Spring Elections Prompt Editorial Notes on Trade and Rail
A local newspaper column surveys spring elections and vote buying, urges on home trade sermons, and mocks rural mail order dependence. It recounts Troy railroad issues, the Newpaper Special car of St. Louis papers, and a South Bend sermon linking Stanford White to Nero while praising Harry Kendall Thaw as a savior of American girlhood.
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McKinley Interurban
East St. Louis
Springfield
St. Louis
Troy
Henry Webb Johnson
South Bend
Ind
Stanford White
Nero
Rome
Harry Kendall
Belleville Illustrated boosts Belleville’s progress and prospects
The Commercial Club of Belleville released a booklet praising Belleville in St. Clair as a thriving business and residence city. It credits overcoming past opposition, highlights united effort, and notes improved conditions and bright future prospects with lessons for Troy’s progressive element.
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Belleville
Commercial Club of
St. Clair
Gilroy
Troy
Washington Letter on Congress and 1900s politics
In Washington on Feb 9 the House moves to work with the River and Harbor bill and large appropriations about 84 million. Debates over Denatured Alcohol, railroads’ control of wharfage, and Santo Domingan treaty ratifications shape the scene as Vice President Fairbanks gains social traction and influence in a shifting 1900s political landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Champ Clark
Whisky Trust
Senate
Cannon
United States
Santo Domingan
Burkett
Washington
Fairbanks
South
Harriman
Peebbie
White House
Atlantic City
Mrs. Fairbanks
Miss Cannon
Bug Bear of Hard Times Opinion Piece
Carlyle Union-Banner argues that talk of dull times worsens business, as pessimism spreads through stores and customers delay purchases. The writer urges ending the “bug bear of hard times” to revive commerce and warns gloom harms livelihoods. DAN PATERMAN, Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle Union-Banner
Fragmented humor from past pages on race and wit
A collage of racial stereotypes, jokes, and slang from old newspapers. It includes casual slurs about Native Americans, mixed with brief anecdotes, light verse, and stray gag lines. Product placements and local ads appear faded amid the scattered satirical verses and caricatured dialogue.
Cascasweet advertisement and repair services listing
You ought to know what you are giving your baby You will know if you use Cascasweet and look at the wrapper Every ingredient is shown there in plain English Cascasweet is best corrective for the stomachs of babies and children Sold by S Kingston First class watch clock and jewelry repairing by M Roberts Kiesel building 9 tf
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S. Kingston
M. Roberts
Kiesel Building
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B. Ww. Jarvis
Illinois
Sdésvrivers Tv
Kinloch
The
Highland Journal
Post-Dispatch
Dan Paterman
Agt
Swansoh
Lake Street
Chicago
Swanson E. E. C. CO
Lake
Ill
Phact, Phun and
Phangy
Donger
Sturm
Aundry
Milwaukee Sentinel
Jones
Brown
Smith
Collinsville
DeWitt
Tue Cacc
G. A. Purviance & Son, Hack and Dray. Line
Zenk Stable
Hickory Street
June Sallee
Litchfield, Ill
St. James Hotel
Edwardsville
Braner
Misses Lraun
Miller
Rsckel A. Bt. Snodgra
CG. E. McKittrick
E. McKittrick
McKittrick Bros
Opera House
H. Schmacker
Public Square
Kennedy
Ay S
Kingston, N
Druggis
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