Eighteenth Illinois District Support for Cannon T
The piece argues Uncle Joe Cannon’s strong lead in the Eighteenth Illinois district contrasts with South Carolina’s Democratic influence. It notes the 1908 majority of 8 000 and the district’s large vote total, urging a larger majority in the current election to reflect protectionist sentiment. It emphasizes the district’s industrial and agricultural breadth and opposition to Democratic tariff policy.
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Joe” Cannon
Clint Bell
Bryan
Presi‘dent
Wilson
Harops
Cannon
Eighteenth
United States
Annon
Congress
Rand
Ilinois
Canada
South -America
Mexico
Orient
Europe
Democratic
South
South Carolina
Illinois
Joe
Senate
House
Hughes
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
Fairbanks
State Board of Equalization
Wm. T. Hollenbeck
John R. Hamilton
E. Walter Green
Douglas County
Harry W. Drake
Clark County
Arthur Poorman
Harry Prist
George Lafferty
R. B. Boyd
Tortured tale of Walter Patterson and a warning skull
Walter G Patterson, a short story writer and former newspaper man from Media Pennsylvania, received by parcel from San Francisco a human skull with his tong name Yet Sho written on the forehead. He says the skull is a warning of trouble from the Hip Sings tong.
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Walter
G. Patterson
Media
Francisco
Hip
Patterson
Johns Hopkins University
Nto
Butte, Bront
Chinatown
Tong
San Francisco
Bellevue’ Hospital
New ‘ ‘York
Mr. Patterson
Beloves
Moedia
Sho
Quotations on Courtship and Trade Wisdom
A fragment discusses how a grouch can become agreeable to a buyer and notes dating rituals. It mentions pre marriage letters and post marriage checks as part of the social chatter. The snippet reflects dated views on suitability and commerce within relationships.
Wireless message sent between planes marks aeronautical advance
In San Diego California an Army machine transmitted a wireless message from one aircraft to another in flight. Captain C C Culver received the message in flight as Lieutenant Herbert Dargue piloted the receiver aircraft. The transmission, sent several miles by Lieutenant W A Robertson, marked a potential world record in radiotelegraphy.
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San Diego
Cal
Aeronautical
C.C. Culver
Herbert Dargue
Wr. A. Robertson
A. D. Smith
National
Culver
Baby Served In Million Dollar Estate Suit
In Bridgeport Connecticut a one year old heir was served with papers in a suit to set aside the will of James Green who died in St. Louis in 1914 leaving an estate valued at about one million dollars. Heirs Laura C Littlebrant and Marian O Littlebrant of St. Louis accuse Green of incompetence.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Cunningham
Riverside
Helen
Green
Harold ‘Rumsey
James Green
Sho
St. Louis
Laura C. Littlebrant
Marian O. Littlebrant
Dunne Expenditure Record Prompts Voter Warning in 1916
A 1916 campaign piece attacks Governor Dunne over four years of state spending, contrasting Dunne’s $84,264,788 appropriations with $49,515,177 under Deneen. It argues Dunne cannot dodge responsibility, cites veto power, and urges support for Col. Lowden to curb waste and higher taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durine
Deneen
Duinne
Dunne
Tiverytman
Illinois
Shadow Tag and Willy's Tongue in Philadelphia Record
A fragment describes Shadow Tag where a player steps on another's shadow and calls the name to switch roles. It mentions sunlit play areas for easy shadow games. The piece also recalls Willys Tongue with a family memory of a talking habit and a mother observing. it ends noting the Philadelphia Record.
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United “States
South “Carolina
Oriental Gang
AX Square
Deadedetiece oSey Oe
Alton ‘ - On
Alton” -Hospital
Sccsccees
University of Tllinois
Cairo
Mound City
Escasces
Lowden
Prince ‘Abert
Albert
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, NC
Prince
Micetazs
Prince Albert Co
Republican Central Committee
Aki
Willy
Philadelphia Record
Sanitary Peanut & Popcorn Store
Lal Toad
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