Canal Bond Issue on November Ballot Faces Voters
Illinois voters will decide two questions at the November 8 election, including a twenty million bond issue to finance a deep waterway from Lockport to Utica and an amendment to the state banking act. The canal amendment restricts sales or leases of the Illinois and Michigan canal and authorizes bonds for construction of the waterway and power plants with revenue rules. The secretary of state distributed the propositions to clerks ahead of candidate certification.
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Illinois and Michigan Canal
Utica
Illinois River
Illinois
Illinois and Michigan
Rose
Secretary of State
Forty-fifth General Assembly
A. D
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Sanitary District of
Chicago
Lockport
County of
Will
Illinois and
Michigan
Varna Doctor Nominated for Marshall County Coroner
The Office of Coroner nominates Dr. Peterson of Varna as coroner for Marshall County. He is praised as a capable physician and gentleman with broad practice on the east side of the river. Voters in Varna and nearby areas are urged to support a physician for the coroner role.
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D. O. Wruth
Fruth
Henry
Lacon
BE. F. Peterson O
Varna
Marshall County
Peterson
Fisherman's Luck and All for Angle
A verse description shows a fisherman who spends the day fishing from a log and ends with a single frog as the catch. The light verse captures patience and ironic reward in simple rustic imagery.
Remarkable Maxwell Family Reunion Brings Four Siblings Together
Four Maxwell siblings Samuel of Davenport Nebraska James of Elm Grove West Virginia William of Bloomington and Mrs I D Maginnis Normal gather in Bloomington after 655 years apart The gathering includes relatives from New Concord Ohio Brimfield Davenport and Rock Island and elder ages 73 to 80 plus plans to stay a week recalling past times and family history
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Bloomington
Maxwell
Samuel Maxwell
Davenport
Neb
James Maxwell
Elm Grove
W. Va
William Maxwell
I. D. Maginnis
West Hovey Avenue
Normal
Maginnis
M. J.cochran
New Concord
Elwin Howard
Brimfield
Rodger Merritt
Frank
John V. Maxwell
Rock Island
East
Emerson Street
Ireland
Philadelphia
West Virginia
United States
W Iiam Maxwell
Cenes
Chenoa
William
Henry
Peoria
Nebraska
Kansas
Illinois
Bureau County
Cement Walk Links Henry Cemetery To Lane
A 4300 foot long and 4 foot wide cement sidewalk to Henry cemetery was completed last week costing 1578.80 dollars with one thousand contributed by Henry township and the rest raised by subscription. Payments included Ford 545.00 for walk and material Sigber 1500 for grading Smith 13380 Stevens 350 Doran 200 and other items totaling 578.80. The association plans planting a row of trees along the full length in spring.
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Henry Cemetery
Henry
Friends of the
Henry Cemetery Association
John Ford
Henry Sigber
Taylor Smith
Albert Stevens
Robert Doran
Shearce
Barger Line on Canal Aims at Northern Mississippi Trade
A proposed barge line for coal from La Salle through the Hennepin canal to the Mississippi would establish a harbor between Suburban Island and the Iowa shore and inaugurate steamers from Rock to northern distribution points. Promoters, including ex Governor Sam Van Sant, report securing harbor access and a $1,000,000 Ohio and Mississippi Rivers Navigation Co. with officers in Chicago Wilkesbarre and Minnesota.
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Mississippi River
la Salle
Hennepin Canal
Mississippi
Iowa
Rock
Davenport
J. W
EB. C. Walsh
Marquette
Sam van Sant
Minnesota
St. Paul
Suburban Island
Cincinnati
F. A. Holmes
Chicago
Ohio and Misssippi Rivers Navigation Company
Folows
WV. T. Payne
Wilkesbarre
Kennedy
Grant van Sant
Guard at canal shoots in the dark joke ends in death
A guard patrolling the Illinois and Michigan Canal at Channahon shot at a man who did not halt. The body was later found to be a dummy, revealed by local pranksters who cried I am shot after the gunfire. The guard faces the joke’s lingering attention as Peoria fashion houses prepare for fall millinery demands.
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Channahon
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Peoria
Mr. Graves
Lookout Mountain Post to Decide Its Future
Civil War Veterans call the Lookout Mountain Post No. 94 meeting for Saturday October 3 to vote on whether the post continues or disbands. Members urged to attend and express their preference. absence implies support for discontinuance.
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Lookout Mountain Post
Card of Thanks for aid during illness and burial
To the kind neighbors who assisted in the sickness death and burial of our dear wife and mother your kindness will be long remembered A S Dawson and Family Putnam IL Sept 29 1908.
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A. S. Dawson
Putnam, IL
Editor in Spring Valley shoots mayor in jewelry store brawl
Ike Heller editor of the Spring Valley Review fired at Mayor John Stuart during a confrontation over bribery accusations. The shot missed as Stuart fled to a back room. Heller pursued, then stopped after being urged to drop the weapon. The incident prompted public debate over local corruption and safety.
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Jim Chesseman
East St. Paul Street
Spring Valley
Ike Heller
Spring Valley Review
John Stuart
Stuart
Heller
Ed Howartd
Electric’ Light Company
National Educational Association Sets Plain School Standards
The National Educational Association in session at Cleveland endorses practical, selective schooling over overburdened curricula. It urges thorough drill in essential subjects, quality over quantity, and flexible courses tailored to pupils abilities, criticizing business complaints about student inaccuracies. The statement favors individualized instruction within core English basics. Frost Tuesday morning, Sept. 29, 1908.
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National Educational Association
Cleveland
King
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Marshall
Putnam
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