Illinois Republicans renominate Fifer at Springfield
Illinois Republicans met in Springfield for the state convention. A. J. Tropkins became permanent chair, delegates and electors were chosen, and Gov. Fifer was renominated on the first ballot along with Lyman Ray Hertz Pavey and I. N. Pearson. The platform endorsed protection, sound money, anti-trust measures, and education, with strong praise for Harrison Blaine and Secretary Blaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Filer
Sornerteig
A. M. Jones
State Central Committee
Hopkins
Simnoric P
A. J. Tropkins
Shelby M. Callom
Richard J. Oylesby
Joseph I. Cannon
Joseph Robbins
James H. Gilbert
Miles Kehoe
George LB. Swift
Samuel Raymond
Thomas Vernon
B. O. Jones
Richard M. Skinner
Whitman
William D. Preston
William E. Kent
Niels Junl
Gould
Hirge
W. C. Kuedffner
William Garrett
John W. E. Thomas
Madison R. Harris
Fifer
Longenecker
Clark
Hunt
Marsh
Vifer
Lyman B. Ray
Henry L. Hertz
Gen. Pavey
I. N. Pearson
George W. Prince
Salon Phibrick
Champaign County
Emory Cobb
Kankakee County
R. P. Stenson
Union County
State University At
Champaign
George 8. Willits
Chicago
Richard Yates, Jr
Ilinois
Harrison
Minneapolis
United States
Harri Tison
State Department
Blaine
Democratic Party
South
Congress
Postal Telegraph
Postal Department
Department of Agriculture
Department of Labor
Gov
Cullom
Illinois
Pyysideidtes
Jutoleson
Cook
Ames Meaphan
Election Electors Named for State Convention
The article lists electors from districts one through twenty and names for each district, including district one Joseph Badenock Jr in Cook and district twenty R W Wheatley in DuQuoin. It notes resolutions were passed thanking officers for their services as the convention adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Fullerton
la Salle
J. B. Wilson
Iroquois
Isaac C. Edwards
Peoria
W. HH. Harline
St. Clair
James S. Martin
Marion
W. C.S. Rea
Alexander
Joseph Badenock, Jr. Cook
Thomas McMahon
Cook
Madison R. Harris
Millard R. Powers
George ‘Tt. Lyons
Lake
R. H. Wiles
Freeport
Tremp Lynch Mob Torture Ends With Return to Jail
May 5 In Virginia between Alexandria and Fairfax county jail two masked men seized tramp Bower Robinson dragged him from an officer and swung him on a limb along the road. After forcing him down twice he begged for death and was finally carried to the jail in a frightened state. Robinson says he once lived in Hagerstown Maryland until the brutal attack on Friday on the Little River turnpike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Slagerstown
St. Clair County
Mike Henderson
Phasbe Lewis
Lebanon
Settlers Win Land Fight in Ashland District Case
In Ashland Wisconsin on May 6 a landmark decision awarded title to over 1000 acres within the city limits to settlers Peter Lamar John R Prince Harry H Beaser Roy Prince Will C Judd and J Hl Snydier. The land tied to two overlapping Knight purchases rejected by the department as invalid the ruling stands final unless appealed to the secretary of the interior or potentially the Supreme Court on constitutional grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asnunland
Wis
Ashland Land District
Ashland
Peter Lamar
John R. Prince
Harry H. Beaser
Roy Prince
Will C. Judd
J. Hl. Snydier
Col
J. I. Knight
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Col. Knight
Secretary of the Interior
United States Supreme Court
Cattle Die From Buffalo Gnats and Other May News
Large herds in Kentucky low grounds near Carro die from buffalo gnats filling the air as rivers recede. Fires are lit to ease inhalation. cattle stand or lie for hours. Workers cover faces to avoid the same fate. Also May 5–6 items: Chinese exclusion law becomes law after presidential signature. Harrison to attend the World’s Columbian Exposition ceremonies in Chicago with cabinet. fatal explosion at Torona, Pa. kills engineer and fireman. bystander injuries. senate debates Sunday opening of the world fair. Peruvian steamer hawser cuts, injuring two dock workers in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carro
Kentucky
Washngton
Harrison
Chicago
Chicago Committee
Plans for the Coming Great Political Struggle
Congressman Hopkins of Aurora outlines Illinois Republican aims at the state convention in Springfield on May 5. He touts growth, declares Illinois strong in population, agriculture and industry, lauds Grant and Washington era leaders, and argues for protectionist policy, tariff unity, and McKinley bill success. Hopkins predicts a Republican victory in 1892 with Harrison’s administration and Blaine steering foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illnois
Springfield
A. J. Hopkins
Aurora
Republican Party
Ilinois
Tlinols
Republic
Bates
Liberty
Union
U.S. Grant
Dlinois
Democratic Party
Milneis
American Republic
Edward Atkinson
Congress
Germany
Cleveland
Alea
Harrison
James G. Blaine
Minneapolis
United States
Ulinots
Public Drollery Echoes From Old Papers
A collage of quips from Washington Star New York Sun Jeweler’s Weekly Kate Field’s Washington and Boston Gazette features sharp lines on hats jokes about minors and a pirate remark about a daughter. The snippets capture a primed humor and social snapshots from a bygone era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choly
New York Sun
Oruers
Wilkins
Swelup
Kate Field
Washington
Rick
Loston Gazette
Illinois State News Chronicle of crimes and deaths in 1890s Illinois
A long wrap of Illinois items notes a drunk man named Wilson struck by a Central fast mail train near Donola, dying briefly then reviving to boast of worth. court cases include Rhinehart acquitted for Rollings’ leg wound. Reports cover deaths, census data, suicides, lynching aftermath, a nude body found in the Mississippi at Red Bud, a boy dragged by a plow line, and fire damages. Also listed are notable deaths, a world’s fair guides plan, a fox hunt at Camp Point, and local accidents and crimes across several counties with names like Ames, Baker, Kilner, Painter, and Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlinois Central
Wilson
Donola
Atheneum
Chicago
Henry B. Bryant
Bryant & Stratton Business College
Corps of Guides
Ed Kilner
Robinson
Mattoon
J. A. Vanarsdale
Carrollton
United States
Internal Revenue Department
John Ross
Rockford
Charles Antille
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Roclkton
George II
Clifford
Alice Martin
Bechtold
Breese
Grant Atterbury
Shelbyville
Candlerville
John Miller
Mode
Shelby County
J. B. Mathews
St. Clair County
Henry Zimmerman
Shiloh Valley
Buncombe Mining Company
St. Louis
Camp Point
G. W. Newsom
Prof. W. Leshy
Cairo
Newsom
William Whitmore
Champaign
Daniel Cushing
Nashville
Mes. Iuaies Jo Anderson
TE © Adams
Annie Akins
Untitled 19th Century Ads Compendium Fragment
A jumbled collage of historic ads and snippets, including Hall's Catarrh Cure promotion, testimonial blurbs for various Toledo druggists, medicinal claims for Syrup of Figs and Hale's Honey of Horehound, plus assorted quotes and notices from newspapers such as the Galveston News and Washington Star. The text mixes product pitches with editorial asides and stray lines, offering a snapshot of period marketing and editorial voice.
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Health
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a safe guaranteed cure for women’s weaknesses. It claims the medicine restores health and vitality, with a money back guarantee if it fails to satisfy. Also markets Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as an easy remedy for sick headache biliousness constipation indigestion and liver stomach bowel derangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Scott
Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure advertisement
The item states that colds can affect kidneys and future issues like rheumatism and pneumonia, and promotes Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a sovereign remedy. It claims the product incites kidney action to remove uric acid from blood and promises no opiates, with small bottles at 25 cents and large at 50 cents from SYLVAN REMEDY CO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid
Sylvan Remedy CO
Peoria, Ill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tremp
Wasumerox
Altoona A
Torona
Pennsylvania & Northwestern Railroad
Moulton
Ake
Yor
Waasuington
Senate
Morrill
Vermont
Boston
Joseph Silver
George Neal
Pat
Pert
Cleverton
Dashaway
Antiquarian Society
Washington Star
Illanois
Will
Andrew Rhinehart
Dennison
Marion Rollings
Rhinehart
Rollings
Nathaniel Ames
David I. Ames
George H. Wolfe
Jerseyville
Ames
Methodist Church
Lula Paddocks
Henry Paddocks
Theodore Baker
William H. Baker
Willow Hill
Mississippi River
Mudd's Landing
Red Bud
Michael George
Clinton County
Pew Lines
Hall
F. J. Comsny & Co
Props
Toledo
FP. J. Cheney
West & Troax
Walling, Kinnan & Marvin
Toledo, Ohio
D. Cressey & Co
Galveston News
Dr. Harter Medicine Co
Crescent
Texas
Hale
Pike
Beerham
Edom
John F.jones
Pake
Lane
Broons
Henry Ward Beecher
London
Iet
U. S
G. W. Simmons & CO
Oak Hall
Mass
Charles Lawrence
Nati
Swift
Jouhn McDonald
AleDonala’s Mills
Swift Specific Company
Arianta
Kennedy
Donald. Kennedy
BECP
Geery
TEASS
Harter Medicine CO
Tower
Solar
Craegee
Paris
W. Baker
Grocers Everywhere
W. Baker & CG
Dorchester
Maas
L’art de la Mode
New York
Cnter Ib
Mona
East
AN. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Dearborn St
Rumely
Powers M. Rumely CO
la Porte
Ind
U.S
Pucey
Cart CO
Baw
Cincinnati, Os
Pensions
Unty Lawa
LI “Gton
D. C
Garger
A&a Sons
Washington, J. C
Cineinmati
Ipiso
A, N. KA
Laos
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