Beet Roots and Musings in a Rambling Column
A collection of quips and notices including beet sugar yields, anxious goosebone prophets, a French health regimen of fruit only twice yearly, Abruzzi’s fading prominence outside Italy, a German professor with brain concussion joke, King Edward and Carnegie, a skilled Elyria bank clerk, social comments on sociology and guiltily phrased rules, Miss Ross Becker named a claim agent, and Massachusetts autos law noted for absurd punctuation triggering Boston satire.
Lawmaker Seeks Parental Responsibility For Minor Delinquency
The Colorado child protection official argues that misbehavior stems from a disordered home or evil parental traits and urges a law holding parents accountable for their minor children. The dilemma arises when considering adopted children and inherited traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado State Bureau of Child Protection
Fire Panic Trap Exit At New York Theater
In a New York cheap theater a so called exit proved a trap blocking crowd escape and endangering lives. The piece notes Chicago's past fire horrors but observes no lasting reforms or retribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Woman in Court Complains of Husband Abuse
A New Jersey wife testifies in court about her husband's cruel treatment. She says she is a cooking school graduate who makes biscuits pies and dainties to please him but he calls it indigestion fodder. The judge counsels her to cook corned beef and cabbage occasionally and she agrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Washington Star
Woman sues Western Union over telegram error
A Minneapolis woman sues Western Union Telegraph Company for damages claiming a telegraph to her brother about her husband Pat drinking and to come at once was read as Pat is dying. Relatives traveled from near and far to attend the wake, and she bore the expenses. If Pat could have spoken he would have allowed them to pay their own costs.
Candy Craving Curbed by Sweet Shop Remedy
An anxious mother asks a family doctor what to do about her daughter Mary who craves candy. The physician prescribes sending her to a sweet shop, claiming the heroic diet will curb her appetite. The tale ends with Mary lamenting the loss of candy pleasure due to self denial.
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Mary
Indianapolis Star
Bibles in East England Used to Falsify Age Claims
An Eastern counties demand for second-hand Bibles grows as older, dirtier copies fetch higher prices. Some are used to prove pension ages, as a woman tried to show 78 by a Bible entry but failed when the 1895 title page revealed the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Browne Affair Dropped as Springfield Seeks Recount Decision
In Springfield the governor race recount debate stalls with a 77 to 58 vote to postpone. Lee O Neil Browne led Democrats seeking immediate action while Republicans push for a special committee. A missing woman, Florence Miller alias Ellen Christie, remains unfound as detectives search shelters and hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
House
Lee O'Neil Browne
Ottawa
Florence Miller
Ellen Christie
Walter Lantz
John McLaughlin
Chicago
Browne
Woman In
Blue
G. G. Hoover
Little Rock
Ark
Week Ahead in Springfield Politics and Gubernatorial Contest
Excitement grows as Browne affair looms and the governor race enters scrutiny. The house plans a nine nine committee to review the recount petition and determine the contest’s future path. observers warn the senatorial deadlock may peak this week or linger until March 4. A bill to make bribery of labor representatives a crime advances from the Chicago Federation of Labor to a legislative committee for next meeting review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browne
House
Springfield
Organized
Illinois
New York
Chicago Federation of Labor
Legislative Committee
Central Labor Body
Durfee’s Road Bill Aims at Uniform County Road System
Representative Durfee of Golconda introduces a sweeping road reform bill for southern Winds. It creates road districts in counties, requires a single bonded commissioner, and mandates road building and maintenance by contract. The measure allows precise road length and cost tracking from records and enables bonding for hard roads. The Supreme Court has consolidated two Oglesby State primary law cases and set oral arguments for February 15, one criminal and one civil.
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Durfee
Golconda
Supreme Court
Oglesby
Roads to Fight Bills in Senate at Springfield
Two Illinois senate bills threaten railroad operations and coal field development. One would cap coal trains at fifty cars and require full crews on each, jeopardizing southern coal growth. The other would force extra personnel at small junctions, allegedly to boost employment, with railroads arguing costs and efficiency would suffer.
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Senate
Springfield
Ilinois
Burlington
Williamson County
Illinois educational building bill advances in General Assembly
A bill introduced by Representative Kittleman seeks a $650,000 state education building to house the Department of Public Instruction the state museum of natural history and the state historical library. The measure, referred to the appropriations committee, draws support from educators statewide amid political debate over the Senate deadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-Sixth
General Assembly
Illinois
House
Kittleman
Committee On Appropriations
State
Department of Public Instruction
State Museum of Natural History
State Armory
State Historical Library
State House
Minos
Death of Florence Miller linked to Browne incident in Illinois
Reports from Chicago say Florence Miller who threatened Representative Lee Browne in Springfield last week likely took her own life in Lake Michigan. Clothing and a pocketbook matching a dressmaker Susie Gibbons says she made were found on the lakefront. In Washington, Senator Hopkins visited the White House amid doubts about re election prospects, with Illinois lawmakers urging a party caucus to decide the nomination and settling internal differences.
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Chicago
Florence Miller
Springfield
Lee O’neill Browne
Mlinois House
Lfe
Lake Michigan
Lake Front
Susie Gibbons
Brownee
Hopkins
Faille
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Ilinois
Taft and Sherman Win Electors In Joint Congressional Ceremony
In Washington, D.C., a formal joint session counted electoral votes and proclaimed William Howard Taft for president and James Schoolcraft Sherman for vice president. The tally showed 321 for Taft, 321 for Sherman, 162 for Bryan, and 162 for Kern, marking the largest presidential vote in U.S. history. The ceremony drew a crowded gallery including Mrs Taft, Mrs Sherman, Mrs Roosevelt, and foreign diplomats, with Vice President Fairbanks presiding and tellers from both parties reading state by state. The result was entered into the journals of both houses.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Senate
House
William Howard Taft
Ohio
James Schoolcraft Sherman
New York
Tellers
Charles W. Fairbanks
Taft
Sherman
William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Bennett
Ransdell
Vannon
Burrows
Michigan
Bailey
Texas
Gaines
West Virginia
Rucker
Missouri
Alabama
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
John W. Kern
Indiana
Wyoming
Oil Well Becomes Geyser Threatens Volcano
Dos Bocas oil well in Mexico City has shifted from flame and smoke to a geyser like eruption. Boiling water continues to pour at about 25,000 gallons daily while a large amount of volcanic stone erupts, raising fears of a potential volcanic activity.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Dos Bocas
Hopkins Holds To 73 In Illinois Senate Ballot
Hopkins held at 75 while Shurtleff had 14 and Foss 19 as the 29th senatorial ballot failed to change the count. Stringer led with 63 votes, Eastman 13, Mason 4, plus several low tallies for Lowden Shurtleff Calhoun McKinley Mitchell and others including three votes for John Mitchell former Mine Workers of America leader.
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Hopkins
Springfield
Iinois
John Mitchell
The
Mine Workers of America
Shurtleff
Foss
Stringer
Lowden
Sharman
Calhoun
McKinley
Mitchell
Eastman
Mason
Illinois Bank in Crete Liked by Reveler and Arrests
Crete State bank is in the hands of a reveler William ST Roche. State Examiner Howes finds President Ernest W Balgeman and Cashier W F Koelling indebted for large sums. a Joliet bill claims the bank insolvent with resources $76288. Indictments accuse Danville officials of malfeasance and embezzlement over a $29000 shortage. Fire calls and local incidents populate a string of Illinois items across multiple towns.
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Crete
W. C. Whornhoefer
Roy Wright
Balgeman
Whombhoefer
Koelling
Danville
John O. Talbert
John F. Buron
George W. Boswell
Daniel W. Lloyd
Chicago
James P. Dempsey
George MW
Dolan
John P. Hennessy
John J. Stack
Fire Department
Company 2
Company 3
Kewanee
San Francisco
Buckingham
J. F. Snelling
Uzvaga
Mex
C. A. Shilton
Indiana Avenue
Thirty-ninth
Fifty-first
Indiana Avenue Association
Centralia
J. I.’. Davidson
Centralia Tribune
Darkies
la Salle
George Lezinsky
Lezinsky
Mount Vernon
J. Frank Daniels
Menetta Brooks
Baltimore
Paris
They Knew How to Work and Make a Fortune in the West
A letter from Lorens Bisser, Wheatwyn Sask, recounts homesteading starting in 1893 after arriving in Wolseley. He details land purchases, building shelter and barns, hiring workers, acquiring equipment, and expanding to 1110 acres with strong wheat yields, including 27 to 35 bushels per acre, selling a carload at 97 cents per bushel. He praises the Great West, free government, and prosperity through hard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisser Bros
Canada
Loon Creek
Lorens Bisser
Wheatwyn
Munyon Cold Cure advertised nationwide with refund promise
Prof Munyon offers his Cold Cure, 25 cents a bottle, claiming gas pellets have no opium or narcotics and will relieve head and throat symptoms immediately. A refund is promised if buyers are not perfectly satisfied. The company mails a free almanac upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Munyon
United States
Munyon
Magazine
Munyon Company
Philadelphia
Pardonable Crime and Friendly World Adverts
A witty dialogue frames the pardonable crime question as a light moment. An urchin style ad promotes Brown's Bronchial Troches for coughs asthma and lung trouble, priced at 9 cents a box, with free samples from John I Brown & Son of Boston.
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Brown
John I Brown & Son
Boston
Mass
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Edward
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United States Pension
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Elgin Board of Trade
Harrisburg
Steinsaltz Bros
D. D. Lockwood
United States War Department
Rock River
Grande Tour
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Reggio
Jackson Jewelry Company
Ridgefarm
Pana
George Winter
Moline
H. C. Secrist
Calumet Avenue
Milwaukee
George
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