Seven States Elect Municipal Officers
Chicago and statewide results show Republicans winning many city posts while Democrats gain in Springfield and various Illinois towns. Key races include Chicago treasurer Powell and clerk Connery. aldermen split 18 each. a tuberculosis tax measure passed. Evanston and Cicero voted to stay out of Chicago. Springfield saw Schnepp defeat Sherman for mayor. other city offices swing with party lines.
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Isaac N. Powell
Francis D. Connery
Gray Wolves
Evanston
Cicero
Springfield
Ill
Lawrence Y. Sherman
John S. Schnepp
Sherman
Schnepp
Harry Hofferkamp
Joseph Zimmerman
W. C. McCullough
J. W. Seelman
D. G. Puterbaugh
S. 8B. Norton
A. F. Marshall
John Frame
David Brubaker
Quincy
John A. Steinbach
John H. Best
Bement
Moline
Andrew Olson
People’s
Co. G. Carlson
People’s Party
Kewanee
Hugh Hill
Elijah Storey
Theodore Cronan
Lawrence Cavanaugh
Fred Richards
Edward Golden
Robert C. Moore
N. J. Demerath
D. Burge
Decatur
Fairbury
Indian Grove
J. W. McDowell
G. B. Gordon
G W. Bennett
Robert Roberts
George B. Crouch
Marion
Williamson County
Republcan
Peoria
EB. N. Woodruff
O’connor
Jerseyville
Bloomington
McLean County
Board of Supervisors
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Thomas J. Dudman
East St. Louis
Silas Cook
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Fred K. Kern
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Janesville
Danger in Typewriting Causes First Recorded Tuberculosis
A Antwerp correspondence clerk developed articular tuberculosis in the hand from excessive typing. A doctor diagnosed tuberculosis requiring wrist amputation. The man kept his job after the operation and learned to type with his left hand.
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Antwerp
Historic Associations and the Power of Thought
Dr. Johnson argues that true dignity comes from active thinking and moral courage. He warns against cold philosophy that ignores courage wisdom and virtue and notes how places like Marathon and Iona inspire patriotism and piety.
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Marathon
Iona
Johnson
Deserved Chastisement
A young wife cried because her husband was kept downtown late and would return in darkness. An elderly woman with a husband and three sons in the Civil War scene wiped the floor in distress, then slapped the young wife in the face before changing her mind.
Public Servants and Liberty in Government Service
A quotation attributed to Sir Francis Bacon on public servants. It discusses how men in high places serve the sovereign, fame, and business, losing personal freedom in the process. The text reflects on the paradox of seeking power yet surrendering liberty and self-control.
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Sir Francis Bacon
Siam Law Reflects Royal Marriage Caution
A Siamese law states that the king's sisters and daughters never marry to prevent rivals to the throne. The rule highlights a precautionary royal policy within Thailand's historical governance.
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Siam
School for Cigar Making Opens in Belgium
Among Belgiums trade schools the latest innovation is a school for cigar making. The report highlights new vocational programs expanding hands on training for luxury craftsmanship and industrial production.
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Belgium
It Was Not Her Back
A missionary recounts a tale of a woman seeking prayer for a sore back. Mrs. Jackson offers iodine, demonstrates its safety on her own finger, and urges treatment of the back. The woman refuses, explaining the ache is her husband’s back and thus not hers to cure.
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India
Not a Weight Lifter Delights Baby’s Strong Voice
Dialogue from a humorous piece notes a baby with a tremendous voice and frequent lifting by a parent. The tone hints at playful exaggeration, contrasting physical strength with vocal talent and family life. No other people or places are named.
Deafness cured only by constitutional remedies
An advertisement claims deafness results from an inflamed Eustachian tube and cannot be treated locally. It offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, and directs readers to obtain circulars.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Omigeists
Hal’s
Partners in His Crime Umbrella Theft Tale
A tough customer is arrested for stealing an umbrella with J Thompson and G H Brickley marks. In court he admits guilt ambiguously while naming a man Quimby as the victim. The exchange reflects a shoal of misdirection and bravado in a police inquiry.
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Honor
J. Thompson
G. H. Brickley
Quimby
Mind free from guilt yields true serenity
Plutarch asserts that wealth rank eloquence and power cannot match the calm of a guilt free mind kept from wicked actions and intent. The phrase elevates virtue over fortune or lineage as the path to lasting peace.
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Plutarch
Lane's Family Medicine Herb Tea Advert
A vintage advertisement urges kindness to women troubled by headaches and pains, promoting Lane's Family Medicine herb tea as a simple remedy. It claims the product strengthens weak women and restores health, sold by druggists and dealers for 25 cents.
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Lane
Polite Interruptions Echo in Friendly Exchange
The Kansas City Times lampoons social etiquette with a quip about interrupting a discussing mother. It notes a polite reflex to comment on outfits, whether praising or deriding, as a learned social ritual.
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Kansas City Times
Care for Infants with Castoria Reminder
Important message urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and to ensure accurate labeling and proper use. It stresses caution and trustworthy preparation to protect young health.
Puck Humor and Household Tips from An Old Paper
A collage of 1920s style ads and quips, including fashion notes on hips, quips about Brownoquinine laxative, Garfield Tea as a herbal laxative, and a joke about removing paint by sitting on it. Mentions Ke W Grove signature and Lewis cigar. Includes light banter on singleness and stage actor Sarason.
Largest tobacco shipment to Lewis Single Binder factory
A Peoria firm led by Frank P. Lewis purchases what is described as the biggest lot of fancy grade tobacco in U S. history. The twenty four carloads will supply Lewis Single Binder Cigars for over two years and reflect top quality crop selection from a peak year.
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United States
Frank P. Lewis
Peoria
Peoria Star
Conversation Between Hardy and Wife Reflects Shared Views
A fragment from Youth's Companion features Hardy telling his wife that he calls their marriage a shared deal. She agrees they think alike, though notes his partner may think first. The excerpt portrays a playful domestic exchange about compatibility.
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Hardy
Carrols
Mrs. Hardy
Joe
Advert Columns from a 19th Century Home Remedies Page
An aggregation of patent medicine claims notes Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup for teething gums and wind colic with a 25 cent bottle price, plus Allen s Foot Ease powder marketed for swollen sweating feet at 25 cents. A social quip about a distant relation being too close closes the snippet.
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Allen
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Graniteville Vermont resident Mrs. Charles Barclay praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the change of life. The letter touts decades of cures for female ailments and urges other women to try the remedy despite modest cost.
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Chas. Barclay
Graniteville
Lydiak.Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
CnAs. Barclay
R.F.D
Lydia E. Pinkham
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