Local Option Bill Ready for Action
Springfield January 30. E A Gerogin predicts a stringent county option law will pass despite wet leaders contesting the move. The dry camp claims sufficient pledged votes to push the bill through both houses, while wet lobbyists vow to block it and protect Cook County and other densely settled areas from being dry.
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E. A. Gerogin
Springfield
Anth Saloon League
EB. A. Scrogin
Scrogin
House
Adkins
Senate
Cook
Chicago
Peoria
St. Clair
East St. Louis
Belleville
Madison
Young Wife Files Divorce Suit in Bartholomew Court
Columbus Indiana January 30 Lila Smith aged 17 by her next friend John Hand sues George B Smith in Bartholomew circuit court for divorce. The couple wed last September and separated in December with claims of abandonment and cruel treatment.
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Columbus
Ind
Lila Smith
John Hand
Bartholomew Circuit Court
George B. Smith
HYOMEL Inhaler Marketed With Money Back Guarantee
An ad promotes HYOMEL a treated inhaler for catarrh and lung irritations sold as a complete outfit for $1 with refills at 50 cents. It claims rapid relief within five minutes and offers a money back guarantee for conditions including asthma and sore throat. Bottled by Booth's Hyomei Co Buffalo NY and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon's Pharmacy
Eps
le Area Etre
Booth’s
Hyomei Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Lobster sale for drowned man sparks cheeky fund-raiser
In Scotland a gale-drowned Sandy Dauvit’s body was recovered with a lobster cluster around it. Comrades sold the lobsters for 30 shillings and gave the money to Dauvit’s widow. She asked whether to spend it on another night at the lobster beds, a neighbor quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Dauvit
Dauvit
Janta Findlater
Jamie
Secret Order On Flag Protection Reaches New Orleans
Fifty years ago on a Sunday in January 1876 secretary John A. Dix sent the order to shoot any man who hauls down the American flag. The dispatch reached a New Orleans subordinate and became known to southerners.
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John A. Dix
United States Treasury
New Orleans
Queen Victoria Consults Gladstone Over New Cabinet
The queen reluctantly accepted the Salisbury cabinet’s resignation and summoned Mr. Gladstone for consultation on forming a new government.
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Victoria
Salisbury
Mr. Gladstone
Where Did She Come In
A witty exchange centers on Mrs. Brassy’s divorce unfolding amid a clash of public events. The dialogue notes the aviator’s France mission and a preacher’s elopement as simultaneous headlines that overshadow her personal triumph.
Weather observations across major cities today
U S Weather Bureau notes show New York 40 Rain Albany .986 Rat Atlantic City 44 Cloudy Boston 42 Rain Buffalo 42 Cloudy Chicago 42 Clear St Louis 60 Clear New Orleans 68 Clear Washington 40 Rain Philadelphia 42 Cloudy Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Fair brisk northwest winds and much colder today and tomorrow.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Temp. Weather
New York
Albany
Atlantic City
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin Fair
Probe plots to wreck train near Hobart in January
Railway detectives investigate an attempt to explode the fast train to Chicago from Hobart, Indiana. Fireman H Werkley found a twenty five pound blasting powder can in the firebox, which would have blown the locomotive apart. The article notes recent troubles with foreign workers and multiple discharges.
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Hammond
Ind
New York, Chicago and St. Louis
Hobart
Chicago
H. Werkley
Fle
Bedford Shops Idle After Southwestern Layoffs
Bedford Indiana January 30 The entire Southwestern railroad workforce has been laid off. Officials expect the shops to remain partly closed for some time due to a drop in business.
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Bedford
Ind
Schmidt quits Tigers and slams manager Jennings
Detroit January 30 Charley Schmidt writes a letter stating he no longer wants to play for the Tigers He accuses manager Jennings of prejudiced treatment and asks what a catcher can do to be good.
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Detroit
Charley Schmidt
Tigers
Jennings
Sharpening a Pencil and Razor Care Tips
Instructions describe sharpening a pencil with the point away to avoid lead on fingers and whittling the wood like a stick for a perfect point. A brief odd exchange about whose cigars Smeller smokes appears before a note that a razor cuts more easily when dipped in hot water before use.
Poetic Verse on Freedom and Oppression
A fragmentary poem laments oppression and tyranny as it traces the long arc of history. It speaks of the poor crushed and tyrants chained, yet claims freedom forges resilience and the soul’s sovereignty through enduring struggle.
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Mari
William Winter's Amusing Scottish Letter Delightful to Look At
Retired dramatic critic William Winter is humorously noted for writing the worst handwriting. An anecdote recalls his Scottish travels when R H Stoddard, in New York, reads a breakfast letter to Mrs Stoddard who jokes she cannot read his writing, yet finds it equally funny to view.
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William Winter
Horace Greeley
Mr. Winter
Scotland
R. H. Stoddard
New York
Smudge Defends Toilet Comment Over Town Clerk Race
An editor faced anger from Mr Smudge after a newspaper mocked his habits before he would run for town clerk. A retraction attempted to appease him but provoked further fury and increased public attention.
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Smudge
Young Andrew Jackson and the Bacon Abridgment Prank
The story recounts a 21 year old Andrew Jackson carrying Bacon's Abridgment in saddlebags to court. Colonel Avery swapped the book with a piece of bacon, Jackson unveiled the wrapped parcel and declared We will now see what Bacon says, prompting laughter and a later duel challenge.
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Andrew Jackson
Bacon
Jackson
Colonel Avery
Lord Bacon
Avery
Night of Dress Orders At 1893 New York Ball
A notice at the Circulo Colon Cervantes warned attendees for a grand ball in honor of Infanta Eulalia and Antonio in New York 1893. It ordered dress codes posted at the Spanish club and warned that high shoes and woolen mitts would be barred. the placard at Madison Square Garden entrance was later removed.
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Infanta Eulalia
Antonio
New York
Circulo Colon-Cervantes
Madison Square Garden
Tom Ochiltree
Woman Steals Perishable Fur Coat From Office
A woman obtains a fur coat from a city office by exploiting a Sunday delivery ban. She persuades a clerk to release the package by feigning need and mercy, then reveals the coat is perishable and must be kept safe to avoid moth damage. The incident hinges on a stolen item and a reluctant employee.
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Jack Brown
Lethie
Jon
Courage in Prayer and Morality Among Twelve Bishops
A mother teaches her son that true courage is defined by standing for prayer when others neglect it. He counters with a harsher hypothetical where eleven bishops sleep abed without prayers, suggesting a higher form of courage.
Actress’s dying line sparks audience roar on stage
One night in the melodrama The Final Summons a prominent actress sank into a death scene and cried Ah Leee Tom at last. The audience laughed when a black cat wandered onto the stage, and the actress learned she had unwittingly named the animal with her dying plea.
Man Receives Unusual Birthday Tie Prank
A husband is surprised when his wife gifts a modest patterned tie, hides it, then replaces it with a pale yellow spotted monstrosity after he fails to find the original. The tale, told in Cleveland Plain Dealer fashion, ends with the wife revealing the swap and a laugh.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Maine fisher man visits speak easy in seaside village
A visitor guides an elderly fisherman to a dark underground speakeasy in a Maine fishing village. The proprietor offers three kinds of whisky at three prices, 15, 10, and 5 cents, while the old man mutters a cryptic line about money and fish.
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Maine
Chronic Ulcers Indicate Blood Impurity and Healing
An old advertisement claims chronic ulcers arise from impure blood and that cleansing the blood restores healing. It touts S. S. S. as a universal remedy to purify circulation, remove morbid matter, and aid tissue repair, offering free medical advice from The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Becaus
S. S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, Ga
Meritol Tonic Digestive Promises Quick Health Boost
Meritol Tonic Digestive is composed of hydrastis gentian pepsin senna India root and other ingredients. It ton es the system aids digestion and appetite and cleanses impurities. Get a bottle today and see how quickly it makes you feel new. Lemmon's Pharmacy exclusive local agents Washington Iowa.
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Meritol
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Washington, Towa
Nervous Debility Symptoms Broad List
The passage describes a range of nervous debility signs including weakness fatigue irritability and low confidence. It mentions bodily symptoms such as back weakness and urinary deposits alongside dream disturbances and overall mental and physical fatigue.
Promised Cure Ads for Vices and Weaknesses
Vague advertisement promotes a so called cure for sexual ailments including syphilis gonorrhea and seminal weaknesses. It claims to revive memory vigor and nerves through a long noted but unclear treatment. The language hints at old neglected cases and “wet cures” but provides no verifiable details.
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Frank L. Wilson & CO
Good Shoes
Washington National Bank
CG Yutal
John Shields
Harry H. Ross
Mercantile Agency
Over Washington Co. Savings Bark
Bell Telephone
Sues
Lemmons Pharmacy
Markable Catarre
Foley
Bright
McElhinney Drug Co
Louis Baird
Nicolas
Thrifty
Weather Forecast
PROBE
Southeastern Railroad
Schmidt
Lowell
Tom
Wik JO Wes
Shallenberger
Washington, Colenso Hotel
Genele
Stoo
Shalterberger
Lake Avenue
USA
Drexel State Banik
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