Billions and district maps shape Illinois Senate agenda
The Senate passed Magon’s bill for an extra judge in the Northern District and forecasts a House passage soon. Appropriations are estimated around 760 to 800 million dollars. pension costs total about 145,245,280. Congressional district lines realign La Salle, Marshall and Putnam counties into the 80th district. Debate covers Cuba, Filipino war costs, anti-treating measures, a state sanitarium proposal, and the dictionary trouble over sanatorium naming.
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Magon
Illinois
Senate
House
Springfield
la Salle
Treo
de Kalb
Marshall
Putnam
Reeves
Graff
Carrie Nation to Edit Peoria Journal for a Day
Carrie Nation the temperance activist will edit the Peoria Journal for a day on Tuesday February 26. She will oversee the editorial page with Ant-Saloon league support and W A Brubaker as city editor guiding a sympathetic staff of reporters. The session features remarks on the importance of reading and a plan to petition the state legislature to widen summer Normal schools.
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Carrie Nation
Kansas
Peoria Journal
Charles MceTaggart
Toluca
L. E. Flanagan
Elmwood School
McTaggart
Felmigg
Normal
Marshall
Peoria
Peoria Daily Journal
Union Teachers Meet at Chillicothe in Joint Institute
The Teachers of Peoria and Marshall Counties held a joint institute in Chillicothe with 85 Marshall and over 160 Peoria county teachers attending. Rev Beall and Rev Evans welcomed guests as Prof G C A Dille delivered the annual address urging active participation and the goal of elevating rural and urban schooling through cooperative effort.
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Mallory
Lacon
Louise Helper
Henry
A. Dille
Mabel Ballance
Peoria
Chillicothe
Calhoun
Marshall County
Robertson
Anderson
McQuarter
Felmley
Marshall Counties
Chilledthe
Peorla
Cotty
Beall
J. C. Evans
GC. A. Dille
Glen Oak School
Marshall
Agiin
Scott's Emulsion Promises Strength and Health
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a nourishing food medicine that strengthens the body and fortifies the system against attacks. It claims benefits for those run down or emaciated and notes a price of one dollar at all druggists.
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Ohio
Lauis
Benisons
Food Medicine, Inc
Scott & Bowne
New York
Exposition Booklet Showcases Niagara Spirit and Electric Tower
A Pan-American Exposition booklet from Buffalo features a miniature Spirit of Niagara poster on the cover and envelope. The 16 page green booklet highlights the Electric Tower centerpiece at 18 391 feet, torch bearers, Niagara Falls, and government exhibits with daily life-saving demonstrations by a 10 man crew, among other electric and display pages.
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Bureau of Publicity
Buffalo
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Businessmen urged to favor home papers over cheap advertising
A Santa Ana bulletin reprints a critique of traveling ad men who charge $90 for city and county promotion. The author argues a home newspaper reaches thousands, is lent among families, and outvalues cheap circulars and directories that few see. He urges businessmen to support local papers.
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Santa Ana
Cal
Brita Ana
San Francisco
Bunco
John
Colossus
Rhodes
Tam
New Jell-O Dessert Flavors For Family Enjoyment
A new dessert product named Jell-O Ene offers a family friendly treat with flavors including lemon orange raspberry and strawberry. Available at grocers in packages of ten. Try it today.
Exposition Center Plans and Scale in Buffalo Prospect
Describes a large Pan-American Exposition plan with 850 acres of grounds and a $10,000,000 budget. Highlights include machinery displays, a birdseye Exposition view, the Music Temple, Stadium, and Midway exhibits. Railroads will offer low fares for six months as Buffalo prepares to host millions. free copies available via the Pan-American Bureau of Publicity.
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Buffalo
T Pan-American Bureau of Publicity
La Grippe Cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
F. J. Heyfett, a Winfield druggist, recalls a winter 1898 1899 bout with La Grippe cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He praises the product as breaking up coughing and warding off pneumonia, calling it pleasant to take and widely used. Powell advertises the remedy.
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la Grippe
F. J. Heyfett
Winfield
Chamberlain
Mage
Grippe
Powell
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Senate Committee On Appropriations
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Spain
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