Republicans and two Democrats and a Democratic mayor.
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Lacon
Andrew Baechler
D. M Dean
Richard Mellon
S. C. Bullman
Frank Waters
R T. Ames
Lieense
Mussel Law Grants Licenses For Non-Residents In Illinois
Readers learn a new mussel protection law taking effect July 1. Non residents must pay a $50 license per boat. the rule bans catching shellfish from October 1 to April 1. Local anglers from neighboring states have pressed into the Illinois river harvesting pearls, including a $1600 sale by Wm Kirby.
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Illinois
Illinois River
Wm. Kirby
Kirbyes
Anti-saloon law debate over private liquor use in anti-saloon territory
The dispute centers on Section 13 of the new local option law. Proponents say the act bans sale and delivery of intoxicating liquor within anti-saloon territory, while critics argue individuals may order liquor for private use across territorial lines without violating the law if not shown to be for evading provisions.
Property rates and land prospects in Pueblo 1908 notice
Irregular text lists residents and pricing such as corn 45 cents per bushel oats 40 cents per bushel horses and mules 160 dollars down milch cows beef cattle market price. Mentions land propositions with water and fertility and requests address change for Mrs J Shields in Kiowa county Colorado after four months in Pueblo.
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Andrew Pringfel
Prairie
Addison Tanquary
Steubert
Delbert Marshall
Whitefield
Words Dixon
Saratoga
Fred Raymond
Henry
Andrew Feazel
Hopewell
M Croft
Roberts
J. W. Holtong Vans
A. D. Keedy
Richland
Jie Donnelly
Bennington
C. F. Sehwysmacher
Belle Plain
L. T. Woot
Pueblo
Dri de Tiditte
MF Shields
Illinois
Kiowa County
Colorado
C. Shields
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