Ballot Reform Law Shapes Modern Election Procedure
The ballot reform law requires regular party nomination or nomination papers for candidates and sets statewide printing by clerks. It details casting and counting processes, voter secrecy, polling place layouts, and penalties for fraud, with Chicago under the board of election commissioners. It ensures one ballot per party, strict ballot handling, and two hours to vote, plus access for illiterate voters.
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Chicago
Board of Election Commissioners
Hig
Gil
Serge
Asia
California Semascal tin mines flood market with large shipments
The Chicago Tribune reports persistently on American tin plate, noting California's Semascal mines delivering six tons to San Francisco and projecting annual output of about 210 tons. The piece discusses trade dynamics, foreign consuls, and the political clash over free coinage, with forecasts for Congress and Senate votes and potential shifts in silver and gold coinage policy.
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Chicago Tribune
United States
California
San Francisco
Stewart
Birnadler
Chicago
Lave
Congress
House
Senate
Cleveland
Riverview Country Club Opens Season With Horse and Bicycle Races
Spectators packed Riverview Country Park for the season opener featuring bicycle events, horse racing and pacing exhibitions. Kitty M and Kitty C led multiple heats, while a wind from the east and a soft track affected times. organizers expect a better program in two weeks.
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Riverview Country Park
Wheelmer
Teroin Thre
Kitty M
Reyes
Davenport
Kitty C
F T Corning
Geneseo
Chas. Haskins
Bob
Wim Glenn
Cowl Valley
George Clifton
Bob Munro
Jack Munro
Theodoré Stenger
Bellmont
N B Taylor
Deere & Co
Force
Ascha and Sears
Taylor
Sears
Theo Boys Commencement Exercises At St Marys School
The St Marys School boys department held commencement exercises last evening despite rain. The program included a school chorus, a ninth class dialogue, recitation, a senior welldrama, two standout songs and marches, a snow brigade on stage, and a flag drill by twenty boys with a patriotic medley of national tunes.
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St Mary’s School
Robert Rank
Snow Brigade
Ely
John Shewet
Tae
Deaths and Notices From Rock Island District
Probate and church news, deaths of John Haley and Benedict, marriages and banns, local council actions on library funds, post office work, and confirmations. Reminiscences include Mrs. Budworth divorce suit and the Fleming family death. Various obituaries list survivors and residences in Rock Island, Davenport, Moline, and surrounding areas.
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Joséph Gaskell
Minneapolis
Pirenta
Truesdate
Dart
Milo Lee
Trinidad
Timois
H. Rosenfield
Twenty-Orat Street
Rock Island
John Haley
Ireland
Pennsylvania
Davenport
Rock Islaad
Sargeant Fitzgerald
Hock Island Arsenal
K. Lan- Top
Dupuygue
I. Solan
Chicago
St. Louis
St Marguerite’s Cathedral
St Marguerite's Cemetery
John Volk & Co
Bessie Budworth
Ctrcuit
Judius Budworth
Gelp
Robert RR. Fleming
Moston
Squire Cooke
Aliss
Annabella Fleming
Anna Buch
A. Buch
J Hl Wilson
Prof Griffith
W A. Ross
F A
Rock Island Council
Library Board
Mitchell & Lynde
Godman
George Guido Dumbeck
America
Germany
Loewen
Belgium
Kingdom of
Netherlands
Turner Society
I Hock Island
South Rock Island
Kate Boight
Quincy
Salt Lake City
J | Spaulding
Eorla
Josephs Church
Greve
Moline
Agroug
Charles Wheston
Thomas's Drug Store
Albany Whiteside County
Mary Ege
Rey Wo
Suburban Correspondence Notes Five Local Items
Hampton updates list measles illness and visitors from Moline Clinton Iowa and Kansas City. Local talks include a church event to fund a new bell, travel plans to Port Byron and a Minnesotan move. An advertisement touts a medical discovery and railroad excursion details plus a sale of old papers.
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Misa Schumacker
Moline
Lena Stephens
Fannie Southerland
Clinton
Iowa
Mra Stevens
J L. McNabney
Port Byron
S W Wiilis
I. J) Jones
Kansas City
A.J Blethen
Minneapolis
AR. Stoddard
MFE
Local Gaming Crackdown Prompts Charges in Moline
Wm Jackson for State's Attorney Sturgeon files information with county court on a May term grand jury action. Mary E Metzgar linked to Moline Law and Order League amid prosecutions of multiple individuals for keeping gambling houses and gambling offenses. Henry Thede faces liquor license charges at the old brewery site two miles above Moline.
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Evening Dispatch
Discarcn
Wm. Jackson
Sturgeon
Moline
Adama
Rock Island Argus
Jackson
Circuit Court
Mary E. Metzgar
The
Argus
Moline Law and Order League
William Johnson
Frank Burns
Clay Woodward
J. B. Snyder
John Bayliss
William Rehnbert
Gustav Segur
Timothy Kennedy
Verne Shepard
Louis Grimes
Ve Merryman
Thomas
Stanley
John Hamerich
Luter Pike Yosonts Bayliss
William
Opening Session of Swedish Baptist Conference Convenes
Delegates from twenty to twenty five Swedish Baptist churches in Illinois gather for the annual conference in Chicago area counsels. Ministers from Chicago Evanston South Chicago and other towns attend ministerial meetings announcing officers and an executive board with A Hjelm as chair and O J Engstrand as member.
Swedish Baptists of Illinois Hold Annual Conference
The Swedish Baptists of Illinois convened at 10 o'clock this forenoon in the city church with devotional exercises led by Rev. J A Fluggerth of Monmouth. Rev. Nelsok of Lake View preached on Christian Unity from John 17 20. An address of welcome by Rev. A O Engblom followed. Moderator Rev O J Estrand of Chicago led the business meeting which elected officers including Rev Hjelm of Ohio as Moderator and Rev Forsell of Englewood as Assistant Moderator. Committees were named and delegates from Chicago churches and others listed with numerous pastors and lay representatives.
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The
Swedish Baptists of
Illinois
J. A. Fluggerth
Monmouth
Nelsok
Lake View
A. O. Engblom
Moline
O. J. Estrand
Chicago
Il’. A. Hjelm
First Church
I. A. Hjelm
G. Lagergren
G. F. Bromark
August Anderson
V By* Atedt
C I. Carlson
M. Olson
J. Engstrand
E V. Erickson
C. Oberg
Salem
AM. A. Fridlund
Yang
Chicago Lake View
Nels Ek
Englewood
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