Illinois' Cannon Re elected Speaker of the House
Special to The Evening Journal reports Joseph Cannon of Illinois was re elected speaker today with 204 votes. Champ Clark received 166 votes and supporting votes went to Cooper 8 Esch 1 Norris 2 Hepburn 1. The rules fight began when Dalzell offered a resolution to apply last session's rules.
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Evening Journal
Joseph Cannon
Illinois
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Cooper
Wisconsin
Esch
Norris
Nebraska
Hepburn
Iowa
Dalzall
Pennsylvania
House
Lohberger Couple Welcomes Twin Daughters This Morning
Mr and Mrs Joe Lohberger announce the birth of twin girls born this morning. The family said both infants are healthy and doing well.
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Joe Lohberger
Woman Traverses a Thousand Miles for Her Children
Mrs. Ella M. Arthur walked 1000 miles pulling a wagon to bring her three children from Texas to Amelia. Deserted six years earlier by her husband she faced poverty to seek a divorce and $2000 alimony in exchange for the baby. She now seeks her child from an orphan asylum and vows to reunite the family.
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Ella M. Arthur
Texas
Amelia
South Dakota
Plains
Indian Territory
Amel la
Arthur
Penny-a-year legal aid in east London case
During a recent east London county court hearing a witness stated that legal aid could be obtained for a penny a year. The body undertaking the proceedings takes 10 percent of the damages recovered.
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East London
Missionary Leader Frease Urges Global Evangelization Effort
Dr KE Frease of Bombay speaks in city on Layman's Missionary Movement. He cites twenty years in mission work, urges more money and 27,000 extra missionaries to evangelize India, China, and the Far East within decades. Committees formed. delegates to Des Moines convention to be chosen. lectures slated in Fairfield and Mt Pleasant.
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KE. F. Frease
Bombay
India
Far East
Frease
Doctor Frease
First United Presbyterian Church
America
United States
China
Missionields
American
Europe
Winfield Smouse
The
Presbyterian Church
Chas. H. Keck
Methodist Church
G. L. Duke
Baptist Church
Chas. Corette
I. R. McKenry
Second
Virginian rescues girls by wading stream at Taft inauguration
A young Virginian, with two girls, fords a slushy stream on Pennsylvania Avenue during Taft's inauguration. He carries one girl across the flood amid cheers, then returns to fetch the other, earning loud applause from the crowd. The incident leaves the girls unlikely to thank him the next day.
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Walter Raleigh
Taft
Pennsylvania Avenue
Spotless Town In Holland Sets Cleanliness Benchmark
Broek in Holland earns acclaim as the cleanest place in the world with a display of housecleaning tools hung in neat lines. The wall shows floor brushes wall brushes picture brushes in varied sizes and shapes alongside corner scrapers and rakes.
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Broek
Holland
Cleaning tools from Holland and a dream of Broek town
The owner describes a complete set of cleaning instruments from Holland and recalls Broek a spotless town. He narrates how entering gates yields straw sandals, streets like sugar candy, and painted exteriors. A Brook stable scene features scarlet walls and yellow floors with cows tethered to ceiling rings.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Not Rural Knicker-Does Jones Think Himself a Pumpkin
A sharp witticism from the New York Sun mocks Jones for his opulent self view and proclaims his debt driven pretensions as city worthy. The remark contrasts rural simplicity with urban arrogance.
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Jones
Bocker
New York Sun
Sis Perkins at Graham Opera House Draws Crowd
A lively performance at the Graham opera house last Saturday afternoon and evening drew a well attended audience. The comedy mixed with serious moments as Sis Perkins receives money from an old man and enjoys admirers, while her aunt hopes for a proposal. The act featured musical selections and the next bill, A Pair of Country Kids, is set for March 18.
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Sis Perkins
Graham Opera House
Sis
Regular post meeting at 7 30 tonight
Notice announces a regular post meeting scheduled for 7 30 PM tomorrow with expected good attendance led by G A Black and P C
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G. A. Black
P. C
Cedar township resident Chauncey Myers visits home on Sunday
Chauncey Myers spent Sunday as a visitor at his residence in Cedar township marking a quiet weekend moment in local life.
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Chauncey Myers
Cedar Township
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