Blanket Ballot Becomes Senate Battle In Illinois
The Illinois Senate passed the blanket ballot plan with the Gibson direct primary appendix, sending the fight to the House. Debates center on direct primaries for city and county offices and delegate conventions for state and judicial posts, with a vote margin of 28 to 13 on the third reading. A House committee favored a municipal government form, while investigations into high prices and harbor governance progress, and rural school trends show graded schools attracting more city students.
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Springfield
Senate
House
House Committee
Shurtleff
Gibson
Logan Hay
Yeas
Halley
Ball
Barr
Breidt
Grown
Burton
Clark
Cruikshank
Curtis
Delenback
Downing
Glackin
Gorman
Hay
Hearn
Henson
Holstlaw
Humphrey
Isley
Jandus
Lish
McCormick
McElvain
Potter
Rainey
Tossey
Womack
Nays
Andrus
Billings
Datley
Dunlap
Ettelson
Hamilton
Helm
Harburgh
Jones
Juul
Landee
McKenzie
Admitt
Baker
Broderick
Funk
Gardner
Hall
Lundberg
Manny
Olson
Famberton
Stewart
Degatur
Meat Trust
Friends of the Commission
House Committee On
Judiciary
Brown
Sanitary District
Chicago
Municipality of
Achool Pupiie
Illinois
Tiiinots
Pureva
Ballinger Pinchot Controversy On Capitol Hill
Washington reports the Ballinger Pinchot case enters a full congressional probe as a joint Senate House committee opens testimony. Twelve lawmakers rule on evidence from Glagis Ballinger Pinchot and Price with Price and Shaw to face questions. A West Alaska fact gathering trip may occur. full report not expected until next Congress.
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Washington, D._C
Senate
House Committee
L. R. Glagis
General Land Office
Richard Achilles Ballinger
Interior
Gifford Pinchot
Nelson
Minnesota
Flint
California
Sutherland
Utah
Root
New York
Paynter
Kentucky
Fletcher
Florida
McCall
Massachusetts
Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Denby
Michigan
Madison
Kansas
James
Graham
Ilinois
Saue
Glagis
Ballinger
Pinchot
Overton W. Price
A. W. Shaw
Forest Service
Alaska
Congress
Boy Wonder Sidis Collapse Ends Harvard Prodigy Era
Boston reports the frail 11 year old William James Sidis, Harvard prodigy, has collapsed from overstudy while working on a new Greek and Latin grammar and calculating new mathematical research. Sidis addressed Harvard faculty recently and remains seriously ill at his Brookline home. The boy is described as Harvard's youngest freshman and rivaling early Harvard geniuses in precocity.
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Boston
Mass
William James Sidis
Harvard University
Brookline
Sidis
Sidi
Cottum Mather
Harvard
Man Kills Self With Ricochet Bullet Near Sheridan
A rancher, Phillip Coast, fired at an ax target in Sheridan Wyoming. The steel jacketed bullet ricocheted back and struck him in the forehead. He died a week later from the wound.
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Self
Sheridan
Wyoming
Phillip Coast
Coast
Land Traded for Whisky Between Texas Dealer and Dayton Distiller
Jamaa B. Aiken, a Fort Worth real estate dealer, exchanged 100000 acres of Brewster and Presidio county land in Texas for 100000 gallons of whisky with a Dayton, Ohio distiller. The land is valued at 1.10 dollars per acre, and the whisky valued at the same price in the trade.
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Dallas
Texas
Jamaa B. Aiken
Fort Worth
Brewster
Presidio Counties
Dayton
State Happenings From Central Illinois to Joliet and Carmi
Hundreds of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs from 25 central Illinois cities met in Lincoln for grand lodge sessions led by EH Saylor and John H Sikes. Illinois dairy men discussed cattle tuberculosis, urging law to stop diseased cattle dumping. Chicago reports recount two suicides linked to personal troubles, and rising Wabash river floods threaten Mount Carmel. Eureka notes a near-recovery from pneumonia. Litchfield offers free marriage licenses and free wedding dinners to new couples. Joliet notes a new primary law and Cherry mine incidents. Carmi confirms brick streets funded by abutting property owners.
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Lincoln
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Illinois
EH. R. Saylor
John H. Sikes
Springfield
W. A. Stone
Aurors
Mra
Mae HE. Crowell
May P. Miller
Rockford
Rebekah Assembly
Knights of Pythias Hall
Vandalla
Illinois State Dairymen’s Association
J. N. Wright
Chicago
Catherine Lavalle
Wallace Street
Thomas Doheny
Swan Street
John Watson
South May Street
South Peoriatreet
Watson
Mount Carmel
Wabash
Ttg
White River
Eureka
Willam Uphoff
Benson
Litchfield
Justice of the Peace
E. O’bannon
T. L. Beveridge
Joliet
John P. McGoorty
Wighth
Steel Works Club
Supreme Court
Clark Johnson
Io State
Davies
St. Paul
Bureau County
Cork
Paris Pattern No 3164 All Seans Allowed
Pattern summary describes a house gown with collarless neck and wrist length sleeves in gray and scarlet flannel ette with trim, noting other suitable fabrics, four sizes from 32 to 44 inches bust, and yardage required for size 36. Readers are asked to send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.
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Paris
Pattern Department
Ladies Yoke Shirt Pattern Request Form
Pattern Department requests readers to send in the required size and pattern number to obtain a Ladies Yoke Shirt pattern. Include clear measurements and the pattern number for accurate fulfillment.
Cure Rheumatism With Sarsaparilla and Whiskey Formula
An old advertisement touts a cure for rheumatism using one ounce each of sarsaparilla compound and Toris compound mixed with half a pint of whiskey. Take a tablespoon before meals and at bedtime, shake before use, and continue until cured. It claims quick relief and overall vitality benefits with no need to trust others’ experiences.
More Cures More Cures for Nervous Women
Oronogo Missouri and St Louis Missouri women report relief from nervous collapse backache bearing down and female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Doctors had little success but several women claim improvement with the tonic and wash.
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Oronogo
Lydia BR. Pinkham
Mia
Mar McKnient
Oronago
St. Louis
Lydia E. Pinkham
An. Herzog
Prescott Ave
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Sreaker Shurtleff
Congrésaman
Aaks
Commission
Walter A. Lantz
McConnell Gill
Sanitary District of
Lake Michigan
Smais River
Deneen
Lockport
Desplaines River
Canal Commission
Mississippi Valley Transportation Company
St.Louis
I T
Desplaines
Stensland
Charles G. Eckhart
Sinois
Rock Island County
J. Ferguson
Ferguson
Tock Island
Milan
L. R. Glavis
Boy Wonder
James Siidis
Practical Fashions
Liz
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Carter
Carters
Cascarets
Chas
H. Halpern
E. 7Th St
N.Y
Sterling Remedy Company
N. Y
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