Town betterment and politics mingle in Springfield notes
A voice urges town improvement as a shared duty for citizens and business, not a single group's task. The piece links local development to cooperation, cites a “modern Moses” for Troy, and mentions Springfield legislative sessions facing large appropriations and potential cuts. It also notes a boxing event aiding legalization, wedding reports, and various social quips from Kansas and St. Louis papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
The Job Hunt And First Work Chance
A short note on first jobs noting that getting any chance to work relies on luck and persistence. It urges readiness to work without pay until proving worth, with a humorous dig at a nephew of a hardware dealer and a football tackle analogy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Buzz
Clarion
James Mulligan
the Smith
J. Mulligan
Chamberlain bill on canal tolls sparks treaty debate
Washington notes discuss Sen Chamberlains plan to abrogate the HayPanulfote treaty to allow American ships tolls through the Panama Canal. Sen Borah questions necessity, while comments on new ambassador, Vardaman, Kirkpatrick, and Ward donations mix with unrelated ads and anecdotes from the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Chamberlain
Oregon
Panama Canal
United States
Borah
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
James IK. Vardaman
Mississippi
Capitol
Vardaman
Potomac Driveway
Congress
A Good Loser on a Train Conductor Exchange
A passenger is searched by a conductor for a ticket. The nervous man insists he cannot have lost it and quips he once lost a bass drum. The tale ends with a反 note on avoiding business that harms reputation or methods.
Youth Held For Shooting by Posse After O'Leary Wounding
John Burke an eighteen year old farm hand from Feehanville was arrested by a posse five miles from the scene after allegedly shooting Daniel O'Leary a wealthy farmer who was seriously wounded. Burke says O'Leary had upbraided him and punched him. The shotgun blast punctured both lungs and O'Leary is believed mortally wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burke
Daniel O'Leary
Elgin
O’leary
Burke
Feehanville
O'Leary
Not a fool in town for tricksters and fools
A comic vignette recounts a shrewd, hard pressed man who buys flawed stock and junky goods yet cannot be mocked. He defies schemes, outwits suitors, and remains immune to deception even as planters and reformers praise or poke fun at his cleverness. The dialogue also spins tales of showgirls and diners as social satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Smithsonian Institution
Aterbert Ward
Amin Pasha
Thomas Nilson Page
Peoria
W. W. Reardon
Tazewell County
Clyde Stratton
Columbus
Stratton
Chicago
Davenport
Ill
Purdue University
Ind
Azure Bky
Tim
Pet
Copy Is The Soul Of Advertising Copy
A guide on preparing newspaper ad copy emphasizing attracting the reader, arranging copy, white space, type, and timing. It notes the advertiser competes with news writers and should fit the paper, place, and time, avoiding overcrowded space and using a dummy layout to improve effectiveness.
Policies Again. Dinner Plans With Hen Party Mentioned
A wife tells her help she will not be home for dinner and mentions a hen party at Mrs Clugeoe's. The convo hints at tensions over suffrage, with the helper reacting to the idea of continuing the movement.
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Che Croy
Market-Street-by-the-Square
B. W. Jarvis
Madison County Press Club and
Southern I. Editorial Association
Ilinois
Bingle
Eaesen
Packer
Kinloch
Springfield
General Assembly
Tlino’s
Missouri
Kansas
Jane A. Smith
Ike
St. Louis
Harlan
Washington News
Dr. King
John Supsic
Sanbury
TH. R. Wuffendick
Onigokr
Vwildur D.nesbit
Quincy
Electrical Workers of
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Thomas Lake
Hammond
Charles W. Hughes
Joliet
F. H. Stapp
Indianapolis
A. A. Apple
Tipton
G. M. McVay
H. R. Bowton
Dunne
Grand Army of the Republic
Alt
Galesburg
Farmers’ Bank
North Henderson
Charles Craig
Marengo
Delmar D. Darrah
Bloomington
Claude Williamson
Clinton
de Kalb
Cairo
Dogtooth
Kentucky
Red Cross
Harrisburg
John Rivers
Ivy Grilesby
Willie Allen
Andy Neal
Neal
Allen
East Walnut
Riley Hedges
Harold
Nancy
Ladies’ ‘Own Journal
Babylon
Jabez Huppleton
Belshazzar
Geo. E. Patterson
Peiremai
Ceylon
Brazil
A. Heddergott
West Clay St
Aned Pa
Wong Bub
Olinger Asaee
Mound -City
H.R. Haffendick
BRE
Ipaiq
Pichic
Holtowed
BAL
Marine
Onli
H. Rowan Drug Co
D. H. Rowan Drug Co
Hillside
Collinsville
B.W. Jarvis Troy
Kiester
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