Wet and dry battle shapes Illinois city swings
Kewanee and many Illinois towns held bitter local option battles as mayoral races produced a mix of wet and dry outcomes. In Kewanee the wets won with strong female polling presence. Elgin, Harvard, Danville, Bloomington and Joliet also voted on liquor issues amid sweeping party shifts and local reform campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kewanee
Alexander McLean
O. D. Peterson
H. Sterling Pomeroy
C F Sullivan
Andrew T. Boyle
Illinois
Elgin
Albert Fehrman
Joseph Newman
Fehrman
Newman
Illinois State Dairymen’s Association
Elgin Police and Fire Commission
Vickers
Danville
Louis Platt
Citizens
William F. Baum
McLean County
Bloomington
Secor
George Noble
Minonk
el Paso
Weldon
Robert WL. Carlock
Edward Holland
Carlock
Chenoa
W. E. Goudy
E. S
E. E. Steel
J. J. Lavinder
John Musgrave
Robert Liddell
Wets
Mattoon
Charles T. Welch
A. H. Messer
Charleston
T. T. Shoemaker
C. HE. Kincade
Belvidere
William L. Pierce
Berton
Z. J. Myers
C. C. Jones
Bushnell
J. E. Harris
Fairfield
H. W. Pitner
George
W. Lewis
Harry C. Biggons
Larkin MacLin
Ss. T. Pendleton
S. W. Colbert
W. M. Ryan
Sullivan
Moultrie
Arthur
Levington
Bethany
Dalton Wity
Allenville
Pontiac
W. C. Graves
W. H. Bentley
Carmi
Claude M. Barnes
Hiram Brannon
Barnes
Rosebud
J. W. Perkins
F. D. Guker
J. F. Holtman
Charles Thieman
Dan Kaffal
Philip Hahn
Marion
St. Marie
Newton
Joseph Littleman
Isaac Stewart
S. F. Lauger
Grayville
Claude O. Mills
W. EB. Norris
John Feverstone
John F. Taylor
John Lindsay
A. J. Baldwin
W. L. Skiles
Shawneetown
M. Carney
Marsh Wisehart
Albion
Charles Emmerson
Alton
Edmund Beall
Charles Clifford
Mount Carroll
Jason B. Paul
Chadwick
J. B. Taylor
Antilicense
Shannon
R. C. Miller
Scott Cowan
Miller
Lanark
Citizen
G. M. Wales
Savanna Henry Lartz
Dr. McGrath
Joliet
John R. Cronin
Decatur
Charles M. Borchers
Charles F. Shilling
Borchers
Shilling
Rockford
Mark Jardine
Charles E. Jackson
Saving Paint Money By Hiring a Safe Painter
A house owner can avoid poor results by avoiding the cheapest option and by using the National Lead Company's House owner's Painting Outfit No. 49. The kit offers color schemes, specifications, and a paint adulteration detector, and promotes pure white lead from Dutch Boy Painter. The company provides guidance and ensures access to its products through local dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Trinity
Dutch Boy Painter
National Lead Co
Why NY Theater Tickets Skip Start Times
A New York reader questions why theater tickets do not show performance start times. The implied answer is that punctuality is rare, making the hour unnecessary to print and wasting printer’s ink on a trivial detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lane's Family Medicine tonic tea advert promises relief
An ad touts Lane's Family Medicine tonic laxative tea as a cure for head and back aches and general fatigue. It claims to clear the head, relieve stomach and bowels, and restore strength with broad promises, offered at druggists and dealers for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
The Old Time Ad Wit and Teething Syrups
A garbled ad column riffing on road advocacy offers a quip about paying a legislator. It promotes Marine Eye Remedy with claims of safety and soothing pain. Teething syrup for children is advertised as a remedy, ending with a proverb about deep thinking dodging death.
Farcical Exchange Ends In Exit From Apartment
An amused medical man urges a woman to breathe deeply for health while she mocks a new direct'ry gas and exits in haughty fashion. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the comic scene as a street theater of urban life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ry Gas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Hot Time All Around Joke Exchange
A joke exchanges a lawyer and witness about arson. The prisoner answers that the accusation is a burning shame, delivering a light pun on heat and fire.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brooklyn
Get de Samuel
Vale
Tine Centaur Company
Bears
Castoria
Wational Lead Company
Trinity Building
Ieee Aceasta
Chicago
California Fig Syrup Co
Putnam
Monroe