Civil War veterans Sickles and Black urged for Old Soldiers Day
Strenuous efforts aim to secure Maj Gen Daniel E Sickles and Gen John C Black for Old Soldiers Day at the State Fair. The fiftieth anniversary of the war inspires plans by the G A R and the Board of Agriculture to honor the two greatest living veterans. Invitations have been extended and responses received.
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Daniel E. Sickles
John C. Black
Diiness Department
Treaday
Board
Agriculture
Springfield Illinois State Fair housing plan offers home rooms
Business Men's Association provides rooms in homes of top citizens during the Illinois State Fair. Springfield, smaller than peers, offers better quarters at fair rates. Visitors may reserve via the Commercial Association Information Bureau, with rates from 75 cents to $1 per person per day.
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Business Men's Association
Springfield
St. Nichols
LeLand
Commercial Association
State Fair Bureau Rooms Set at Court House Square
Address Information Bureau of the Commercial Association in Springfield will locate a booth for the State Fair in Court House square during Fair Week with no charge.
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Commercial Association
Springfield
State Fair Bureau
Court House Square
Illinois State Fair premium list highlights big purses
The Illinois State Fair in Springfield runs Sept 29 to Oct 7 with substantial cash premiums and large purses for trotters pacers and horses. Cattle swine poultry horticulture and dairy lead the awards while special premiums honor breed associations and dairy groups, including silver cups and diverse breed prizes.
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Springfield
Chicago Sive Stock World
Devon Yarts Club
Doorham
Shire Horse Assn
Asan
Oxford Down Assn
American Hampshire Assn
Ceeessnsceves
Ess
Archias
Wes Ee
Dairymen's Assn
Mrs Larz Anderson Featured in Society Snapshots
Mrs. Larz Anderson, wife of the minister to Belgium, appears in the current society snapshots highlighting her social engagements and prominence within diplomatic circles.
Larz Anderson Named U S Minister to Belgium
Larz Anderson of Ohio has been appointed United States minister to Belgium after a long career as a diplomat assistant adjutant general in the Spanish American War. He previously served in London and Rome and became engaged to Miss Isabel Weed Perkins of Boston, heir to a $15,000,000 fortune. They wed in 1897 and are prominent Boston society figures with Mrs. Anderson also known as an author.
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Larz Anderson
Ohio
United States
Belgium
London
Rome
Anderson
Isabel Weed Perkins
Boston
George B. Perkkins
U. S A
William Fletcher Weed
Miss Perkins
Their Salaries and Back to the Farm Debate
New York Central president Mr Brown cautions against assuming farming is low pay. He cites a luncheon remark about apprenticeships and the old saying that initial board and clothing rise through years. Indianapolis Journal notes Colonel Edward R Green, Hetty Green’s son, criticizing fashion minded women as clotheslines and money mad.
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OU. Brown
New York Central
Indianapolis Journal
Mr. Green
Edward Rowland Robinson Green
Hetty Green
Pearls of the Wabash Draw Coastal Pearl Seekers
The Grayville Independent reports an unusual run of mussel divers finding pearls along the Wabash. Bly Krause found a 70 grain ball pearl worth around 1600 dollars, Howard Schoenman and Herb McCoy a 60 grain blue lustre pearl sold for 500, Nat March paid 250 for a 22 grain piece, and William Taylor two pieces valued at 100 for 10 grains.
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Wabash
Grayville Independent
Bly Krause
Howard Schoenman
Herb McCoy
French
Crick
Nat March
New York
Jack Cowling
Als P
Carmel
Wm. Taylor
Taylor
Widows Remarrying Cited as Status and Wealth Factor
Witty remark notes many widows remarry when a man shuns them. It claims the richest men often have more friends than foes, implying wealth drives social friendliness more than brains.
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Ushoe
McHoldin
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