Remarkable Havana Pioneer McFadden Retains Vigor Beyond Ninety
McFadden of Havana, a longtime estate builder and elevator pioneer, returns from survey work for his farm in Mason County. At ninety he still manages vast holdings and directs his business through a secretary, with his sons now controlling McFadden & Co. He reflects on Civil War era politics and the modern trade policies discussed for postwar Europe and Allied economies.
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McFadden
Havana
Tite
Mason County
Bray
Ais
Jooks
Wigor
Retary
Peoria
Mason County Bank
Oat
Cass, Menard
Maison Counties
Mc‘Badden ‘&’Co
G. C. ‘McFadden
B. H. McFadden
Brom
McBadden
Janda
Peoria County
Lana
Kansas
Coffey County
Hoe
Chi‘cago
Waverly
Halls Summit
Kan
Derth
Pilgrim Cures Young Woman At Carey Shrine
A paralyzed, nearly blind girl, brought to Our Lady of Consolation shrine in Carey, steps from a train and is said to be cured after the annual pilgrimage. Hundreds, including Ela McAuliffe, witnessed the moment as the girl shouted she had been cured and left her wheeled chair behind.
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Our Lady of Consolation
Carey
Ela
McAuliffe
Dog Bite Fails to Fiddle with Trousers Twist
A dog bit Michael Ehrhardt in East St Louis or nearby as his leg was injured by a torn pair of trousers. He fired two shots at the dog after anger rose at the animal’s actions. Mrs Bilberman had Ehrhardt arrested for discharging firearms near a grocery store on Sixth Street and Piggot Avenue.
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Texas
Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Sista
Louis
Rosie Sil
Derman
Michael Ebrhardt
Ebrhardt
Bilberman
Ehrhardt
Rey
Monarch of the Forest Tree Stands as Community Monument
The Register notes a 27 foot 9 inch circumference monarch tree on harmon Sie gert farm one mile back from the Wabash on the Indiana side. Known as Baby Oak it has withstood woodmen’s axes though aging shows decay at the top and signs of further decline since Columbus discovery days.
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Siegert
Indiana
Columbus
America
Hull's drive yields broad reform measures in Illinois
Senator Hull led a push for direct primaries ending the Packed Convention and Soap Box era. His agenda includes anti graft laws, worker protections, civil service merit tests, state charity reforms, insurance oversight, a highway commission, pure food oversight, and empowered public utilities scrutiny. He also backed anti loan shark laws guaranteeing fair wage loans and state efficiency.
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Illinois
Champions of Progress
Morton“D.hull
Thompson
Hull
Acta
Chicago
Frank Lowden
Band of Hope
Efe
Pure Food Commission
Commission
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
The
Public Utilities Commission
House
Assembly
Coffin Bargain Hunt Ends Without Purchase
A Jackson county farmer toured undertakers in Murphysboro and nearby towns seeking price quotes for coffins while his seriously ill wife remained alive. He asked about color and price, visiting morgues in Carbondale, Blixville, De Soto and Vergennes, but no coffin was bought.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Carbondale
Blixville
de Soto
Vergennes
Murphysbore
King's New Discovery Promotes Cold Relief
Advertisement urges readers to use King's New Discovery for cough and throat relief. The copy emphasizes pine tar antiseptic and balsams, noting slight laxative effects and quick relief, recommending keeping a bottle at home as cold insurance.
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King
Whitcomb Riley Poems Sold At For Trade Sale
Fragmentary note indicates a sale involving poems by Whitcomb Riley. Details are unreadable but reference to poems and a trade sale context are evident.
Death estate valued high after long life of gifts
The estate is estimated at 200000 to 250000 dollars despite many large gifts made in his lifetime. Henry Eitel, brother in law of Riley, explains Riley fulfilled all bequests he planned. The poet’s charitable gifts were substantial. Ambrose Gary of Sulphur Oklahoma notes kidney trouble and says Foley Kidney Pills gave relief after three bottles.
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Henry Eitel
Orother
Ambrose Gary
Foley
Th. I
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Syed
Great Britain
Teutons
Polis
McCall
Napoleon Cape
Verona
Clarke
Foley's
Ats
Witelees
Paris
Cartier
Monarch' of the Forest
Lorimer
Pias
Combine
Morton D. Hull
Hull Campaign Committee
Logan Hay
Secy
E. 6Th Street
Springfield
Riley
Rich
Jamies “Whitcomb
Lee
LEE “Vana
Charles Branden Stein “Marshall
Hinds
Gilles
Velvet
Jubes
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