Public Schools Columbus Day Celebration Planned
The executive committees arrange a Columbus Day program for Friday October 21 at nine o'clock. Veterans from Maine Dakota and Louisiana will be escorted by a color guard into the school for a flag salute pledge and song America. An address on four centuries of American history follows along with an ode and a pledge to patriotism. Francis Bellamy outlines duties for teachers and committees to organize invitations guards decorations and programs.
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Maine
Dakota
Louisiana
United States
Republic
America
Columbus
Europe
Law
Edna Dean Proctor
Francis Bellamy
World
South America
Bold Robbery Attempt on Big Four Train
A robbery attempt aboard the Big Four train from St. Louis near Dorchester, west of Hillsboro, ended when two men boarded at a station and one grabbed a passenger while the other searched pockets. They seized $25 then jumped off and fled across fields as the car slowed for Dorchester.
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St. Louis
Dorchester
Hillsboro
Flora
Carlyle
William Robinson
State Auditor of Public Accounts
State Bank of Rement
Theodore Toussaint
F. G. Hocking
Jacksonville
Fair Grounds
Lady Almont
Mexico
Gimmy Brothers
Carrollton
Provost
Rockford
Seventh Street
John J. Fitzgibbon
Calumet National Bank of
South Chicago
Ed. Walker
Canton
Greenwood Cemetery
Johnson
Mattoon
Charleston
Democrats Seek Return to Paper Money System
The piece argues against restoring state bank notes, recalling prewar currency depreciation and instability. It asserts modern value lies in current national currency, warns a ten percent tax repeal could flood irredeemable notes, and urges voters to preserve the stable, redeemable money system.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Country On Earth
Republican Party
Democratic Platforms Trace Protection Debates Across Eras
The piece surveys Democratic platforms from 1832 to 1892 arguing protectionism shifts from indispensable to unconstitutional. It cites 1882 backing protection as essential, 1872 leaving tariff topics to districts, and 1892 denouncing protection as a fraud and robbery while Congress lacks authority to tariff. It links Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democrats to varied stances.
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Democratic Party
Andrew Jackson
Jackson Democracy
Minneapolis Tribune
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
United States Supreme Court
Cleveland
Watterson
Harrison
McKinley
Jeff Davis
Autumn Landscape and Verse Medleys in Harper's Page
A poetic fragment describes an autumn landscape with fields, river, and distant plowman, followed by clipped verse on youth and motherly care, plus miscellaneous items from a 19th century periodical including short poems and a card game promotion. The tone mirrors a literary miscellany common to Harper's Magazine pages.
Harvest Excursion to Oklahoma and Reservations Route
Third end of Harvest Excursion travels through Oklahoma and Indian Reservations and Texas on the Great Neck Island Route. It is the only road touching these lands now on the market. See hand bills for details and note October 25 for Chicago and Mississippi River points and October 26 for Missouri River points.
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Oklahoma
Indian Reservations
Texas
Great Neck Island
Chicago
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Excursion Rates South by Chicago and Eastern Illinois RR
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway will offer excursion tickets on October 21, 1809 at one fare for round trip to many southeast south and southwest points. Inquiries available at Northern Passenger Agent C W Humphrey 170 East St Paul Minn City Ticket Office 204 Clark St Chicago and Agent offices. Charles L Stone General Passenger Agent room 415 First National Bank Building Chicago.
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Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R
C. W. Humphrey
Northern
East Af St. St. Paul
Minn
City
Clark St
Chicago
Co. & Elrr
Charles L. Stone
First National Bank
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Eyrie
Shasta
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Hidden Isles
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Athens
Thomas Grimshaw
Lindell Rotunda
Jersey
Sentinel
Argonaut
the Flash
Polly
Amy
Goslin
Dolly
Drake
Washington Star
Illinois State News
Macon
Henry W. Waggoner
FE. B. Stokes
Fayette County
Vandalia
Edwardsville Crossing
Alton Express
A. J. Louchheim
Ringold Mill
Whitehall
David Cade
Cade
Morris
Blanchard
Charles Chandler
John Frailey
Chester
Chandler
Frailey
Charles Nelson
Stillman Valley
Dana
Walter Pane
C. T. Cannon
Hancock County
Pearsall
Tex
Carthage
W. J. Hoopengardner
Rantoul
Catherine Yates
Yates
Edward Schumacher
Galena
Greenville
New Athens
Archibald Lampman
Harper's Magazine
Anil
Louise E. van Norman
Letho
Lethe
Edith Sessions
John Sebastian
Gen'l ‘Licket and
Puss
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Express
California Fig Syrup Co
Tich
Nast
McVicker's Theater
Wm. H. Crane
Brooklyn Eagle
Puck
Cueck
Hale
Pike
Trueman
New York
Crocket
Pottstown, PA
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Sebastian
G.T
P. A
Atchison Globe
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H. P. Cansos
Scotland
Hull
Inter Ocean
DiMuisa
Larkin
Anlor
Chicago Medical and Surgical Institute
van Wren Aar
Wataeah Ave
Airdrose Chicago Medical and Surgical Institute
van Buren Street
Anson Hardy
Adda
A. N. Kelloge Newspaper Co
Chicago, Ell
CBI Galseles
Mae Hoy
Anii
Calif
Ceneral Morchanin
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Tony Mast
Reid
Sylvan Remedy CO
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