Republican Ticket Listed for National and State Offices
The 1884 political slate lists James G Blaine for President with John A Logan for Vice President. State tickets include Governor Richard J Oglesby and Lt Gov John C Smith among others with county and district nominees across Illinois.
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Republican
National
James G Blaine
Maine
John A Logan
Iilnota
Richard J. Oglesby
Logan County
John C. Smith
Jo Daviess
Lev
Henrys D Dement
Lee
Chas P Swigert
Kankakee
George Hunt
Edgar
L E Payson
Livingston Equalization
O J Sackett
Ford Supreme Court
Alfred H.taylor
Lasalle
J K. Combes
Grundy
J G Zeller
Woodford
Representatives
Finland
Payson Speaking at Open Air Blaine and Logan Rally
The Blaine and Logan club held an open air campaign meeting in the public square Monday evening. Hon L B Payson of Pontiac, candidate for re election and congressman for the 9th district, spoke to about 2000 attendees after a formal parade led by the Henry City Cornet Band and a bannered procession. He contrasted the two major parties, defended Hendricks acts, and outlined monetary and tariff issues in an hour and fifty minutes of persuasive discourse.
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Payson
Blaine and Logan Club
L. B. Payson
Pontiac
Congress
Capt McNeal
Lieut
Werner
Henry City
Carter
Henry
DePue
Evans
Jim
John
Oglesby Payson
Dip
Winslow
Hendricks
Democratic meeting to be addressed by Judge Ong and Hon G O Barnes
Judge Ong and Hon G O Barnes will address a Democratic meeting at Bicker Mans Hall this evening. The Henrs Light Guard Band and the Cleveland campaign glee club of Lacon will enliven the occasion with music. Everybody invited to be present. A marching brigade of torch bearers in uniforms with white hats from Lacon LuRose Henry will participate.
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Judge Ong
Hon G O Barnes
Bickermans Hall
Henrs Light Guard
Cleveland Campaign Glee Club
Lacon
Lacon LuRose Henry, Ete
Prohibition Candidate Rev Minter Sets County Meetings
Reform candidate Rev QW Minter to hold county gatherings in Sparland Saratoga Whitefield Sugar Grove Lacon over Oct 29 to Nov 1. Grand prohibition rally in Lacon aims to rally Marshall County voters. Alexander Sullivan cites Irish voting trends to predict October impact in Ohio and Maine.
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QW. Minter
Sparland
Saratoga Town Hall
Whitefield
Sugar Grove
Lacon
Marshall
Eligibility to Vote in Illinois Election Rules
To be entitled to vote in Illinois at the election on the fourth of next November, a man must be a resident of the state for one year, of the county for 90 days, and of the voting precinct for 30 days.
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Illinois
Haye
Local Meet Attendance and Fair Visit Across Town
H J DePue attended the Payson meet Monday night and the Lacon meeting Tuesday night and planned a Venona fair stay of two or three days this week. Joseph Greenlen suffered a runaway incident during the Payson gathering with only carriage bill damage reported.
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H J DePue
Payson
Lacon
Venona
Joseph Greenlen
Prohibition ticket named in Putnam county slate
Putnam county prohibitionists nominate H K Smith for circuit clerk John B Laughlin for attorney Thede P Blake for surveyor and Henry Gardner for coroner The district convention ratified Simon Elliott of Princeton for representative Delegates named were John Swaney and Dr J M Cowen to attend the Amboy congressional convention on October 2.
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Putnam
H. K. Smith
John B. Laughlin
Thede P. Blake
Henry Gardner
Simon Elliott
Princeton
John Swaney
J M. Cowen
Putnam County
Amboy
Gas Strike Halts Work At Frank Seelye Well
In Saratoga township a gas vein was hit during a well dig by Frank Seelye’s workers. The roaring and choking odor forced men to repeatedly retreat for air as they labored nearby. On Saturday October 11 an all day fair at the Grange Hall in Clear Creek features indoor displays of grains vegetables fruits bread butter cakes novelties plus a colt show for yearlings and younger and a chicken show with a basket dinner invited attendees.
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Frank Seelye
Saratoga Township
Grange Nall
Clear Creek
Democrats Nominate Local Officials at Putnam County Convention
Putnam County Democrats held their convention on September 20 electing Circuit Clerk G R S Burney, attorney Frank Whiting, and Coroner Dr G Wo Ram SCY as nominees.
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Democrats
Putnam County
Wooddays
John A Kays
Burney
Frank Whiting
No Experiment A New Cough and Lung Syrup Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup as a sure cure for coughs colds and chest soreness though it invites doubt from skeptics to try a free sample bottle. J H Seaton resigns from the Democratic nomination in the Bureau district for the board of equalization.
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Bosanko
Zimmerman & Aten
J H Seaton
Bureau
Board of Equalization
Hay Fever Relief Promises From Cream Balm Testimony
William U Carr a Presbyterian pastor from Elizabeth New Jersey reports forty five words about Ely's Cream Balm curing his hay fever. He says the product let him perform pastoral duties without inconvenience and that he has not had a relapse. The testimonial endorses Ely's Dream Balm as a hay fever cure.
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Ticheners
Ely
U Carr
Presbyterian
Elizabeth
Birth notices for multiple families in Saratoga and surrounding areas
The notice lists births dated Sept 25 to Sept 30. In Saratoga a son to Franklin M M and Jennie Mendsley. a daughter to Patrick Slavin’s family. a son in Wintefield to Mr and Mrs Roberts A and Elizabeth A Clark. a son to James and Lizzie McCarty in Saratoga.
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Ip Thigerty
Patrick Slavin Sod
F OH Gosodilel
la Wintefie
Mbobert A
Elizabeth A Clark
Saratoc
Franklin MM
Jennie Mendsley
Tr Faratoga
James
Lizzie Nccarty
Local Marriages Reported in Wheatland and Whitefield
Marriages recorded in this city include Pred Townsend of Wheatland and Clara Snyder of Whitefield wed Sept 23 and 24 at local parsonages and churches. Homer Holcomb, Crestun Lyne, and Abbie Stevens also noted in a Wyanet circuit ceremony with Miss Lizzie Longman of Lone Tree.
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MF Parsonage
J KE Taylor
G ‘Townsend
Wheatland
Bureau County
Clara Ib Snyder
Whitefield
Rt Joseph'a Church
J Bailay
Barry
Misa Lizzie Longman
Lone Tres
Wyanet Ccl
Mr Pomeroy
M F Pestor
Homer Holcomb
Wholesale Grocer
Crestun Lyne
Abbie Stevens
Mise Pida
Registry Board Sets Meeting Next Tuesday at ET Dis Osway Office
The board of registry will convene a week from next Tuesday at the office of ET Dis Osway. The notice outlines a formal meeting to discuss registry matters and potential actions.
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Board of Registry
Ofice of ET Dis Osway
Also Mentioned on This Page
Heney Republican
Benny Republica
Marshall Counts
Marshall County
Henry ‘ Planned
Henry Light Guard
Niagara
Blaine
Logan
Cleveland
Stire Campaign Club
Cleveland and Woodricks
Juling Watercott
John Hartley
Burt
Jos N Krenz
Cow Carroll
G F Paskell
UE Zimmerman
Townsend G
Griswold
Alexander Sullivan
Irish Land League
Ohio
Henry Miarke
Opring
RFK
Wade
E Pingle
Whitefield Township
T. P. Coan
Haury Station
Washington White
Kent
Culver
Monroe Street
Market Street
Richard Street
Edwarda Street
Acts
Pool
Republican Printing Office
M C Quinn
Newmarkets
Hutchins & Moodey
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