The Evolution of a Statesman and a Sandbagging Bill
Railroad lobbyist battles a peculiar bill to regulate a line with river boundary termini. McKee uncovers hidden powers behind the measure, schemes for payoffs, and a dramatic payoff through a lawsuit ploy, ending in Shacklett’s decisive victory and McKee’s new post.
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Kismet
Shacklett
Springfield
Chicago, Galesburg & Mississippi Railway
Norton
McKee
Warsaw
Intangible Force Shapes Political Machine in a State
Shacklett traces a powerful unnamed influence guiding the party machine through county captains and delegates, pitting it against a reformist opposition. Two figures, Rev Thomas Barnes and General French, ally to resist the organization as Shacklett remains outwardly apolitical while navigating fueled confrontations across Illinois. The narrative gestures toward a Warsaw conference and a lingering question of fate in a political battleground.
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Shacklett
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Springfield
Black
Ramsey
Leutenant
Thomas Barnes
Barnes
General French
Wabash River
Embyro
French
Warsaw
Railroad
Coupon Offer Promises Free Flour Sample
A printed notice urges readers to send in a coupon or call their grocer if the free flour sample has not arrived. The ad repeats the instruction to mail the coupon to obtain the product.
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George T. Evans
Hoosier Flour Mills
Department B
Indianapolis
Ind
Dept. B
Autumn Arrives as Summer Fades in Louise Brooks Verse
The fragment quotes Louise Brooks praising autumnal change as days shorten and light diversifies. Russet hues, elms, and yellows appear, with butterflies dancing through a sunlit lawn as the season shifts from summer to autumn.
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Louise Brooks
New York Hoening Run and a Sunday School Question
A fragmentary item notes a Sunday school moment asking Who was the father of Zebedee's children. The text is garbled with stray phrases and an unclear follow up about a lady declining.
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New York Hoening Run
Zebedee
Sorensenews
Byaares
Love and Obeying God in Deuteronomy 6 5
The Sunday school text argues that the Pentateuch’s monotony conceals rich oases of insight. It emphasizes that love grounds obedience, transforming fear into heartfelt devotion, and that the command to love sums up true religion. The piece contrasts Hebraism with Islamism and links Moses’ farewell with lasting religious influence.
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God
Delight in God’s House Sermon on Psalm 84 1-4
A sermon likens electricity to God’s presence, arguing God is everywhere but especially in His house. It urges regular church attendance to share faith, hope, and love, using a Kentucky man and an old colored brother anecdote to illustrate the blessing found in communal worship and the idea that Christ is among the gathered.
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God
Kentucky
Massa
Christ
City memories of a country fruit garden
Boston Transcript essay praises the joys of a real country fruit garden where one can pick and eat fresh fruit among rustling leaves and birds. Emerson is cited on nature versus city life, arguing nature nourishes the best in us and can be enjoyed even in a small urban garden.
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Boston Transcript
Emerson
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Walter Barr
Dynamo
Navy
Lawrence P. McNoogan
Larry
MicKee
McNeegan
Evans
Geo. T. Evans
Grocer
Zebedee's
Moses
Jesus
Berlin
Israel
Paul
Wellhausen
Christian Endeavor
Amos R. Wells
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