Illinois Boys State Fair School Moves to Permanent Feature
Springfield, June 31 The largest stay on the farm movement in Illinois is the Boys State Fair School, says Francis Blair state superintendent of public instruction. The school will be held at the State Fairgrounds Springfield September 17 to 25. This will be the sixth session with 315 boys expected. 40 will be appointed by the board of agriculture from 101 counties with extra pupils from larger counties. Cook county will supply fifteen boys. Delegates must be 15 to 21 years old. The school remains under a single principal with full authority. each boy pays railroad fare and five dollars for board tuition and incidentals and supplies his own toiletries.
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Springfield
Ilinois
State Fair School
Francis’ G. Blair
Blair
State Board of Agriculture
Board of Agriculture
Cook County
Portrait of General Rawlins Donated to State History Society
On July 31 a Civil War era oil portrait of General John Aaron Rawlins, adjutant general and chief of staff to General U.S. Grant, was announced as a gift to the state historical society. The painting, by an unidentified Chicago artist, passed through Jr. Russell Jones and General James Harrison Wilson before reaching the society. General Wilson, now in Wilmington Delaware, noted he could not read the artist's name but recalled the painter’s initials. The work will be restored, with hopes of identifying the painter.
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Springfield
John Aaron Rawlins
U.S. Grant
State Historical Society
Jessie Palmer Weber
Chicago
Jr. Russell, Jones
James Harrison Wilson
State Historical’ Society
Gert. Rawlins
Newport Suffrage Tea Dance At Marble House
Marble House in Newport Rhode Island hosted a tea dance this afternoon to aid the Congressional Union and war destitute children. The event drew many society women active in the suffrage movement and supported the cause with social prominence.
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Newport
R. I
Oliver N. P. Belmont
Congressional Union
Catholic ceremony at new Mary's church cornerstone
In Wooster Ohio on July 31 noted prelates and lay representatives of the Catholic church will attend the cornerstone ceremony for the new Marys church. Rishon Farrelly of Cleveland will preside and Rt Rev M C O'Reilly will deliver the sermon in the event.
Empire Hippodrome to Open with The Hypocrites
W L Busby, returning from New York, reports theater bookings for the Chamberlain Marrington circuit. He notes producers are cautious this season amid war and poor business, with only two to three new productions instead of ten or twelve. Empire Hippodrome opens Sept 1 featuring The Hypocrites, a high class film, four days, with other high class shows at popular Sunday prices.
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W. L. Busby
The
Empire Slippodrome
New’ York
Chamberlain-Marrington
Former Quincyan notes development in old hometown
A letter from Texas to Secre tary Perry of the Chamber of Commerce praises Quincy progress and the new Chamber building. It expresses nostalgia for boyhood days and commends Geo. D Levi as a fitting Chamber president, noting the writer’s long association and best wishes.
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Dickinson
Missouri State
Later Insurance Co
Austin
Texas
Perry
Chamber of Commerce
Quincy
Quincey
Chamber
Geo. D
Levi
Quincy Chamber of Commerce
GEQ
D. Levi
C. F. Perry
Want Quincyans Attend the Brown County Fair
Mayor W K Abbott urges Quincy autoists through the Chamber of Commerce to attend Brown County Fair August 3 6 with Quincy Day August 5 and a special train request. Mt Sterling invites Quincy people to renew ties and strengthen relations while enjoying the fair. Autoists are asked to depart 8 a m from Chamber building 5th and Jersey streets with cars reasonably spaced.
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Quincy
W. K. Abbott
Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Sterling
Brown County Fair Association
The
Fair Association
Quincy Chamber of Commerce
Wabash
Brown
5Th
Jersey Streets
Electric storm devastates Kinderhook town
Kinderhook endured a severe July 31 storm that struck around four in the afternoon. A cloudburst and high winds toppled small buildings and unroofed others, felled shade trees, and toppled a fifty foot semaphore at the depot. The worst damage hit Geo Prebles home where a large limb ripped a hole in the roof and damaged the back porch.
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Kinderhook
Geo. Prebles
Whitaker Fight Mischaracterization Corrected
Bert Meyer of Eighteenth and Maple corrects a Whig Saturday reference calling him a middleweight fighter. Meyer says he has trained Tarvey Whitaker and Frank Whitaker, and may manage Harvey Whitaker when he returns from Ohio for the winter. Tarvey reports a draw with Bill Argus in Columbus, Ohio.
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Bert Meyer
Eighteenth
Maple Streets
Whig
Meyer
Electric Wheel
Ite
Tarvey Whitaker
Frank Whitaker
Harvey Whitaker
Ohio
Meyer A
Tarvey
Rank Whitaker
Columbus
Bill Argus
Cincinnati
Lost Ad to The Whig Sparks Curious Search
A reader describes sending a notice to The Whig after discovering a foster moment, likening it to a parasol or unfamiliar item, and notes the puzzling nature of the lost advertisement in the historical column.
Aged Kinderhook resident Martin Hull dead at 90s
Martin A L Hull aged resident of Kinderhook died suddenly Friday evening around 5 o clock. He would have been 91 on August 5 and was a Virginia native who moved to Illinois in 1847. He farmed near Plainville before moving to Kinderhook five years ago. Survived by three sons and two daughters. Funeral at Shiloh church three miles east of Plainville, with interment in the family lot nearby.
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Kinderhook
Martin AL. Hull
Hull
Mr. Hull
Virginia
Illinois
Adams County
Here
Plainville
Lewistown Plans Elaborate Homecoming Festival
Plans have been discussed for an elaborate homecoming and festival in Lewistown this fall. Committees will be appointed to work on details and the festival is tentatively set for October after the county fairs in Missouri. The aim is to gather former residents for a social gathering and goodwill event.
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Lewistown
Missouri
Aid East Prussia at Duesseldorf meeting
ELBERFELD East Prussia July 31 representatives from the Duesseldorf district municipalities agreed to divide the district evenly and assign each division a portion to sponsor East Prussia s reconstruction and rehabilitation after two Russian invasions to aid recovery efforts across the region
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East Prussia
Elberfeld
Duesseldorf
Sloan's Liniment advertised as general cure-all
An old medicinal advertisement hawks Sloan's Liniment for 25 cents claiming it treats toothache bruises sprains sore neck backache neuralgia rheumatism and other emergencies by reducing congestion and inflammation. It urges dr ug gists to stock the bottle and invites customers to prove its efficacy.
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Sloan
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W. K. Abbot
Story
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