Root Grant Wedding Unites Secretary of State’s Daughter
The wedding of Miss Root to Lieutenant Grant, grandson of General Grant, draws high social and official attendees. The ceremony at the Root residence linked two prominent families, with a small Washington guest list and a longer out of town turnout, followed by a short honeymoon and plans for a Boston home.
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Elihu Root
Alicia Stryker
M. Woolsey Stryker
Hamilton College
Root
Stryker
Lieutenant Grant
Washington
Grant
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Potter Palmer
Sartoris
Vivian
Frederick Roosevelt Scovel
Roosevelt
Scott Circle
Fifteenth Street
Miss Root
Countess Cassini
Potter Palmer, Jr
Chicago
Clinton
N. Y
Boston
Brookline
Edward Burr
Massachusetts
New York
McKinley
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr
Philip Sheridan
Louise Honore
Palmer
Wireless Addenda: Japanese electrician's new system claimed
A Yonkers Statesman item notes a Japanese electrician claims a wireless system superior to current devices. Mrs. Bacon remarks bus ties may be returning in style, reflecting a light, humorous exchange.
World submarine cables total 1 750 lines and 200000 miles
The world contains 1 750 submarine cables spanning about 200 000 miles with an overall cost of 275 900 000 dollars.
Plagues of Nerve Sufferers and Auto-suggestion
A Nashville article notes various defined phobias such as monophobia claustrophobia and agoraphobia and claims auto-suggestion as the universal remedy for these mental miseries. Dr Samuel McComb in Good Housekeeping highlights self suggestion as the cure in lay terms.
Bold Bank Robbery Shocks Clinton Illinois
Two masked men robbed the State Bank in Clinton at closing time, tied up three officials in the vault, and escaped with 2200 dollars. They informed police of the crime as they fled. an armed posse searched the area but found no capture.
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Clinton
George Argo
Young
Comrades Bury Gen. Martin in Local G A R Service
Salem General James S. Martin who died here was buried by former comrades in the G A R. More than 500 veterans attended the funeral, including many department officers.
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Martin
Salem
James
Department
Fairfield-James B Shaeffer Dies At 58
Fairfield retired farmer stock raiser and capitalist James B Shaeffer died at his home from pneumonia aged 58. He served as treasurer of the Wayne County Farmers Insurance Co. in Jail for Debt. Also in Champaign teacher Sherman Cass has been jailed for two months for debt and could be kept there for life under state law.
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Fairfield
James B. Shaeffer
Wayne County Farmers’ Insurance Co
Champaign
Sherman Cass
Hunter Accidentally Shot During Hunt
Carthage resident D. C. Vetter, a stock shipper, was shot through the intestines when a gun discharged accidentally as he climbed a wire fence while hunting. He was injured in the incident and treated at the scene.
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Mount Vernon
Ray Sweeten
Sweeten
Hunter
Carthage
D. C
Vetter
Oppose Plurality Primaries Faces in Illinois
The Illinois Republican Editorial Association opposes any act establishing direct plurality nomination. A separate note from Alto Pass reports a 14 year old, son of Vangilder, says his father and he argued and he wanted to die, now convalescent after a self-inflicted wound. A fatal wreck near Farmdale leaves one dead and seven injured when a Chicago and Alton train collides with Vandalia freight.
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Speaker Cannon
Danville
Joseph Cannon
Bismarck
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Springfield
Illinois Republican Editorial Association
Alto Pass
Peoriia
Chicago & Alton
Vandalia
Farmdale
Here
Saiwan
Alberta
Canada
United States
Manitoba
North-West Provinces
S. Crawford
Ninth St
Kansas City
Mag
J. Broughton
Quincy Bidg
Chicago
Modern Knight of Little Heroes and Aunt Margaret Tale
A three child family Barbara Jack and Ted are contrasted by Jack the brave middle child who travels to Aunt Margaret with Uncle Tom. He endures loss and longing learns generosity courage and hope finding a future pony gift and a sense of being a knight through steady unselfish behavior.
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Jack
Barbara
Camel
Ted
Aunt Maragret
Teddy
Aunt Margaret
Margaret
Uncle Tom
Tom
Washington Star
The Electrified Envelope and Household Experiments
A demonstration describes charging thin paper with electricity to make it stick to skin or clothing and attracting light objects with thicker paper or a postal card. It shows a walking stick or fishing rod reacting to the electrified card, followed by notes that Athens streets are being paved with asphalt as tracks for electric trolleys are prepared.
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Athens
Defiance Starch Improves White Nine Wash Goods’ Look
The article explains that nine wash goods gain beauty through proper laundering and starching. It advises home laundering with quality starch and recommends Defiance Starch for a stronger stiffening effect without thickening the fabric.
Very Much Alike
A dialog where Pat reveals confusion about his identity after noting similar hair. The employer teases about West experiences with Indians and Pat explains the mix up, insisting he and his brother Moike are nearly indistinguishable.
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Pat
Moike
Slow Growth of Oyster and Heavy Light Bills
An oyster is only pinhead sized at two weeks and takes four years to reach table size. The note also mentions paradoxically high lighting bills from illuminating companies, despite slow oyster growth.
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Mame
Cupid
Columbia College
Porto Rico
West Point
Philippines
Washington Barracks
U. S. Grant
Secretary of State
Mrs. Root
Edith
Ulysses S. Grant
United States Corps of Engineers
Rhode Island Avenue
City of
Illinois News
Norris City
Ben
Nelson Healy
Herbert Spence
Healy
Spence
Chicago Law and Order League
Gen. Martin
Illinois
James Stewart Martin
Republican State Central Committee
Illinois Grand Army of the Republic
Southern Illinois Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Association
Peoria
Barbara Anderson
Ilinois River
Sparta
Rockwood
Randolph County
S. L. Taylor
Papa
Baby Ted
Wilton
Lackaye
Shelter Island Heights
Mary
California Fig Syrup Co
Sige
Carters
Western
Alexandea
Exchange Street
Portland
Maine
Defiance
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