Lilley the Fighter Politician Who Shook Graft
George Leavens Lilley born August 3 1859 near Oxford Massachusetts rose from farm boy to Waterbury entrepreneur and Connecticut congressman famed for challenging graft and leading an anti paper trust drive. He exposed cheap seed abuse and pushed reform actions that reshaped agricultural and print industries.
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John Leavens Lilley
Oxford
Mass
George Leavens Lilley
United States House of Representatives
Connecticut
United States
New York World
Lisleys
Middleboro
Boston
New England
Nova Scotia
Waterbury, Conn
Lilley, Swift & Co
Waterbury
Congress
Hawaii
Lilley
Agricultural Department
General Paper Company
The
Paper Trust
Combine
Judiciary Committee
House
Legal Department
Government
First Aid Kit Proposal for Railroads
Dr. Inslee H. Berry urged New York City train departures to carry one first aid kit per train. He noted many trainmen are trained by the Society For Instruction In First Aid to the Injured and could use bandages splints plaster and whisky effectively after accidents or sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inslee H. Berry
New York
Society
New York City
Anecdotes of Proctor How Vermont Senator Got Even
Redfield Proctor United States senator from Vermont dies in Washington and tells a fish story at a Fort Frederick fish and game league meeting. He parries Congressman Capron’s joke with a tale of Rhode Island two fish and game clubs and a baby that weighs forty seven pounds. A Salt Lake City stop yields a quip about an old Mormon with multiple wives and rumors of lies.
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Vermont
Congressman Capron
Redfield Proctor
United States
Washington
Fort Frederick
Rhode Island
Rhode
Capron
Senator Proctor
West
Monogram waistcoat shown by Chicago trade man
Harry Avery of the Chicago board of trade unveils a monogram waistcoat with a design likened to a new suburb. The two inch monogram sits above the left pocket and uses miniature photographs as buttons claimed to depict the most beautiful senorita in Rio de Janeiro.
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Chicago
Harry Avery
Board of Trade
London
South America
Indiana
Avery
John H. Wilkins
Senorita
Rio de Janeiro
Joyful Truant Helen Marks Returns From Lake View Fire
Helen Marks, who skipped school the day of the Lake View school fire in Collinwood Ohio, reappeared alive behind her father as he searched the ruins. He had feared her lost with the other victims until she revealed herself, bringing joyous relief.
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Helen Marks
Lake View
Collinwood
Papa
Mr. Marks
New Plan For Coaling at Sea
W. W. McLaren of Ensley Alabama proposes a sea coaling method using captive balloons attached to two ships a coal laden balloon moves from a coal ship to the target vessel and coal slides from the balloon car into bunkers through a bottom flap claiming faster than existing methods.
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W. W. McLaren
Ensley
Ala
The
Veavy
McLaren
League of American Sportsmen to curb gray squirrel hunting
Money was raised at a League of American Sportsmen meeting held at Mrs Henry Fairfield Osborn's New York home to fund a campaign for laws prohibiting gray squirrel hunting. The group aims to halt wildfowl killing on migrations and curb automatic shotguns. With twelve state legislatures in session, members seek to pass prohibitions in each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of American Sportsmen
Henry Fairfield Osborn
New York
Wedded Fifty Years Conrad Lins Celebrate Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Conrad Lins of East of the City marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family gathering and reminiscences of five decades of married life.
Lins Couple Celebrate Golden Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Conrad Lins of Iowa mark their 50th anniversary with a noon dinner for relatives and friends. Eight children thirteen grandchildren and one great grandchild attended. The Lins couple, natives of Iowa, wed in 1858 and moved to the state in 1865. They reside near the city, aging gracefully toward further celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Lins
Frank Shanafelt
D. ©. Wells
Estherville
Iowa
Cadwallader
Creston
Lins Shanafelt
Storm Lake
Will Lins
Ed Lins
George
Mary
Lavina Lins
Lins
Pennsylvania
Dororthy Latchem Pupils Featured In Recital And Meeting
The Eureka church pie supper was postponed to Thursday night. Dorothy Latchem led a delightful pupil musicale with a program including works by Hofmann MacDowell and Low. Romola Latchem and others performed duets and solos. The St James Sewing Circle plans a meeting with Mrs Martin Casey tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Dorothy Latchem
Theo. Lobani
Lou Johnson
Miss Latchem
Barcarolle
Heller
Nell Kracaw
Galop
Hofmann
Myrtie Whitcomb
Malcolm Dowell
Holst
Romola Latchem
Behr
Janet Keamer
MacDowell
Wenrich
Rathbun
Lucile Montgomery
Rimbault
Clifford Hopengardner
Low
Lawrence Gorham
Otto Fischer
Richter
Kullok
Helen Berry
Smallwod
Cecil Belville
Louise Livingston
Braga
St. James
Martin Casey
Cotter ladies and West Chester visitor in city today
Mrs. Chas. Dyche and Miss Inez Salladay of Cotter shopped in the city while T. P. Harbaugh of West Chester attended a Baptist conference today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Dyche
Inez Salladay
Cotter
T. P. Harbaugh
West Chester
Local Ladies Leave City for Home and Relatives
Miss Ella Porter departed this morning for her home in Ainsworth after a brief visit to the city. Mrs August Lombardo also left this morning heading to Muscatine to visit relatives for a short time.
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Ella Porter
Ainsworth
August Lombardo
Muscatine
Prairie Flower Literary Program March 13 Event
March 13 program features readings and performances by Lulu and Myrtle Durst Song Walter Kyle Declamation Charley Paulkner Select Reading Mela Shalla Recitation Minnie Jackson Select reading Ralph Zeck Original story Hugh Kirkpatrick Reading Jim Brooks Recitation Wilber Knupp Recitation Margaret Brooks Prophecy Win Durst Debate Pearl Phillips versus Charley Casper Paper Harley Myers Question box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower
Lulu
Myrtle Durst
Walter Kyle
Charley Paulkner
Mela Shalla
Minnie Jackson
Ralph Zeck
Hugh Kirkpatrick
Jim Brooks
Wilber Knupp
Margaret Brooks
Win Durst
Pearl Phillips
Charley Casper
Harley Myers
Uestion Box
Ed R Harvey Seeks Membership on Board of Supervisors
Ed R Harvey, a lifelong county native and Republican, seeks a seat on the Board of Supervisors to succeed Samuel McCleery. He has been active in farming in Jackson and Highland townships until four years ago when he moved to Highland Park addition in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed R. Harvey
Board of Supervisors
Samuel MccCleery
Mr. Harvey
Jackson
Highland Townships
Highland Park
Washington
Sigourney Cleans Up Harbors Moral Rooms
Sigourney Iowa March 11. Following sermons by Rev Charles N Pace of the Methodist church the town has cleaned up, banning slot machines closing billiard and pool rooms to minors and removing suggestive pictures from public walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Iowa
Charles N. Pace
Methodist Church
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Hghter
G. L. Lilley
Proctor
Monogram West
Mrs
Cele
Brate
Tives
O. E. Ss
J.B. Crail
Store OF Quality
Washington, Iowa
Steck You
H. F. Steck
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