Writ Prepared to Secure Link in Bribery Probe
Springfield report says State's Attorney Wayman prepared a writ of habeas corpus to move Representative Michael Link from Sangamon county. Link was arrested for contempt after refusing to confess to the legislative bribery scandal. Burke intends to summon all legislators who voted for Senator Lorimer and call Cook county grand jury members to testify in Sangamon. Burke aims to present the Chicago testimony to the Sangamon grand jury.
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Wayman
Representative Link
Burke
Cook County
Grand Jury
Chicago
Michael
Link
Sangamon
Kersten
Springfield
Sangamon County
Edmund Burke
Senator Lorimer
Charles Durfee
Thomas Campbell
Cook County Grand Jury
Link of
Mitchell
Robert 8. Shirley
Farmer Whit tington In Columbus Seeks Commitment
Benjamin F. Whittington a prosperous Columbus area farmer has become crazed by constant worry over his inability to vet laborers. An application was filed for his commitment to the Central Hospital for the Insane in Indianapolis. His wife has twice prevented him from attempting suicide.
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Columbus
Ind
Benjamin F. Whittington
Central Hospital For the Insane
Indianapolis
Rolling between wheels saves boy in Michigan accident
In Muskegon on May 16 Oscar Johnson, an office boy at Continental Motor Works, was saved from death when knocked between a car and his bicycle. The bike was demolished and he suffered severe bruises after being scraped along the pavement for about a hundred feet. The car’s driver, Mr Weldell, bought the lad a new bicycle.
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Muskegon
Mich
Oscar Johnson
Continental Motor Works
Weldell
Hyomei Brings Quick Relief for Hay Fever and Asthma
Tens of thousands find relief with Hyomei for hay fever and catarrhal asthma where discharge of mucous inflames the membrane. A user from Evansport reports five years of struggle ended by Hyomei. A complete Hyomei outfit costs $1 with refills 50 cents at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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W. A. White
Evansport
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Swat the Fly and Save Health in Des Moines
In Des Moines on May 16 a public notice warns about houseflies as disease carriers. It details germ counts per fly, breeding from manure and decaying matter, and urges immediate action: destroy breeding sites, use screens, seal rooms, discard contaminated food, and burn pyrethrum to fumigate.
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Egypt
Solomon
F. C. Richards
L. O. Howard
Wellington's Coolness At Duke's Library
In a peculiar tale the Duke of Wellington faces a mysterious visitor named Sam Apollyon who proclaims intent to kill him. Wellington declines to panic, continues writing, and the visitor leaves, later ending in an asylum.
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Wellington
Duke of Wellington
Sam Apollyon
Tam Apollyon
Deaf Hear at Telephone Curiosity
The article notes a strange fact about telephones: extremely deaf people can hear over the line when they can read lips or use an ear trumpet, allowing long distance conversations with perfect ease and without missing a word.
Baseball Results National League and American League standings
National League results show Pitts, Cin, Brook, St Louis and New York with scattered scores across venues. Chicago, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, and others posted varying records as Raymond Drucke Meyers and others appear in lineups. American League notes Bos, Wash, Chi and others report no games played in the period.
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St. Louis
R. WE
New York
Raymond
Drucke
Meyers
Coyridon
Phelps and
Bresnahan
Chicago
R. Ile
Mattern, Burke and Graham
Richie and
Archer
Cincinnati
R. H.R
Brooklyn
Rucker
Erwin
Castleton
McLean
Unclear Scoreline From City Matchups
Fragmentary report lists several city games with uneven results including Kansas City and Minneapolis results, showing 4 to 1 margins in some events and mixed scores for St Paul, Milwaukee, Louisville, and Columbus.
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Kansas City
Toledo
Minneapolis
Portents and Punchlines in a Scots Station Sketch
A collage of brief vignettes and quips from travel and rural life. A London passenger heckles a Scottish porter over a parcel fiasco. a museum guide jokes about condor eggs found high above sea level. Irish travelers and peasants offer humor on drink, horses, and fate with sharp regional flavor.
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London
Perth
Regular Tom Bey’s Susie-Climbing Scrapes Cure Quick
Boy earns scratches and bumps and a mother applies Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to heal them. Ad claims the salve cures boils ulcers eczema old sores corns piles and similar ills. Available for 25 cents at J E Lemmon’s Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
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Susie
J. E Lemmon
Lemmon's
Dayton's Big Show Opens Season With Sold Out Attendance
Dayton's vaudeville and musical show opened its season to packed crowds. The evening program impressed with new jokes, polished makeups, and skilled trained dogs. Mexican dueler and Roman battle ax acts drew great applause as the troupe heads on the road this week.
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Dayton
Springiean
Dueger
Precious Sea Salt and the Quest for Pure iodine Richness
The text asserts that no sea salt is completely pure and perfect due to iodine content. It notes old Japanese doctors using sea noses or agar for spring tonics and argues pure sea salt would be hard to obtain yet should be kept intact despite cost as a bio ogie food.
Give Me A Good Cigar Song Promoted By Edward Laska
A piano score and lyrics for Give Me A Good Cigar promoted as a top weekly offering. Edward Laska, youngest prominent songwriter and Trebuhs Publishing Company founder, touted for past hits and strong success. Copies available in newspapers or at music stores for 25 cents. free in columns this week.
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Company B
Edward Laska
Laska
Ile
New York City
Trebuhs Publishing Company
Shubert
Eleanor
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STECK
C. E. Zimmerman Co
Steck’s Jewelry Store
Cook and
Sangamon Counties
Illinois
State's Attorneys Active
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Board OF Control
Des Moines
W. L. Pets
W. L. Pet. Pitts
Brook
American League
W.L
Bos
Chi
Ben
Jersey Sands
Ireland
Donegal
Letterkenny
Pat
Tom Bey
Dayton’s
Princess Amusement CO
New Princess Theatre
Davenport
Opera House
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