Senate recalls primary measure debate rages over blanket ballot
The Illinois Senate moved primary bill No. 41 to third reading after a bitter session. The Gibson amendment proposing a blanket ballot passed 27 to 18, while Isley’s substitute failed 28 to 21. Dailey attacked Isley and urged recall of last week’s vote as adjournment honored Speaker Shurtleff.
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Senate Committee
Gibson
Hancock County
Wisconsin
Isley
Jasper County
Senate
John Dailey
Peoria
Dailey
Burton
Macoupin
Henson
Dalley
Dunlap
Illinois News Briefs Cover Fraud Grand Larceny and Local Updates
Illinois items report three men facing a million dollar fraud charge linked to Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad real estate schemes. Other briefs note butter price stability in Elgin, a land quitclaim to a deceased owner in Odin, a rural search for an assailant in Decatur, Masonic school plans in DuQuoin, a two cent law case in Springfield, a Lee statue objection in Nashville, a Greenup burglary, a Quincy civic obituary, Urbana student union funding, Hamilton county turkey profits, Joliet brewery saloon sales, a Catholic Knights death in Carlyle, and coal movement in Bloomington.
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Chicago
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Company
John C. Fetzer
Benjamin Thomse
Charles R. Kappes
Thomas Marshall
Walter L. Fisher
90 000 American Settlers Go To Canada
Canadian land offers free homesteads of 160 acres and cheap plots from nine to twenty dollars per acre. The exodus is driven by high grain demand and rising land values in the United States, with Canada able to supply about 500 000 square miles of fertile territory and government agencies ready to assist settlers.
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Boundary Line
United States
Towa
Indiana
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Roafers Grate on Nerves of Busy Person
A brief comedy note describes how roafers grate upon the nerves of a busy person, highlighting the clash between daily demands and awkward footwear.
Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
An ad claims Ball's Catarrh Cure from J J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is the only constitutional cure. It promises to heal by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and offers a money back guarantee with circulars and testimonials. Also includes a humorous tale about Jim reading a clock and an ad for Allen's Foot-Ease anticeptic powder for tired feet with a free sample.
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Berencs
Ball
J J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F J. Chimly & CO
Agicn
Jim
Allen 5
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Rheumatism relief claim in 6 hours
An advertisement list mocks cures and consumer goods. Claims Detchon’s Relief for Rheumatism relieves severe cases in hours. Other lines tout cigars, gentleness, and humorous quips with a garbled printer’s error tone.
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Pr. Detchon
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