Campaign funds probe swirls around Illinois race
Washington reports say after adjournment a Senate sleuths team will visit Chicago to probe charges of big money from utilities and the Small-Lundin faction to defeat McKinley and back Frank L. Smith. Senator Caraway charges imply millions were raised. Insull, Culver, and Walker tied to the storm. Smith is hospitalized after recent surgery. McKinley defends his campaign spending amid the uproar.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Westerville
Ohio
Anti Saloon League
Caraway
Dem
Ark
Illinois
Samuel Insull
Frank L. Smith
Colonel Smith
Henrotin Hospital
William Culver
Commerce Commission
Senator McKinley
John H. Walker
Illinois Federation of Labor
Smith
Post Office to pay salaries by check at large offices
The Postal Service will begin July 15 paying salaries to staff at 99 of the largest offices by check rather than cash to save government time. The U S Shipping Board will investigate discriminatory freight rates by 78 steamship lines under the 1916 Shipping Act. Washington welcomed Lieut Com Richard E Byrd returning from his Arctic triumph. Senate approves McKinley Illinois renomination to accept the Legion of Honor from France.
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Post Office Department
United States Shipping Board
Washington
Richard E. Byrd
Arctic
North Pole
William B. McKinley
Illinois
Legion of Honor
Senate
Florida Millionaire Held for Wife's Death
St Petersburg Florida multimillionaire developer and promoter Eugene M Elliott was arrested on a first degree murder charge and held without bond. The arrest followed a coroner's jury hearing into the fatal injury of his wife at their home in an exclusive residential section.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Eugene M. Elliott
Great Wheat Crash Figures Seven Million Losses
Euwil Bacher and Oscar Fabry, president and manager of Victoria Milling and Concordia Milling, were arrested by Hungarian state police for losses of over seven million dollars in Chicago wheat speculation belonging to stockholders.
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Budapest
Hungary
Chicago
Victoria Milling Company
Concordia Milling Company
Euwil Bacher
Oscar Fabry
June Bug Exterminator Storp
Steam rollers are used to exterminate June bugs in Pomerania and Mecklenburg as a novel pest control method reported in the region. The note highlights intervention by local authorities and industry groups in ongoing agricultural management.
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Storp
Pomerania
Mecklenburg
The Churches Announce July 4 Services and Socials
The church invites all to Sunday worship with bell at 9 30 a m English service at 10 30 led by Prof K Freytay of Naperville and a sermon inspiring greater efforts for the Kingdom The Sewing Circle plans a social and market July 8 with an evening dance and a church council meeting July 14 at 8 p m pastoral calls available via Dal ton 508 R
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President Coolidge
K. Freytay
Naperville
Church Council
Dalton
Patriot Service at St Pauls Lutheran Marks 150th Anniversary
St Pauls Lutheran Church on 138th Street and Leyden Ave plans a July 4 patriotic service at 9:30 a.m. with a children's song and communion. Pastor W J Kemnitz urges gratitude for 150 years of American blessings under God and the Constitution, calling for humility and loyalty.
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ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
138Th Street
Leyden Ave
United States
America
U. S
W. J. Kemnitz
Our Saviors Church Announces Sunday Services
Our Saviors Lutheran Church at 138th Street and Wabash Avenue invites the public to Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and worship service at 10:80 a.m. Public invited.
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OUR Saviour’s Luth
Fourth of July Services at First Methodist Church
The Fourth of July will be celebrated with services Sunday next. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Morning worship at 11 o'clock. A combined service with patriotic music and sermons at 7:45 p.m. The pastor, A. A. Myers, will preach morning and evening. Public cordially invited.
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First Methodist Church
A. A, Myers
Water taster in Paris with a keen palate
In Paris, M. Duvivieu is famed for tasting water with a refined palate. He can identify the water’s likely French region or spring, and indicate mineral presence and approximate quantities.
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England
Paris
M. Duvivieu
France
London Mail
Adlay Seen as Wheat Substitute in Tropics
A substitute grain for wheat Adlay is described as a good stand in for wheat or corn if shortages occur. It is likened to Job's tears with hard seeds often used for beads and other crafts.
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Tropics
Job
Record Bass Season Boosts Illinois Angling Prospects
The bass season opening on June 15 brings stronger sport across Lake and McHenry counties with abundant bass and crappie along the Fox Rock and Mississippi rivers. Reports cite thriving stocks in Lake Senachwine Pekin area Havana area and many southern waters. Increased supply credited to closed bass season rules and a 500 carload distribution from hatcheries funded by fishing licenses.
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Fox, Rock
Mississippi
Senachwine
Peoria
Spring Lake
Pekin
Illinois
Makinaw
Meredosia Bay
Matanza
Quiver Beach
Havana
Illinois River
Beardstown
Jima Lake
Quincy
Smith Lake
Naples
Decatur
Mattoon
Danville
Paris
Jacksonville
Carlinville
Tallula
Hillsboro
White Hall
Carlyle
Shawneetown
Lawrence
Strat
Longest Bishop in English History
Thomas Wempe, bishop of London from 1450 to 1489, holds the record for the longest tenure as head of the English diocese.
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Thomas Wempe
London
Versailles Life and History Reveals Royal Tables and Public Feasts
In Cecilia H M’s Versailles life and history the display of royal meals is described with pomp. The queens of France ate amid ritual as the public watched while diners moved between the dining room and palace. Marie Antoinette ended the spectacle, a note on revolutionary change.
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France
Versailles
Cecilia HM
Miss Hill
Marie Antoinette
Jud Tunkins Critiques Modern Improvements
Jud Tunkins compares recent progress to a three-ring circus, saying the advances are many yet burdensome for an individual to manage, reflecting a skeptical view from the Washington Star.
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Jud Tunkins
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