Illinois Brief Review of a Week's Foreign and Home News
House approves conference report on army appropriation bill. About five million dollars of seven million for enlisted pay will go to soldiers. Five Republican congressmen chosen to draft a financial bill recognizing commercial paper via clearing houses as emergency currency. House rejects reestablishment of canteens in soldiers' homes. Senate passes Gallinger bill regulating child labor in the District of Columbia.
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House
Senate
Gallinger
District of Columbia
Notable 1909 Highlights From National Events In Brief
Vice-President Fairbanks helped dedicate St Stanislaus School in Chicago the largest parochial school of its kind. Taft reportedly settled the Panama Colombia boundary dispute and more isthmus troubles. Allen D Hamiter became Arkansas governor after oath. Muldoon appointed Rockford diocese bishop. Prince Zu Hulenburg arrested in court scandal. Otto W Paulson pleaded guilty to bribery fined 500. Edward E Brennan charged with attempting extortion. Manuel proclaimed king of Portugal after oath to people. Taft endorsed by CT and AL Republican conventions. Evans resumed command of Atlantic fleet heading to San Francisco. Calvin Demarest won international amateur billiards title defeating Reveaux.
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Fairbanks
St. Stanislaus
Maximilien Harden
Otto W. Paulson
Rockford
William Montgomery
The
Allegheny
Pa.) National Bank
Edward E. Brennan
Butte
Mont
F. Augustus Meinze
New York
Heinze
Manuel
Portugal
Taft
Connecticut
Alabama
Robley D. Evans
Santa Cruz
San Francisco
Calvin Demarest
Chicago
Revolle
Fires and shootings mark a day of urban unrest and disasters
A vaudeville performance in St Paul saw Mrs Swan shoot at her husband the tiger tamer with six shots none hit. In Washington Charles Bamford a West Point graduate killed himself in his Regent hotel room. A rock crashed through a Baltimore & Ohio smoking car roof near Hammond W Va injuring three. Miscreants attempted to wreck a Panhandle eastbound flyer near Washington Pa. Goldberg Bros department store in Detroit burned tearing through three upper floors and causing about 150000 loss. A tenement fire in New York killed one and injured three. Chinese rebels defeated government forces in Yun Nan in three engagements. Chicago journalist Charles Matthias committed suicide in Hot Springs Ark. Fairyland Park Memphis Tenn a summer amusement site was destroyed by fire.
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St. Paul
Bert Swan
Charles FE. Bamford
West Point
Regent Hotel
Washington
Chicago and
New York Express
Baltimore & Ohio
Hammond
W. Va
Panhandle Road
Goldberg Bros
Detroit
New York
Yun-Nan
Charles Matthias
Chicago
Hot Springs
Ark
Fairyland Park
Memphis
Belle Gunness
Laporte
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Mrs. Guinness
Ole B. Budsberg
Iola
Wis
Roy Lamphere
Guinness
Gunness
Catholic University of America
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Isaac Williams
Kiev
Russia
Thomas Crumbaugh
Bloomington
Ill
Metcalf
Pacific
San Francisco
Evans
Thomas
J. Sanderson Christison
Duma
Atlanta
Vincennes
Chester
Fire Island
Peter Rickmers
University of Michigan
P. S. Sullivan
Glenwood
Minn
Juan Durand
Peru
Triclid Avenue Trust Company
Cleveland
Cleveland Trust Company
Regular Army
National Guard
Long Island
Denver & Rio Grande
Castle Rock
Col
Express
Charles N. Wright
W. E. Loucke
Reedley
Cal
Utah
Roosevelt
Taft
Wyoming
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Bryan
Irene Dolph
Clinton
Connecticut
Golden Gate
Bodies found in Gunness mystery near Laporte farm
Five bodies were unearthed near Mrs. Belle Gunness’s Laporte Indiana house as investigators probe links to her and her dead children. More corpses were later found on the Guinness farm, bringing the total to ten. A rumor links Ray Lamphere as her alleged accomplice while witnesses implicate others in the ongoing death house saga.
Tornadoes Sweep Oklahoma Illinois Texas and Wind Hits St Louis
A Monday storm blitzed Mercer and Henry counties in Illinois with multiple towns damaged and deaths. In Rock Island a depot wrecked and Millersburg lost 15 houses. Dubuque reported livestock losses with no injuries. Woodward Oklahoma and nearby towns suffered numerous ruinous twisters. Gainesville and surrounding Texas areas faced hail and property damage. St Louis endured a 45 mph windstorm uprooting trees and shattering windows and unroofing buildings leaving several homeless.
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Rock Island
Ill
Mercer
Henry
Gottch
Cleveland
Colwna
Millersburg
Dubuque
Woodward
Okla
Fort Worth
Tex
Oklahoma
Gainesville
Thomas Nance
St. Louis
Fads
Mississippi River
Four Courts
Eugenia Street
Temple of Friendship Began at Washington Cornerstone
Washington witnessed the laying of the cornerstone for the proposed home of the International Union of American Republics. President presided as Secretaries, diplomats, and 21 republics were represented. Flags of the nations fluttered as Ambassador Nabuco was honored with Brazilian colors nearby.
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Washington
International Union of American Republics
Root
United States
Brazil
Nabuco
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Senate
House
John Barrett
Bureau
Omaha Architect Krogh Attempts Murder Then Ends Life
Beatrice Nebraska Charles M Krogh an Omaha architect tried to kill his wife by kneeling in prayer beside her in a hotel room. She escaped and after a struggle with the hotel landlord Krogh stabbed himself in the heart. Krogh had been drawing plans for the Beatrice school board and acted out of despondence.
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Beatrice
Neb
Charles M Krogh
Omaha
Krogh
Beatrice School Board
Breaks Jail During Storm in Platte City
Clyde Reed escaped from Platte City jail during a heavy wind and rainstorm Sunday night while awaiting trial for the Camden Point bank robbery. He vanished as authorities search the area behind Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Clyde Reed
Platte City
Camden Point
Forest Fire Destroys Marinette County Acreage
A forest fire in northern Marinette County Wisconsin burned over four miles of territory destroying thousands of dollars in wealth.
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Wisconsin
Marinette
Wis
Marinette County
Five Years Ago I Felt Collapse Then Recovered
Mrs John Kirk of Te troit Michigan describes a critical life moment when kidney trouble backache dizziness puffiness and urinary irregularities nearly caused collapse. After using Deans Kidney Pills symptoms vanished in weeks and she regained health weighing 163 pounds. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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John Kirk
Tetroit
Mich
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Bees Found Living In Bath Stone Block At Exeter
Workmen at Collard & Sons monuments in Exeter cut into a cavity inside Bath stone and found two to three dozen live bees. Air revived them and after a few hours several bees could fly.
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Bath
Exeter
England
Messrs. Collard & Sons
Genuine Goods Versus Counterfeit Prompts Confidence
The message urges readers to trust government money and advertised goods. It contrasts genuine products, backed by manufacturers and ads, with counterfeit items that avoid scrutiny. The call is to insist on genuine goods and reject counterfeits.
Economical Physician
Ambassador Wu Ting-fang retold a Shanghai doctor anecdote about a selfish politician. A mandarin visited a doctor unable to sleep or eat and gaining weight. The physician offered a cure of exercise and floor polishing four mornings a week, noting his own floors were larger.
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Wu _ “Ting-fang
Shanghai
Boy Hurries to School Amid Measles Excuse
A brief dialogue captures a boy rushing to school due to his younger brother’s measles. The exchange shows urgency and parental scolding, reflecting everyday domestic life and school attendance concerns.
Change in Food Promises Dyspepsia Cure with Grape-Nuts
A reader testifies that daily use of Grape-Nuts food cured years of indigestion after a doctor recommended it. The letter explains predigested nutrition aids nervous energy and digestion, suitable for children and adults, and promotes the book The Road to Wellville.
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Wellville
Painting bids and consumer advice from National Lead Company
A consumer guidance piece urges owners to choose paints wisely and secure bids based on pure White Lead and Linseed Oil. It warns against biased bidding that blocks honest painters and offers a blowpipe testing kit from National Lead Company. The page also includes light ad copy for Lewis' Single Binder cigars and a quip about wallpaper hangers.
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National
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
Well-Informed Buy Guide for Syrup of Figs and Senna
One of the essentials of happy homes is information on health and products. The text promotes a well-known ethical laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a valued, widely accepted remedy. Consumers are advised to buy the genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. from leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Illinois
Congress
General News
Texas
Temple OF Friendship
Union of Republics
Straits of
Magellan
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
the Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Water St
Gunther's Confectionery
State Street
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, DC
Termslow, Il
John W Morris
Thompson
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