McKinley favored to win Republican nomination in Congress
Washington notes from May 4 1806 report strong belief among lawmakers that Gov McKinley will secure the Republican national ticket. Comments note many unpledged delegates may favor him and adjournment strategies hinge on convention timing. Other items cover a bankruptcy bill vote, naval funding debate, and a corruption inquiry into seed purchases.
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Wasminotes
Allison
Quay
Reed
McKinley
Fisher
M Kintey
Congress
House
Senate
Gorman
Allen
Morton
Conprasa
Liluvin
Senator Tillman
Tillman
Mir Tillman
Fitzhugh Lee
Washington
Gaba
Biperenl
Spain
Wulliamy
Lee
Olney
Biain
Cuba
Wile
Jmlice
Strahimer Ties Knot at Lake Marie in Oak Park
Louis A. Strahimer of River Forest married Ida Erickson of Oak Park on April 22 at Lake Marie. Other town notes include River Forest baseball grounds prepped for the season, a practice game 5 to 0 in favor of River Forest with Walsh as pitcher, Pinney catcher, and Dunlop shortstop. William Hinds and family prepare to leave for Canada. Harry and Mrs Thompson relocate to Chicago. Village board notes a petition from defeated trustee candidate W H Pickens presented by his attorney.
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Louis A. Strahimer
River Forest
Lake Marie
Ida Erickson
Boulevard
Oak Park
Austin
Walsh
Pinney
Dunlop
William Hinds
Forest Avenue
Canada
Stahmer's
Lake Street
Park Avenue
Hal Chambers
Lloyd Brooks
Montana
Nlso
Harry Thompson
Chicago
Walnut Street
San Francisco
W. H. Pickens
Young Girl Narrowly Escapes Gas Asphyxiation
Sadie Marley, a domestic worker for Mrs Potwin at 226 Park Avenue, nearly died Monday night from gas inhalation after possibly waking and turning off a jet. She survived after twelve hours of treatment and remained in delicate condition at Mrs Cunningham’s home on North Park Avenue.
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Sadie Marley
Cunningham
North Park Avenue
Marley
The New Woman A Night out With a Father and Chara
A wary father scolds Miss Jones for theater going as Willie accompanies her to see living pictures. The pair flee the house after a brief exchange about theatrical tastes, while the father objects to exposing his son to modern shows and confirms strict curfews.
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Ever
Anow
Papi
Papa
Miss Jones
Venus
Hebe
Samson
Apollo
Mars
Jupiter
Willie
Wilie
The Voracious Carp
The German carp is called a vicious fish by W F Meehan and Pennsylvania fisheries reports note carp as a nest egg eater feared to wipe out game fish. It offers little sport and poor meat, with introduction details tied to 1870s California and parallels to sparrows and rabbits.
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W. F. Meehan
Fishing Gazette
Mr. Meehan
Montgomery County
Perklomen Creek
Pennsylvania
State Commissioners of Fisheries
Austria
Mr. Poffe
United States
Australia
Cicero Town Seeks Bids for Chicago Avenue Improvement
The Town of Cicero invites duplicate proposals for improving Chicago Avenue from Harlem to Oak Park avenues in Cedar Blocks under Special Assessment No. 508. Bids due by 7 30 p m May 9 1896 with 10 percent certified check. board may reject all bids. Town Clerk Austin Ill April 29 1896.
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Chicago Avenue
Harlem Avenue
Oak Park Avenue
Cicero
Board of Trustees
Town of
Earth Girdled and World Tour Book Ad asserts vast opportunities
Bright men and women are invited to earn 50 to 100 dollars weekly selling a travelogue offering exclusive territory. It promises travel to continents, exotic lands, and illustrated depictions of peoples, customs, religions, and scenes, urging readers to request free circulars from 81 Olive Street.
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America
New Zealand
South Sea Islands
Australia
India
Egypt
Palestine
Greece
Italy
Europe
Russia
England
Clark, Deemer & CO
Broadway
New York
United States
Rufus King
Solicitors of Patents
Wash'n
Phila
Aspects of Our Civilization Critiques Courtesy and Discipline
The Forum laments rare courtesy in America, citing boorishness at a New York horse show toward the Marlboroughs and a broader decline in domestic training of children. It links parental neglect to youth lawlessness and notes hoodlums and loafers mirror student behavior across communities.
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America
New York
Duke
Duchess of Marlborough
Houseed for sale in Maywood with modern comforts
Terms, 50 to 100 cash and 25 per month including interest. 7 to 9 room frame houses on stone foundations with water and sewer, complete baths, furnace flues, Georgia pine, parquet floors, electric wires, mantels, speaking tubes, verandas, grille work, copper hardware. Maywood offers churches, schools, stores. reachable by Chicago and Northwestern, Chicago and Great Western Railways in 24 minutes, plus Lake street and Metropolitan Elevated lines with Cicero and Proviso Electric Road.
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Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago and Great Western Railway
Lake Street
Metropolitan Elevated
Madison Street
Cicero
Proviso
Compulsory Swiss Insurance Scheme Considered by Council
The Swiss Federal Council proposes a national scheme for compulsory accident and sickness insurance for earners under 120 pounds yearly. Caisses Libres may operate alongside the public fund with equal benefits, under limits. State subsidy 7,323,600 francs funded by taxes and tobacco or cereals, employer 12 percent employee 26 percent state 22 percent. Referendum required before law. plebiscite would be landmark. Reverend J. M. Cromer quote on life provides closing contrast.
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Swiss Federal Council
London Times
M. Ferrer
Winterthur
Caisses Libres
Tobausco
Switzerland
Language of the hog and sultan’s bicycle punishment
The article muses on pig grunts revealing herd life and imagines a phonograph study of hog language. It then reports a British paper claiming the Moroccan sultan tortures offended wives by forcing them to ride bicycles in palace gardens, with repeated falls as punishment before allowing rest.
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Mr. Garner
North American Review
Wneglish
Morocco
Busy Professor and Tommy Focus on Bag Above
A busy professor asks Tommy to step on a large black bag stuck to the ceiling so he can be left alone. The moment captures a curious scene during a routine day amid notes labeled Flegende Blaetter.
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Tommy
Papa
Flegende Blaetter
Ducks and big guns on the Potomac attract attention
An American Field writer describes a pastor with a two and a half pound shot loaded gun on the Potomac ice. He fired at ducks rising from a single hole and could not recall all he killed while selling results for 500 dollars. The piece notes punt guns and a national appetite for vast shots near President Cleveland.
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Ix Hole
Potomac River
Potomac
Cleveland
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J. J. Pearson
Pickens
Arnold
Sadie Marley Wene Oo
Fromison
Wille
J. R. Drent
Austin, Ill
Rev. T. Dewit Talmage
D. D
People's Publishing Cod
Olive Street
St. Louis, Mo
John Dolese
J. H. Shepard
Washington St
Telephone
Boston
J. Dunfee & CO
Franklin St
Kinzie and
Dillon Streets
E.R. Haase
Dearborn Streve
Aetna Fire Insurance Co
Harlem
Mrs. Wheeler
Ohio ST
Maywoop
Swian Federal Council
Rev
J. M. Cromer
U.S
U. S
C.a.snow&co
Patent Office
Washington, D.C
John Wedderburn & CO
Washington, D. C
Sendusa
Wricht & Duvall
Ilcan & Trust
Washngton
Horsale
Oxford
la Sate
Copperas
W. W. Clark
South Sixth Ave
Maywood, Ill
H. B. Willson & CO
Attorneys At Law
Pat
Ofc
Washington, D,o
Moore Eco
Hall Chemical CO
West Philadelphia
Pavilion
St. Charles and 19Th Avenues
Maywood
Proviso Land Association
Clark St
Chicago, Ill
Eugene Fishburn
WM. M. Hulbert
E. A. Cummings, H. G. Foreman, James Darlow
Trustees
Berwyn FD
Chicago S. Weene
Windsor
EE. S. Conway
W. W. Kimball CO
Wabash Ave
Kimball Organs
A. G
Electric Light
Oak Park, Ill
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