County Option Battle Looms After Local Law Votes
Anti-Saloon League leaders vow a state wide campaign to control the legislature and repeal local option, while dry forces defend the law and plan to push county option fights. Judge Rufus M Potts notes Springfield as the prize and warns the struggle will be aggressive and nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Chicago
Anti-Saloon League
Springfield
Rufus M. Potts
Reisch Indemnity Company
Drys
Milwaukee’s Socialist pledges threaten bread and beer
A Milwaukee political plan promises free bread or penny lunches, municipal fuel and water, eight hour workdays at union wages, and a strong public transit drive. The platform links tax relief, low prices, and home rule to mayor-elect Seidel’s victory, urging civic backing to turn promises into action.
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Milwaukee
Jack Cade
Seidel
Popular and Successful Author Miss Saunders of Nova Scotia
The article profiles Miss Saunders later known for Beautiful Joe selling 500000 copies in multiple languages. Born 1861 in Milton Nova Scotia, she educated in Halifax and abroad, taught briefly, then turned to literature. She won 200 prize dollars for Beautiful Joe but publishers delayed acceptance. she kept the manuscript and the book became a front rank animal story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Marshall Raunders
Joe
Milton
Nova Scotia
Miss Saunders
John Alden
Longfellow
Evangeline
Halifax
Kienye
Scotland
France
American Humane Educational Bectaky Beret
Rose
Charlotte
St. Mary’s Bay
Courright
Wm. C. Back
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Promises Relief
A nostalgic ad touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a guaranteed remedy for throat and bronchial troubles sold by druggists. The copy contrasts wealth with generosity, referencing Rockefeller in a rhetorical aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Sheriff Sale of Miller Property in Clark County Illinois
Sheriff of Clark County announces the sale of real estate belonging to George E. Miller and Emma Miller to satisfy a judgment in favor of McCormick Harvester Machine Company. Sale set for Saturday April 30 1910 at 1 pm at the east door of the Marshall courthouse Clark County Illinois.
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Circuit Court
Clark County
State of
Illinois
George E. Miller
Emma Miller
McCormick Harvester Machine Company
Hfe
North Range
Ill
West
Clark County Flndis
Court House
Marshall
John H. Davison
J J. Arney
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Boonantey
Gauvin & Gentzel
Pee Marshall
Saunders
Rockefeller
Sheriff’s Sale
Rambler
C. A. Dixon Marshall
Ilinois
Marshall, Illinois
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