Marriage prompts legal action over newspaper bill
The article notes Wobb Keginter and Miss Seessie Sterry wed at Pontiac yesterday and a court ruling holds eight men and their wives liable for a newspaper subscription debt read by the family. Judge Oliver in Rock Rapids, Ia awarded Germania Publishing Co. twenty dollars as a household necessity. The piece also reflects on political upstarts entering public life and the ideal of senators from Illinois acting with integrity.
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Oliver
Rock Rapids
Germania Publishing Co
Newspaper Power Mobilizes Town Growth in 1897 Outlook
The piece argues newspapers drive business and population growth, noting strong influence in attracting capital and labor to enterprising communities. It surveys politicians and editors, praising Gov John R Tanner and Major McKinley as national figures, and discusses Illinois political control by the Republican machine with editorials from the Dwight Star and Herald.
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Dr-Talmage
United States
Major McKinley
John R. Tanner
Illinois
America
Altgeld
State of Illinois
Republican Party
Tannerlain
Dwight Star and Herald
Congressional Returns and Festival of State Totals
The official canvass shows party margins across districts with Republicans winning most seats. Notable districts include Mann in the First, Lorimer in the Second, Belknap in the Third, and White in the Fifth with varying pluralities. Four states exceed one million votes. New York leads.
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Tllinois
Mann
Lorimer
Belknap
White
Cook
Foss
Prince
Reeves
Cannon
Warner
Graff
Marsh
Boyd
Hinothsen
Dem
Beventeen
Honnelly
Jett
Hunter
Campbell
Baker
Smith
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Drainage Meeting Unites Illinois Valley Delegates in Seek Waterways
A large gathering from Illinois Valley towns, including Marshall County officials and Peoria representatives, formed the Illinois Valley Association to press Chicago for proper water and sewage treatment. They adopted a resolution demanding a minimum flow of 310 000 cubic feet per minute per 100 people in the drainage canal and ensured navigability of the canal as it serves the valley.
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Illinois Valley
Peoria
Marshall County
RB. Fort
Thompson
Potter
J. W. Niece
O. A. Camp
Ken McNeal
T. van Antwerp
W. H. Athay
F. A. Barr
T. Gapen
Geo Wightman
W. B. Powell
Putnam
William Wheeler
D.m. Winship
W. H. Wheeler
Chicago
Illinois Valley Association
Martin Kingman
Allen
Follet
James G Elwodde
Ottawa
Henry Mayo
Pearis
John M. Niehaus
Beardstown
H. H. Rhineberger
Alton
Henry Brogeman
Marseilles
E. J. Ward
la Salle
J. W. Matthieson
Havana
R-Brown
Morris
I. B. Ray
Des Plaines
Illinois
Illinois River Valley
River towns unite over Chicago water plan at convention
Delegates from Peoria and surrounding towns rally to demand Chicago fulfill pledged water amounts for the canal. They oppose evading the law and aim to form an executive committee with members from Henry Lacon Sparland Putnam and Hennepin to carry out the convention’s will.
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Chicago
Mayo
Ottawa
Drainage Board
Peoria
O.a.camp
Henry
J.-S-Thompson-Of
Chicago Sanitary District trustees urge broad gauge deep waterway plan
The executive committee at the National Hotel discussed aligning contracts for permanent bridges with the law, backing a deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi via the sanitary canal and south branch of the Chicago River. They urged Congress and the legislature to support a comprehensive, large scale plan to expand commerce and avoid underbuilding projects, and to provide needed state documents and maps.
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City of
Chicago River
Lake Michigan
Lockport
Mississippi River
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National Hotel
Martin Kingman
R. R. Bourland
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