Freeport Licenses Target Fakirs and Political Tales
The Freeport business men push a high license to curb fakirs in the city and will bring the plan before the city council. The paper recounts speaking tours by Congressman Payson and quotes a Macon county speech by John A. Brooks, plus anecdotes about Sam Parker and Gen Harrison.
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Freeport Business Men's Association
John H. Young
Macon County
John A. Brooks
Mr Brook
South
Bourke Cochran Advice on Public Speaking and Slang
Bourke Cochran discusses how young men should learn to speak effectively by presenting clear information with concise language. He emphasizes listening to great orators, studying rhetoric, and avoiding unnecessary sentences. The piece also surveys slang evolution and notes a New York coroner’s remark about higher mortality on the building’s fourth floor.
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Bourke Cochran
Burke
Des Moines
New York
Court -Froyse- Matters Meal Estate Transfers
Court records list multiple property transfers to Wenona coal company and various individuals across Beare, Evans, Lombard, and other local parcels. Births note Bruce and Catherine Harris and others in Varna and La Rose. Local labor convention nominees for governor all declined to run.
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Wonona
Aimobhy
Boarland Coal Co
Ft Trustess
Boarland ‘Coal Co
Oue
Actins
Beare
John Epple
Lota
Holaton
Jos Reynolds
Evans
Suliehere Sheen
Helen Church
Eppie
John Btckel
Raend
Encer
Ramuel M Kohler
Varna
Rael Kaobier
Mary
Mont poRmery
Lombard's
Holmes # oacock
Hamilton
Wenona Coal Co
Fowler
Mae
Bruce
Catherine Harris
la Rose
Via Sarios
Emma Floheburg
Lst
Meet
Oeenor
John August Schwarts
Ida C Gustafson
Nels Peter Johnson
Ida Carlson
Decatur
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