Parcels Post Threatens Country Town Building Trade
A vigorous editorial argues that a parcels post law will favor mail order houses, devastate local merchants, and ruin small town life. It warns of rising taxes, job losses, and towns turning toward urban decay, urging readers to oppose the bill and unite with editors in defense of rural economies.
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Loures
Iowa
Vernon
Parcels Post
Post Office
France
Parcela Post
America
United States
Address of welcome opens Illinois Redmen meeting
Governor Deneen gives the state welcome in Springfield as the annual convention of the Improved Order of Redmen opens at the State Arsenal. Mayor Schnepp represents the city, with responses by Great Sachem Macferran of Chicago and Great Senior Sagamore Tuttle of Litchfield.
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Springfield
Great Council of the Improved Order of Redmen
State Arsenal
Deneen
Mayor Schnepp
Sachem
W. B. Macferran
Chicago
Sagamore
Harry C. Tuttle
Litchfield
Canada’s Prosperity and Immigration Trends in 1912
The New York Times notes Canada’s growing appeal as eight shiploads of European immigrants arrive while outbound movement to the U S continues subtly. It cites a $39 million surplus, $38 million rail and canal credits, and a Canadian drive for 50,000 workers, plus two thousand carloads of farm equipment and animals heading north to fund future farms.
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New York Times
Canada
United States
Dominion
St. Paul Dispatch
Fractured Quips on Luck and Grievances
A fragment shows a wary tone about luck and a chronic kicker named Touch 18. It notes a recent grumble over a five dollar bill found this morning while a man owed four dollars observed the find. The tone hints at ongoing petty disputes and irony in daily frustrations.
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Touch
Baby's eczema cured by Cuticura remedies
Mrs. Mary W. Ramsey of Colorado Springs recounts her three week old son Wyson's eczema and boils beginning on the cheeks and spreading to arms shoulders and chest. After failing doctor treatment, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment with noticeable improvement in days and complete resolution by seven months. She praises the products and offers free samples via Cuticura Dept. 1, Boston.
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Wyson
Mary W. Ramsey
Jackson St
Colorado Springs
Col
Basion
A Girl Forgets Quick to Marry Spender Revealed
A girl pursues a romance with a boy who spends freely but upon marriage learns he has depleted his funds and reconsiders the match.
Garfold Tea Promises Gentle Relief for Costiveness
A brief note promotes Garfold Tea as a natural remedy for persistent costiveness, claiming it aids digestion and overall health in London, described as Europe’s healthiest capital.
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London
Europe
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Redwen
Deacon
dioHet
John Horton
Amanda Hrenker
George A. Barr
England
Hooper
Beecher
Horton
Charleston
Granville M. Walker
Illinois Supreme Court
Supreme Courts
Mount Vernon
Clack C. Wheon
Chester Penitentiary
Wurzell
Marion County
Sherif Wurzell
Wilson
Mount Carmel
Zion City
John Horney
Daniel Williams
Shawneetown
Bloomington
Misa Marguerite Kemp
Washburn
Elgin
Masonic Fraternity of
Meloiere
Decatur
Edward Fallon
Cairo
Alton
United Commercial Travelers
Rockford
H. 8. McCracken
G. J. Kennedy
Freeport
G. W. B. Hart
J. F. Collings
Pittsfield
F. F. Lovett
MF Sinzer
Peoria
W. J. Sullivan
Elizabeth Cunningham
Angel
Effngham
Gertie Arbuckle
W. EB. Arbuckle
Illinois Central
Gertie
Vandalia
Fayette County
Good Roads Association
D. Ward Hing
Missouri
King
Illinois
Sterling
Clyde Thame
A. A Thome
Willie McGuire
Lade
Thome
Havana
Frankfort
Hickory Creek
New Lennox
Irs
F. L. Edwards
Arcola
James Kinnest
Campbell
Cal
Scotland
Macomb
McDonough County
Catro
Will O’donnell
Chester
Hidward White
Percy Grubbs
Charles Thomas
Edward Gray
James Hale
Butler
Carroll Waldron
Barry
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