Oscar II of Sweden dies. Gustave V new king
Stockholm reports the death of King Oscar II at 9 10 am in the royal palace. The crowd mourns as Gustave Adolphus and ministers witness the end. His son Gustave V will be crowned with the pledge “With the People for the Fatherland.”
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Oscar II
Sweden
Gustave V
Stockholm
Sophia
Oscar Gustave
Oscar
Victoria
Baden-Baden
Prince Gustave
Margaret Victoria
Connaught
Ebba Munck
Fulkila
Fam
Oscar Gustave Adolphe
Duke of
Vermland
Council of State
Oscar I
Josephine
Prince Eugene of
Leuchtenberg
Marshal Bernadotte
Carl XV
Duke William of Nassau
Gustave
King
Prince Oscar Bernadotte
Prince Carl
Prince Eugene
Gustav
Ily
France
Pau
Charles Bernadotte
Charles XIV
Norway
Europe
Bernadotte
Whole Wheat Bread For Growing Children
The article promotes whole wheat bread as best for children aiding digestion and nervous system nutrition. It explains using milk butter salt sugar yeast and whole wheat flour to make a light batter, let it rise, then bake in tins for about an hour in a moderate oven.
Household Tips From A Past Era
A column offers practical advice for home care and cooking. Tips include drying damp cupboards with lime, stabilizing decorative vases with sand, cleaning greasy sinks with paraffin, refreshing zinc pails, and sugar rub for roast fowl. It also suggests soda crackers as an egg substitute in pies and using nitrate of potash to keep cut flowers fresh with daily stem trimming.
French Gray Bedroom Set For A Dainty Girl
A girl’s bedroom features a soft French gray set with white Louis wreaths and French gilt trim. Pale blue moire tops and a swinging full length mirror enhance a feminine space with washable white galatea table covers and flower striped cretonne borders for window hangings.
Veal Cutlet in Tomato Stew Method
Boil two cutlets in water after frying in lard until brown. Add skinned tomatoes and seeds strained, simmer covered for an hour. Include bay leaves pepper salt and onion slices. Strain seeds then finish and serve.
Parsley and Butter Sauce Preparation
A fresh bunch of parsley is cleaned and boiled in salted water for five minutes, then drained and chopped. It is placed in a tureen and mixed with a half pint of melted butter before serving.
Rice Pudding with Marmalade Bake and Meringue Top
Recipe instruction for orange marmalade topping on baked rice pudding. Mix rice sugar salt milk bake until creamy, stir every 15 minutes, then bake uncovered briefly. Cool and spread marmalade, cover with meringue made from egg white and sugar, brown lightly and serve cold.
Economy of the Gas Stove
The piece describes a multi level cooking implement with several saucepans stacked over a larger pan containing water. It functions like a double boiler but can be termed a triple or quadruple boiler, allowing vegetables for a meal to be cooked simultaneously over one gas burner.
Illinois State News: Recent Happenings Across Cities
Across Illinois cities this week, local councils discuss budgets, schools report steady enrollment, community events fill calendars, and police report routine activity. Officials urge residents to attend meetings and stay informed on public safety and local services.
Elgin Reporter Seeks Warrant Against Mayor After Fracas
John Reaves, a reporter, secured a state warrant charging Mayor Irwin E. Price with assault following a clash at the police station. Backers include Postmaster H. D. Hemmens, company president, and Albert Hall, editor, both political enemies of the mayor.
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Elgin
John Reaves
Irwin E. Price
Reaves
H. D. Hemmens
Albert Hall
Price
Chicago Place for Miss Dixon Bloomington
Helen Dixon left Bloomington for Chicago to begin work in a life insurance company offices. She will be a stenographer at 65 dollars a month. Mrs. Adlai E Stevenson and Mrs. E R Morgan of the Woman's club told Miss Dixon at the McLean county jail the position was ready and she accepted.
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Chicago
Miss Dixon
Bloomington
Helen Dixon
Adlai E. Stevenson
E. R. Morgan
Woman's Club
Druggists Fight City Liquor License Decision
Virginia angry over city council action denying liquor licenses under the local option law. Two of three local druggists in statements say they will accept city licenses or refuse liquor sales entirely. Also notes will of Ephraim Banning, patent attorney, filed in probate court. Emilie Jenne Banning named widow and executor. estate valued at $75,000. death dated December 2.
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Virginia
Banning
Chicago
Ephraim Banning
Cutting
Emilie Jenne Banning
Bryan receives warm welcome in Freeport gathering
W J Bryan was accorded an enthusiastic reception by Democrats of Freeport and party leaders from Chicago and across the state. The celebration in his honor was organized by Representative Pattison and drew about 5,000 Democrats from Freeport and neighboring towns.
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Bryan
Freeport
W. J. Bryan
Chicago
Pattison
Grain Dealer Killed In Train Collision Near Blue Mound
A prominent local grain dealer and longtime resident A P Hill died after being struck by a train on the Wabash line between Blue Mound and Stonington. The accident occurred near the midway point, lifting the community with shock and mourning.
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Blue Mound
A. P. Hill
Wabash
This Aly
Stonington
Clefford Receives Estate Proceeds After Condemned Murder
Edward Clefford, condemned to hang December 20 for murdering his father, received 327.21 dollars as his share of the estate.
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Clefford
Peoria
Edward Clefford
Gov Deneen Survives Narrow Train Wreck Near Eldorado
Gov Deneen and party escaped serious harm when a Big Four train carrying his special car collided head on with a freight four miles south of Eldorado. Three crewmen were seriously injured and 20 passengers bruised as the engine and baggage car were wrecked.
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Eldorado
Deneen
Wedded Aboard a Train Across County Lines
George Sternberg and Jeanette Ross of Danforth were married aboard a train as it crossed from Iroquois into Kankakee County. They had sought a Gilman ceremony with a license from Kankakee but learned it was from another county. A minister officiated as witnesses, aboard the moving train.
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Kankakee
Iroquois County
Kankakee County
George Sternberg
Jeanette Ross
Danforth
Gilman
Black man wounds woman in attack at her home
Alton police seek a Black quarry worker after a man identified as Alton-Walter Davis cut Mrs. Mary Blanchard, 28, with a razor in her dining room on Long Avenue. She sustained three forehead wounds and faces possible lifelong disfigurement.
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Alton
Walter Davis
Mary Blanchard
Long Avenue
Streets Will Be Lighted in Taylorville
Taylorville officials approve paying the Taylorville Gas and Electric Co. 300 dollars more yearly for street lighting, a higher price acceptable to the firm. In Rock Island a New York youth, 18, seeks enlistment in the navy after serving 30 days as a vagrant, claiming his prison sentence was a ploy to gain his mother’s permission.
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Taylorville
Taylorville Gas & Electric Company
Rock Island
Joe Rosetti
New York
Magill Libel Suit Dismissed by Chicago Jury
In Chicago, the $50,000 libel suit of Fay Graham Magill against the Chicago American was dismissed by the jury on instruction from Judge W. C. Cochran. The event drew cheering delegations from city women’s clubs as spectators crowded the courtroom doors.
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Clinton
Fay Graham Magill
Chicago American
W. C. Cochran
Alderman Bags 60 Rabbits and 15 Quail in Hunt
Alderman Jacob Hey of Chicago led a hunting party here capturing 60 rabbits and 15 quail in a single day. The outing drew local curiosity as the city official pursued game nearby.
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Sterling
Jacob Hey
Chicago
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Master House Painters & Decorators’ Association of Illinois
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Hans Johnson
Antioch
Germany
Bridgeport
Bunn
Jay Foulk
Joe Decair
Doyle & Mhecard
H. W. Bunn
J. H. Mils
Charles Spencer
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Treuter
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