Prizes Offered at State Fair Exceed $100000 and Open Sept
The Illinois State Fair Board of Agriculture announces a premium list totaling $101,288.60 in cash awards for 1914, the largest in North America. Distributions include speed $32,290 cattle $13,978 horses $13,190 and other classes. The fair runs Friday September 18 to Saturday September 26. Benezette Williams dies in Chicago at 70, former drainage chief and Western Society of Engineers president. A receiver is sought for Lorimer-Gallagher Construction, with Trautman named as receiver. Oscar F. Nelson, ex-factory inspector, criticized for pressuring postal workers to join AFL. Fort Crave Coeur site decision to be made by a nine-person commission. A fire at 8234 North Clark Street damages a granary building, $10,000 loss. Mattie and Ruby Migin receive inheritance related memory.
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Springfeld
United States
Canada
Ilinois
Board of. Agriculture
Minnesota
Toronto
Dominion
Benezette Williams
Chicago
Benezette Willliams
The
Drainage Board
Western Society of Engineers
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Western Sprigs
Williams
Western Springs
Ann Arbor
Mich
Helen
Alma
Nelson
Ferdipand
Clark Street
Enameling Plants Face Closure After Wage Talks Fail
Granite City two National Enameling and Stamping plants, employing about 4000 men, likely will close Saturday as wage scale talks with Amalgamated Iron Steel and Tin Plate Workers' association fail at Atlantic City. Other items note veterans lament neglect of Civil and Spanish War memory, a mother bearing funeral costs, a divine healer arrest, life insurance for Dixon case, a large Missouri farm sale, a former Illinois judge, an Australian wedding in Elgin, a dropped pearl find, a self inflicted death, and gambling indictments in Mount Carmel Milledgeville.
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The
National Enameling & Stamping Company
Granite City
Amalgamated Iron, Steel & Tin Plate Workers’ Association
Atlantic City
N. J
O'Hara
U. 3
St. Louis
United
Sipota
Barratt O'Hare
Boswell
United States
Vera Cruz
Coulterville
Chance and the Truth The Backwoods Farmer and More
Excerpts reveal masculine vanity and merciful women as Joseph Conrad critiques truth in storytelling. A Missouri farmer’s comical misstatements illustrate simple logic clashing with urban sensibilities. Also notes on fashion drapery jokes and a didactic ad voice appear in the periodical vignette.
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Marlow
Joseph Conrad
Chicago doctor predicts lifespan may reach a century
A Chicago physician cites statistics showing average life span rising for six decades and forecasts that children born in 1950 could live about 100 years. The claim rests on continued growth of life expectancy, and the prophesy reflects optimistic medical optimism from mid century.
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Chicago
Hips Are Coming In Again in Hiding
A judge remarks that hips are coming in again, with a cheer that mother can return from Europe. The line reflects a courtroom mood and social commentary of the time.
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Europe
Bound to Register a Kick and a Hotel Manager’s Tale
A western senator scolds clerks for a clumsy trade table misread as a five. James Thompson, Cleveland hotel manager, recalls his father’s remark about his son’s independence from hired help, joking about work and cooking.
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James Thompson
Cleveland
Ohio
Thompson
James
Jimmie
Jimmis
Red Cross Christmas Seals Sale Nets 440000 for Tuberculosis Fight
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the American Red Cross report more than 44,000,000 seals sold last December, raising 440,000 for anti tuberculosis work. New York led with 10,600,000 seals. Ohio, Wisconsin, and Illinois followed. Hawaii per capita sales topped the nation while Rhode Island stood second per person. Since 1908 the program has raised over 1,800,000 from more than 180,000,000 seals across six seasons.
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Red Cross
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
American Red Cross
United States
New York State
New York City
Ohio
Wisconsin
Illinois
Hawaii
Rhode Island
Cheap deodorant using baking soda aids odor control
The article extols bicarbonate of soda as an inexpensive deodorant for odor neutralization. It can be rubbed under arms on a shirtwaist or used as a bath before dressing, offering a simple, effective alternative to costly powders. A short motivational remark urges proactive self improvement.
Corona Cold in One Day Stops Cough and Headache
Purports a remedy named Laxa tive Bromo Quinine to treat corona cold in one day. Claims signature by B. WA Grove and sales at 250. Promises two heads are better than one except in a family.
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B. WA Grove
Little Girl Healed By Cuticura Soap And Ointment
In 1911 a five year old girl suffered a ringworm like eruption on the face with watery blisters and itching. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment as directed, the condition improved gradually and was fully cured in a few months. Sample offers and address included.
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Ork
Maurice
Ila
Henry Prins
Cuticura
Dept. 1
Boston
Wishful Riches Prompt Curious Boy Part of a Street Chat
A tired boy on the curb laments wealth and imagines wealth as a means to buy a large motorcar so he can fly his kite from its back without tiring his legs. A playmate asks what money would do for him, prompting the boy's whimsical reply.
Mrs. Winns Advice To Women In Lydia Pinkham Ad
Kansas City reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from monthly distress and motherhood after doctor proposals failed. Another letter from Cumming Georgia praises restored appetite sleep and strength after two weeks of use and urges others to try the remedy.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Kansas City
Lydia Eb, Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
H. T. Winn
Freemont Ave
Kansas City, Mo
Cumming
Charlie Bag- Ley
Camming
By Other Ways. Father warns son against rakeish suitor
A dialogue where a father cautions his son about associating with a disreputable young man despite wealth and social access. The son questions, recalling a previous instruction to cultivate society, while the father clarifies the risk of aligning with a rake.
Too Complex for an Ordinary Mind
A quip from Uncle Fogg claims one in ten thousand clearly understand the currency question. He asserts the proportion matches the audience he encounters who agrees with him, as cited by the Kansas City Star.
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Uncle Fogg
Kansas City Star
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