Partners for Life
Percival Deane, heir to a failing iron works, takes charge to save the firm after the missing partner’s $30,000 Peru venture. He discovers new capital, expands sales to old patrons, and falls for Elsie Marvin, daughter of the widow receptionist. A returning partner reveals the missing fortune and a hopeful future for Deane Marvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Elmer Cobb
Bailey
Percival Deane
Deane
Marvin
San Francisco
Elsie
Deane & Marvin
Mrs. Marvin
Percival
Do Flowers Feel Pain The Mimosa Experiments Stir Debate
French physiologist M. L. Chassaigne argues plants feel pain based on experiments with mimosa plants. Leaves writhe when heated but stay still after anesthesia, suggesting a plant nervous-like response. He notes many physiologists deny pain due to lack of nerves, while others see proto plasm acting as a primitive nervous system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Chassaigne
M. Chassaigne
Longest name on Macon county court document noted
Decatur reports a boy eleven years old with an extraordinarily long name Daniel Boone Michael Stoner Peter Trible William Clinton Smith filed in a parental suit for separate maintenance. The item highlights unusual names in local court records and notes family context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Macon
Daniel Boone
Michael Stoner
Peter Trible
William Clinton Smith
Chester
John H. Burke
Mary Adams
Randolph County
Springfield
Chicago
State Board of Labor Statistics
Peter Hart
John R. Marshall
Eighth Regiment of Infantry
Illinois National Guard
Frank S. Dickson
Jack Foster
Jacksonville
James T. King
McKinley
Tanner
Nashville
Tenn
Masonic Lodge
Peoria
Mount Carmel
Dlnols
Middle West
Woods
Automobile Department
Rufus M. Potts
Assured Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Dunne
Potts
Percy B. Sullivan
Watseka
F. L. Hooper
J. W. Kern
Iroquois County
F. F. Buttow
Loda
Illinois
Joel B. Fitch
Button
Hooper
Minnesota
St. Paul
Benjamin Baker
James Black
Baker
Emma Green
Willis A. Snider
Sangamon
Amos Duncan
Illinois News Briefs Roundup From Cairo To Greenup
Illinois items report H Seymour Antrim of Cairo seriously injured by a stray bullet after a New Year’s watch meeting. Other briefs note a murder confession in Omaha, a Spokane arrest of a former subdistrict official, a railroad sale at Marion, and Mont Vernon preparations to sail for Italy with Dr Maria Montessori’s assistant, among other local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
H. Seymor Antrim
Cairo Board of Trade
Antrim
Presbyterian
Chicago
Chris Rahsmessen
J. P. Murphy
Salvation Army
Omaha
Neb
Metropolis
Ill
Charles Robinson
Rahsmessen
Herrin
United Mine Workers
George Wilson
Spokane
Wash
Wilson
St. Louis
Mount Vernon
Paul Waitans
D. 8
Johnson
Centralia
Marion
Black Diamond
Williamson County
Ed M. Stotlar
Stotlar-Herrin Lumber Company
Pittsburg
Alice Watson
Italy
Maria Montessori
Miss Watson
Doctor Montessori
W. F. Daniels
Rockford
Olga Sward
Sweden
America
Bloomington
Treasury of
Illinois
John A. Bowman
Stonington
Henry Bowman
Monmouth
Peter Christensen
Germany
Pana
William Lyford
Big Four
Ghiman
Chicago & Alton
Greenup
H. S. Allenthorp
S. Beariden
Toledo
Public Pensfach Snaps at Money and Mra Winslow
Readings describe money quests and a quip about Mra Winslow's soothing syrup for children. A light exchange about a woman’s shopping choices mentions a soft boiled egg as a dig, reflecting local chatter and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra Winslow
Grateful Kentucky Farmer Endorses Dodd’s Kidney Pills
A 77 year old farmer from Ethel Kentucky, Mr W D Smith, testifies he used Dodd’s Kidney Pills for ten to twelve years and credits them with curing back, bladder and kidney trouble. He states he would likely be dead without them and offers to publish his picture. Ad promotes 60c boxes from Dodd’s Medicine Co Buffalo NY with free Household Hints and recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Dodd
Dodd’s Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Adv
Some Big Pecan Tree In Old Southern States
The article notes ancient pecan trees in Milledgeville Georgia and a record tallest tree near Little Falls Oklahoma. It mentions an Indian planted tree over 100 years old in Milledgeville, insured for 300 dollars due to urban encroachment. Pecans reach up to 170 feet in height in various southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgevillee
Little Falls
Oklo
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
God or Devil A Salvation Army official and a peasant host
Commissioner Howard, chief of staff to General Bramwell Booth, recounts a travels tale with self deprecating humor. In a country guest room a peasant host uses two boxes as a bed to cope with sparing space and quips that if one belongs to God they will be all right, otherwise the devil has it too good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devil
Howard
Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
God
Coffee, headaches, and Postum health claim text
A testimonial extolling Postum as a coffee substitute. The narrator cites headaches attributed to coffee and describes family health improvement after switching to Postum. It promotes Regular and Instant Postum and urges readers to buy from grocers.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Partners For Life
Elsie Marvin
Mr. Deane
W. G. Chapman
Illinois News
H. Seymour Antrim
Wisman
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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