Stead Candidate Promoted for Attorney General in La Salle County
The Dispatch notes Ottawa’s William H. Stead as a strong attorney general candidate. Stead, a noted orator and lecturer, is expected to be a leading contender at the Republican state convention next spring. If Hamlin seeks the governorship, new timber could open in the attorney general’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stead
Dispatch
la Salle County
William H. Stead
Ottawa
Republian
Educated classes blamed for decline myths in Popular Science piece
Dr George Englemann counters the race decline claim in Popular Science Monthly. He argues immigration keeps depopulation at bay in non southern states, notes birth rates fall across nations, and states higher education does not reduce American birthrates. He says the educated male group reproduces as much as others, with wealth and ambition rather than culture driving fewer births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Englemann
Popular Science Monthly
South
France
Greece
Rome
Englemann
Lily Whites Rise in the South as a White Republican Faction
The article reports a split within the Louisiana Republican Party with Frank B. Williams citing a white man’s affair at the state convention and the emergence of a Lily White faction. It notes potential dual tickets, a contested national convention, and a shift of some Black voters and formerly anti-Republican misgivings as economic changes draw Southern men toward a lily white Republicanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Republican Party
Frank B. Williams
Louisiana State Republican Committee
Hly
Williams
Louisiana
Cleveland
Bryan
Heaven
Anti-Toxin Treatment for Consumption Progress Report
Dr Herold reports promising anti-toxin research for consumption from Newark Board of Health meeting. He cites work by Connolly and others as showing potential, though admits concerns remain about full effectiveness and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman C. Herold
Herold
Board of Health of
Newark
N. J
Richard N. Connolly
Wer
Renee
Drs. Herold
Serum Hope Reported By Doctors For Cure Claims
The group says their research has moved beyond experiments and seeks funding to advance plans. Over the past year forty three physicians used the serum on about 150 patients. Dr Herald reports results justify its use with seven complete cures and bacilli disappearance in those cases. Many patients show steady progress and possible full recovery ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
John Wesley's Two Centuries and the Family Tide
A retrospective on John Wesley and his era notes the rapid rise of modern life and inventions, while highlighting Wesley's large family background. It contrasts 18th century patriarchal fecundity with today and lines up President Roosevelt’s praise of large families as encouragement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley
Samuel Wesley
Susannah Annesley
Samuel
Susanthan Wesles
Roosevelt
Wesley
Churches urged to unite against redundant missions
The Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hills at Plymouth church Brooklyn urged a union of churches over the era of many sects. He cited wasted funds from duplicative church plants in a western town of 1500 and called on business leaders to oppose indecent church competition and support consolidated efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell Dwight Hills
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Hillis
Wesleyan influence spans religion and labor worldwide
The reminiscence marks John Wesley on his 200th anniversary noting vast early following and the spread of Methodism from England to America, with Illinois home to many more adherents. It credits Wesley for personal salvation teaching and links Methodism to social reforms, labour organizing, and the early Bible and tract movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley
America
England
Illinois
Wesley
D. D. Thompson
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Charles Spurgeon
James Lackington
Wesleyan Church
Methodist Church
First Bible Society
First Tract Society
Wesleyan influence and abolitionist stance in Methodism
The piece traces how Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists mobilized peasant and labor movements in England and abroad. It highlights Joseph Arch as a key local preacher organizer and notes Wesley’s anti slavery stance, including his phrase that slavery is the vilest that ever saw the sun and his Thoughts on Slavery. It mentions Jacob Gruber as an early American abolitionist preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Laborers’ Union
Joseph Arch
England
Primitive Methodist Church
Wesley
America
Jacob Gruber
Arbitration plan praised by New York building trades employers
The Building Trade Employers' Association shared a plan for arbitration and joint courts with sixty unions to peacefully settle future labor disputes. Leonard K Prince, vice president, says the aim is to curb walking delegates and preserve wages and business stability for a year at a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Building Trades
Building Trade Employers’ Association
Leonard K Prince
Altho
Scientists Demonstrate Polonium Spark At Berlin Congress
Berlin researchers showcased polonium sparks using 0.15 grain from two tons of uranium at $75, producing a swift electric discharge through air. Proskauer and colleagues described ozone water sterilization and a cheaper ozone plant, citing Weisbaden's facility sterilizing 250 cubic inches hourly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somme
Proskauer
Berlin
Ohlmueller
Prall
Imperial Health Office
Weisbaden
Griggs Urges Clear Issue to Rally Democracy
In Pelham Georgia Congress man James Griggs former chairman of the national democratic campaign committee warned that harmony talk between presidential hopefuls is useless without a clear Democratic issue. He urged leaders to map a campaign showing how a Democratic administration would heal government evils, asserting that once an issue is set, the proper standard bearer will rally voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham
James Griggs
Georgia
National Democratic Campaign Committee
Griggs
Deep crisis risks trapping nation for years ahead
Fragmentary text describes a grim forecast where escape from difficulty seems unlikely. The tone implies a prolonged struggle with limited improvement anticipated in the near future, suggesting skepticism about recovery or progressive relief.
Chicago Chronicle labels restaurant keepers as Easy category
The Chicago Chronicle argues restaurant keepers are Easy, saying they organized in self defense against an organized labor conspiracy. It notes employers lacked courage and that workers yielded without protest, casting doubt on the employers' strength and implying weakness in facing union pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago Chronicle
Chicago
the Chronicle
Foster forecasts on agriculture under Secretary Wilson
The forecast man describes progress in the agricultural department, noting its growth toward a national university model. He praises Secretary Wilson for nonpartisan, nationwide attention, especially to the south, and anticipates southern gains in agricultural products and commerce as the Isthmian canal advances. Chiefs under Wilson rival in marked excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Scien
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Who Pays for the President's Trip Says White
William Allen White argues in response to the question Who Pays for the president's trip. He portrays Theodore Roosevelt as a president who funds his own travel and resists railroad courtesies, a stance that sets up conflict with railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen White
Kansas
Yale
Roosevelt
T. Roosevelt
United States
Fifer Seen as Compromise Governor Hope in Springfield
The Springfield News notes Joseph W. Fifer, on the Interstate Commerce Commission, as a potential compromise gubernatorial candidate if factional warfare blocks nominating success. He favors remaining on the ICC but would accept a governor nomination if offered, with supporters stressing his health gains and readiness for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield News
Joe” Fifer
Fifer
Emor Yates
Joseph W. Fifer
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Governor Yates Declares Candidacy Amid Statewide Boom
The article notes Governor Yates publicly stating his candidacy, with support spreading across trains, fields, and political circles. It highlights growing political activity, a looming state convention in ten months, and mixed press reaction in Southern Illinois and from papers like the State Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Yates
State Journal
Board approves kindergarten plan and tax levy rise
The board of education moves to start public kindergarten in September with expanded facilities funded by a fifteen thousand dollar tax increase. The plan targets wider parental support and notes that enrollments depend on active patronage and outreach alongside debt clearance for Garfield school and building improvements.
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Board of Education
Moline
Moline Kindergarten Association
Garfield
Racine College Receives $80,000 Gift Offer
Racine Wisconsin June 11 trustees report an offer from Frank I Bull Richard and Fred Robinson to give 80000 to Racine college if 20000 more is raised. The funds would finance a new gymnasium natatorium and heating and lighting plant.
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Racine College
Racine
Wis
Frank I. Bull
Richard
Fred Robinson
Plans Sought for Tanner Monument in Springfield
Colonel James R. B. Van Cleave secretary of the John R. Tanner Monument association has written to forty two monument firms nationwide asking them to submit plans and specifications for a monument to be erected at the grave of Tanner in Springfield Illinois on June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
James R. B. van Cleave
John R. Tanner Monument Association
Tanner
Rapp Was Too Sensitive at Harbor Hotel Incident
The fragment reports a tragedy in Harbor Michigan on June 11 involving the proprietor of the Grand Pa hotel who shot himself in the head to persuade his wife to leave. The text is garbled but indicates a suicide linked to domestic issues and a Chicago connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapp
Ton Harbor
Mich
Eab
Chicago
Ted
Probate and Conservatorships in Rock Island County
Probate records list multiple actions including proofs of notices, wills presented, and petitions for probate. Conservatorships are established for Schuyler C. Thompson and John Hays with bonds and court orders, plus guardianships, inventories, and final estate settlements across June 3 to June 9 1903 in Rock Island County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Hartman
Conrad Schmidt
Schuyler C. Thompson
William J. Sweeney
Elmer Reed
Lizzie Reed
Harper Reed
Samuel Korb
Henry L. Gottsche
Henry Vierlech
Doris Vierjech
Mary Coss
Fred van Wontergehm
Willam Clark
Bertie Clark
Guardian
Alexander W. Jamieson
Charles Evans
Hlines Manual Training School
Glenwood
Ill
George Smith
Nsane
Jacob Kreis
B. F. Knox
Joseph DeSilva
Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann
John N. Lark
Edward Flynn
W C. Allen
Charles R. Wheelan
Ezekiel C. Downs
Frank C. Downs
Daniel Brennan
J. D. Blake
D. Fitzgerald
Thomas Green
William Greer
Robert Rudolph William Kempf
Illinois Institution For
Minds
Rock Island
Real Estate Transfers Show Lot by Lot Moves in Area
June 3 to June 10 transfers list multiple parcels in Rock Island Moline East Moline and Ridgeview with buyers including Edmund G Jamieson Mary E Robinson Caroline Stone Frank Humbert George Ehinger and others. Prices range from 275 to 2000 with deeds describing metes and bounds and specific lot and block references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos A. Huff
Edmund G. Jamieson
Metes
Luella Huff
Bounds
Gabriel C. Johnson
McCaslin Laport
A. E. Ruterford
A. A. Johnson
Nowy
Hannah Paxton
Metes and Bounds
Ewl
J. H. Johnson
Edmund G Jamieson
Swi
Louis Mosenfelder
Emma Martha Hansen
Block
L. Mosenfelder
Mary E. Robinson
Ney
Frank E. Palmer
Caroline Stone
East Moline
Lucy Beck
Charlies Durmann
Chicago
Lower Add
Rock Island
Charles Durmann
Lower
Frank P. Goldsmith
Walter
McKee
Edwin R. Dade
Goldsmith & McKee
W. E. Bailey
Nels Nelson
David W
Hunt
Ben Larson
Mathilda Malmberg
Ridgeview
South Moline
J. M. Paridon
I. B. Seevers
Columbia Park
L. E. Seevers
Eliza E. McManus
George H. Ehinger
W. C. Maucker
Herman Town
South Rock Island
Andrew G. Rahn
John Axtel
Sweeney & Jackson
Moline
Ridgeview Community Notes and Local Moves
Fred Cox returned home from Champaign after a year of study. Rev. Mr. Elliott preached at Ridgeview. Children’s day exercises set for Sunday evening the 21st at the schoolhouse. Young people meet at John Lemman’s tomorrow to practice. Frances Spaulding heads to Chicago this week. Edland family moved into a new home on Forty-first Street. Mr. Slipper, formerly at Wells school, will teach at Grinnell next year.
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Fred Cox
Champaign
Elliott
Ridgeview
John Lemman
Frances Spaulding
Chicago
Edland
Forty-first Street
Slipper
Wells School
Grinnell School
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Moline Dispatch Publishing CO
McGlynn W. F.eastman
Union Eh
Harry Gra
Shhan Thompson
William J. Gamble
William M. Mounts
John Hays
N. Eliott
N. G. Elliott
William H. Chase
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