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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1909
Page
6
A jumble of global topics and social ideas surfaces from an old issue. Notes touch on Roosevelt, Castro, and English education, with glimpses of suffragette activity, patent hints, and aviation schemes. The prose shifts rapidly among politics, science, and fashion.
The text notes production of certain medicines photographs and dyes in four states Wiehlean Ont Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Last year's output reached 1,379,496 pounds.
Fragmentary note questions wild animal abundance in Africa and suggests a domesticated hippopotamus has limited use. references Chicago Tribune in a speculative tone.
Chicago rebuffed reform setbacks as the reform group captured majorities in the city council while Lawrence Sherman was defeated for Springfield mayor by John Schnepp. Across towns and townships, results showed mixed gains for Republicans and Democrats with notable local contests in Utpols and Hillsboro.
Instructions advise dipping slices of bread into a shared beaten egg and milk mixture rather than dipping each slice separately. The method is said to yield equally delicious French toast while shortening the preparation time.
The text notes that swearing by the beard is an ancient custom and remains used among Polish Jews today, though typically in an ironical sense. It highlights the cultural ritual and its enduring, nuanced practice within the community.
A clipped narrative describes a man installing a speaking tube and megaphone in a street car to announce streets to passengers. The text abruptly shifts to a domestic scene about a husband distressed by a seriously ill horse and a malfunctioning motor, with a punchline about the new man mixing up petrol and oats for the horse.
Former Senator receives same number of votes on sixty seventh ballot as lawmakers at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield. Deadlock remains unresolved as the fight for the senate seat continues.
In a Springfield joint ballot Wednesday United States Senate race results show Hop King at 75 votes, Foss 15, Shurtleff 17, Richard Yates 1, Stringer 33, Mason 2, Comiskey 1, Kinsella 1, Williams 28. Other names include Lowden 1 and Evana 2 with several minor selections.
Illinois lawmakers were awakened April 1 by supposed calls from a man at the city police station seeking their counsel. The trio searched for Brown at Jefferson street station but were told no such caller existed. The incident coincided with a university of funeral honors for Maj. Gen. Scott in Olney, attended by Gov Deneen and eight companies of the Fourth Infantry.
Senator W Clyde Jones introduced a suffrage bill to aid women in aldermanic elections, sent after brief debate to the Chicago charter committee. Springfield Federation of Labor opposed three shotfirers bills, arguing they would shift mine costs to miners. They also attacked a proposed Ninots state fair relocation and launched a campaign against the meas ure with a card action to be argued later.
The Pokagon Potawatomi protest Senate Bill 284 seeking to sell submerged lands along Lake Michigan now held by Illinois Steel Company. William H. Cox and William E. Johnson sign, alleging no treaty relinquishment of rights and urging state rights review by the commission already authorized to examine submerged lands on lakes and streams.
Belated bills moved through a sparse session focusing on standardizing weights and measures. Proposals aim to align Illinois with federal standards, empower county sealers, and require net weights on all food receptacles. Other measures address utility pole taxes and railway berth pricing.
The supreme court Wednesday denied a rehearing petition in the case where William A. Bartlett and others sought a writ of mandamus in Cook County circuit court to compel Chicago's mayor to close Michael Kennagz saloon on Sunday. The high court upheld the circuit and appellate court rulings, asserting the court lacked authority to supervise the mayor in this matter.
Upon reconvening on Wednesday lawmakers began considering many bills delayed by the senatorial stalemate. Introduction had been postponed with committees now busy. In one week 100 measures were offered, totaling 554 in the House and 384 in the Senate.
Mrs O Toole recalls Casey birthday night with two bottles of rare liquor. A family scuffle ensues with black eyes punches and a skillet swipe. Police and a judge intervene. Casey gets ten days.
Frank P. Lewis of Peoria buys what is described as the biggest lot of fancy tobacco held by any factory in the United States. The purchase includes twenty four carloads selected from a premier crop, intended for Lewis' Single Binder Cigars.
Two well known Washington society women rang a friend's door but found no answer. After delays the new cook opened and, when asked the purpose, answered in a brusque way tasting bread and saying she had been making bread with a crude expression.
An aphorism on aspirations describes them as lifelong joys and solid possessions. It suggests that having many aspirations yields ongoing pleasure and spiritual wealth, a perpetual revenue of meaningful activity, per a quotation attributed to R. L. Stevenson.
A short exchange hints at a detective’s natural fit due to his slouch hat and white neck tie, suggesting a character’s instinctive demeanor and attire mark him for investigative work.
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