Rates and people in a bustling 1907 Illinois issue
June 20 1907 report covers rail excursion rate threat state pension increases clergy fare reform groundhog law licensing hunting changes and river betterment plans. Notes include Hedding College president search, Pacific senator elections, sparrow control, molasses purity, Pontiacs Chautauqua lineup, and the Hennepin canal impact on freight rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Bay
Undertakers
Peoria
Illinois Undertakers' Association
Pontiac Chautauqua
Riverview Park
Pontiac
Ill
William J. Bryan
Henry A. Buchtel
Colorado
Lou J. Beauchamp
Wm. J. Dawson
England
Fred T. DuBois
U. 8
Idaho
Wm. B. Geil
J. Frank Hanley
Indiana
Daniel W. Howell
Leonora M. Lake
W. H.,main
Kokichi Morimoto
George P. Stuart
B. Hez Swein
A. C. Folsom
Supreme Court of the United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hennepin Canal
Mississippi River
la Salle
Illinois River
Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
Sixtieth Congress
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Heals Chronic Sore
North Carolina reader John Garrett credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing a four decade old sore after other treatments failed. The ad promotes the salve at A. J. Trondmonger’s Drug Store for 25 cents and touts local paper subscriptions as essential for a public spirited citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
John Garrett
North Mills
N. C
A. J. Tronmonger
Ideal All Around Newspaper Promises Broad Chicago Record Herald Reach
The Chicago Record Herald claims a brilliant array of features for every family member. It highlights foreign news via its own cables and major partners, plus extensive domestic coverage, sports, editorials, society notes, books, fashion, and a daily magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chicago Record Herald
William B. Curtis
Walter Wellman
Record-Herald
New York Herald
World
Journal of Commerce
Associated Press
Kiser
New Fishing Law Enforced In Illinois By July First
The Illinois fish commission under Nat H. Cohn issues a new licensing and seasons regime for hoop nets seine and tramme l nets. Licenses cost 50 cents per hoop net and five dollars per 100 yards of seine or tramme l net with various permitted periods and locations. Violations carry fines from 25 to 200 dollars. A short anecdote about Little Tommy notes a river safety lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat H. Cohn
Illinois Fish Commission
Illinois
Ohio
Mississippi
Big Wabash
Calumet
Abrogation of Harriman Rock Island Agreement on Alton
The 1904 accord between Harriman interests and Rock Island over the Alton railroad is abrogated by mutual consent. Alton stockholders will now manage the property with the Rock Island holding a majority, Harriman interests about 25 percent. A stockholders meeting will elect a new board under the new plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Rock Island
Rock Island Company
Alton Railroad
Alton
B. F. Yokum
J. B. Forgan
Alton Board
Captain Lukyn Shire Stallion Listed for 1907 Season
Captain Lukyn, a black Shire Stallion bred in England and imported to the United States, is entered in the American Shire Horse Stud Book and owned by the Whitefield Shire Horse Company. The 1907 breeding season calendar lists venues and noon and night shows with insured colts at $15, and care disclaimers by groom Henry Fulks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Lukyn
W. H. Sagar
Padiham
England
Robert Burgess. & Son
Wenona
Til
Carlton Melton
Diamond
Sirmon
Cyclone Z the Fine Race Horse at Bergantz and Sparland
Cyclone Z a chestnut stallion stands 6 hands 1 inch high and weighs 1275 pounds. Bred by Col. Young 13356 and by Young Tim 2009 from Hambletonian line, with Peduro ancestry. He will stand at Bergantz’s barn Henry Thursdays and Sparland Saturdays, then at owner’s Sartoga Township barn. Terms 15 dollars to insure a colt to stand and suck. Insurance forfeited if mares leave. Care by George and J. Rickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Young
Young Tim
George Wilkes
Hambletonian
Sir William
Peduro
Perduro K
Clayton
Joe Nelson
Cyclone
Bergantz
Henry
Sparland
Sartoga Township
George and
Rickey
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Anna Custer Hall
Seerrs
Henry, Ill
First National Bank Capital
R. Jones
L. Jones
Charles Motter
W. W. Dewey & CO
New City
John Hartley, Jr
J. A. Swemn
Henry, III
C. Eisie Smith
Main Street
DRS
Cromwell & Coggshall
A. Hall
Gresser
Dauber House
School Street
W. J. Thomas
Camp House
F. C. Willett
Whitefield. III
McKillip Veterinary College of Chicago
Maulfair & Hanson
Chicago Veterinary College
Ford Central Mcnabb, Ill
Fred W. Potter
Henry B. Jacobs
R. M. Barnes
J. H. Magoon
Barnes & Magoon
Lacon, Ill
Wr. R
Bayne
J. J. Herry’s
John I. Thompson
J. S .Thompson & Son
Lacon
A. Williams
BR. C
Henry, Il
Columbia
Main St
Express
A. B. Seelye Medicine Company
Abilene
Kan
Campbell Building
R. J. Sivell
F. Forrest
M. D
N. Madison
N. Adams
Ryan
Lake City
G. Vale
Warren Cowles
D. Pas
Aszt
Jefferson St
Efford, E
D. O
Osteopathic Physician Office
Hartley Bldg
James R. Robinson
Ian
Akes
Chichester Chemical CO
Madison Place
Philadelphia
Hannah Duston
Hannah Duston Shoe CO
Mass
Cselied
George Burt
George A. Burt
George Burt & Son
Republican Office
Hedding College
W. P. MacVey
Spencer Memorial Church
Harry Gough
Depauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Deneen
Gillespie
iIn
Board of Review
State Board of Equalization
Commissioner of Pensions
Warner
Transcontinental Passenger Association
Iowa
Washington
Oregon
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Senate
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Department of Agriculture
Flyes
Princeville
Henry Republican
Kingsford
Oswego
T. Kingsford & Son
N.Y
National Starch Company
Tommy
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Shire
Ed Rowe
Samson Rowe
George Moore
J. C. Meisters
Whitefield Shire Horse CO
Henry Fulks
Cyclone Z
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