Taft Lovingly Honored At Peoria Republican Luncheon
Two hundred Illinois Republicans from six districts and forty five counties gathered at the Country Club in Peoria to honor President William Howard Taft. Speakers including Lt. Gov. Oglesby and Mayor Woodruff praised his administration and vetoes. Taft outlined policies aiding workers, manufacturers, and farmers, defended trust laws, and defended the Arizona bill veto. The event included stops at Bradley Institute and Avery Manufacturing, with a banquet at the Coliseum and a Knights of Columbus reception, followed by Taft departing for St Louis.
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Republican State Central Committee
W. H. Taft
Country Club
Peoria
National Hotel
Bradley Institute
Avery Manufacturing Plant
Illinois
Charles Burdick
Edmund M. Dunne
Kinney
Col
F. H. Smith
Congress
Oglesby
Deneen
United States
Howard Woodruff
George W. Prince
Galesburg
O. F. Berry
Carthage
Cullom
Go Ahead Party
Taft
Supreme Court
Arizona
Asong
Canada
Mr. Taft
Shelby M. Cullom
W. E. Schureman
Pekin
Frank L. Smith
Dwight
J. B. Taylor
Hennepin
A. J. Albertson
J. R. Knight
Walnut
J. R. Freeborn
Granville
C. F. Anderson
Princeton
C. A Camp
Henry
Adolph Fehrman
L. M. Eckhart
George Anthony
Kewanee
Palmer Anderson
Cairo Trimble
George A. Burt
Jay Magoon
Lacon
Dede Velde
J. H. Rennick
Toulon
H. W. Johnson
Ottawa
I. M. Lish
Sauemin
Congressman Ramsdell
Louisiana
Archbishop Glennon
St. Louis
S. W. Gillilan
Baltimore
Chicago & Alton
Putnam County
L. F. Boyle
Putnam County Board of Supervisors
Boyle
Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Knights of Columbus
Pauline
Wisconsin
White House
Rock Island
J. J. Glennon
Michigan
Deep Waterway Convention Heads to Chicago
Governors and congressmen prepared for a Lakes to Gulf Deep Waterway convention in Chicago October 12 to 14. Plans call for a 14 foot channel from Chicago to New Orleans with possible $15 million annual asks for ten years. Attendees include 13 governors 10 U S senators 36 representatives and other leaders amid mounting support and headquarters at the Auditorium Annex.
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Lakes
Gulf
Chicago
New Orleans
Congress
W. D. Kavanaugh
The
Kavanaugh
Thomas H. Lovelace
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Lovelace
St.Louis
Memphis
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Auditorium Annex
Auditorium Theater
United States
la Follette
Wisconsin
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Joseph W. Folk
Champ Clark
Missouri
Oscar Underwood
Charles 8. Deneen
O. P. Austin
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Indemnity Rules for Registered Mail Announced
The act of March 4, 1911 establishes indemnity up to 25 dollars for lost domestic third and fourth class registered matter mailed after July 1, 1911. It details caps for first class sealed mail up to 50 dollars, and unsealed third and fourth class up to 26 dollars with international losses capped at 500 francs about 9.65 dollars. Theodore Disosway, Postmaster.
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United States
Universal Postal Union
Theodore Disosway
Graff Addresses Large Washburn Brotherhood Meeting
Hon Jos V Graff spoke to a well attended Men's Brotherhood gathering in Washburn on Sunday. He delivered a fine talk and was later entertained at the home of Harrison Ireland.
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M. E
Epworth
Eusne
Leland Vale
Belle Doyle
Northwestern University
Wilshing
Anti-oaloon League
R. L. Vivian
Jos. V. Graff
Men's Brotherhood
Washburn
Mr. Graff
Harrison Ireland
Reverend William A. Thompson Dies at 84 in Kansas
Obituary notes Rev William A Thompson a longtime Caledonia Oxbow pastor and farmer in Putnam and La Salle counties He died at his home in Kansas aged 80 years 4 months and was buried in Wichita Kansas on Sept 26 The article also reviews the Illinois Highway Commission 1908 1909 report with details on road and bridge construction and costs and notes increasing township demand for commission services.
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William A. Thompson
Wichita
Kas
Thompson
Putnam
la Salle
Caledonia
Oxbow
James B. Chenoweth
Chenoweth
Sparland
Kansas
William
Tonica
Frank Thompson
Illinois Highway Commission
Commission
State Highway Commission
Springfield
Ill
Streator Motor Car Co Faces Bankruptcy Battle
The Streator Motor Car Co makers of the Halladay automobile filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in district court seeking a composition for creditors. Creditors totaling 350000 agreed to the plan and Central Trust Co was appointed receiver. Livingston Radiator Co later sued for 42783 in circuit court, then along with Diamond Rubber Co opposing the receivership. Judge Landis scheduled to hear witnesses before final action.
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Streator Motor Car Co
Motor Car Company
District Court
Landis
Central Trust Company
Livingston Radiator Co
New York
Circuit
Radiator Company
Diamond Rubber Co
Central Trust Co
P. Ryan buys a new five passenger auto
Francis Ryan of Whitefield bought a new five passenger auto Thursday of last week. The note mentions local happenings including harvest yields, social visits, and a burglary arrest linked to two men, with Marshall Walker finally detaining them and bond set at 200 dollars for the grand jury.
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Francis Ryan
Whitefield
Case Auto
George M. Brown
Winfield S. Osborne
Hirangeline Nightwanger
Peoria
William Duke
Mary Ryan
James M. Newburn
Granville
Henry
Katie Forbes
Ward
Noll
John Noll
Chicago
Mike Murray
Dr. Powell
Mike
M. E
Weis
E. V. Brown
Clinton
Ind
Major Brown
C. D. Marshall
James Faris
Mt. Ayrla
Robert Faris
Tecumseh
Neb
James Orr
San Francisco
Humphrey
Piqua
Pacific Coast
J. C. Bacon
Benjamin Cooper
Benjamin Sturges
Bureau
Arthur Scofield
Putnam
Marshal Walker
Princeton
of Sparland
Henry the Grand Jury
Princeton Tribune
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Country Club House
National
Will Peterman
Ben McBride
Peter Harrington
John Tartar
H. S
Helene Hannum
Magdaline
Helen Phillips
Velma Rowe
Vivian Heininger
Leota Hunt
Hsther Ertle
May Sivell
Eva Blankenship
Barbara Haws
Margaret McManus
Slaught & Lennes
Henry Woman's Club
G. M. Locke
Mary Paskell
Evelyn WB. Jones
Art Institute
Sophie K. Zeller
Mesdames Lovett
Locke
Stickel
Townsend
Elizabeth K. Hendrick
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