Five Votes Elect Ties and Thorp Election Upset Stirs GOP
Official canvass shows Fred Ties winner for Green County assembly by five votes over Willis Ludlow with 1520 to 1515. George E. Thorp wins treasurer by ten votes 1505 to 1495 over Gifford. Report notes factional tensions among Republicans and Brodhead stalwarts mocking the outcome while Ludlow is praised by many. A county table confirms results and shifts in precinct support.
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Fred Ties
Assembly
Green County
Willis Ludlow
Times
Monroe
Ludlow
George E. Thorp
Gifford
the Times
Brodhead
H. C. Putnam
Thorp Assembly Race Reversal Upsets Green County
An error in vote counts flipped the assembly race from a Ties victory by ten to Ludlow winning by nine. The Times revealed the reversal causing consternation and jubilation among stalwarts and reform factions alike.
Vote Ties Open Lead in Assembly Race
A Brooklyn telegraph reports an error in returns lowering Ludlow and raising Fred Ties. Ties now leads Ludlow by six votes in the assembly contest while Gifford and Thorp see altered treasurer tallies reducing Thorp’s margin to 33. Official canvass awaited.
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Fred Ties
Assembly
Brooklyn
Ludlow
Thorp
Ties
C. M. Fuller
Gifford
Niederhauser and Deal Obituaries From Apple River
Mrs. Niederhauser died at 87 in Apple River after long illness. Survived by four children Annie Lorey Jacob Fred and John Niederhauser. Body brought for burial. funeral Sunday at 2 from John Legler home. Miss Lucy Deal died Friday at Mendota asylum after a week there.
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Niederhauser
Apple River
Annie Lorey
Jacob Niederhauser
Fred Niederhauser
Gratiot
John Niederhauser
Monticello
John Legler
Lucy Deal
Mendota Asylum
Arcade Mfg Co recruitment pitch in Pekin Illinois ad
An advertisement from Arcade Mfg Co Pekin Illinois invites men and women of all ages to send name and address to learn a plan for steady income and valuable premiums. The item also notes Nellie Lizer returning to Chicago after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs E L Ryan.
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Arcade Mfg. Co
Pekin
Ill
Nellie Lizer
Chicago
E. L Ryan
Immigrant Train Wreck Near Valpariso Damages Loads
A Baltimore and Ohio immigrant train collided head-on with a freighter at Woodville near Valparaiso Indiana. Six coaches burned after the crash leaving at least five dead and forty injured. Fifty of 167 immigrants are missing and believed burned. The accident occurred November 12. Special to The Times.
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Valpariso
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio
Woodville
Here
Canvassers Meet Over Congressional and Senatorial Votes
The election canvassers met to tally Congress and State Senate votes. Cooper 1798 and Cunningham 1124 for Congress. Martin 1738 and Simpson 1137 for Senator. The county board may finish next week due to a busy session.
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Board of Election
Cooper
Cunningham
Martin
Simpson
Mrs Frances Baker Visits City From Freeport
Mrs Frances Baker arrived in the city from Freeport and returned this morning, according to local reports.
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Frances Baker
Freeport
Glass shattered at Schiesser book store clash
Joshua Klassy Jr of Monroe township smashed the Schiesser book store front after a confrontation with Jack Conroy begun at a football game. Conroy pulled Klassy away as the glass broke, Klassy then attacked again. The store's front is boarded up and the Chenoweth estate owns the building with Henry Ludlow in charge.
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Schiesser Book
Joshua Klassy, Jr
Monroe Township
Jack Conroy
Klassy
Conroy
Chenoweth Estate
Henry Ludlow
Men Past Sixty In Danger and Prostate Trouble Warning
A health notice warns men over sixty face kidney and bladder issues, especially enlarged prostate. It endorses Foley's Kidney Cure citing Dr. Rodney Burnett of Rock Port Missouri as a 91 year old user whoImproved after two bottles. West Side Drug Store promotes the remedy.
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Foley
Rodney Burnett
Rock Port
West Side
Lahr Air Pressure Water System Sold by Local Agent
E N Churchill, local agent, offers Lahr air pressure water works systems for homes and business blocks. He invites inquiry to explain the system and its merits.
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Lahr
E. N. Churchill
Browntown Vagrant Case Highlights Local Tensions
James Michaels of Browntown faces a vagrancy charge in police court after a prior guilty plea. The defense argued the complaint was defective while witnesses from Browntown packed the courtroom. Other locals, including Reuben Bigger and Peeler Monahan, dealt with fines and short jail terms on related vagrancy charges.
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James Michaels
Browntown
Michaels
Marshal Blunt
Reuben Long
Colin W. Wright
John Luchsinger
J. L.sherron
Monroe
Wm. Worley
Minnesota
Chicago
Reuben Bigger
L.S. Wagner
Peeler Monahan
Sickinger
Miss Lizzie Burkhart and John Homan Married at Parsonage
Miss Lizzie Burkhart and Mr. John Homan of McConnells Ill were married yesterday at the Evangelical parsonage with Rev J F Nienstedt officiating. Mr and Mrs I C Booth and Mrs Trick Van Matre returned this morning from Blanchardville where they spent Sunday.
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Lizzie Burkhart
John Homan
McConnells, Ill
Evangelical Parsonage
J. F. Nienstedt
Surprising 80th Birthday for A Lanz of St Johns Church
A. Lanz senior partner of A. Lanz & Sons carriage makers turned 80 yesterday. The St John’s church founder survivor received a gold headed cane from the congregation after morning services, and his family hosted a second surprise with a reunion and dinner at his home. He has served the church forty years and remains in good health.
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A. Lanz
Lanz
Janesville Wins Hard-Fought Football Clash With Monroe
The Janesville high team defeated Monroe in a Saturday game. The article notes Janesville faced one of the region's top programs and anticipated a tough race for the state title. Players returned home singing class songs in celebration.
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Janesville
Monroe
Morse still at large after Helena arrest report
J Gordon Morse the piano swindler remains free. A Helena dispatch claimed his arrest, but Madison officials received word from Helena denying any apprehension. Morse's Madison operations are unknown. A servant girl rented a piano from him for 15 dollars, later discovering the note was raised to 300 dollars after she had paid five dollars a month for three months.
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J. Gordon Morse
Helena
Mont
Waukegan
Baker
Madison
Morse
Better Service Promised for Illinois Central Line Passengers
Local Illinois Central officials say improved service between Freeport and Madison is under review and may include an extra train or timetable changes. The issue stems from Milwaukee Road delaying a connection at Dill, forcing a 50 minute wait for Central trains to meet at the junction.
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Freeport
Illinois Central State
Madison
Chicago
Milwaukee Road
Dill
The
Central
Milwaukee
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John Discher
John T. Etter
J. W. Edelman
E. T. Vance
A. E. Rood
Robert Norton
Mr. A. Lanz
Illinois Central
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Sam Brown
No. 270
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Fred Zinser
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