Victory for Colonel Craig in Fifth Judicial District
The Net Résults shows Colonel Charles Craig, Democrat, won the Fifth Judicial district Supreme Court seat. Progressives split the anti Craig vote, aiding his victory while opposing woman suffrage. Craig gained about his party’s normal support. Puterbaugh and Shay trailed as Roosevelt and Taft era baselines loomed.
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Supreme Court
Fifth Judicial District
Charles ©. Craig
Craig
Judge Puterbaugh
Shay
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Becaus
Supreme
Illinois
Taft
Passion for Education in Irish Creek Hollow
In Irish Creek Hollow Virginia two teachers reopened an abandoned log schoolhouse to teach amid primitive conditions. Forty adults joined eight district children, spurring the locals to build a new classroom and living quarters for teachers. The piece highlights a deep American longing for learning despite poverty and political strain.
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United States Bureau of Education
la Rollette
Virginia
Irish Creek Hollow
Butt
Rockbridge County
Community backs schools and bright national promise
A passage extols public support for schools and the broader civic character of the nation, noting that communities will attend schools and rally behind education as a promising trait of the people.
Tariff promises and the cost of living debated
A Cedar Rapids Republican editorial critiques tariff reform rhetoric from campaigns. It argues that despite reduced duties and lost government revenue, the public as consumers will not see lower prices while elites profit, questioning who gains from the changes.
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Professor Wilson
England
Europe
Congress
Cedar Rapids
Village Mall Delivery Plan Aims Nationwide Mail Service
Rep Bailey seeks a 10 million dollar appropriation to establish city delivery in every U S town with 1000 or more residents. The bill targets 1700 towns serving about 47 million people at an estimated annual cost of roughly 7.92 million, expanding from experimental runs in 114 communities.
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Illinois
Bailey
Pennsylvania
United States
Congress
Various residents plan travels and visits this week
Mrs. Wm. Duffery moves toward Oklahoma. W. G. Lee and Dan Lee visit Severy Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Weaver depart for Walnut Ridge Arkansas. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Flenner visit Hamilton Ohio. Mrs. R. C. Berry and son go to Sacramento California to join Mr. Berry. A committee with J. B. Marvin eyes a pumping station site on Hiram Boots land near Greenup along Embarras river.
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Little Son
Sacramento
Cal
Berry
W. E. Chenoweth
George Robertson
J. B. Marvin
Greenup
Embarras River
Hiram Boots Land
Halloween Traditions From Pagan Roots to Modern Frolics
The piece traces Halloween origins from pagan Germany Walpurgis Night to medieval church days and English merriment. It notes shifts from mystic superstition to costume parades masquerades and harmless modern frolic replacing past vandalism and pranks.
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Hallowe'en
Hallowe’en
Germany
Brocken
Hartz
England
Robert Burns
Copperheads in Donica Point Stir War Era Clash
An 1863 Old Prairie Record clipping recalls Deputy U S Marshal Hart pursuing Frank Stark in Donica Point, Indiana. A mob of 42 Copperheads, faces blackened, threatened rescue at the train depot before soldiers intervened and Stark was bonded to keep peace.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Isits Til Pa
Esau Urda
Copperhead
Cincinnati
Edgar County
Knights of the Golden Circle
Frank Stark
Simeon Stark
Donica’s Point
U 8
Hart
Charleston
Stark
Kansas
Tecumseh
Campaign move to urge Illinois constitutional convention
The Citizens Association of Chicago asks city and county officials, legislators, and political figures to back Governor Dunne calling a special legislature to draft a new Illinois constitution. It argues the current 43 year old charter is obsolete and blocks needed reform and broader powers for Chicago and the state.
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Citizens’ Association of Chicago
Board of County Commissioners
Dunne
Illinois
Chicago
Youths Attracted By Money Not Love, Books Say
Readers believe young men pursue wealth over romance, as novels influence their priorities. The text notes love as a social distraction and suggests financial success as the main duty for men.
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Charles Scott
Marshell
Lib
Borald
Clark County
Paris
Beacon
Fletcher
Castoria
Florence
Cole Bros
Enterprise Flour
Terre Haute Fair
Southern Illinois
Wwe
Anderson. Low &Son
Martinsville, Til
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