Missouri primaries quiet as Bradbury leads in races
Missouri returns show Bradbury of Peerson City leading in the railroad commissioner contest against four rivals while weightman, the Republican, ran unopposed. Morgan holds a strong lead to likely renominate for Congress. Crewe, Hill contest in Fourteenth. Seventh district tight between Hamlin and Heffernan with Hall as Republican nominee. party nominees listed for all districts and state offices.
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St. Louis
Thomas M. Bradbury
Peerson City
J. C. A. Heller
F. A. Weightman
Charles A. Morgan
W. C. Crane
Congress
J. A. Dougherty
C.crewe
David W. Hill
Crewe
Howard F. Lea
Kimbell
Forland
Frank
Heffeffrman
Holmes Hall
Sedalia
Walter Higbee
Lancaster
James T. Lloyd
Shelbyville
Roy O. Yountz
Palmyra
Joseph L. Pico
Bavier
William W. Rucker
Kansas City
Charles BR. Stokes
Francis H. de Vol
Folden
Clement ©. Dickinson
Clinton
William M. Goodwin
William L. Ward
Osceola
Malmes
Springfield
Irvine T. Hull
J. A. Fox
D. W. Shackleford
Jefferson City
Walter Ballinger
Columbila
Ruben P. Roy
New London
Champ Clark
Bowling Green
James P. Rodgers
Gamma
Richard Bartholdt
Charles J. Maurer
Dr. St. Louis
J. H. Fowler
Maplewood
Gottlieb A. Hoehn
Theron B Catlin
St. Louie
P. H. Gill
Max Stopp
L. C. Dyer
Thomas Kinney
China Rocker
St. Louia
Politte Elvins
Dlvins
W. J. Hensley
Farmington
George W.o'demn
Flat River
C. A. Crow
Caruthers
Wits
Russell
Charleston
Philip A. Hafner
Benton
Dijah Osborn
Billings
Charles H. Morgan
R. Joplin
J. A. Daugherty
Webb City
W. H. Dalton
Joplin
Clyde A. Berry
Arthur P. Murphy
Ry Rolla
Thomas A. Rubey
Lebanon
F. W. Search
Seymour
Illinois Happenings In Joliet and Across Illinois
A Joliet visit by the Raymond Duncan Theatrical Company from Athens Greece drew crowds in simple Greek dress as their car stalled on the Chicago to St Louis run. Galesburg foresees 75,000 by 1935 with underground wiring plans for Bell and Central Union telephone lines. Drowning deaths near Lagrange and Jerseyville due to epilepsy and a mule kick. DeKalb Fence absorbed by American Steel & Wire with relocations. Nellie Knight’s death by carbolic acid after a quarrel. several other local incidents and political petitions noted.
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Joliet
Raymond Duncan
Athéns
Greece
Chicago
St. Louis
Mme
Elenike Ufiseos
Paris
Dionysius Devaria
Letkas
Galesburg
C. H. Rottger
Springfield
Bell Telephone Company
Sanderson
Mt. Sterling
Harry Cisco
John Cisco
Lagrange
Cisco
McGann
de Kalb Fence Company
Big Steel Combine
Danville
Nellie Knight
Bedford
Ind
Stella Knight
Mitchell
James Gardner
Joseph Gardner
Milwaukee and St. Paul
W. Ward
Secretary of
Peter Reinhard
Streator
John McCluskey
la Salle
Doan’s Kidney Pills Promote Strength After Kidney Ailments
An old advertisement urges readers to treat weak kidneys with Doan’s Kidney Pills. It features Mrs. George Lajoie of Cara Michigan who claims dramatic restoration after doctors failed, praising the pills as a life saver. The copy touts the product as specifically for sick kidneys and notes availability from Foater-Milburn Co Buffalo at 50 cents.
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Doan
George Lajoie
Dean
Foater-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Money, Power, and the Touch of Wealth
A terse saying on men and money hints that true value reveals itself only when wealth is pursued, with a blunt line about those who grasp cash only after attempting to gain it. The note combines terse wit with a dig at priorities and ambition.
Eczema Cure Claim From Cuticura Remedies
Mrs H Kiernan of 662 Quincy St Brooklyn reports her niece's eczema healed after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The child suffered itchy sores for five years following the mother’s death, scratched nightly, then improved after treatment and remained free of eczema. Photo shows child at about 18 months. Date Sept 27 1909.
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H. Kiernan
Quincy St
Brooklyn
There Should Here Be Some Steps
Fritz the gardener, a reserved German, returns from the city after a long day in the market. A crowded train places him in a chair, and on arrival in Bloomfield he exits directly into the sand beside the track. He calmly notes that there should be steps at the car door.
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Iritz
Bloomfield
Fritz
Bst
Paul Dispatch
Stanford Chaparral notes at rehearsal crowd
A fragment from Stanford University Chaparral hints at a rehearsal scene with a crowded audience. Mentions fan behavior, discord, and a remark about tobacco not being doped, stressing the value of tips.
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Stanford University Chaparral
Economic case for public care of indigent tuberculosis victims
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of TB estimates 300,000 indigent consumptives in the United States would cost 50 million dollars annually at $1,669 per day per patient. Even at the lowest estimate, losses reach 200 million yearly due to incapacity. Providing care via municipal, county, or state facilities could save about 150 million dollars annually, plus further gains from reduced infection through segregation in institutions.
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United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Coca Cola Pitch For Heat Relief And Baseball Booklet
An advertisement urges cooling Coca Cola as relief from heat and fatigue. It promotes buying bottles or at soda fountains, offers a 2 cent stamp for a booklet titled The Truth About Coca-Cola and a 1910 Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book featuring Casey At The Bat, schedules, records, and authoritative baseball information from The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Coca-Cola
Casey
Coca-Cola Ca
Atlanta
Judges Wig Tradition Across Europe Since Seventeenth Century
The wig, worn by English barristers for a stern judicial look, originated when a French judge, after wearing a marquis wig, found it lent dignity in court. The practice spread, with judges and barristers adopting the custom across Europe for its authoritative appearance.
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Europe
Wife and Country Joke Sparks Club Chat
Paul D Cavath a New York lawyer spoke at a Lawyers' club luncheon about vacation time and a song about the wife going to the country. A club overheard variant had one man greet another with Wife off to the country eh and the reply She’s got back.
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Paul D. Cavath
New York
Lawyers’ Club
Smith
Night School Lesson on Life Sentences and Marital Mockery
The fragment shows a teacher in a night school asking what a life sentence means and giving an example. A pupil jokes about marrying someone and a Chicago Tribune mention hints at product ads and moralizing lines. The text includes vintage tobacco and patent medicine items and a remark about talk exceeding demand.
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Chicago Tribune
Exceptional income offer promises easy work
An advertisement promises a guaranteed plan with no capital or experience required and reports liberal commissions and high incomes. It claims representatives are placed in towns to secure returns from unspecified real work, urging readers to mail to a magazine office for details.
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WM Politan Magazine
Room AD
Not His Fault Oratory Is a Gift Not an Acquisition
A political scene unfolds with a proud politician declaring that oratory is a gift not an acquisition. The matter-of-fact chairman replies that they are not blaming him and acknowledges he did the best he could. The exchange highlights a tension between rhetoric and accountability.
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Missouri
Morgan
Crane
Bradbury Bests
Hiller
Supreme Court
John ©. Brown
Fredericktown
James B. Gantt
John C. Hughes
Richmond
John F. Williams
West Plains
Lexington
Eee
SOPHO
Railroad Commissiones
Frank Wightman
Thos
M. Bradbugh
Illinois
Lewis
Mrs. Winslow
Worchildren
N. Y
Louis
Armour Fertilizer Works
Hicago
Benham
Norway
THE
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mass
National Live Stock Com. Co
Cithority
St. Joseph
S. Omaha
Neb
Puta
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Ruv. Pierce
Alway
Standard Oil Company
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