Theodore Roosevelt Jr Weds Miss Alexander in New York
The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church near New York hosted the June 20 wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Miss Eleanor Butler Alexander. Prominent guests attended while Sol Roosevelt watched the ceremony. the couple planned a Sagamore Hill honeymoon and a move to San Francisco for business duties.
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Forest Conservation Question Sparks Local Debate
A city page notes a query on forest conservation linked to household labor and wood gathering. The exchange references community figures and a Pinchot stance, reflecting local tensions over natural resource management.
Destruction of Labor Rift and Local Political Moves
A string of state items reports miners condemning closed meetings after strikers clash with hoisting engineers, injunctions by Big Muddy Coal on miners, and an Illinois attorney general ruling that inheritance tax funds cannot cover attorneys’ fees. Includes investigations of Soldiers Home neglect, a Quincy brokerage office shutdown, and various public notices from Springfield, Peoria, Bloomington, and Odin.
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Russel
Illinois East Side Grain Weighing Unified With St Louis
An agreement between Illinois railroads and Merchants' Exchange of St Louis ends double weighing. East St Louis and nearby towns will use Merchants' Exchange weights, aligning with St Louis proper. Illinois grain shippers gain easier access as grain shifts toward St Louis as a receiving center. The ruling, set to take effect around July 1, ends the prior requirement to weigh grain at Merchants' Exchange and at local receivers.
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Crane’s Crusade Satirized At Illinois Graduation
Urbana scenes at the University of Illinois commencement saw 578 degrees awarded in the thirty-ninth annual ceremony. President Edmund James praised Mr Crane while lampooning his attacks on higher education, noting strong demand for Illinois graduates from business and professional worlds.
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Richard T Crane
Chicago
Edmund Jane James
University of Illinois
Crane
Miners Insurgents Routed at Camp Lincolon Meeting
Rebels in the miners organization were defeated when their mass meeting at Camp Lincoln became a love feast. Resolutions endorsed delegates to the Peoria convention and state officials, with thanks to State President Walker and National Vice President Frank J Flayes for their speeches. The insurgents had sought a new state convention and resignations, while accusing the state organization of misusing strike benefit funds.
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Miners’ Organization
Camp Lincolon
Peoria
Walker
Frank J Flayes
Deep Waterway Setback Delays Starved Rock Route
Peoria report outlines a major setback in the Illinois waterway project from the Great Lakes to the Gulf as Judge Worthing sustains CB&Q Railway demurrer blocking the drawbridge plan at La Salle. An appeal will follow. Also city ordinances in Murphysboro ban toy weapons and the state insurance chief rejects a reinsurance contract. A 7 year old boy, Fletcher Barnes, was killed by a car in Rockford, his mother remarries the night before.
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D. M. Swain & Son
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Ottawa
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Old Lady Credits Cuticura For Hair Regrowth
A Mrs. Dunham of Hiram Maine says Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured her eczema and restored her hair after doctors failed. She notes her daughter in law’s feet also improved with the same remedies over several winters. The report includes a 1909 quote from Ellsworth Dunham.
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S. Ellsworth Dunham, Hiram, Me
Resinol Ointment Praised Worldwide for Itch Piles Relief
An article cites a Brookline Massachusetts user Christopher Holmes praising Resinol Ointment as the best remedy for itching piles after twenty five years of discomfort. The testimonial claims relief from a single application and notes only occasional use thereafter.
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