Deere Seeks Post Office Refitting and Blunt Appointment
Charles H. Deere of Moline Illinois met with President Roosevelt with Comptroller Dawes to discuss refitting the Moline post office and to learn odds on Maj Blunt of Rock Island Army Arsenal becoming chief of ordnance. Illinois interests hope for continuity with McKinley policies.
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Chicago Evening Post
Washington
Charles H. Deere
Moline
Ill
Roosevelt
Dawes
Deere
Post Office Department
Major Blunt
United States Arsenal
Rock Inland
Ordnance Department
Buffington
Illinois Friends
al. Blunt
Maj
Blunt
Rockland Ax
Tate
Maj. Blunt
Pe! Island
McKinley
Mat. Walt
Dry Banquet Shapes Local Alcohol Policy
The Moline Business Men's Association leads a dry banquet effort and will urge other groups to refuse offers of wine at similar events. Local officials say the gathering supports civic needs including a city filter plant, with Moline rejecting a promoter's generous wine offer.
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Moline Business Men's Association
Moline
Alarm at Danvers Ends in False Fire Remark
Danvers Illinois faced a false fire alarm after the water standpipe was drained for painting the tank. A loud bell ruse by boys alarmed residents, prompting a sharp warning of prosecution if the culprits are found.
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Danvers
Presidents Named One Given Name In High Office
The article notes a pattern where most U S presidents have a single given name, highlighting figures from Washington to Roosevelt. It discusses John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and others, and mentions Secretary Hay amid recent events, plus remarks on Bishop Whipple and cultural items like Ole Bulls violin and British coronation attire.
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Aar
United States
Charles Frederick Algernon Jones
William Shakespeare
Tompkins Brown
George Washington
John Adama
Thomas Jefferson
James Mundison
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Roosevelt
McKinley
Henry B. Whipple
Protestant Episcopal Church
Bishop Whipple
Northwest
Burglars Blow Safe in Armada Post Office Theft
Three men robbed the D. H. Harrows general store post office in Armada Michigan. A burglar was fatally wounded in a running battle as the trio fled toward the woods on a handcar. The booty was taken from the Armada post office after a chase with deputies.
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Graham
Lenox
Armada
Serious labor riot shocks Canal Dover after mill settlement
In Canal Dover Ohio on Sept 28 a riot broke out between nonunion workers and striking laborers. John O Neill and Harry McDowell were shot. one may die. The two attacked a night watchman, then faced six returning workers who fled to a boarding house. Sheriff and posse freed them. Strikers and union men across Dennison New Philadelphia and Canal Dover walked out in response.
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Canal Dover
John O'Neill
Harry McDowell
Dennison
New Philadelphia
Freight Trains Collide Killing Two Engineers in North Dakota
A Great Northern rear end collision at Penn North Dakota killed engineer George Dunne and fireman Saunders and injured Fireman William Gill. Brakeman L Bissell lost a leg as eighty cars of stock wrecked. Bodies were taken to the morgue in St Paul. In Purdue University a campus brawl left several injured and endangered Edward Owner Quinn and James Hudson.
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St. Paul
Minn
Devils Lake
Penn
Great Northern
George Dunne
E Saunders
William Gill
L. Bissell
Conne
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Edward Owner Quinn
San Antonio
Tex
James Hudson
Pittsburgh
Heidelberg University President Rev. John A. Peters Dies
The Rev. John A. Peters, 69, president of Heidelberg University in Tiffin Ohio, died Saturday from pneumonia. Funeral arrangements set for Monday afternoon.
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Tiffin
John A. Peters
Heidelberg University
Fully Fifty Cabinet Organs to be Sold at Half Price
A rock island piano and organ sale begins Monday September 30 offering fifty nine pianos and as many cabinet organs returned from agents. Prices drop to $97 to $298 with terms from $5 to $20 cash and monthly payments. The sale runs ten days with evening hours.
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Rock Island
Missouri
Haineis
Iowa
Hallet & Davis
Kimball
Aldrich Announces Abby Greene Wedding to Rockefeller Jr
Invitations issued by Senator and Mrs. Nelson W. Aldrich for the wedding of Abby Greene Aldrich to John D. Rockefeller Jr. on Wednesday October 9 at the Aldrich summer residence Warwick Neck. Also notes Madrid naval budget report to queen regent and Salzon anarchist death in Cayenne.
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Providence
R. I
Nelson’ W. Aldrich
Abby Greene
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Aldrich
Warwick Neck
Madrid
Valcarel
Do Her Part and Halfway Love in Comic Exchanges
Dialogue sketches from Brooklyn Life and Puck showcase Mrs. Jones advising her cook and Mrs. Goodcatch expressing half way affection. The snippets reflect witty banter and social humor from the period.
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Mr. Goodcatch
Puck
Social Swim Highlight Not Natatorium Attendance
A quip from the Chicago Record-Herald contrasts attendance at a natatorium with being in the social swim, reflecting social chatter around recreational venues. The remark frames leisure culture and city life humor.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Sanity and lunacy remarks in 19th century humor
Fragmentary clippings show a lunatic asylum physician resisting discharge, the superintendent probing sanity, and a witty exchange on conjunctions and marriage. Jests include a college anecdote about a $100 short story and a rummage party exchange in Brooklyn Life.
Out of the Pale with Sassafras Jim in North Carolina
A Detroit Free piece notes a farmer debating Sassafras Jim’s status with a sharp comeback. The brag centers on Jim owning only 15 dorgs, illustrating a humorous clash over local reputation.
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Sassafras Jim
North Caroline
Detroit Free, Press
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Chicago
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Ono
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Mr. Hay
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Great Northern Railroad
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Planos
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Paris
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Persia
Cayenne
French Guiana
South America
Chicago Post
Bertha
Brooklyn
Josephson
Tri-City
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Nelson’s Shoe Store
Fifteenth Street
J. F. Whitson
Davenport
Brady St
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J.F. Whitson
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