Worden Universe debuts with local news and bold quotes
The January 20, 1906 issue introduces Worden Universe published by Camp and Epps from New Douglas along with New World. The paper mixes local reporting and advertising and assigns editorial runs to Camp and Epps. Thomas W. Lawson of Frenzied Finance declines a Creve Coeur club invitation, saying he would not dine with hosts who would not welcome him.
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Troy Weekly Call
Troy
Ill
Worden
Camp & Epps
The
New World
New Douglas
Camp
Mr. Epps
Gabriel
Creve Coeur Club
Peoria
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
America
Lawson
Edwardsville Builds Modern Fire Department and Metropolis Drive
Edwardsville plans an up to date fire department with regulation engine and trained horses. The outfit cost under 1400 dollars, a sum Troy has spent similarly in recent years. Edwardsville aims to rival county seats as paving makes the town an electric road center and civic minded citizens pledge progressive effort.
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Edwardsville
Troy
Illinois Coal Output 1905 Slightly Falls Then Outlook Improves
Press Bulletin No 214 from the United States Geological Survey notes Illinois coal production for the fiscal year ending June 30 1905 was slightly under the prior year With improved demand in the fall and winter the calendar year may show a fair increase There is notable mine development in southern Illinois with several consolidations reducing the number of operating companies in 1905 compared with 1904.
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United States Geological Survey
Charles D. Walcott
Ilinois
Illinois
Railroad Valuation In Illinois Increases In 1904
The State Board of Equalization fixed the aggregate net assessed value of all railroads in Illinois at 91,748,867, up from 88,947,961 a year earlier an increase of 2,800,906. Of the total value 85,703,468 lies on steam roads and 6,045,399 on electric roads including Chicago interurbans and elevated lines. An additional net assessment of 1,855,381 is levied on the capital stock of seven railroads where tangible property value did not match capital stock. The Chicago and Alton railway carries a 339,100 assessment on tangible property for 1904.
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Mllinois
State Board of Equalization
Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railway
White House Ejection Sparks Budget of Capitol Gossip
Washington letter notes Mrs. Morris, sister of Rep Hull, was ejected from the White House after demanding to see the president armed with a poem. The incident exposes White House access, Secretary Barnes’s role, and party patronage tensions. Democrats smile at postmaster civil service reforms reducing patronage amid Capitol politics.
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Morris
Hull
House of Detention
Congress
Baby McKee
Minor Morris
White House
Barnes
Washington
Barner
Kipling
Wslnga
Capitol
Foraker
Taylor
Senate
Overstreet
Indiana
Beveridge
Cortelyou
Eclipses for 1906 Forecasted Worldwide Events
A 1906 celestial outlook lists five eclipses three solar and two lunar. The February 29 total lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas and western Africa and Europe, with end visibility across the Americas and parts of Europe. The February 28 partial solar eclipse is not visible locally but observable near the south polar regions. A July 21 partial solar eclipse is visible locally. The August 4 total lunar eclipse is not visible in eastern U S but begins in western areas at dawn. The August 19 partial solar eclipse is invisible locally but visible in Alaska Greenland and near the north pole region.
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South America
Africa
Europe
North America
Austria
Asia
South Pole
United States
Alaska
Greenland
North Pole
When a woman wishes to retire from the world she enters a nun
A wry remark notes that women's withdrawal from public life is like joining a convent and contrasts it with a man’s path to influence by marrying a famous woman, suggesting gendered routes to status.
French Warships Off Venezuela Show France’s Protest
Three French warships lie off the Venezuelan coast ready to demonstrate France’s displeasure at President Castro’s treatment of M. Taigny. Two more ships expected. Caracas tensions rise over Mr. Russell’s peace efforts. France demands Castro apologize and equal treatment for its envoy. Dispatches said to be intercepted.
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Washington
France
Castro
M. Taigny
Caracas
Venezuelan
Atlantic
Russell
Mr. Russell
Venezuela
M. Talgny
Paris
la Guayara
Miller acquitted in grand jury fraud case at stock yards
John Jay Miller a livestock man was acquitted by a Kansas City jury of giving false testimony before the grand jury investigating alleged weighing frauds at the Kansas City stock yards. The trial revealed a conspiracy among weighers and stockmen to defraud buyers and sellers through overweighing and underweighing livestock. Several weighers and stockmen, besides Miller, were indicted as a result of the investigation.
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Kansas City
John Jay Miller
Miller
May Live 100 Years with Help from Electric Bitters
Mrs. Jennie Duncan of Haynesville Me says at 70 she enjoys better health after Electric Bitters cured 20 years of chronic dyspepsia. The remedy treats stomach liver and blood issues and general weakness, sold at S Kingston's drug store for 50 cents.
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Jennie Duncan
Haynesville
S. Kingston's
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