Historic land grant upheld by Illinois judge amid Georges theory
Judge George Crow of East St. Louis upholds a rare land grant in Kaskaskia, Illinois, dating to Louis XV. With roots in French colonial tenure, the decision reviews a century of communal ownership and the shift to individual titles. It recalls Kaskaskia as Illinois first capital and notes 186 years of communal farm land history.
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Henry George
George Crow
East St. Louis
Kaskaskia, Ill
Louis XV
France
Kaskaskia
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
George Rogers Clark
Great Britain
United States
Northwest
Judge Crow
Fort Gage
Ill
James Gravier
Gabriel Marest
Mississippi
Missouri
Pierre Vaudreuil
Louisiana
Edme Gatien Salmon
Kaskaskia Commons History and River Flood Devastation
The article recounts the lease system on the Kaskaskia island commons and graft accusations against trustees, the village’s political rift with tenants, and Judge Crow’s ruling that title rests with Immaculate Conception parish residents. It traces the island’s geographic changes due to the Mississippi’s floodwaters, the town’s relocation, and the island’s colonial and territorial shifts leading to the present scarce ruins after the 1844 flood.
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Friends of the Trustees
Illinois
Mississippi
Kaskaskia
Vaudreuil
Immaculate Conception
Crow
Supreme Court
Butt
Illinois River
Utica
Father Marquette
Mississippi Valley
Virginia
United States
Mississippi River
Inventive Geniuses and the Bees and Catgut Fabrication
A humor piece recalls an inventor who hoped to profit from a bee stinger knob device that failed as bees tapped the hive floor. It notes a new project a man pursues, a scale fastening machine for stove doors. Then a Scientific American excerpt explains catgut fishing line from silk worms on Procida near Naples, with processing by women, producing threads from a foot to twenty inches.
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Procida
Bay of
Naples
Terre Annunziata
Vesuvius
Fat man asks woman to remove her hat at the Messiah
A witness describes a large man leaning over toward a woman during a performance. He asks politely that the lady in front remove her hat, prompting the narrator to offer her seat rather than complain.
Prima Donna Certificate Gaffe Sows Onstage Confusion
A backstage exchange has the Prima Donna claiming a doctor’s certificate bars her singing tonight. The manager retorts with a quip about issuing a certificate proving she cannot sing, hinting at a staged farce or prank.
CAREFULLY TEST SEED CORN
CHAS. BE. THORNE of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station warns that 1910–1911 moisture and record low November temperatures have left seed corn with poor germination. Tests show 45 to 96 percent germination, many ears under 80 percent, risking poor stands and losses. condemn low vitality ears and test seed to avoid $1.50 to $5.00 losses per ear.
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Chas. BE. Thorne
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Ohio
Land Unoccupied Lands Probed by Vegetation Clues
The U S Department of Agriculture releases bulletin B P I 201 detailing how native vegetation types indicate land suitability for crops. It aims to reduce errors from quick judgments and guides classification of new lands on natural vegetation, not a land survey.
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United States
Ninety-Eighth Meridian
Great Plains
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Queen May Quit King A Royal Separation Rumor in Madrid
Madrid reports Queen Victoria plans an indefinite return to England amid alleged royal discord with King Alfonso. The tale notes repeated incognito Paris visits and prior marriage tensions, framing the alliance as politically arranged rather than affectionate.
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Madrid
Spain
Alfonso
Victoria
England
Paris
Europe
Market for Eggs From Farm to City Demand
A writer suggests city shoppers prefer direct farm purchases for pure fresh eggs. A neighbor sells about 50 dozen weekly to Chicago, earning five cents above retail plus 15 cents per dozen profit on city orders. She averages 38 cents per dozen locally, pays express charges, and buys from two reliable neighbors. Eggs ship in paper boxes with partitions, four to six dozen per box.
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Chicago
Wildcat banknote travels from Michigan to London mystery
A 1910 wildcat bank note from Saginaw County Bank of Lower Saginaw resurfaces on Whitechapel Road London. William Miller in London reports finding the blank note en route to a bank and awaiting signature. Cashier M M Andrews values it as a rare souvenir and seeks the finder for a reward.
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Bay City
Mich
Lower Saginaw
Whitechapel Road
London
Saginaw
M. M. Andrews
Second National Bank
William Roger Miller
Houseditch
BE. C
Saginaw County Bank of
Whitechapel
Miller
Andrews
Tooth Brushing Law Asked in Lynn School Board
Lynn Mass. proposes city action to require all public school pupils to brush their teeth on arriving at school each morning. The plan awaits approval by the city government and school board.
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Lynn
Mass
Million-Dollar War on Rats Aims at Pittsburg Invasion
Pittsburg faces a rat infestation with a city pool of 1 000 000 dollars set aside to reward a quiet effective extermination invention. Citizens expect a breakthrough in pest control funded by public money.
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Pittsburg
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