Illinois Pardons and State News Highlight 1890s
Gov. Altgeld grants pardons to William Le Harpe G A E Nelson and Carl Herlitz for attempting to defraud an insurance company in Chicago. He also pardons William Douglas for a 20 year sentence from a saloon break in 1558. Illinois Press association officers named amid obituary notes, fire losses, court actions, and local events across communities from Alton to Decatur.
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Gov. Altgeld
William le Harpe
G. A. E. Nelson
Carl Herlitz
Chicago
William Douglas
Oscar L. Wodack
Savoy
Thomas Skaggs
Crawford County
Auditor of Public Accounts
F. H. Caldwell
J. W. Caldwell
A. A. Allen
Milan State Bank
Milan
J. R. Lewis
Dalton Park
Kempton
J. R. King
Macomb
Florine Weisel
Goodhope
Milwaukee
State Association of Volunteer Firemen
Decatur
Odin
William Hamilton
Cairo
Altgeld
Hugh Foutch
Havana
Board of Supervisors
Fulton County
Lewistown
Robert Bishop
Pana
Bishop
Dora Cuttle
Daniel Cuttle
Wabash Railway Company
Tallman & Evans
J. H. Saylor
Herrick
Dawson
Masonic Order
Lacon Woollen
Lacon
John Grieves & Sons
William ©. Claypool
Clifton House
Morris
James P. Martin
Department of the Missouri
John Morgan
Henry
Asa Mulford
Greenville
Illinois Senate and House actions in Springfield February notes
A Springfield legislative round up covers bills on county fee distribution power, bondsmen property schedules, streetcar vestibules, and county house of correction allow outside city limits. Other measures include cigarette manufacture ban, precinct division, military land warrant sales, Keeley league treatment funds, and Keeley leagues support. Adjournments and appropriations proposals, plus a Lincoln monument transfer and repairs, decorate the period news.
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Senate
Springfield
Board of Commissioners
Cook County
Chicago
Houses of Correction
Illinois
Congress
Ill
Keeley Leagues
Mlinois
House Committee On Judiciary
House
Committee On Appropriations
Frederick Douglass
Discovery of Five Frozen Corpses an Entire Family Victims of Blizzard
From Beaufort mountains eight miles south of Lron dale, Missouri, comes a report of five found frozen to death in a remote wood chopping cabin. John C. Warner, his wife and three children perished during the recent blizzard, likely February 4, with temperatures dropping to 15 below. A deer hunter, James Rollins, discovered the scene and neighbors buried the family on the hillside.
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Lrondale
Beaufort Mountains
John C. Warner
James Rollins
Rollins
Miscellany Notes From A Century Ago
Short remarks cover health gossip and language notes. The piece cites lack of exercise harming vision in schoolchildren, explains Soudan’s name origin, Charleston’s land purchase for a public park, Montenegro meaning black mountain, penitentiary feeding costs, Atlantic cable usage, Dean Hon’s view on gender ratios, and Miss E March-Philipps on the rise of recognized women's papers in England cited by Fortnightly.
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Charleston
S. C
Montenegro
Missouri Penitentiary
Dean Hon
England
E. March-Philipps
Pith and Point Humorous Snippets From Various Columns
A collage of wits and quips from 19th century letters and jokes. It includes exchanges on education, suffrage as a shield, romantic boasts, financial talk, and a lord’s sleeping car anecdote, each illustrating public humor and social ideas of the era.
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Sterling
George
Fogg
Boston Transcript
Miss Elder
Boston
Rusher
Buffalo Courier
Demorest
Houser
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Texas Siftings
Hardy Upton
Abraham
Tranbel
Abraham Isaac Jacob
Lord Aberdeen
London
North
Hawthorne's White Mountain Meeting With Tobacco Loving Deer
Prof. J. H. Gilmore recalls meeting Hawthorne at the White Mountains with Pierce Loring and Spofford. Hawthorne resisted mingling at the hotel and smoked on the veranda. He grilled Gilmore with questions, shared woodcraft lore, and noted a deer fawn fond of tobacco after Hawthorne offered it.
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J. H. Gilmore
Hawthorne
White Mountains
Pierce
Loring
Spofford
United States
Iie
Chicapo
Acquaintance Introduces Friend to Mr Bullion
Mr Bullion, slightly deaf, meets Maj Pyle as Chicago Tribune reports the introduction. The exchange hints at how Bullion made his fortune during a social moment.
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Mr. Bullion
Jones
Maj. Pyle
Chicago Tribune
Trade Revival Brings Booming Business for Sporting Goods
A manufacturer reports booming trade as he reveals a four million pair sprinting shoe order for the Chinese army amid a broader revival in manufacturing. The exchange with a trader highlights optimism and international demand driving industrial output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ch'aese Army
Indisovapelis Journah
Faulty Financing and Degradation of Credit in Bond Deal
A New York World editorial laments the governments bond contract as a foolish bargain that degrades U S credit. It argues the Treasury overpaid for bonds and ceded eight months to bankers amid secret negotiations, comparing values to Jamaica and British Guiana and contrasting local Massachusetts issues to national securities.
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France
England
Treasury
Carlisle
Jamaica
British Guiana
Fiji Islands
Athol
Mass
Boston Water
Brockton
Cambridge
Detroit
Haverhill
Hudson County
New Jersey
Lawrence
United States
Congress
N. Y. World
Dem
Debt debates mirror a nation’s fiscal arc
A historical critique contrasts past Republican debt reduction and sound money with current administration’s revenue reform. It cites 1865-1890 gains, sober warnings on expenditures, and calls for accountability from Carlisle and Congress amid partisan tension across New York Advertiser Tribune and Chicago Inter Ocean sources.
Democratic losses cited as cost of governance
A New York Tribune piece argues democracy is costly, detailing declines in railroad stocks, bonds, wages, and savings over two years. It compares wealth losses to a rising national debt, estimating per capita government costs and attributing substantial declines to Democratic governance and policies.
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Cleveland
N. Y. Tribune
A Troubling Child in Harper's Young People
Juliet W. Tompkins writes from Harper's Young People about a troublesome girl named Louise described as a doll with a turned up nose four white teeth and lace. The author lists mischiefs from bursting a red balloon to hiding and rides on wagons and broken knife blade. The plea asks readers for advice to manage the difficult child.
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Louise
Juliet W. Tompkins
Harper's Young People
Grand Duke’s Dinner Wager Ends With Pickpocket Triumph
A Russian grand duke challenged Parisian thieves by inviting the French ambassador to a dinner. A swift pickpocket was planted among table staff and, amid jokes, began stealing. The ambassador withdrew a potato instead of his watch, triggering laughter as snuff, seals, and a toothpick vanished. The grand duke revealed he had also been robbed.
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Batie
Paris
St. Petersburg
Novel Mouse Trap for Household Use
Simple homemade trap ideas from a New York Recorder excerpt. A jam jar with a suspended baited paper cross attracts mice and a board ramp lets entry. For rats substitute a barrel with water and a brick for escape, attracting more rodents by morning.
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N. Y
Proposals Rejected by Postal Card in Brooklyn Life
A humorous remark notes a proposal written on business headed paper, followed by a rejection sent on a postal card, reflecting a witty social exchange cited in Brooklyn Life. The line captures early 20th century manners and social quirks with crisp, period flavor.
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Brooklyn Life
Bear maul duel and a tale of the curious ear
A vivid tale recalls a fall day in the Mandawaska woods when a maul swung from a tree and struck a bear in the nose. The bear attacked, was outmatched by the weapon, and the narrator notes the animal’s hard head. Also included is a note about a boy in Indiana who hears with his fingers, using touch on the throat to substitute for hearing. The boy’s discovery brings happiness despite awkward social moments.
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Homer
George McLean
Omaha
Gallatin County
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Decatur
Stephen H. Welie
Deere & Co
Moline
Charles Comes
Philo
Sherif
H. V. Wilson
Ottawa
Vulcan Iron Works
Cairo
Bill
Scott
Charles G D. Roberts
St. Nicholas
Indiana
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Illinois State News
Illinois Press Association
C. D. Tufts
Democrat
Centralia
W. L Eaton
Register- Gazette
Rockford
Arthur C. Bentley
Guide
Baylis
T. A Fritchle
Republican
Olney
J M. Page
Jerseyville
C. M. Tinney
Gazette
Virginia
Lovejoy
Alton
Henry Tanner
Buffalo
Elijah P. Lovejoy
Godfrey & Gilman
State Board of Agriculture
William H. West
Mount Zion Township
Sam Bush
R. G. Robinson
Warren County
Monmouth
Mascoutah
Sheldon Graves
That City
Hunter
Princeton
American House
E. A.vaughn & Co
William Cozzens
Champaign County
Cozzens
White
Normal
William C. Stewart
McLean County
Ielp
Norfock, Neb
John Geiger
New York City
Geiger
New York
Prof. Gilmore
Republican Party
Republic
Ocean
Chicago Inter Ocean
San Francisco
Argonaut
Casio
Mamma
Willie
Jennie
Harper
Polly
Ainselle
Harper's Bazar
Brain
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