Public notices and local rail concerns in 1904 column
A compact editorial note urges attorneys to ensure publication, laments the planned electric road and winter pavements turning to mud, and comments on road conditions and a Russian war mood. It also reports the House Post Office committee's rural free delivery salary rise to 720 a year and removal of express and pews privileges from carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Post Office and Post Roads
Express and
Pews Agency
Illinois Supreme Court upholds annual report law for corporations
The Illinois Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of requiring corporations to file annual reports with the Secretary of State. About 9,000 corporations must submit statements for the past year and over 1,200 already defaulted. If reports are not filed by March 1, their charters will be canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Illinois
Secretary of State
Government should no longer grant pensions to retired clerks
The government should not provide benefits for superannuated clerks any more than for other classes. Long serving employees with high salaries have only themselves to blame if they have not saved for hard times. Taxpayers will hardly submit to such a policy.
Heim sells Pocahontas Press moves to Marine paper
L C Heim has sold Pocahontas Press to Fred and Lizie Plog and moved to Marine where he bought the defunct Marine Gazette plant. He will start a new weekly titled The Marine Telegram with first issue planned for next Friday. He is praised as an energetic capable editor needing local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Heim
Pocahontas Press
Fred
Lizie Plog
Marine
Marine Gazette
Heim
Marine Telegram
Troy's Steam Brickyard Promises Local Progress and Jobs
Troy embraces a new industrial venture the steam brickyard to supply durable building blocks for houses and businesses. The project aims to spur construction provide steady home labor work and bolster civic welfare as the town looks forward to further growth.
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Troy
Europe on edge as Turkey-bulgaria tensions rise
Washington reports a looming threat of Turkish invasion of Bulgaria risking wider European war. Uncertainty surrounds when hostilities may begin, while global leaders fear rapid, cascading conflicts from any violation and foreign powers may be drawn into the crisis.
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Europe
Washington
Turkey
Bulgaria
Treaties and US Deals Stir Public Interest
Various international agreements with the United States could elevate national debates and bring Uncle Samuel into sharper focus for lawmakers and citizens alike as they assess implications and commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Samuel
Northwestern professor urges cooking course for women students
Professor Horace Butterworth argues that poor cooking harms domestic happiness and suggests Northwestern University add a required housekeeping course. He claims domestic arts deserve more emphasis than Latin and higher mathematics and that summer study could teach women to cook well, improving home life after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Butterworth
Northwestern University
Love
Northwestern
What Next What To Do Tomorrow For Merchants
A historic newspaper style piece urges merchants to study others, learn from past cases, and plan daily steps. It stresses wise judgement, prompt action, and careful advertising planning to boost business. The piece highlights the role of effective ads and seasonal stock promotion in gaining success. Boom Troy and her interests.
Washington Letter on Platform Making and Hanna’s Death
The Washington Letter notes party platforms are improvised by leaders while President and Parker discuss aims. It covers Hanna’s death triggering funeral trains, calls for reform and a proposed government college, and critiques of bureaucratic data issues and Hale’s improvised funeral oration.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Panama
Hanna
Senate
House
Pullmans
Cleveland
Ainsworth
War Department
West Point
Annapolis
America
Washington
Genewl
Baltimore
Eight or ten automobilists to join August St Louis tour
Eight or ten motorists from this city plan to travel in August to St. Louis. Elihu Root regrets the U S possession of the Philippine Islands. Senator Fairbanks will accept the Republican vice presidential nomination if feasible. Robert T Lincoln’s name as VP is liked locally. Dr Herran, the Colombian charge d affaires, has closed the legation but stays briefly as a private citizen. The Queen Liliuokalani apology bill was defeated in Congress. Perry Heath testified at the post office conspirators trial, described with a sharp face and cold gray eyes.
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St. Louis
Elihu Root
Philippine Islands
Fairbanks
Robert T. Lincoln
Dr. Herran
Liliuokalani
Congress
Perry Heath
Post Office
Runaway Nearly Fatal Then Healed by Arnica Salve
J. B. Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois endured a four year leg ulcer that baffled doctors until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it. The ad touts use for burns bruises eruptions and piles and advertises 25 cents at S Kingston's drug store.
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J. B. Orner
Franklin Grove
Bucklen
S. Kingston
Local News and Courtroom Notes from Edwardsville
J F Clepper and family returned from Texas. B F Sippy, county superintendent of schools, visited local schools. Thomas Purviance drew for petit jury duty in Edwardsville during the March circuit term. H C Kersey found a gold dollar dated 1861 while tearing up Main street sidewalk. Minnie Buhrmester died at her home two miles west of Troy at 31. Joshua Abbott, an old settler, died after brief illness at 52. Interred in Wood's cemetery. Six Edwardsville jail inmates escaped by knocking down Jailer Robert Friday. recaptured within an hour. Escapee list includes John W Clark, Walter Pearce, Wm Ryan, George Rett, Charley Meyer, Harry Meyer.
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J. F. Clepper
Texas
B. F. Sippy
Thomas Purviance
Edwardsville
H. C. Kersey
Minnie Buhrmester
Fred Buhrmester
St. Jacob
Wm. Ryan
Alton
George ‘Rett
Charley
Harry Meyer
St. Lovia
Marine
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W.jarvis
Mlinois
Thlechone
Kinloch
Alexieff
Russian Empire
Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Ethnology
Geological Survey
Treasury Department
Census Offices
Dward Everett Hale
Hale
Walter Savage Landor
Solomon
Choir of Wisdom
Landor
Chris. Busse
A. Heddergott
Moore
JW. Jarvis
D. G. Jarvis
Troy Exchange Bank
Kingston
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