Illinois political scandal and crime notes in scattered reports
Illinois church charges against Springfield district ministers are referred to a committee amid broader political criticisms by Rev. Chris Gal een. A Chicago case reports a former hospital worker’s guilty plea and one year sentence for theft to fund a marriage. Bankers close a successful convention in Chicago. Additional items detail assaults, disappearances, a fatal fire in Nauvoo, and a Burlington suspect awaiting confession in a divorce case.
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Jacksonville
Chicago
Thomas Hammond
Michael Reese Hospital
Beitler
Hammond
House of Correction
Los Angeles
Frances Nelepinsky
North Marshfield Ne Avenue
Bed Spring and Mattress
Emma Jacobson
East Sixty-fourth Street
John Jacobson
Quincy
Irene Howe
Ketchum
J. J. Richtman
Nauvoo
Richtman
Howe
Peter van Vlissingen
Joliet
van Vlissingen
Thiadis
F. J. Farrell
Abbas Thomas Magnus
Pittsburg
Douglas
Central Station
C H. Steward
Wellington Hotel
Belleville
A Song Fills a Tiny Flat with Donations
Thomas Tabby jokes his flat cost him only a song as he recalls starting a 2 a.m. solo on the back fence and receiving furniture and other gifts from donors to cover expenses. Tabby Tiger asks about a song and Tabby confirms the fund raising rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tabby
Tabby Tiger
Cuthura claimed to cure dreadful hive disease
A family reports a two month hive outbreak in their six year old daughter cured after using Cuticura remedies including Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The ad from Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. states the success and lists location Warren Michigan with dates in 1908.
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George L. Fridhoff
Warren, Mich
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Fall Painting Benefits and Supplies for Homeowners
The fall season offers advantages for painting as surfaces dry well and moisture remains low. Pure white lead mixed with linseed oil creates a wind and weather resistant coat, while National Lead Company offers a painters kit from New York with tools and color guides. Exterior or interior work can be specified. Hypocrite in the Hereafter features Dr. Madison C. Peters discussing marriage in a reporter’s Q&A.
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National Lead Company
Trinity Bldg
New York City
Madison C. Peters
Dr. Peters
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages and is a constitutional remedy. It claims to work by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and offers 100 dollars for any case it fails to cure. Address F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Also sells Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F.J Chendy & CO
Toledo
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Ind
U.S. A
Family skeleton vents at courtroom exhibitions
A humorous skeletal figure complains about being shown in courtrooms, noting the air is notoriously bad, and asks why the family skeleton’s perspective is overlooked in such displays.
Indian trachoma fight funded by 12000 dollars
Congress allocates 12000 dollars to the Indian affairs commissioner for immediate investigation and treatment to curb the spread of trachoma among Indians. The rest of the text offers assorted remedies and ad snippets about Resinol Ointment, Hamlin’s Wizard Oil, Mrs. Winslow’s Syrup, and cigar brands.
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Congress
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
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Cuthura
W. K. Kellogg
Omaha
Neb
Orn
W. K. Keillogg
P. G. Holden
Kellogg’s
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake CO
Battle Creek, Mich
W. W. Evans
Carrollton, Ky
Pat
Mike
Brazil
India
Kansas City
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
F.E. Roesler
KC S. Ry
Virginia
Casselman & CO
Richmond
N. U
St.Paul
Mion
Alberta
Canada
Imperial Development Company
Winpipes
B. Craile & Company
Patnts & Craile Building
Washingeton, D. T
OWA
Rational
Lead Company
Deliding, Rew Tork
Florida
Bull Rich
Jacksonville Development CO
Capital
Fla
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
General Land Office
Washington
le Beau
Aberdeen
S. Oal
Iowa Central Ry
Minneapolis
Iowa Central
Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R
A. B. Cutts
Vlis
Minnesota
Pela
Wreridan Avenue
Greenwood Avenue
Oak Street
Sheridan Avenue
Frederica Street
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