Republican tariff revision pledge amid election eve
The article surveys Republican progress in public affairs under the administration, praising department work and outlining tariff revision aims. Senator Burrows supports revising customs laws to reflect industrial changes, noting House and Senate actions to study and shape a fair, protective reform benefiting American industries and labor. The piece emphasizes procedural steps and the pledge to pursue speedy revision before the election.
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Pension Bureau
Army
Alem
Burrows
Republican Party
National House of Representatives
House
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Committee On Finance
United States
Dai 'Y
Republican National Convention Opens in Chicago
The Republican national convention opens in Chicago with all delegations present and the hall filled with flags and bands. Senator J. C. Burrows acts as temporary chairman delivering a lengthy speech praising emergency currency and pledging a platform echoing Lincoln Grant McKinley and Roosevelt. Credentials contests dominate the session as organization proceeds.
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Chicago
Senator Burrows
New
William O. Waters
Burrows
J. C. Burrows
Michigan
John R. Malloy
Columbus
Lafayette 8
Gleason
New York
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Monetary Commission
Lincoln
McKinley
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Most Common Physical Defect Prolapsus in Humans
Dr. W. R. C. Latson notes in Outing Magazine that the leading physical defect is downward displacement of the upper body, showing as a collapsed posture with a flattened chest low spirits protruding abdomen and prominent collar bones. He cites a series of thousands of examinations finding over 99 percent afflicted.
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W. R. C. Latson
Outing Magazine
Millionaire Frazer dies after highway robbery beating
Lincoln entrepreneur Frank Frazer, coal company president and longtime mine owner, died from injuries after a 2 month old assault and $5,000 robbery near his office. Authorities had pursued Elmer Highfield and Fred Ramilow, with Jack Kennedy awaiting trial. Frazer left a widow and three children including a Chicago-born daughter.
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Lincoln
Frank Frazer
Frazer
Lincoln Coal Company
Elmer Highfield
Fred Ramilow
Chester
Jack Kennedy
Highfield
Walter Puterbaugh
Chicago
Five Men Break Jail From Danville County Jail
Five inmates escaped from the Danville county jail as four fled into crowded streets evading officers. The escapees named were Fred Shultz John Dennis Mike Sullivan and William Archer all awaiting penitentiary terms for burglary. A fifth man a government prisoner awaiting bootlegging trial leapt from the building but was captured on the ground.
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Danville
Fred Shultz
John Dennis
Mike Sullivan
William Archer
Illinois Congress of Mothers Meets in Rockford
The board of managers gathered in Rockford hosted by Mrs. James T. Joslin and Mrs. Harry M. Johnson for the June executive board meeting. An invitation from Macomb Mothers to host the 1909 session was read and the next congress meeting will be held in Macomb.
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Rockford
Illinois Congress of Mothers
James T. Joslin
Harry M. Johnson
Mothers’ Club of
Macomb
Congress
Greene County Teachers Meet at Carrollton Public School
The Greene county annual institute meeting was held at the Carrollton public school with W. D. Principal, Hoot etch superintendent of ogee schools, and George B. McClelland county superintendent of schools in attendance.
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Greene County
Carrollton
W. D
Rnite
Ogee
George B. McClelland
Punty
Tragedy in Franklin as Husband Shoots Wife at Croquet
J B Austin called to wife during a croquet game with her mother and fired five bullets, killing her in five minutes. He fled into the timber while a 25 member posse chased the suspect through the town.
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Franklin
J. B. Austin
Austin
Beating the Way on Train Ends in Fatal Injuries
Allen Burch a 19 year old Galva resident died at a local hospital after being thrown from a passenger train he was attempting to alight from in Galva. Both legs were severed in the accident.
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Kewanee
Allen Burch
Galva
Burch
Bootlegging Charge Reported in Decatur
Abe Barnes was arrested in Decatur on bootlegging charges. Authorities say he had a gallon and a half of whisky in a grip and was selling drinks by the glass in horse traders alley. It is the first arrest under the local option law.
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Decatur
Abe Barnes
Horse Traders’ Alley
Father Saves Child After Medicine Ingestion
The three year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Corn of May Township nearly died after drinking patent medicine. The father rushed the child from home to meet a physician en route to the Corn home for aid.
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Taylorville
Benjamin Corn
May Township
Jail Sentence for Physician in Decatur
A. L. Hughes a Macon physician and former town clerk was fined ten dollars and costs and sentenced to forty days in jail for issuing fictitious orders to collect money on the crow head bounty.
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Decatur
A. L. Hughes
Macon
Plunge From Smoke Stack Leaves Man Unharmed
Anton Klausen fell fifty feet from the smoke stack at the electric light plant and escaped with only a few bruises. He was unhurt in the fall and received medical attention after the incident at Blue Mound.
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Anton Klausen
Electric Light
Church Destroyed by Fire in West Brooklyn
Mendota St Marys Catholic Church in West Brooklyn fourteen miles north of Mendota burned destroying the $30,000 structure. Fire crews battled the blaze but the church was destroyed, with only charred walls and embers remaining. The report notes the building’s estimated cost was thirty thousand dollars.
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Mendota
St. Mary's Catholic
Brooklyn
Missionary Convention Closes in Niantic
Rev. Parker Stockdale of West Side Christian Church Chicago delivered the closing address as the Illinois Christian Missionary Societies Sixth District wrap up their Niantic session.
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Niantic
Parker Stockdale
West Side Christian Church of Chicago
Ilinois Christian Missionary Societies
Live Wire Fatality In Store Cellar
Fred A. Mytinger died after a live wire in his store cellar was touched. Two helpers who tried to aid him received severe electric shocks in the incident at Whiteball.
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Whiteball
Fred A. Mytinger
Bride of a Day Deserts Macoupin County Groom
Clarence Maybery, 29, of Macoupin county, married Mamie Grace, 19, but she refused to reveal her name at the license office claiming her mother opposed the union. Maybery obtained a warrant for Edgar Suttles of Ellsury, charging kidnaping, but the sheriff refused to serve. The bride later said she was not abducted and had married Maybery after threats, then she returned.
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Crow
Suttles
Maybery
Water damage hits Illinois crops from flood levels
Farmers report wheat and corn submerged up to three feet in the Dardenne prairie area from the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. The Missouri river at Missouri Point rose, inundating the junction and stopping ferry landings.
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Alton
Illinois
Mississippi
Dardenne Prairie
Elm Point
St. Charles County
Missouri Point
Missouri
Judgment for Stanhope and Engs against Black Hills Cement
In Chicago, Judge Kavanaugh ruled for F. W. Stanhope and Samuel W. Engs, awarding $30,000 each against Black Hills Portland Cement Co. Stanhope said he was retained to supervise a cement plant build and sought $35,000 for services.
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Chicago
Kavanaugh
Black Hills Portland Cement Company
Alleged Horse Thief Detained in Local Jail
Joseph Spurgis of Carlinville is jailed on an indictment charging horse theft and related property theft from BK. A. Bowman of Girard. The case involves a horse theft in Madison County. Spurgis was recently released on parole at a farm school.
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Carlinville
Joseph Spurgis
BK. A. Bowman
Girard
Madison County
Banker Nall Released From Che shter Penitentiary
Murphysboro James Nall who with W B Smith was convicted of conspiring to defraud the Louisville State Bank of over 5000 and sentenced to five years in Chester penitentiary was released on 3000 bond pending review of the case.
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Nall
Murphysboro
James 8. Nall
W. B. Smith
Lkville State Bank
Chester
Bees Hatching Chickens Scheme Surfaces in Vermilion Grove
Mrs. W. P. Johnson of Vermilion Grove proposes a method where bees hatch eggs placed in the hive tops separated from honey by carpet strips. The plan aims to utilize bees during off honey times, converting hives into incubators for poultry.
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Danville
W. P. Johnson
Vermilion Grove
Campaign Photos Tacked on Posts Violated City Ordinance
Joliet campaign managers for Congressman Snapp and challenger Adam Crow posted pictures on telegraph and telephone posts. City officials tore down all photos and condemned the violation of local rules.
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Joliet
Snapp
Adam Crow
Girard to Host Second Chautauqua Assembly
The second annual Chautauqua will be held in Girard from June 16 to 21. The Prohibition State Committee directs the series and the prohibition question will be included in the program.
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Girard
Prohibition State Committee
Pavement Assessment Confirmed in Taylorville Case
County Judge J H Morgan ordered the assessment rolls for Cherokee and Franklin street paving confirmed. Objections over benefits were entered but later withdrawn in the Taylorville proceeding.
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Taylorville
New Head for Pana Schools
G B Coffman of Mendota has been chosen superintendent of the Pana schools for the coming year at a salary of 1200 dollars.
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Pana
G. B. Coffman
Mendota
Missionaries Gather in Fifth District Meeting
The Illinois Christian Missionary society of the Fifth district held its annual meeting in Chapin.
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Chapin
The
Illinois Christian Missionary Society of the Fifth District
Pastors Deny Names on Carmi Commencement Program
Carmi ministers refuse to sign the high school commencement program after a Chautauqua speaker labeled former Congressman J Nick Perrin of Belleville an advocate of saloons. The controversy centers on who should be listed among speakers.
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Carmi
J. Nick Perrin
Belleville
High School Pupils to Build New Furniture
The manual training department pupils of the local high school will manufacture the new school furniture. This plan was decided at a recent school board session.
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Clinton
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