Illinois Supreme Court could strike down woman suffrage act
Rumors swirl as the Illinois Supreme Court debates the 1913 suffrage act. If overturned, voting rights for women in statutory offices may end and earlier school and university trustee votes could be jeopardized. June term expected a decision around June 18 or 19 at Springfield.
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Springfield
Chicago Tribune of Today
Milnois Supreme Court
Jlls
Univer of Illinois
Illinois
Supreme Court
Ship Sunk Believed To Be Empress Of Ireland
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy leads Canadian Pacific as news arrives Empress of Ireland sank in the Gulf of St Lawrence. John E Owens broadens rights for women in Chicago and Cicero under the 1913 statute, granting them petition and party functionary status. Judge Owens orders election officials to enforce women’s equal qualifications in party affairs. Miss Read M Whitehead resigns after six years as Seattle deputy prosecutor to run for judgeship.
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Thomas Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Empr@s of
Ireland
Gulf of St. Lawrence
John E. Owens
Chicago
Cicero
Owens
Board of Election Commissioners
Seattle
Wash
Miss _Read M. Whitehead
Quits pulpit to run for office
Rev. John Wallace Cooper pastor of Davenport Unitarian church resigns from his post with church trustees awaiting action at the June 12 annual meeting. He was nominated at the primaries as a Progressive candidate for Congress, saying he will campaign vigorously while staying in Davenport and pursuing business interests.
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John Wallace Cooper
Unitarian Church of
Davenport
Cooper
Congress
Progressive
Pennsylvania
Medical Society to Meet Next Tuesday in Moline
The Rock Island County Medical Society schedules its monthly meeting for next Tuesday evening June 9 at the Manufacturers' Hotel in Moline. Dinner will be served and the program includes reports from delegates and visitors, a talk on autogenous vaccines, an open discussion on topics of public interest, and a special focus on the epidemic smallpox with a history resume and health board control. Also included is an advertisement for Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism with local retailer listings.
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Rock Island County Medical Society
Manufacturers’ Hotel
Moline
Illinois Medical Society
R. C. J. Meyer
E. Sargent
Health Board
Day in Davenport shows bid mix and wills updates
Bid selections on Davenport sewer and alley projects favored Hydraulic Construction and others after a late Keeler bid missed a 2 pm deadline. The Dillon will distributes gifts to Iowa and New York groups with a fountain plan in Davenport. Obituaries note Mary Porter and Margareta Suksdorf death, and a Waterloo girl joins the Allen carnival before arrest.
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Waterloo
Agnes Wright
Allen
Davenport
Waterloo Authoriies
Wright
Kinney
Brady
Montgomery
Rock Island
F. M. Shores
Mary A. Porter
Charles Hartgrave
West Eighth Street
Porter
Samuel Forgie
John Porter
Thomas Doonan
Margaret Suksdorf
Frederick Suksdorf
Emil Geoetsch
F. E. Relelf
Discover Colorado by Rock Island Lines Travel Ad
The Rocky Mountains promise healthful air and high altitude energy. The Rock Island Lines advertise fast all steel trains to Denver and Colorado Springs with dining car service. Travel experts offer planning help and booklets on hotels camps and ranches with low fares from June to September. PF. H. Plummer Rock Island Lines ticket agentRock Island IL.
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Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Rock Island
Denver
Colorado Springs
PF. H. Plummer
Rock Island Lines
Salts Claim Kidney Relief For Sluggish Kidneys
An old pharmacy ad advises readers with backache and dull kidney pain to try Jad Salts. It claims meat overload causes uric acid buildup, slowing kidneys, and promises relief by daily four ounce doses in water, stating the remedy cleanses sluggish kidneys and neutralizes urine acids.
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Harper House Pharmacy
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Anty Drudge
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Fels 4 Co., Philad
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Keeler Company
Hydraulic Construction Company
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Telegraph Road
Indian Road
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Albany
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New Jersey
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Far Hills Athletic Club
Congressional Library
Washington
United States Supreme Court
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United States
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Iowa
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Eldridge
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Jennie McElvany
Pittsburgh
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Bessie Streeter
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Canton
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Muscatine
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East Fourth
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Germany
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