Campaign Speech Warns of Tariff Goals and War Costs
A veteran Republican congressman outlines his candidacy for the Eighteenth Illinois district. He recalls 38 years in office, emphasizes tariff protection, criticizes Wilson era policies, and warns that European war would harm U.S. business and exports. He urges voters to back a Republican House to restrain the president.
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Congress
Republican Congressional Committee
Committee On Appropriations
House
Roosevelt
United States
Republican Party
Wilson
Williamson John obituary records York township death 1914
John Williamson aged 61 years 2 months 24 days died July 27 1914 at his home north of West Union after a long cancer illness. He was born May 3 1853 in York township and married Katy Rariden Nov 16 1876. Survived by ten children and two brothers with one sister. Active in Republican politics and a three term township supervisor. Funeral at home with Masonic burial rites and York cemetery interment.
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John
Alex
Mary Ellen~ Williamson
York Township
West Union
Katy “Rariden
Mary Ferguson
Emma Walker
Fairfield
Clara Williams
Clinton
Ind
Anha. Vargas
Belle Gideon
Field
Farry
Merle
McKinley
Alfred
Charles
William
Randolph Farris
Friends Church
Court of Honor
Masonic
Jesus
Jerusalem
Minnesota
T. J. Wheeler
Masonic Fraternity
Board
Supervisors
York Cemetery
Three More Indictments Over Freight Rate Discrimination
Three additional indictments have been filed in the U S court against O Gara Coal Co of Harrisburg Ble Four Tailway for discrimination in freight rates. The cases allege unfair pricing practices in shipping services affecting competitors and customers alike. The actions expand legal scrutiny of rate rebates and discriminatory charges in the coal industry.
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O'Gara Coal.Co
Harrisburg
Ble. Four
Tailway
Farmer life and price woes echo in public musings
A fragmented reflection on low prices, rising living costs, and gender roles surfaces in a dated discourse. It critiques masculine views of women and notes voting patterns where women allegedly favor practicality over appearances. The piece wanders through social tropes and a wry sense of fatigue.
Notable visits and local crime in Hutsonville district
Mrs. Yeoman of Portland visits Minnie Hurst and relatives as Orval Winters returns from Detroit auto school. A 50 pound catfish from the Wabash is caught by Will Merritt. Dr. Carlisle of Robinson named medical director of the Modern Woodmen in Illinois. Cutler and Bruce McKinzie, two Big Four switchmen, jailed in Saling county for beer theft. interstate case to be tried in Danville Federal Court with possible Leavenworth sentence.
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Yeoman
Portland
Oregon
Minnie Hurst
Dana Newlin
Chicago
Ina Newlin
Orval Winters
Detroit
Will Merritt
Carlisle
Robinson
Timois
Cutler
Bruce
McKinzie
Harrisburg
Saling “County
Dan O'Brien
Big “Four
Hinton
Terre
Haute
Danville
Leavenworth
Eanaas
Great American Volcano Katmai Erupts Again Near Alaska
Reports from Captain McMullin of the Dirigo describe Mount Katmai near the Alaska Peninsula throwing vast sulfurous smoke. The 1912 eruption described by the National Geographic Society is recalled, noting ash showers, darkness, and widespread dispersal of ash to Kodiak, Juneau, and Vancouver Island. A later reflection emphasizes the eruption’s magnitude and atmospheric effects, with historical comparisons to Krakatoa and other famed eruptions.
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Katmal
McMullin
Dirigo
Alaska Peninsula
Aleutian Mountains
Seaman
National Geographical Society
Washington, D. C
Geo. C. Martin
Mount Katmai
Alaska
Katmai
Society
Dawson
Fairbantes
Dallés
Kodiak Island
Afognak ‘Island
Kenai Peninsula
Kodiak
Juneau
Kitchikan
Yukon Valley
Vancouver ‘Island
Puget: Sound
John’ E.thwattes
Dora
Earth
Krakatoa
Coseguina
Tomboro
Shaptar Jokull
Papandayang
Katial
Amalik” Bay
Atofiak Isla
Kakhinak River
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Joe
Cannon
Illinois
Americas
Europe
America
Sohn" Williamson
Oerses
Merom
Bluff Chautauqua
J. L. Pleasant
Pres Palestine
Tihor
Se Lg
Ahah
J. Parker
Sécy
Mérom
Great American Volcano
Iinots
W. Scott’ Matthews
Manhattan Bldg
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