Clever Ruse Wins Trick for William Jack of Peoria
William Jack of Peoria, aided by a Black servant, outwitted Chicago attorney Harry Simmon and two hostile heirs visiting his 80 year old father I A Jack. The plan saw William lure the visitors outside then lock them out on the porch, keeping them from influencing the will.
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William Jack
Peoria
I. A. Jack
Chicago
Harry Simminn
William
Noel Jack
Roy Jack
Simonton
Honor for Chicago Man Elected Swedish American League Leader
Oscar D. Olson of Chicago elected president of the Swedish American Republican league at its Aurora meeting. Olson has served several terms as secretary of the league and is an assistant state's attorney.
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Oscar D. Olson
Chicago
Peoria Supervisors Lose Seats After New Township Vote
In Peoria county officials concurred with the city council to create a new township, City of Peoria, but an attorney general opinion finds the old supervisors occupying vacant offices. Other items note miners elected in Duquoin subdistrict, a hoax Black Hand letter to Clinton mayor, Altgeld grave decorations, fines for truants in Virden, warrants for others, and a Champaign poisoning case suspect released on bond.
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Peoria
Peoria County
City of
Clinton
George Edmondson
Champaign
Leasure O'Neill
James S. Pierkon
Sunday saloon issue dropped from Chicago aldermanic ballot
The question of Sunday saloons will not appear on the April 7 ballot after election commissioners ruled that enforcing a law is not proper for submission under the public policy act. Individual contests remain where liberty and equor interests seek candidates whose records lag.
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Chicago
Pair Released After Gibson City Murder Hearing
In Bloomington a hearing in Gibson City freed Mrs. J. L. Pierson and Leasure O Neal who had been jailed on murder charges in the death of Piersons husband. The body may be exhumed for poison tests while relatives express dissatisfaction with the case.
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Bloomington
Gibson City
J. L. Pierson
Leasure O’neal
Political notes and local clashes across Illinois and Iowa
Peoria Republicans back Speaker Cannon for president with Taft as second choice. Bloomington district GOP fixes April 9 convention date. Cass County GOP endorses H. S. Savage for national delegate and names delegates for Jacksonville convention. Mendota loses veteran merchant Frederick Mann Miller at age 99 in Centerdale Iowa. Quincy federal court fines Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad $500 for 28 hour livestock delay. Carmi man J C Hoskins elopes with his seventh wife Rachel May amid family objections. Mrs Waskins No 7 has been married three times.
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Peoria
Peoria County
Cannon
W. H. Taft
Virginia
Cass County
Republican Central Committee
H. S. Savage
Jacksonville
Mendota
Frederick Mann Miller
Centerdale
Quincy
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Bloomer, Michael & Co
Here
Galesburg
Carmi
J. C. Hoskins
Hoskins
Rachel May
Mud is Aid to Death in Rural Tragedy
William Gee, a wealthy farmer from Fast Lynn, was found face down in shallow mud near his residence. Authorities infer strangulation as the cause, noting knee marks show he pressed his face into the mud until he suffocated.
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Bloomington
William Gee
Fast Lynn
How to Make Old Fashioned Donuts Like Mother Did
Beat three eggs with five minutes, add sugar salt milk and grated nutmeg, sift in flour with cream of tartar and salcratus. Mix to a stiff dough, roll half inch thick, cut rounds with a cutter, fry in hot fat until light brown, drain, then roll in powdered sugar and serve hot or cold.
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Juliet Carson
Proper folding and packing tips for garments
Guidance on folding trousers to preserve shape and efficient packing. It advises aligning trousers at the top buttons, folding from the legs upward, and turning up coat collars before folding. Coat linings, sleeve folds, armpit dents, and double-fold methods are described for coats and frock coats.
Cleaning White Enamel: Glue Boosts Gloss and Cleanliness
Do not use soap on white enamel or gloss paints as it strips the gloss. For cleaning enameled woodwork, melt a cup of carpenter's glue into warm water to wash it. this method cleans effectively and leaves a high gloss like new paint. Once used, this glue solution becomes a household necessity.
Southern Batter Bread Recipe Card
One quart of white cornmeal with soda and salt mixed into a pliable batter. Add buttermilk or clabber milk and two tablespoonfuls of flour, stir well, and bake thoroughly in a heavy iron gem pan or in an iron skillet. Serve with pippin apple sauce and Kentucky bacon for breakfast.
Chocolate Cooking Tip Improves Digestion
The article explains that digestion issues from chocolate come from undercooking. About 11 percent of a chocolate bean is starch, which must be cooked. Cook cocoa at least ten minutes before adding milk, then heat until just scalding.
The Times of a Man and His Wife in An Age
An unsigned moral vignette contrasts a wife’s influence on a husband with a warning against aloneness in drink. The ad for Allen’s Bronchial Troches claims throat relief without opiates and promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease powder as a comfort for tired feet and growing nails with a free trial offer and Le Roy New York address. A humorous verse closes with Squedunk residents calling life in these times punk.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Squedunk
Eczema Trial Ends In Clear Skin For Baby
A LeSueur Minnesota mother recounts her seven month old daughter suffering a severe facial rash described as eczema. After trying various remedies without relief, she used Cutiura Remedies and within two months the child was free of sores and appeared as fair as a newborn. No further eczema signs followed.
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H. F. Budke
LeSueur
Minn
Notable Dates His Choice
A country clergyman asks a boy about Bible parables during visits. The boy, shy and guided by his mother, finally names his favorite parable as the one where somebody loafs and fishes. The exchange captures a simple moral, with a humorous twist on familiar stories.
Music Student Finds Postum Eases Nerves for Practice
A Michigan music student writes that switching from coffee to Postum improved nerves and daily practice. He practiced seven to eight hours, studied harmony, and credits Postum with restoring focus and steadiness. His father, a physician, also recommends the beverage for patients. There's a Reason.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Table Novelty Brings Moist Napkins and Wicker Baskets
A hostess with a taste for Japanese goods presents a table novelty using small wicker baskets at each place setting. Each contains a folded moist perfumed napkin for lips and fingers, saving time in serving. A tip on streamlining basting notes threading needles on a cotton spool for quick use.
Cream Candy Recipe Teaches Crisp Candy Making
A short kitchen instruction lists ingredients sugar water and vinegar for cream candy. Boil until crisp, pour into a greased dish, and pull while slightly cool to form the candy.
Blue in Lewis Factory Cigar Dealer Report
A Peoria factory dealer named Lewis markets Blue in Lewis cigars. The report notes a straightforward Binder straight line and hints at one unit, U1, with no further gains from criticizing the operation.
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Lewis’ Factory
Peoria U1
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