President seeks 50000 aid for destitute Americans in Cuba
President McKinley urges Congress to appropriate 50000 for immediate relief of destitute American citizens in Cuba and asks State Department to coordinate transport and aid. Message reports consular data showing thousands of Americans starving and without work, mostly in rural central and eastern Cuba. Congress debates funding amid Cuban insurgent recognition debate.
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W. J. Calhoun
Wyestington
Zonday
MicHitt
Bailey Mex
Moring
Dingley
Perepon
Bailey
Senate
House of Representaante
United States
Cuba
Lec
AAD Hos
Congress
William M'Kinley
Ei eMoria
Enn
York
Fitta
Murder Charged Against Luetgert in Chicago Sausage Case
Chicago May 18 Adolph Luetgert a sausage maker is accused of strangling his wife and disposing of her body in a vat of diabolical substances then burning the remaining bones in the factory smokehouse police say. Luetgert denies guilt but officers press a circumstantial case. Three drowned in Philadelphia when a small boat capsized on the Schuylkill river leaving four rescued including a husband and mother of the victims. Three Negroes lynched at Rosebud Texas after jail confinement on alleged attempted rape. Destructive incidents include a man in Defiance Ohio maiming himself with a cannon made from a gas pipe. In Carthage New Jersey money burned funding a rumored theft. The Nashville gunboat patrols the Long Island Sound on an official trip averaging 16.7 knots.
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Rick
Chicago
Adolph L. Luetgert
Ierch
Chicago Avenue
Emk
Luetgert
Philadelphia
Saturn
Schuylkill River
Mia
James Ewen
Xeanore
Jessie Davis
Seman
Sugar Grove notes and local farming updates
Sugar Grove reports 160 lambs and many small stock activities. Residents trade young stock, plant corn, improve school grounds, and note livestock losses this spring. Local names include Sampson Rowe, John Spencer, Will Thompson, Will Daniels, William Stout, Mrs Newman, Peter Bell, Nate Young, Simeon Doyle, Theodore Bickerman, Geo Hannum, and Charleyson.
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Grove
Sampson Rowe
Olake Green
Whitefield
John Spencer
Bradford
Will Thompson
Will Daniels
Mrs Newman
Streator
Peter Bell
Peter
William Stout, Sr
Sugar Grove
Will Dorsey
Will Wright
Nate Young
Nate
Simeon Doyle
Theodore Bickerman
Geo. Hannum
Charleyson
Whitefield Center updates and a travel sketch to Pattonsburg
Simeon Doyle lost a valuable horse named Jane. Mrs Lois Smith was misnamed as Mrs Lou. Decoration services at Center church Whitefield on May 30 at 2 PM with Rev WmkK. Carr delivering the address. The note adds a travel recount from sunup to 11 PM visiting several towns and praising local countryside. Republican funeral convention nominees noted as respected in Peoria and Marshall counties with solid judicial qualifications.
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Simeon Doyle
Jane
Lou
Lois Smith
Center
Center Church
Whitefield
Wmkk
Carr
Spainand
Chas Griswold
Washboro
la Rosa
Pattonsburg
J H Wabel
Magnolia
TF Lash
Henry
Toluca
Clear Creek Social Notes Include Visits and Planting Progress
Nick Klein's children were home Sunday and several neighbors shared visits from Saturday to Sunday. Planting corn progress varied, with some nearly done and others not started yet. Multiple local residents hosted guests including Mrs Geo Reinmeyer Sr and Ina Ransom, Hennepin visiters, and gatherings at Willard Studgvin's. Andrew Morse and O H Ransom attended an MW A initiation in Heavy Friday night.
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Clear Creek
Nick Klein
Geo Reinmeyer Sr
Fred Perdew
Birdie Hailey
Lizzie Zilm
O H Ransom
Ina
Ars LA Forrest
Willard Studgvin
Hennepin
Off Ransom
Ed Chance
Ben Ransom
Joe Maubach
Jack Hartley
Katie Beibold
Klein
A Morse
Schorn
Rob Shields
Babe
Willard
Andrew Morse
Pete Harrington
Chas Kirchman
Local Social Visits and Family Gatherings Reported in Lonetree
Core Murphy shopped in Henry Friday while Mary Hennebery visited in Pearis over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Orvn Johnson, Hinkens, Yerrington, Ball, Bell and family, Rinehart, Downey and others are listed as visiting relatives and hosting gatherings. The piece notes an Endeavor event in Putnam and ribbing about May basket hangers and fence wires.
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Core Murphy
Henry
Mary Hennebery
Pearis
Orvn ‘Johnson
Hinkens
Rinehart
Rand
Yerrington
Ball
Frank Bell
Dave Wright
Vir
Wits
N. Moffitt
Oliver Downey
Grandps Downey
Local notices recount farms and schools in Henry area
Local items report reshingling by F Lanse, poultry exchanges between McAdams Wenona and Hill Whitefield, and a Jersey cow purchase. Mt Palatine teacher Edward Burt returns home after a productive term. Henry public school lists staff including Calhoun Arnold Downey and several teachers. A team accident damages a warehouse door. Pekin ducks on Chas Pratsman’s Putman road farm promise profit. A Pearl Heath surprise birthday tea commemorates the class of ’97 and a Queen Esther cantata funds a circulating library.
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F. Lanse
Mortimer Smith
John Lawshae
Sénéna
McAdams
Wenona
J. C. Hill
Whitefield
James Diverbiss
County Farm
Anderson
Maria Davis
New Jerusalem Church of the United States
St Louis
Miss Henderson
Davis
Misa Davis
Big Bridge
Board of Education
Henry Public School
W. Calhoun
Crystal Lake
McHeary County
Frances Arnold
W. E. Downey
Carrie Carpenter
Carrie Carpenter, Miss McMurtris
Chillie
Gertrude Bickerman
Mamie Locke
Elise Helper
Lulu Tolbert
Charles Parmelee
Allen and
Prentice
Martin Green
Paskel
Bua
Second Street
John Kline
Chas Pratsman
George Parling
Putman Road
Henry
Hanor
Miss Pearl
George Harney
Earl
Queen Esther
Esther
Persia
Christ
Mordecai
Haman
Morde
May Party and school news from Henry and Savanna updates
A Henry May Party at Hotel Undercliff drew ten couples with music and dancing. Prof Wallace ends a four year Henry Public Schools superintendency to lead Savanna schools, praised for improvements and respected by the community. Comrade Goodrich receives pension increase and a soldier monument portrait honors his Civil War service with Battery I, 2d Illinois Light Artillery.
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Wallace
Henry Public
Savanna
Carroll County
Mra Wallace
Henry
Board of Education
Co. Sapt. Mallary
J H Jones
Francis H. Goodrich
Payton
Hoej
Francois A Goodrich
Will County
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U. S
Illinois Volunteers Light Artillery
Charles W Kelth
J Stollerand
Nashville
Tenn
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Blackland
Farmington
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Georgia
Oneshoro
Carolinas
Washington
Ballard's Snow Liniment Widely Sold Across Regions
An advertisement touts Ballard's Snow Liniment as the most penetrating remedy from coast to coast capable of curing rheumatism neuralgia sprains bruises wounds old sores burns sciatica sore throat heat inflammation and animal injuries. It claims effectiveness after other remedies fail and lists Dr Powell as the seller for five cents.
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Ballard
Atlantic
Pacific
Lakes
Gulf
Dr Powell
Farmers Struggle Between Showers to Save Crops
Farmers race short windows between rain showers to protect crops amid uncertain weather. A pessimistic forecast warns of potential losses if rainfall continues to disrupt field work and harvest plans.
River traffic and excursions on the Peoria river route
The article traces river activity including the Sir Charlotte Beckler and ice barge Bnow passing through a lock from Peru to St Louis, upcoming excursions by the Str City of Peoria to Henry and Peoria to LaSalle, and reports on ships City of Peoria and Glad Tidings plus local incidents and notices about nets and river commerce.
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Charlotte Beckler
Bnow
Peru
St Louis
Peoria
Henry
Ida O
Chillicothe
DePue
E. H. Heath
Oblasgo
Copperas Creek
Alton
LaSalle
Minois
St Joseph’s Catholic Church of
Stocktender Kinnear
Chicago
Peorta
Saturay
Capt York
Charles Balowog
Tom
Dean
Charles
Wm York
Cherles
Depot shipping and railroad time changes noted in region
Recent shipments include three lumber cars to residents, horses and hogs sent to Chicago, grain moved daily toward Chicago and Ramons area. A windmill outfit and a new underground pump system linked to a triangle water setup were described as completed and tested.
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Henry
Theodore Ricobolson & Co
Bacol laureate sermon in Cuba highlights moral culture
Rev J N Fawcett formerly of Whitefield circuit now in charge at Cuba Fulton county preached the Bacol laureate sermon before the Cuba graduating class on Sunday evening May 9. The Cuba Journal notes the text Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth and praises the careful, practical moral culture the sermon offered. Fawcett also to preach the Memorial sermon next Sunday before the G A R and community. A second item reports plastering failure at the M B parsonage cellar overnight, leaving mortar on carpet and furniture the next day.
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J N. Fawcett
Whitefield
Quba
Fulton
County
Asel
Rev. Fawcett
Cuba
M. B
A Bount Liver Makes a Wolf Man
An old advertisement claims liver trouble causes a range of ailments and promotes Herbine as a万能 liver medicine. It touts a 75 cent price and free trial bottles at Dr Powell's.
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Dr Powell's
Compliment From Belgium’s Attorney General Implicit Press Praise
The Belgian attorney-general praised the press as a soothing influence that lulls the restless public mind. He spoke of grave sealing articles enriching columns and guiding readers toward repose and quiet contemplation despite agitation.
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Belgium
Emin Pasha Will Declared Valid by Berlin Court
The Berlin supreme court ruled Emin Pashas will valid leaving property to a daughter by his Abyei wife. A claimant, who bought Turkish wifes rights, challenged the will. In Paris two more victims died from injuries in a charity bazaar fire.
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Emin Pasha
Paris
de Laume
Bazur Fire
Trans-Continental Line Promises Colorado Tours From Chicago
The Sonato Route to California promotes July 1897 meetings in San Francisco and offers special trains to Colorado via the Great Rock Island and Scenic Route. A pamphlet with full information on money and route for trips and Rockies outings is sent free on application to Joan BeBastian G. P. A. Chicago.
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California
San Francisco
Colorado
Great Rock Island
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