Sam Thompson for Legislature Endorsed by Quincy Whig
The Quincy Whig urges support for Republican Samuel I. Thompson as a solid, principled candidate for the Illinois legislature. It recalls his farming roots, six years on the Adams County Board, and his past resistance to campaign money, asserting he will represent the district honestly and faithfully. The piece also references women campaigners and party figures Hughes and Fairbanks.
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Samuel I. Thompson
Sam
Sam Thompson
Springfield
Samuel H. Thompson
Thompson
Samuel Tr. Thompson
Dick Yates
Adams County Board of Supervisors
New Serfdom and Open Door in China Critique
A critical column denounces Wilson era “new business freedom” as mismanaged and provincial. It recalls Bryan and Hay on dollar diplomacy, questions US openness in China and reductions in Mexico, and mocks foreign business barriers. The piece ends urging readers to register by October 31.
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Wilson
China
John Hay
William Jennings Bryan
State Department
Japan
Mr. Hughes
Baltimore
South America
Mexico
Real Menace to Workers Warns of Adamson Law Power
B Garretson, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, says the threat to workers is not the earnings fear but congressional regulation of hours and wages for non government employees. He argues Congress could set terms via political meddling, weakening collective bargaining and favoring or harming workers depending on mood, while rail workers remain a small minority.
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B. Garretson
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Congress
Adamson
Lowden Ends Campaign Tour in Illinois
Republican governor candidate Frank Lowden and other Illinois contenders started the final three days of campaigning with a meeting in Oswego Kendall county. The downstate tour, begun Thursday in Monee, NL, runs to a close in Decatur on Wednesday, October 25.
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Chicago
Frank QO. Lowden
Illinois
Oswego
Kendall County
Monee
Decatur
Campaign Conference Called by Sterling in Illinois
Chicago October 24 Chairman E Sterling calls joint meeting of Republican state committee and campaign advisory committee in Chicago Saturday morning October 28 Reports from each congressional district on campaign progress and plan for closing canvass to be considered
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Chicago
E. Sterling
Campaign
Labor lecturer David Ross dies after stroke in Springfield
David Ross longtime secretary of the state board of labor statistics and noted labor lecturer died at his residence in Springfield on Monday after suffering a stroke. He had severed ties with the board when the recent administration took office and was known for his lectures in labor circles.
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Springfield
David Ross
State Board of Labor Statistics
Ross
Board of Labor Statistics
Dimne
Dr Kings New Life Pills Advertises Quick Relief
An advertisement claims constipation dulls the brain and urges readers to take Dr King’s New Life Pills for prompt relief. The copy promises a mild bowel movement that cleanses the system and improves complexion and mood, touting availability at druggists for 2 cents.
Money Trust Bogey Targets Bankers and Carranza Decree
The piece argues against the Money Trust bogey in American politics, contends the president misrepresents banking, and notes Carranza in Mexico accusing Banco Nacional and Bank of London and Mexico of a money trust. It cites French and British defenses, Mexican crises since 1913, and U.S. bankers backing Hughes amid Fed scrutiny.
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Racho Review
Congress
Mexico
Bryan
Carranza
Banco Nacional
Bank of London
State Department
Washington
Mexican Joint Commission
Financial Digest
Diaz
General Huerta
Chapultepec
Zapata
Villa
Mexico City
South
Hughes
Federal Reserve System
Adamson Law Unclear Says Brotherhood Engineer
Warren Stone grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers admits he cannot define the Adamson law. In a Cleveland circular Oct 10 1916 he and six assistants acknowledge lack of precise meaning. Charles E Hughes warned of unexpected consequences in Newark remarks. The group contemplates potential penalties for haste as they reassess the law's reach.
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York
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Congress
Cleveland
Adamson Law
Newark
N. J
Erasty
Hughes
Illinois History Briefs From Cahokia to Chicago Mystery
On Oct 24 1777 an expedition from Cahokia destroyed the British post at St Joseph and was ambushed near the Calumet River leaving most of the party dead. In Chicago Gelouse Doucet a policeman thought murdered is now believed to have killed himself over his wife’s health after a note expresses sorrow.
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Cahokia
St. Joseph
Calumet River
Chicago
Gelouse Doucet
No More Backache For Her Artful Ind Ad Claim
Mrs J M Gaskill of Etna Green Indiana reports severe back ache and shooting pains but finds relief from a single box of Foley Kidney Pills. The ad claims the medicine treats backache urinary trouble swollen ankles and rheumatic pains and endorses Miller Arthur Drug Co as supplier.
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J. M. Gaskill
Etna Green
Ind
Foley
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
Adv
Wage Fixing Feature in Chicago Sparks Union Debate
G Dal Jones, chief telegrapher, in Chicago argues against the Adamson Law warning that fixed wages by government could erode collective bargaining. He questions whether Congress or unions would prevail in a wage fix dispute and notes the risk to labor’s bargaining power.
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Chicago
Tll
G. Dal Jones
Order Railway Telegraphers No. 91
Hughes
United States
Uncle Sam
Congress
Labor
Marriage of Mother Made Child Citizen
Springfield report explains Joseph Peffer of Norris City Illinois doubts his U S citizenship after his mother married a citizen when he was a minor The attorney general ruled that the mother was not of legal age at the time so the boy did not automatically become a citizen If he was of age then he must obtain citizenship papers to vote
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Springfield
Ill
Joseph Peffer
Norris City
111
United States
America
Joseph
Bootland
In Our School Mustrations by Frank Moser
A jumble of classroom chaos as Miss Palmer is late then absent, Short Leg Milliken takes charge, geography misstarts, spelling antics, and a late nurse attend called by Brigham and Ex. Palmed distractions end with Miss Palmer’s arrival and a lively, if noisy, day.
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Frank Moser
Blinky Hammond
Miss Palmer
Blinky
Milliken
Brigham
Anny
South Ameri
Train bandits surrounded in Osage hills near Ponca City
Report says three bandits from last week’s Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe robbery are surrounded in the Osage hills near Ponca City Bliss Oklahoma October 24 conflicting reports say capture may have occurred with mayor unable to confirm and no final confirmation available.
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Bliss
Okla
Osage Hills
Ponca City
Uble
Secret and public consistories planned by Pope Benedict
Rome via Paris reports Pope Benedict will hold a secret consistory on December 4 and a public one on December 7 to create new cardinals. The Red Hat will be conferred on Monsignor Count Raffaele Scapinelli, formerly papal nuncio at Vienna, and Monsignor Fruewirth, formerly...
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Rome
Paris
Benedict
Count Raffaele Scapinelli
Vienna
Fruewirth
Nuncio Change at Munich Names Aversa as Replacer
Monsignor Frue worth will be replaced at Munich by Monsignor Aversa papal nuncio in Brazil who is now on his way to Rome.
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Munich
Monsignor
Frueworth
Muich
Aversa
Brazil
Rome
Dutch newspapers condemn bomb raid on Dutch coast
Amsterdam reports Dutch papers condemn a Handelsblad Sunday claim that a Zeppelin dropped a bow near Korkum Gorinchem, 22 miles southeast of Rotterdam. Nieuws Vanden Dagu calls German airship commanders reckless for ignoring Dutch protests, saying the incident barely avoided serious results.
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Amsterdam
London
Handelsblad
Korkum
Gorinchem
Rotterdam
Nieuws Vanden Dagu
Onle
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Associated Prose
Save Verticing
Eeprepsantatives
Marbridge
New York
Quincy, In
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Sam H. Thompson
Messrs
Fairbanks
Commonwealth of Illinois
Lowden
Sterling
Fiabe
Europe
David
Goliath
Tom May
Money Trust
Bryan Bogey
Snort Leg
Bliss Palmer
Genevieve Hicks
Plessant
Noats
Fatty Bellowes
Sean
Fatty
Jonathan Hutchinson
Aliswork
Electric Wheel CO
Quincy
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