Rose on every desk stuns senator as reform bid advances
Senator Morley Vernon confronts a staged floral show in the Illinois Senate where every desk bears a rose for House Joint Resolution No. 19 proposing a constitutional amendment on women’s suffrage. He meets Miss Greene, a sharp new figure, while party maneuvers reveal Ames’s drive to push female suffrage.
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Vernon
Senate
Morley Vernon
Bull Burns
Burns
Ames
First District
Finois
Dr. Ames
Doc” Ames
Doc" Ames
Penely
Illinois
Sig
engraving on the other side read aloud
The fragment notes that the reverse side bore an engraving and a person reads it aloud, suggesting a described inscription or message linked to the object.
I Will Make a Convert of Senator Vernon
She moves to seat a companion and asks the senator to sit down. Her careful speech signals the conversion as crucial, drawing the other men away in reluctant retreat.
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Senator Vernon
Senator Vernon and Miss Greene Discuss a Resolution
In a quiet drawing room exchange, Senator Vernon and Miss Greene, a Chicago lawyer, debate a legislative resolution. She admits to timid court work while he weighs objections and hints at mutual professional kinship. The scene ends with her request for his support as the discussion nears its continuation.
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Morley Vernon
Arra
Vernon
Senate
Gruff Burns
Miss Greene
Senator Martin
Senator Vernon
Chicago
Maria Burley Greene
Portia
Cook County
Springfield
Device to rescue horses from fires uses pipe and hose
A technical paper cites a new patented device designed to save horses by a pipe running through the stall to the outside. In a fire a turn of a handle positions a hose nozzle to spray the horse, forcing it from the stall into the gangway for easier led-out evacuation.
Safe Rules for Living
A compact moral reflection attributed to Hierocles on justice and human solidarity. It urges fair dealing with all, including enemies, and warns against responding with evil. The passage emphasizes universal friendship, humanity, and goodwill toward all beings of the same nature.
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Hierocles
Care of Trees in Paris History and Budget
The article notes Paris maintains 86 840 trees with a recorded lot number age history and condition in the Hotel de Ville ledgers. The department receives 450 000 francs annually and credits efficient work to Napoleons era thorough initial organization.
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Paris
Hotel de Ville
Napoleon III
Technical World Magazine
Dead Dog and a Cold Cure Trial
A humorous overheard exchange centers on a dog missing for a long time and a man’s cold treatment. The speaker jokes about testing folk remedies on the dog first before trying them on himself.
Dreadful Possibility Among Five Funerals Observed
Eimer watched five funerals pass the house and told his mother that if they did not hurry to die they would be crowded out. The remark reflects a child’s stark grasp of mortality amid frequent bereavement.
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Eimer
Western Canada’s bright spring prospects for immigration
Western Canada enters a banner spring with record immigration from the United States and overseas. Officials report 70,000 to 100,000 new settlers this year, homeseekers from Ontario and other provinces, and streams from across the border. Wheat prices above a dollar spur seeding as extra officials are posted at North Portal and Emerson.
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Canada
Atlantic
Ontario
North Portal
Emerson
United States
Si Perkins and Uncle Bill Abbott gossip tale
A humorous exchange questions Si Perkins honesty as Uncle Bill Abbott notes he must call others to raise his hogs. The anecdote, from a magazine piece, uses local store talk and a quip about credibility. An ad segment promotes Defiance Starch claiming stronger, thinner application for laundry stiffness and better fabric wear.
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Si Perkins
Bill Abbott
Uncle Bill
Everybody's Magazine
No Escape
A domestic exchange reveals a smoker’s house as the chimney smoke signals tension. A woman explains her husband’s smoking dominates the home, and even when he stops the chimney fills with smoke. The brief dialogue highlights indoor air conflict and health concerns.
SFinds and Sigles in a Historic Cigar Trade Note
A fragmented OCR snippet records a trade note mentioning a binder cigar to dealer Lewis Factory in Hl. A quoted proverb by Phelps reflects a friendship motto about urging effort and capability.
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Es Lawig
Siagle Binder
Lewis’ Factory
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Brand Whitlock
the Rookery
Western Canada
Phelps
Lincoln Directory
Herbert. E. E. Gooch Co
Bell Phone
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