Rail regulation and local option debate in state legislature
The Beaux-Arts style report notes rail crossings under new control while Governor Deneen’s anti pass and state control measures fall short. It details reforms in insurance and banking, automobile registration, factory inspections, and a long local option bill creating anti saloon territories with strict penalties and election oversight.
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Chicago
General Assembly
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Deneen
New York
Massachusetts
State Board of Health
State Commission For Uniform Laws
Austen
Pullman
Frre Express
Regula
Commonwealth
Fragmentary Item on City Services and Legislation
Partial OCR notes mention topics like municipal gas and electric services, anti-cigarette measures, loan shark prohibition, and primary elections bills. The text references Chicago and various state cities, with disjoint phrases about wild-cat insurance and civil services.
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Chicago
Elvyil
Kennedy laxative cough syrup claims powerful relief
An advertisement touts Kennedy's laxative cough syrup as superior for coughs by its laxative action. It promises throat soothing effects, bronchial support, and anti inflammatory benefits, with honey and tar, appealing to children and compliant with the Pure Food and Drug Law. A line teases a bridal quip about saving and lending allowance.
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Kennedy
S. Kingston
Irregular verb in a town’s rising figure
A fragment from St. Louis Mirror contrasts a peculiar linguistic piece about a baby who is all cases and tenses with a biographical sketch of a self important town figure in Birmingham. The verse notes the public’s familiarity with him through papers, parades, and banquets, ending with a reflective line on his ascent from modest origins to high estate.
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St. Louis Mirror
Forscotch
Birmingham
Ala
Age-Herald
Bryan's The Old World and Its Ways book announced
Col William Jennings Bryan unveils a travel book titled The Old World and Its Ways recounting his world tour. Illustrated with 240 engravings from photographs by Bryan or his party, the volume aims to be a monumental study of governments, education, religion, and culture seen through a citizen-learner of global affairs. Published under his supervision, priced accessibly, with subscription sales via Thompson Publishing Company of St Louis.
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William Jennings Bryan
World
Europe
Earth
Col
Bryan
United States
Thompson Publishing Company
St. Louis
A Narrow Escape From a Severe Thumb Wound
G W Cloyd a Plunk Mo merchant recalls a near miss from four years ago when a jimson bar pierced his thumb. Doctors eyed amputation but he treated the wound with Bucklen Arnica Salve and recovered. 25¢ at S Kingston's drug store. Also promoting new millinery in Kiesel building Moss Laniz Mosimann 16 tf
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G. W. Cloyd
Plunk
S. Kingston
Kiesel
Moss Lan
Iz. Mosimann
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