The Republican enters its 42nd volume with steady growth
The Republican outlines forty two years of ownership by the current proprietor, promising fair, non mudslinging reporting, complete Birth Marriage Death records, and a strong subscriber base. It pledges continued quality job printing, modern equipment, and weekly ad changes, aiming to be a welcome fireside newspaper and advertising medium.
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Republican
Countiell
Aly State
Henry
Republican Party
Amendment on corporate employee contracts in state constitution
The article analyzes a proposed constitutional amendment from Springfield after six months of study, seeking to empower the General Assembly to enact and enforce laws regulating contracts and relations between corporations and employees. It argues the measure would challenge the present constitution and warns broader labor–corporation regulation could burden lawmakers and be struck down by courts.
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Springfield
General Assembly
Commencement at Henry High School Honors and Music
The program included 25 testimonials for graduates Miss Wossler Dennis Kellogg Noll Payton Smith and Horr. Miss Mary E. Pierce sang and Marino’s Italian Orchestra performed with harp solos while Masters Harry Clark and John Gregory handed flowers. Prof Cross led the event praising the school’s order and leadership and urging continued progress under new management.
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Henry High School
New Opera House
T. F. Clover
J. R. Paskell
Howard Young
L P. Bush
Geo Helper
G. M. Clark
L. M. Lincoln
C. A. Camp
Henry Yaeger
Frank Baer
Evangeline
Thanatopsis
Longfellow
Bryant
Cross
Marino
Arthur Miles
Wm Woolley
Olimer G. Smith
Katie Woolley
Washington
Lincoln
Katie Payton
Columbus
Newton
Wm Paxton
John F. Noll
Yella Kellogg
Board of Education
Miss Wossler
Dennis
Kellogg
Noll
Payton
Smith
Miss Horr
Mary E. Pierce
Miss Pierce
Prof Cross
Sheriff Shortage of Deputies Sparks Riot Fear
The passage argues that a sheriff cannot secure deputies to quell riots incited by striking laborers. It cites citizen timidity and sympathy for strikers as increasing risk, noting a Joliet Lemont drainage district clash that led to deaths. State troops were finally deployed as a last resort and both sides feared the military.
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Lemont
Joliet
Ballard's Horehound Syrup Sells Fast In Town
A. L. Armstrong, veteran druggist, touts Ballard's Horehound Syrup as the best seller he has seen, claiming it cures coughs and throat and lung diseases, including croup and whooping cough, with relief in one minute. Sold at Powell's drug store.
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A. L. Armstrong
Ballard
Powell's Drug Store
Civil authority blamed for drainage district riot deaths
Gov Altgeld’s fear of military supremacy, not civil power, caused last week’s deaths in the drainage district. A single militia company could have saved lives and kept down rioting without firing a gun. Civil authority often encouraged riots. if Lemont Mayor McCarty had closed saloons and cleared idle men, there would have been no riot or funerals.
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Israel
Irving Dennis
S& Day
Athens
Sparta
Rome
Laura A. Horr
Nature
Olimer G. Smith
Washington
Katie Woolley
Robert Hunter
Board of Education
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