Political notes and a country tale mix in brief
A jumble of political references from various figures and bills plus a rural fable about a farmer and his hen. The piece mentions bills to cut government expenditures and salaries, civic praise for Senator Fort, a New York churchyard quip, and the Magnolia Man and the Hen story with a Spring Valley backdrop and a 300 weight sale ending.
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Magnolia
Spring Valley
Nelson
Spring Valley Cor Peru News-Herald
Quick Witted Girl Teases Two Suitors In Ottawa
An Ottawa Times report recounts a young lady who stays in to nurse a sick relative and cleverly entertains two simultaneous suitors. She directs each man to believe the other is seemingly unaware, keeping both amused until the others return. Her tactic earns praise for wit rather than deceit.
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Ing
Ottawa
Repub
Probate Court Tangles Through Marshall County Docket
The April session in Marshall County probate court, presided by Judge Richmond, disposed numerous cases including People vs James Alayden on abandonment with a verdict of guilty and a fine of 200 plus costs. and adjoined miscellaneous civil matters, real estate transfers, and final examinations for county teachers and pupils with detailed lists of examined teachers and schools.
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Teounty
Richmond
Illinois
James” Alayden
John Hyde
H. Frank
Louis Day
John Day
Copartners
Assumpsit
Homer Barney
Chas. W. Wright
John & Burt
Robert B. Milier
Fred
Potter
Venona
Vindig Central R. R. Company
J. H. Jackson
BR. M. Barnes
Wenona
Journal
Wm H. Porch
W. M
Hatton
J.w.hvans
Joseph Ray
Marshall County
Mallory
Whitefield
Walter Runnells
Ethel B Wright
Maud.Shuorta
Ora Fountain
Frannie—Moffitt
Lee Brokaw
William Wright
Keene Bradford
Arthur Wilson
Eisie B Weir
Chas Dougherty
Henry—Ora Rue
Jennie Ward
Wenona — Mayme Judd
Hattie French
Florence Chalcraft
Sparlend
Halsey Monier
Cora Reynolds
Belle Plain
Jertie A Hoswell
A A M Kleinhen
Law Rose—Pearrl Kemp
Chas Golick
Chas Jesse
Toluca
Mary Colligan
W E Wilkins
Jennie Bacon
O Caldwell
Henry—Andrew Manson
Edith Case
Beulah Wykoff
Sparland
Lole Poarch
Stella Gallupteacher
Okn
Pearl Antrim
Josie Kanive
Walter Schumacher
Carrie Kanive
Gail Broaddus
Rose
Wanda Stenbing
Oscar Shepard
Linnie Fox
Josie Zilm
Nora Zilm
Ben Fox
Frank Perry
Weather slows farm work across states in April report
Directors report slow progress in plowing and planting due to cool and wet/cold conditions. Indiana and Michigan show delayed seeding and frost. Wisconsin reports one of the week’s worst for farming with heavy snows and rains. Iowa and Minnesota note improving soils but late season seeding. Red River flood receding in the north.
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Chicago
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Illinois towns elect municipal officers in Tuesday vote
Chicago April 21 reports show Republican wins across many Illinois cities including Centralia Bloomington Pontiac Joliet Decatur Elgin Braidwood Carlyle Carmi Cerro Gordo Charleston Clinton Havana Kewanee Newman Ottawa Streator Tuscola Carthage and others. Several towns granted licenses while a long list failed to win licenses in communities such as Gibson Milford Carrollton Urbana Lexington and Sorrento.
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Chicago
Illinois
Centralia
Bloomington
Pontiac
Joliet
Decatur
Elgin
Braidwood
Carlyle
Carm
Cerro Gordo
Charleston
Clinton
Havana
Kewanee
Newman
Ottawa
Streator
Tuscola
Carthage
Freeport
Kankakee
Litchfield
Peoria
Jacksonville
Anna
Carlinville
Carroll
Nunda
Farmer City
Flora
Marshall
Hillsboro
Tiskilwa
Jonesboro
Pittsfield
Balem
Plaine
St.Charles
Benton
Mount Sterling
Shelbyville
Princeton
Carbondale
Cambridge
Fairbury
Bement
Exeter
de Kalb
Carmi
Lawrenceville
Petersburg
Moneaqua
Labor Leaders Confer With President On Eight Hour Day
Washington April 20 The executive council of the American Federation of Labor meets at federation headquarters and later confers with President McKinley about labor concerns. A plan for nationwide May 1 mass meetings and an advisory board from each national union is proposed to press for an eight hour day.
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Washington
American Federation of Jabor
Federation
McKinley
White House
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Perry’s Hardware
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Anne H-Duril Inger
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