Good as a Son from Troy Weekly Call chronicles a southern Illinois woman who, leaving school before age ten to aid her family, earns stenography and builds a home for her parents after homesteading in Colorado.
The narrative follows a young Illinois woman who left school early to help her family in Colorado, later returning to Illinois to become a stenographer. She saved enough earnings to purchase and pay for a home for her parents, reflecting a tale of self reliance and achievement amid frontier life.
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Illinois
Colorado
Here
Chicago. “Tribune
The
Tribune
Greeley
Cheyenne
Egbert
Chicago
Chey‘enne
United States Crop Bulletin Summary
The Crop Estimating Board reports general crop conditions on September 1 1905 across major states. Corn rated 89.5, spring wheat 87.3, oats 90.3, barley 87.8, buckwheat 91.8, flax 94.2, tobacco 85.1, potatoes 80.0, rice 92.2, with varied ten year averages. Illinois reports increased clover seed acreage while several states show no change.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Statistics
The
Bureau
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
Indiana
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
North Carolina
Arkansas
Mississippi
Virginia
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Michigan
United States
North Dakota
Towa
New York S
Ohio
Illinois
Utah
California
Colorado
Armistice Protocol Outlined in Russo Japanese Treaty
London September 14 The Japanese delegation released the armistice protocol for the Russo Japanese conflict. It fixes front lines in Manchuria and around the Tumen river, forbids bombardment of each other’s territory, and limits reinforcements during the armistice. Commands must agree on terms and execute them after peace treaty signing. Signatures include M Witte Baron Rosen Baron Komura and Mr Takahira.
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London
Manchuria
Tumen River
Korea
Mukden
Harbin
Russia
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Baron Komura
Takahira
Consternation at Lloyds over armistice maritime clause
The London scene reports consternation at Lloyds after the armistice protocol states maritime captures will not be suspended. Insurers, recently secured at peace rates, fear premium adjustments. A meeting and protest to the Japanese government have been proposed.
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London
Yokohama Riot Sparks Troop Guard After Uprising
Riot in Yokohama leads to troops guarding foreign consulates churches and hotels while cavalry patrol streets. Agitators from Tokyo alleged as placards torn by police. Six hundred Russian POWs housed in hotels placed under special guard. Police suffer three severely wounded and 87 slightly injured as mobs armed with pistols and sword sticks.
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Yokohama
Tokia
Karatuto
Message of condolence from Acting Secretary Darling
Acting Secretary Darling sends a formal condolence to the Japanese minister of the navy after the Mikasa disaster. He expresses sympathy for the loss of heroic lives and solidarity between the American and Japanese navies. The message is dated September 14 and signed by Charles Darling.
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Washington
Darling
Tokio
Charles Darling
Veteran editor Lambert Naegele dead at 73
Lambert Naegele longtime editor of the Montana Staats Zeitung at Helena and founder of the Minneapolis Frei Presse died in Seattle at age 73. Civil War veteran and survivor of the New Ulm Minnesota Sioux Massacre, he served twelve years at the Helena paper and contributed to journalism for decades.
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Lambert Naegele
Seattle
Wacch
Montana Staats Zeitung
Helena
Minneapolis Frei Presse
New Ulm
Minn
Nathaniel W. Failing
Springfield
Corn Carnival Draws Tens of Thousands to Atchison
Atchison Kansas hosts the annual corn carnival drawing about 20 000 visitors with editor W B Howe noting crowds may grow to 40 000. The exhibition this year is described as the finest yet seen in Kansas.
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Aichiagny
Kun
Kinane
Atchison, Kas
Atchison
W. Howe
Atchison Globe
Ted
Kansas
Mikasa Destroyed by Fire in Sasebo Harbor
Tokio reports the battleship Mikasa destroyed by a harbor fire and magazine explosion at Sasebo on September 10, with 599 total killed wounded and missing. Vice Admiral Togo’s flagship, sunk in shallow water after a midnights blast, rescue parties suffered heavy casualties amid unclear causes and potential for raising the vessel.
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Tokio
Navy Department
Mikasa
Crusé
Togo
Sasebo
Japan
Toge
Port Arthur
England
Sea of Japan
Female Bandit Josie Wilson Captured Near Vernal Utah
At gunpoint Josie Wilson a woman bandit tied to the Robbers Roost gang was captured after a long chase through mountains and eastern Utah deserts. She and her male companion John Jones were brought back to Vernal and Josie has been identified with robbers for several years.
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East Lake City
Utah
Josie Wilson
Tole
Mountain
John Jones
Vernal
Josse
Illinois State News: Tragic Deaths and Local Crimes
A string of Illinois incidents reports two boys dead in separate possible stabbing cases now deemed accidental. Heber Worthen and Virgil Eldron Clutts died in rural surroundings near Murphysboro. Coroner Forshee remains cautious. Other items include a fatal freight wreck at Thawville, robberies in Quincy, a minister retiring after 49 years, and a teen suicide attempt in Marion. Local fires, child injuries, and a divorce-related shooting conclude the roundup.
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Heber Worthen
Virgil Eldron ‘Clutts
Hickory Ridge
Poplar Ridge
Murphyshero
Virgil Clutts
Abd
Tie Geiser
W. 8. Forshee
Illinois Central
Thawville
W. H. Greer
Blue Mound
W. H. Thompson
Barclay
A. Q. Thompson
J. T. Clerno
Forsmer City
A. Rothschchild
Petersburg
Rothschild
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Hell
United States Navy Department
Navy
the Times
Illinois State News
Quincy
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George Goodwin
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Hoover
Finois
Randolph County Bible Society
Misa Bessie Lum
Marion
Samuel Lester
Lela Shear
City Marshall
George A. Sherer
Litchfield
Cale Wutat
Andrew Worthen
Murphysboro
Fred Weil
Alton
Minera May
National Executive Board
Troy City
John Deimling
Overman
Schott Building
Pubble Square
W.F. Peter
Wallex
Pen
Theo. Guennewig
Troy
Bielkert
Citizens’ Shaving Parlor
Julius Peter
Calla
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George G. Morriss
Kinloch 9
Geo. Liebler
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