Typhoid Fear Grips Illinois And House Leaders
A column discusses Afr. Kitchin potential leadership in the next Congress and opposition to naval expansion. It then reports a State Board of Health alert on typhoid fever, urging sanitation, vaccination, and careful handling of excreta to prevent outbreaks across Illinois with hundreds of cases projected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
C St Drake
Illinois
Minois
Ie State Board of Health
How Much Does a War Cost
The piece explains war expenses rival the value of all U.S. farm lands, pegged at about twenty eight billion dollars after the first year. It notes estimates may be exaggerated but presents a stark view of the cost of keeping armies in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Readers debate loyalties and bias in war coverage
The author notes twelve months of war reporting, publishing two to three hundred paragraphs with varying tones. Readers accuse the paper of pro German or pro English positions, while Wilson is portrayed as largely unseen in the discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago Tribune
Wilson
Cliff Raymond
World Health of Nations and Roosevelt Plattsburg Debate
Column analyzes global happiness and poverty proportions, urging the hopeful eighth to lead by example. It critiques Roosevelt's Plattsburg defense speech as injuring national defense efforts and assigns responsibility to leaders and timing rather than ordinary citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Roosevelt
Plattsburg
National Guard
United States
Army of the
Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Garrison
Movement For
The
Tribune
Chicago Tribune
August Meadows Bloom With New Wildflowers and Weeds
The article notes abundant late summer blooms including ox eye daisies black eyed Susan and many wildflowers such as elecampane wild sunflowers fringed purple frontline weed vervain bone set lobelia Joe Pye weed and swamp milkweed adorning moist wastes. Farmers whose crops were ruined by rain may pick bouquets of milkweed and Spanish needle in the flower filled fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Pye
Terre Haute Tribune
Schools May Bar Children With Colds
Contagious colds prompt boards of health in many cities to consider barring students. Foley’s Honey and Tar advertised as a family remedy to ease coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, sold at City Drug Store. The piece includes a stray, garbled line about Uncle Sam and school books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Health
Foley’s
Ci City
Sam
Hell
State Funds Tied Up by Judge Creighton Ruling
Judge James A. Creighton granted John B. Fergus an injunction against State Treasurer Andrew Russell, freezing about 290000 in appropriations and 130000 in salaries. The Illinois governor may veto parts of appropriations without a full veto, forcing lawmakers who took travel funds to repay. The order could trigger a special session to fund state operations, with total challenged items near 2 million. The ruling left intact 130000 in salaries and 26000 mileage, and refused injunctions on several other allocations including 75000 for the attorney general and 15000 for the insurance supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Creighton
Sangamon County
John B. Fergus
Andrew Russel
Illinois
Creighton
Fergus
Russel
Barrett O'Hara
Ilnois Central Railroad
Dr King’s New Discovery Cough Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as the best cough remedy for colds. It promotes a faithful remedy, claims personal and family endorsement, and lists pricing at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Unclear fragmentary notice from a wartime era
Fragmentary text references Col Roosevelt and possible wartime effort names but content is garbled. Indicates an attempt to extract exact phrases but lacks coherent facts or clear entities to summarize a distinct event or notice.
The Love Laggard by John Rochester
A waning author, once pressured by critics, rewrites his life by leaving city fame for a Massachusetts poultry farm. A newspaper visit hints Lesbia’s lingering influence as a former friend arrives with a message about love and timing.
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John Rochester
John
Lesbia
New England
Rochester
Massachusetts
America
England
John's Gate
Mister Rochester
Leetia
Chapman
Return of Tuscola man from war torn Germany
Frank Von Lankin, who left Tuscola in June 1914 for Germany, returns after 14 months. He endured illness in Kiel, witnessed wartime shortages, and recalls tight bread rations and high prices. He traveled via Rotterdam, faced searches at the border, and says he is glad to be back in the United States with no plans to return to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscola Review
Frank von Lankin
Germany
Schleswig- Holstein
Tuscola
von Lankin
Kiel
Kiel Canal
America
Jong
New York
Rotterdam
North Sea
English Channel
Frank
Flanders
West
Holland
United States
Kidney pains and rheumatism prompt doctor advised remedies
The fragment recalls a patient from Rosemoni Nob who suffered kidney pains and backache. Treatment was advised by a doctor Haley Edney and a product described as a 60a bolts mad of claims to relieve rheumatism. City Drug Store advertised sale.
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O. D. Wrizhi
Rosemoni
Nob
Eyo
Tay
Ty Uy Haley Edney Ipis
City Deug
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Marshall
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North Carolina
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Kitchin
North
Ettehin
Navy
War Department
Kitchins
Campa
France
Payscoxer
Col. Reosavelt
Dave
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