The Senator's Vindication Stirs Saginaw Reporters
Saginaw reporters celebrate Henry Gardner Hunting play The Senators Vindication after it supposedly success at a Chicago Grand Opera House. The newsroom now brims with aspiring dramatists who stay up late drafting plots and worrying editors with slow speeds and nervous energy.
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Saginaw, Mich
Henry Gardner Hunting
Es Saginaw
Saginaw News
Grand Opera House
Chicago
Last Air
Minister pawns clothes to raise fare funds
Rev. W M Long, pastor of Oakford Methodist, arrived in Carmi moneyless. He offered to pawn his clothes for six dollars to buy tickets to Evansville where his relatives live. the money was raised.
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Carmi
W. OM. Long
Methodist
Oakford
Prince Albert
Evansville
Ind
Wrestler Alex Swanson Bitten. Match With Turner Postponed
Terre Haute reports Alex Swanson, the champion wrestler, was bitten by a dog while running in the southern part of town. The injury likely delays his scheduled bout with T. H Turner of Rock Island, planned for tomorrow night.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Alex Swanson
T. H W. Turner
Rock Island
Man Fights Rattlesnake in Martin Michigan Hard Won Victory
Melvin Dier of Birmingham Michigan killed a large rattlesnake while visiting a school chum in Martin Michigan. He displayed a string of twenty rattles as proof of his victory on August 28.
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Bimmingham
Mich
Martin, Mich
Melvin Dier
Farmer Arthur Hart Die Stung by Bumblebees in Heat
Boonville Indiana August 23 Arthur Hart a 25 year old farmer collapsed from heat then was attacked by bumblebees. He is expected to die from the stings in a likely fatal incident recorded in a local inquiry.
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Boonville
Ind
Arthur Hart
Weather Forecast For Regions Tonight With Showers
The forecast calls for showers across Minols and Indians with cooler conditions in the Perth area. Lower Michigan expects showers and cooler air especially in the south with light to fresh variable winds turning north. Wisconsin and town areas see showers with cooler temperatures in the eastern portions.
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Perth
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
East
Markets Report From Chicago Board Of Trade
Quotations from Chicago on Aug 22 show mixed grain and livestock prices. Wheat and corn futures fluctuate with cash classes ranging from No 2 red to No 3 yellow, while oats and flaxback numbers appear varied and cattle and hogs see moderate demand and structured ranges.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Concrete Poultry House Built by Fred D. Silloway
The poultry house illustrated was built by Fred D. Silloway of Springfield UK. It measures 12 feet inside and includes a back wall without openings and a front open to air circulation. Floor is dirt and ashes. roof is gable style. walls use cement sand and gravel mix. The design emphasizes warmth, draft control, dry floors, and durability at low cost.
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Fred D. Silloway
Springfield
American Poultry Journal
Silloway
Capons used as brooders in Louisiana uplift poultry care
Harriet Cushman Wilkie reports a novel Louisiana method where a full grown capon shelters and broods chicks after hatching. The capon, calm and protective, can brood up to fifty chicks at once and accepts successive broods without resenting them.
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Harriet Cushman Wilkie
American Poultry Advocate
Louisiana
Inexpensive Lice Prevention Remedy Cited
A reader cites a Poultry Success writer praising a home concoction using kerosene, crude carbolic acid, bisulphide of carbon, and turpentine as a lice spray. The note urges weekly applications for a badly infested house and monthly or bi monthly use otherwise, with cleanliness as the best preventative.
Proverb Advice for Poultry Yard Efficiency
The article urges timely action in poultry keeping and recommends a 10 by 12 colony house for twenty five fowls with free range. It advises separating large chicks from the flock to aid growth and warns against overfeeding in hot weather to avoid liver trouble. It stresses that success hinges on attention to detail.
Baseball Scores Report From Chicago and Beyond
Baseball scores dated August 22 list results from leagues including Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, St Louis, Philadelphia, Boston, New York and Washington. Notable games show Chicago 4 over Philadelphia 3, Chicago 11 over New York 6 in the second game, and Minneapolis 1 to Indianapolis 1 in the Association.
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Chicago
Tittshburg
New York
Wittsburge
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Hoston
St. Louise
Philadelfoot
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
Washington
Minneapolis
Indianapolia
St. Paul
Louisville
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Toledo
Peoria
Lightning kills fisherman on Thoroughfare in Atlantic City
A lightning strike in Atlantic City on August 23 knocked William Truax into the Thoroughfare where his boat lay. He was unconscious when pulled from the water. His body was blackened from the waist down and a melted cluster of keys remained in his pocket.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William Truax
Truax
Wis
One of Our Cruisers Runs Ashore at Vancouver Narrows
United States man of war Princeton ran aground in the Narrows while entering Vancouver harbor. After four hours she was refloated unharmed with no damage reported.
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Vancouver
B. C
Princeton
Narrows
Blue Paper Invention From a Wife’s Accident
A paper maker’s wife drops a blue cloth bag into a pulp vat by accident turning white paper blue. London buyers call it a new invention, boosting demand. The husband Eastes later loses the initial monopoly until the wife reveals the true story, restoring control.
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William Kastes
England
Eastes
London
Wig sparks self doubt in the Goodman household
The Rev. Mr Goodman frets over his wig while inspecting himself in a mirror. Mrs Goodman reassures him, arguing the disguise won t fool anyone for a moment. The exchange reflects a light domestic moment captured in a Chicago Tribune piece.
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Mr. Goodman
Caroline
Mrs. Goodman
Avery
Chicago Tribune
Local Notes From Ainsworth Area Social Roundup
Mrs Ella Rownd and daughter Lorana left for Burlington on business. Frank and Ed Sands returned to Ainsworth after summer in South Dakota. Miss Shana Oncle and Beatrice Smith left for Des Moines to visit friends and attend the State fair. Fulton Masson went to Iowa City to handle matters before university duties. Tobias Minick shipped two carloads of cement blocks to Crawfordville for Harvey Barnes’ house. Miss Wilma Whitaker returned home to West Liberty. J J Glenn editor and Father Carroll visit the Schnoebelen home. State fair in Des Moines urged. Rock Island round trip rate 3 50 valid to Sept 1. Mrs Arthur Woods and children visited Keota. Lee Laughead body arrived. funeral at home of Mrs J H Laughead. Mrs A J Ramsey and daughter left New Castle, Pa., after weeklong visit with cousins in Ainsworth and area. Mrs Mack complains that there
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Frank
Ed Sands
Ainsworth
South Dakota
Oncle
Shana Felt
Beatrice Smith
Des Moines
Rock Island
A. J. Ramsey
J. A. Kennedy
New Castle
Samuel Love
John Warnock
Will Paul
Mack
Petty Theft Targets Jerusalem Tree At Mrs. ____ Residence
Local resident reports a string of small thefts including a fine Jerusalem tree in a pot from her front yard. She valued the plant highly as a gift from her husband before its death. Also, M Y Wallace's son Will was injured abroad in Oklahoma City working for Western Newspaper Co. He caught his wand in machinery, losing part of a thumb and breaking two fingers, leaving him unable to work for some time.
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Jerusalem
M. Y. Wallace
Will
Western Newspaper Co
Oklahoma City
Little David Harvey Cuts Chin on Park Seat
Young David Harvey fell against a park seat end injuring his chin. He was taken to the doctor's office for dressing and, after a painful moment, is now recovering and back to playing hard.
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David Harvey
Cyclone Rips Jackson Area in Michigan
A fierce, short lived cyclone struck eastern Jackson Michigan on August 28. It nearly destroyed the Jackson Body Works where 100 workers barely escaped. The John Hutchinson Manufacturing plant and the National Wheel company were damaged, many buildings lost their roofs, and numerous trees were uprooted.
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Jackson
Saginaw
Mich
John Hutchinson Manufacturing Company
National Wheel Company
Tom Carey Dies Former Captain Anson Tourist
Tom Carey a onetime member of Captain Anson's Chicago tourists who visited the coast in the early 1880s is dead. He played with the group that toured the country and later went around the world playing exhibition games.
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San Francisco
Tom Carey
Captain Anson
Chicago
Carey
Fraternities to Amalgamate in Detroit Convention
The Associated fraternities of America meeting in Detroit adopts a plan to amalgamate with the National Fraternal Congress. The merged body will be named the International fraternal Congress.
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Detroit
Associated Fraternities of America
National Fraternal Congress
International Fraternal Congress
Erickson elected mayor to finish Neville term in Bloomington
In Bloomington a special meeting of the cityowners elected Alderman A. G. Erickson to serve as mayor for the remainder of the late James S. Neville's term following Neville's death.
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Bloomington
A. G. Erickson
James S. Neville
Foley’s Cure Promises Kidney and Bladder Relief
An old advertisement warns readers with kidney and bladder trouble that Foley’s Cure will positively cure all forms of kidney diseases. It urges readers to act now and purchase from druggists.
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Foley
Ten Years In Bed Kidney Cure Testimony
A.J. Gray of Oakville Indiana reports ten years confined by kidney disease and inability to move, despite top medical care. He credits Foley's Kidney Cure with restoring health and urges others to try it, noting it is sold by all druggists.
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BR. A. Gray
J. P
Oakville
Ind
Foley
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