Railroads strain as two cent law bites and cars dwindle
A sprawling digest notes rail line tensions with few cars for shipments and passenger congestion despite the two cent law. It cites Ada Mixer hauling seed for $469, mining and coal trade strains, and local worries over anti saloon votes and currency debates amid broader economic shifts.
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William Mixer
Adama c
See Pie
Beardstownn
Salones
Quincy
Cebu Tet
Rossville
Fritz Koch
Peoria
Agustina
Gottlieb Markmann
Markmann
Koch
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Proctor & Gamble Company
Cincinnati
Soap Trust
Henry Republican
Monmouth Soap Works
Irving
Sheffield
Fred Madge
Peru
Western Passenger Association
Illinois Museum of Natural History
Arsenal
Springfield
Law
Edtanilehs
Aeree
A. R. Cook
Limitation of Chicago Representation Prompts Illinois Debate
A long argument cites New York Pennsylvania Maryland and Missouri as models of limiting city representation. Speaker Shurtleff presses to curb Cook County power, arguing it serves Illinois all communities. The piece also notes a Fayette NY veteran praising Electric Bitters for digestive and general health relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
New York
New York City
Pennsylvania
Phileceshia
Maryland
Baltimore
Missouri
St Louis
Illinois
Chicago
Shurtleff
Cook County
Freeport Journal
Gettysburg
David Parker
Fayette, N. Y
A. J. Ironmonger
Illinois Education Commission backs recodifying school laws
Spring field hears Bayliss call for a complete recodification of Illinois school laws to remove obsolete provisions and simplify language. He argues current statutes are a patchwork, conflict with each other, and poorly understood by teachers and officials. He urges blue penciling and systematic reorganization of certification and related provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P, Grout
Winchester
America
Wallace Evans
Illinois River
Peorfia
Rock Island
Herald-Transcript
la Salle
Ottawa
James Newbury
James Shoesmith
Twin Bluff
James Clark Newbury
Shoesmith
Ed Swift
Twin Bluffs
Clark
Chadwick
Educational Commission
General Assembly
Springfield
Public Instruction
Bayliss
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W. Dewey & CO
Jantemae John Hartley
J. A Swhm
Shy Wenry
C. Slale
Mainstreet
Jnd Cromwell & Coggshall
Dr. Cromgall
Dr. Cogs
Gall
B. A. Hall
Coe Msinly
Wil Erner
Gresser
Gauber House
School Street
FB. Forrest
N. Madison
Main Street
Eterson Avenue
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W. J. Thomas
Camp House
Tyagmi
F. C. Willett
Ags
Wmbiall
Fred W. Potter
Euone
Menry, Ill
Henry HB. Jacobs
Esinesa
Henry, Ill
Barnes
J. H. Magoon
DR. R. Ss. Bayne
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Seacorn Dentistry
Eis Herry's
Homero, Swift
NN Osteopath Ausse
West Park
John I. Thompson
Stesbos
J.th Republica
Congress
Icult
David
Rankin
Hiram
Funk
Standard Oil, Co. Incorporated
Chichester’s
Chichester
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PLGA
Sidacion
West
Ric Rovisstoe
Francis Kildafe
South Side First Street
LA Salle, Ill
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LaSalle, Ill
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