War on Locusts May Beat Seventeen Year Invasion
Entomologists warn locusts will return next spring. Austrian Goerz plan trained boys to trap locusts, counting 26,845 days of work and eleven wagonloads captured. Prizes totaled 17,000 crowns. methods include zinc wire collectors, petroleum tins for killing, and drying locusts for fodder use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chemical-Agrarian Institute
Goerz
Austria
de Martini
Trieste
Yvens
United States
Alxty
Man Wore Wifes Lingerie In Divorce Case
Chicago court records reveal a remarkable pinching husband in the divorce of Mrs. Carrie Elizabeth Ferman and Christian P. Ferman. The defendant wore the wife’s undergarments to save costs while allegedly denying her food and clothing, leading to a decree and the wife remarrying a stock yards executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Superior Court
Carrie Elizabeth Ferman
Christian P. Ferman
California
Lost 1812 Cemetery Found Along River Roisin
Reported discovery near Monroe Michigan of what may be a lost War of 1812 cemetery along the north bank of the River Roisin. Excavation reveals bones from a mass grave, a C company brass tag, an Indian squaw skeleton, and a soldier skull cleft, with the site linked to the River Roisin massacre where 4000 Kentuckians were surprised by English and natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Mich
Toledo
Monroe, Mich
Roisin Paper Company
C Company
Roisin
CANDIDATES FOR ASSEMBLY NOMINATIONS LIST RCVIED
Springfield dispatch lists official Assembly and Congressional nominees by district. Many districts show no primary in 14th and 22d. Names include Brady Cook Judah Green MecNichols Marey McConnell Walsh Ostrom Wood etc. Parties span R and D with multiple candidates per district and several unopposed races.
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Springfield
Assembly
Senate
F. P. Brady
D. Cook
House
N. B. Judah
E. D. Green
John Griffin
F. J. MecNichols
R. J. Marey
G. L. McConnell
S. A. Hettelson
J. M. Burke
W. A. Stanger
R. U. Hagen
R. K. Wilson
J. A. Weber
Es Frimaphrey
D. House
L Pierson
F. B. Roos
W. A. Lantz
Edward Shurtleff
J. WH. Vielers
J. F. Burns
Ninth—Senate
Andrew Powers
P. J. Carrol
D. I. Shanahan
E. J. Murphy
R. Stoklosa
Tenth—House
Alexander Collier
G. F. Fullock
M. T. Soren
Carl Lundberg
P. J. Devlin
Seventeenth—Senate
Michael Cataldo
J. Galackin
DPD
E. J. Smejhal
P. F. Galligan
E. M. Abrahams
D. Knighteenth
lHiouse
Lucas J. Butts
Ira J. Covey
Thomas M. Gorman
D. Nineteenth—Sennate
C. E. Cruikshank
T. J. Lynch
J. M. Kettleman and Co
A. Schumaker
J. McLaughlin
Twentieth—House
Israel Dudgeon
G. H. Hamilton
W. J. Allison
Twenty-first—Senate
W. H. Dellenback
J. FE. Madtean
J. House
F. E. Erickson
B. M. M. Mitchell
Neils Juul
I- BR
J. Mahoney
G. A. Mier
J. P. Kinsella
Joseph Strauss
Joseph Cartergue
Charles Adkins
Marion Peters
Guy R. Jones
W. T. Hallenbeck
E. P. Poorsman
P. B. Briscoe
A. C. Cliffe
Rij Bradford Brinton
Oneill Browne
Peter Reinr
Wrortleth
W. M. Provine
D. Brounbeck
Ernest Zimmer
W. A. Purkiser
R. J. Barr
Dempsey —Winthrop
Wm. Stevenson
J. E. Schurmacher
J. W. Chamberlain
Fred J. Kern
John BT Flannigan
A. A. Miller
James Donahue
C. A. Karch
D. W. Helm
W. D. Crouch
Elwood Park
Charles Durfee
G. W. Ingre
Martin B. ‘Madden
Michael Maher
James R
Mann
Vaughan
Rhira
William W. Wilson
F. J. Crowley
Fors
R. Roi Finnegan
J. Ee ‘Conley
Frank O. Hawley
Carton Z. Puller
Sirens
Temperance lessons and moral instruction on drink
A historical temperance lesson outlines memory verses from Galatians and a golden text about walking in the Spirit. It frames Apollyon as a symbol of temptation and cites John L. Sullivan, Taft, Lincoln, and Harrison to illustrate abstinence from alcohol, urging teachers to collect temperance evidence from newspapers and involve students in exhibits and activities.
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Apollyon the Great Dragon
Bunyan
Holy
Apollyon
New York Journal
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Taft
Hot Springs
Nfe
Lincoln
Springfield
United States
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Washington House
Chester
New York
Hfe
Paw-Paw Liver Pills Claim Blood Purity Cure
Munyon's Homeopathic Company advertises Paw-Paw Liver Pills for biliousness constipation indigestion and liver blood ailments. It guarantees purification of the blood and healthful liver and stomach conditions or a refund of money. The ad lists Philadelphia Pennsylvania address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon’s
Homeopathic Homeomedy Co
63D
Jettarson
Warning That Was Familiar
A vignette recalls Mrs. Jones warning her son Harry about the grocer with a joke from Youth's Companion and a note on J P Morgan Sr young appetite, contrasting a cautious childhood moment with his later storied meals and a hypothetical math chair at Heidelberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plero
J. P. Morgan, Sr
Morgan
Teutons
Heidelberg
New York Press
True Independence Quote on Duty and Solitude
A reflection on independence by Homerson stating that true greatness lies in maintaining independence of spirit amid crowds, resisting both the world’s opinion and solitary self-will with steadfast calm.
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Homerson
Grape-Nuts Credited By Brooklyn Mother For Child Health
A Brooklyn woman touts Grape-Nuts as key to improving her child’s weak digestion and overall health. She cites her husband’s growing fondness for the cereal, a friend’s two rickety children improving, and a general belief in Grape-Nuts, with a nod to The Road to Wellville and the “There’s Reason” promotion.
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Brooklyn
Wellville
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Davidson
America
Illinois
T. FE. Stewart
Peter McGrath
Lewis Hutzler
C. L. Fieldstock
William Hanson
W. P. Landmesser
J. A. Montellus
W. H. Wright
D. D. Donahue
Senaty
T. B. Scouten
John Broderick
Leland Berg
A. Rostenkowski
R. J. Collins
Joseph Pitlock
E. C. Perkins
T. Ki Leavitt
EB. F. T. Rautenberg
S. E. Erickson
J. M. O'Connor
C. A. Nelson
J. H. Farrell
P. J. Sulelivan
Thirtieth—House
Homer J. Tice
Louis Zinger
A. M. Foster
M. Graves
Thirty-first
W. H. Cornwall
S. P. Walsh
H. J. Shaver
F. S. Catlin
T. P. Smith
J. C. Werdell
Henry Terrell
I. M. Martin
John Huston
G. A. Falder
F. A. Landes
Marine
Marine Eye
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Grocer Man
Harry
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