Republican platform praised as nation moves forward
Senator Burrows extols Republican progress in public affairs under the party. He argues for tariff revision aligned with protection for American industries and labor, cites House and Senate actions, calls for expert-backed studies, and endorses a strong monetary plan and emergency currency to avert future crises.
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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
Secretary of the Treasury
Monetary Commission
Lincoln
McKinley
Roosevelt
Republican National Convention Opens in Chicago
The Republican National Convention opens in Chicago with full delegations, brass bands, and banners. Senator J C Burrows is introduced as temporary chairman amid applause after a lengthy prepared speech outlining party aims.
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Chicago
Senator Burrows
New
William O. Waters
Most Common Physical Defect Prolapsus in Humans
Dr. W. R. C. Lutson in Outing Magazine cites a medical finding from thousands of examinations showing that over 99 percent of people exhibit a downward displacement of the upper body, with flattened chest low spirits protruding abdomen and prominent collar bones.
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W. R. C. Lutson
Outing ’ Magazine
Millionaire Frazer Dies From Robbery Injuries
Lincoln man Frank Frazer, a pioneer coal mine owner and Lincoln Coal Co president, died two months after a robbery where he was knocked down and $5,000 stolen. The cause cited is a brain cyst from the beating, with Highfield and Ramilow convicted and jailed, Kennedy awaiting trial. Frazer leaves a widow and three children including a daughter in Chicago.
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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 in Danville Escape
Five men escaped from the county jail in Danville. Four bolted through crowded streets. identities named Fred Shultz John Dennis Mike Sullivan and William Archer. A government prisoner awaiting trial for bootlegging also escaped but was captured after leaping to the ground.
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Danville
Fred Shultz
John Dennis
Mike Sullian
William Archer
Missionary Convention Closes in Niantic
Rev. Park er Stockdale of West Side Christian Church Chicago delivered the closing address as the Illinois Christian Missionary societies Sixth district wrapped up its session in Niantic.
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Niantic
Parker Stockdale
West Side Christian Church of Chicago
Illinois Christian Missionary Societies of the
Sixth District
Live Wire Kills Man in Store Cellar
Fred A. Mytinger died after a live wire in his cellar was touched. Two men attempting to rescue him suffered severe electric shocks. Authorities investigate the incident at the Whiteball store cellar.
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Whiteball
Fred A. Mytinger
Bride of a Day Deserts Macoupin Groom in Wedding Row
Clarence Mayhbery, 29, of Macoupin county, loses his bride after a day of marriage. The bride, Mamie Grace, initially hid her name, claiming her mother opposed the union. Maybery filed a kidnapping warrant against Edgar Suttles, a 22-year-old Ellsbury druggist, who allegedly took the bride to her mother’s home. Sheriff Crow declined to serve the warrant, noting the bride later said she was not abducted and had agreed to marry Maybery under threats.
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Sheriff Crow
Suttles
Maybery
Flooded fields ruin Illinois crops in rising rivers
Reports from Illinois farmers say wheat and corn suffer severe damage as Mississippi and Illinois rivers rise. In Dardenne prairie waters cover fields up to three feet, extending from the Missouri river to Elm Point in St. Charles county. Missouri Point at river junction is flooded and ferry landings fail.
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Alton
Illinois
Mississippi
Dardenne Prairie
Elm Point
St. Charles County
Missouri Point
Missouri
Judgment Awarded in Cement Suit in Chicago
In Chicago Judge Kavanaugh awarded $30,000 each to F. W. Stanhope and Samuel W. Engs from Black Hills Portland Cement for services and alleged work on a cement plant. Stanhope sued for $35,000 claiming fees for supervising construction.
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Chicago
Kavanaugh
Black Hills Portland Cement Company
F. W. Stanhope
Samuel W. Engs
Stanhope
Pupils to Build Furniture for New High School
The manual training department pupils of the local high school will manufacture the fixtures for the new high school under construction. The decision was made at a school board session.
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Rockford
Ilinois Congress of Mothers
James T. Joslin
Harry M. Johnson
Mothers’ Club of
Macomb
Congress
Clinton
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