Funk for Governor Delegates Sign a Pledge
State Senator Frank H. Funk of Bloomington was nominated for governor by the first state convention of the new Progressive party. Delegates signed a pledge to support the ticket and platform, while Roosevelt received hearty indorsement and the party embraced a broad reform program including direct election of senators and eight-hour laws.
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Chicago
Frank H. Funk
Bloomington
New Progressive Party
Progressive Party
John P. Conrad
Will County
David Morrison
Illinois
Charles E. Merriam
Merriam
Roosevelt
Medill McCormick
C. R. Pendarvis
Henderson County
Arthur L. Curvey
John L. Hamilton
Hoopeston
Charles Ringer
Jane Addams
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Funk
Senator Funk
Robert Eaton
Dekalb County
WH. Fram
Haton
Eaton
B. O. Aylesworth
Cass County
Walter Clyde Jones
E. D. Telford
Marion County
William H. Frame
Duncan C. Milner
New Party
National Progressive Party
State Tax Commission
State Board of Equalization
State Industrial Commission
Camp Epworth hosts Rockford district Methodist camp meet
The Rockford district of the Rock River conference ME church holds its annual camp meeting at Camp Epworth with sessions drawing churchgoers from across the district. Rev. J P Brushingham speaks on Patriotism of Peace as Rev. Farmilee directs music and Rev. Rompel leads evangelistic services. District Superintendent J A Matlack presides.
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Rockford
Rock River
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Camp Epworth
J. P. Brushingham
Chicago Methodist Preachers
F. F. Farmilee
H. E. Rompel
J. A. Matlack
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
Mrs Jennie Green of Covington Missouri reports relief from monthly hemorrhages and back weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs O M Cui ng of Brownsville Indiana credits the remedy with avoiding surgery and restoring health after severe female trouble and hemorrhages.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Green
Covington
Jennie Green
Covington, Mo
Brownsville
Ind
The New Sport turkey trot in New York crowds
Uncle Silas notes New Yorkers abandoning boss-racing for turkey trot. A boarder asks how it will be exciting, and Silas predicts strong local interest in the new event. The excerpt reflects humorous commentary on changing spectator sports.
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Uncle Silas
Harper's Weekly
Do You Believe We Are In Any Danger Of Losing Birthright
A dialogue contrasts belief in defending birthright with a reporter’s assertion that only those who must earn what they receive face risk. The exchange emphasizes caution and inevitability in social duties.
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Indiana
Michigan
Missouri
New
Progressive Party
Suc
Chicago
Chicago Stockyards
Live Stock Exchange
Charles 8. Jones
The
Exchange
Congress
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming
Idaho
Dakotas
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
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Dean Franklin
Macomb
Fletcher Dobyns
Philip Decker
Murphys
910
Edwin Winter
Danville
Edward O. Peterson
Aurora
University of Illinois
B. F. Harris
Champaign
Raymond Robins
Frederick L. Hatch
Spring Grove
Mary J. Wilmarth
C. D. Thomas
Frank G. Allen
Moline
la Verne W. Noyes
John F. Bass
Thomas A. Russell
Twentieth Ward
Rules Committee
John Boyle
Springfield
News OF Illinois
Vienna
Thomas H. Sheridan
Johnson County
Harry Thacker
Thacker
Sheridan
Cone
Fairfield
Joseph K. Secrest
L. P. Secrest
Secrest
Clarksdale
Miss
Xenia
William E. Mason
Adj
Frank S. Dickson
H. Robert Fowler
Twentyfourth
MD. Foster
N. B. Thistlewood
John H. Henson
John L. Pickering
State Board of Agriculture
Terre Haute
Julticon Brothers
F. B. Thacker
Doyle
National Progressive Convention Association
Ralph C. Otis
Laverne W. Noyes
Frederick S. Oliver
George F. Porter
Lawrence Heyworth
Edwin D. Keith
Medill
Highteenth Street
Christina Mayers
Conway Smith
Harry
Michael McGinnins
Internal Revenue Department
Harrisburg
Thomas Sprinkleton
James B. Blackman
Mooneyhan
Asa Gibson
Edna
McCullough
J. F. Mackey
J. J. Bundy
A. J. Guerrettaz
H. G. Cormick
Max Prill
R. J. Birge
E. L. Welton
Centralia Trust and Savings Bank
Centralia
Decatur
Mike Breyette
Columbia
Madison
Loraine
Post
Pottum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
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