Illinois Voters Urged to Approve Constitutional Amendment
Republican and Democratic leaders Charles S. Geneen and Lawrence B. Stringer back the amendment, arguing it brings Chicago a proper charter while not harming other regions. They cite overwhelming legislative support and party endorsements, urging a statewide yes.
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Illinois
Charles S. Geneen
Lawrence B. Stringer
Stringer
State Senate
Chicago
House
Senate
Deneen
Jerome and the Waistcoat Slave Story Told by Booter Washington
A grandfatherly tale recalls Jerome Hale's Ford Virginia, where a red velvet waistcoat sparks a courtroom-like exchange. Jerome exposes Calhoun Hamilton as the thief and argues against the master’s claim that receiving stolen goods is worse, noting that he himself was bought and paid for, a claim tied to his Africa origin.
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Jerome
McWade
Booter T. Washington
Virginia
Hale's Ford
Calhoun Hamilton
Calhoun
Aaid
Africa
A Simple Home Made Kite for Indoor and Window Flight
A Chicago Inter Ocean article explains making a small kite Hera from common materials. Use two broom straws, white grocery paper, and light thread to form a cross frame and five foot tail. Cut a 12 inch paper wing with a seven inch secondary line, punch two inch gaps for struts, and fly from a window where wind blows outward.
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Hera
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Champion Dog Traveler Leads Long Sledging Trek
Six year old Scotch collie Shep, owned by G. Carlton Woodward, has logged about 9000 miles across North America. Trained as a lead dog from Dawson City to Fairbanks and back, he journeyed 650 miles by sled, 360 by boat, 750 by steamer, 450 by sled, 110 by train, 1000 by boat, 400 by rail, and 47 by rail isthmus, before continuing to Panama and New York en route to Chicago. He averages 60 miles a day by foot and 35 to 40 miles when pulling a sled, despite heat in Panama.
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Shep
G. Carlton Woodward
Montana
Klondike
Dawson City
Mr. Woodward
Fairbanks
Woodward
Dawson
Tanana River
White Horse
Skagway
Seattle
San Francisco
Panama
New York
Chicago
Atade Safe Coy I3 Marriage Likely Questioned
Fragmentary odds and ends hint at a safe marriage or social issue. Sparse text references a person or group and dust or neglect. No clear names, places, dates, or events are discernible from the readable portion.
Woman Finds Cure for Rheumatism Through Blood Purifier
Mrs. E M DeLong of Council Bluffs Iowa attributes relief from severe rheumatism to Dr Williams Pink Pills. After months of bed rest and escalating pain, she began the pills and within six boxes was fully well. She credits the pills with building healthy tissue and nerves, aiding conditions like neuralgia sciatica and anemia, and notes she continues to recommend them.
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E. M. DeLong
West Broadway
Council Blaffa
Iowa
Dr. Williams
Acre 2
Blanchard
Nashville
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkhaim
B. A. Buancrarp
Broad St
Philadelphia
Mrs. Mar
Birch St
Patent Cure All for Coughs and Lung Ailments Sold Widely
An old advertisement touts a universal cure for throat, cramps, influenza, whooping cough, bronchitis, and asthma. It claims to cure consumption in early stages and relief in advanced stages after a single dose. Sold by dealers everywhere, one bottle 24 cents and 50 cents.
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Denlera
Oreo
Naive Compliment Delivers Dayton Music Feat
A New York musician recalls Reginald De Koven touring with an opera. In Dayton a church organist lets him sit at the console during service and play Mendelssohn and Chopin. The congregation stays entranced until a push from the organist ends the impromptu performance.
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Reginald de Koven
New York
Bunday
Dayton
de Koven
Mendelssohn
Perfectly Simple Size Hint From Dr Watts
Dr W Marshall Watts says enlarging a water drop to earth size would reveal molecules as a heap of 9 556 000 000 000 000 000 900 000 tennis balls. Scientific facts become sporting terms, boosting understanding of nature. Boston Transcript notes the idea. Piso's Cure for Consumption touted as infallible medicine with a testimonial from Ocean Grove, N J dated Feb 17 1900. Puck humorously critiques the office seeking a man while demanding precautions against being waylaid.
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W Marshall Watts
Boston ‘Transcript
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Not Superstitious Question Sparks 13 Dollar Lend Request
A brief dialogue from the Chicago Daily staged as a humorous peologue shows Smith asking Jones to lend 13 dollars until next week while denying superstition. The item is a light, comic exchange notable for its casual tone and everyday stakes.
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Smith
Jones
Chicago Daily'! News
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