Blanket Ballot Battle Hits Illinois Senate and House
The Illinois Senate passed a direct primary bill with Gibson blanket ballot provisions, shifting the fight to the House where direct primary and delegate convention forces will clash. Earlier, Walter A. Lantz offered the McConnell bill uniting primaries and elections. it failed 63 to 19 with 69 absent. Senate passage stood 28 to 13 with 16 convention Republicans and 1 direct Republican voting for the measure. A high price investigation resolution seeks a five senator committee to probe the meat trust, with a $15,000 expense allowance and subpoena power. A municipal government commission plan advances in the House committee, changing terms to four years and adding an emergency clause. The harbor control reform in Chicago gains favor in judiciary, while rural-school trends show more city pupils in graded schools and declining ungraded enrollment.
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Springfield
Senate
House
Shurtleff
Gibson
Logan Hay
Yeas—Bailey
Ball
Barr
Breidt
Brown
Burton
Clark
Cruikshank
Curtis
Dellenback
Downing
Glackin
Gorman
Hay
Hearn
Hengon
Holstraw
Humphrey
Isley
Jandus
Lish
McCormick
McElvain
Potter
Rainey
Tossey
Womack
Andrus
Billings
Dailey
Dunlap
Ettelston
Hamilton
Helm
Harburgh
Jones
Juul
Landse
McKenzie
Schmitt
Baker
Broderick
Funk
Gardner
Hall
Lundberg
Manny
Olson
Pemberton
Stewart
Ilinois
Henson
Decatur
Meat Trust
Comitee
Friends of the Commission
House Committee On
Judiciary Committee
Chicago
Municipality of Chicago
Menta
A. Vimilor
Tlmois
Witness
Pardons Board Defends Stensland Release Policy
Charles G. Eckhart of the Illinois board of pardons explains the parole of Paul Stensland saying promises by captors influenced the release while the board bears ultimate responsibility for prisoner outcomes. The article notes the board kept Stensland longer than recommended and cites related comments on faith and duty. It also mentions plans for an experimental agricultural station in Rock Island County funded initially by Superintendent S J Ferguson, including land purchase behind Milan, for youth education. Federal Employes Organise.
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Charles G. Eckhart
Illinois State Board of Pardons
Paul Stensland
Tangier
Board of Pardons
Stensland
Eee
Rock Island County
J. Ferguson
Ferguson
Rock Island
Milan
New Town Growth Across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta
The article notes rapid town growth in Central Canada with railways and schools dotting Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Grain profits of about 195 million dollars in 1909 exceed last year and attract American migrants. Holiday travel by Western farmers costs tens of dollars, with two million dollars spent on transport and many visiting Britain Europe and the U.S. Government agents report satisfaction and plans to bring friends. Free homestead lands remain available and land can be bought from railway firms.
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Central Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Central
Canada
Great Britain
Continent
States
Will You Promise To Love Me Forever
A playful exchange unfolds as George asks Clara to marry him after a seconds long engagement with the cuckoo clock. Clara jokes she cannot promise eternal love as she doubts living that long.
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Clara
George
Epidemic of Itch in Welsh Village Reported Cure
An elderly account from Dowlals Wales recalls a fifteenth year outbreak of a severe itch affecting multiple families. After failed remedies and a famed treatment, Cuticera Lotions and Resolvent were reported to cure all cases. The writer notes family members have used the remedies for many years. June 1908.
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Dowlals
South Wales
Hugh
West
Chicken
Resinol praised for eczema cure amid peculiar ad copy
An old advertisement extols Resinol as a miracle cure for eczema and itching with a patient recounting a $100 prior expense versus one 60 cent jar. A comical anecdote about early rising contrasts Farmer Brown and Farmer Jones over who starts the day earliest, ending with a humorous line about Mrs Jones.
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Farmer Brown
Farmer Jones
Riseroth
Dean's Kidney Pills Promised Cure for Kidney Trouble
Mrs. N Graves of Villisca Iowa testifies kidney pain backache and swelling vanished after using Dean's Kidney Pills five years ago. The advertisement urges readers to remember the product name and buy it at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Dean
Donn's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Catarrh Cure Claim and Fraud Warning
The readers are told of a claimed cure for catarrh by Trall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. The notice asserts constitutionally based treatment and lists Toledo Ohio suppliers. Also included is a joke about true friendship and a dressmaker’s mishap.
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Trall
F J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Lall
Marine Eye Remedy Ad and Rheumatism Cure Claims
An advertisement urges readers to request a 48 page Eye Book from the Marine Eye Remedy Co. It touts eye products for sore eyes and weak eyes plus a rheumatism remedy by Dr. Detchon claiming relief in hours. Ends with a quip about growing wealth to influence bill collectors.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicao
Detchon
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