City Election and Mixed Global Commentary Flash
Varying notes on local politics and future Troy development mix with global concerns. Miss Daisy Barbee seeks the Democratic probate judge nomination in St Louis. A remark on betting on horse races and a joke about Mexican earthquakes suggests canal era anxieties. The British government faces a large deficit, quoted at 75 million dollars, with newspaper colleagues showing sympathy. An exchange suggests writing to a congressman about garden seeds.
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Daisy Barbee
St. Louis
Parliament to seek half a million for coronation plans
Parliament will be asked to appropriate five hundred thousand dollars for the coronation. It is noted as fortunate for Britain that such ceremonies are infrequent.
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Parliament
Hirst Critiques City Management Style in Public Talk
The speaker criticizes municipal governance and urges a calm, conservative case for improvement. He argues that current efforts fail to help and invites the audience to consider more effective, reasoned reforms.
England Japan alliance to curb Russian influence in Asia
England and Japan form a defensive and offensive alliance to curb Russian aggression in China and Korea, aiming to protect mutual interests. The move signals joint steps in regional diplomacy amid rising tensions and shifting power dynamics in the Far East.
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England
Japan
China
Korea
Progressive city administration cited as key to growth
TuE Edwardsville Intelligencer argues for stronger civic leadership, stating a progressive businesslike city government is essential for a town to keep pace with growing peers and that citizen fault often lies in public dissatisfaction.
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Tue
Edwardsville Intelligencer
Illinois State News Roundup in 1920s Style Headlines
Macoupin County Board of Supervisors will include 18 Democrats and 9 Republicans this year. First national gathering of Spanish American War veterans held in Springfield. Kane County resident William Bateman dies from bull goring. Adjutant General Jasper N. Reece ill at home with paralysis. Fire at Litchfield causes 7500 damage. News-Register and Herald offices damaged. Charles Hook dies at 70 at Browning election polls. O Fallon Progress buy by A H Doran. Chenoa loses city charter. Belleville News-Democrat notes war between steam and electric railways near. Ill. Central may run hourly trains to East St. Louis. East St. Louis name change debated. annexation plans cited. Tamaroa Times on snow revealing poor sanitation. advice on waste disposal. Chamberlain's Colic Diarrhoea Remedy praised by Mt. Crawford woman.
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Macoupin County Board of Supervisors
Springfield
Wm. Bateman
Kane County
Jasper N. Reece
Litchfield
News-Register
Herald
Charles Hook
Browning Township
Franklin County
A. H. Doran
Millstadt Enterprise
O'Fallon Progress
Chenoa
McLean County
Belleville News-Democrat
St. Louis
Illinoi Central Railroad Company
East St. Louis
Washington Letter from April 3, 1902 on Senate bills
Our regular Washington correspondent reports Senate action on anti oleomargarine and other measures with amendments likely to pass. Coverage includes House debates on the Philippines Civil bill and Cuban reciprocity, social events at the White House, Miss Alice Hay’s engagement, and Roosevelt’s beef trust probe. Civil Service reform plans by Foulke and promotion measures are explained with questions about merit based advancement.
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Senate
Proctor
Harris
Philippines
House
Sulzer
New York
New York Harbor
Cannon
Ways and Means
Messrs
Tawney
William Alden Smith
Roosevelt
Hay
Alice Hay
James W. Wadsworth
Congress
Wadsworth, Sr
White House
Senator Proctor
Vermont
Beef Trust
View
Asco
Knox
Interstate Commerce Commission
Civil Service
Foulke
Civil Service Commission
Herbine Cure Claims and Mrs Stroud Endorsement
A patient report from Mrs Wm Stroud of Midlothian Texas extols Herbine for lagrippe bilious fever and malaria after eight years of use. The advertisement notes a 50 cent price at S Kingston's and asserts the remedy stops chills and cures fevers.
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Wm.,.m. Stroud
Midlothian
Texas
S. Kingston
Electric Bitters and Arnica Salve Heal Hartford Man
J W Sullivan of Hartford Connecticut scratched his leg with a rusty wire twelve years ago. Inflammation and blood poisoning followed. After two years of severe suffering doctors urged amputation. He states one bottle of Electric Bitters and 144 boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured his leg completely. Electric Bitters praised for eruptions eczema tetter salt rheum sores and all blood disorders. S Kingston guarantees satisfaction or refund. Only 50 cents.
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J.W. Sullivan
Hartford
Conn
Earth
S. Kingston
Chamberlain's Pain Balm Cures Severe Rheumatism
A Salem New Jersey woman reports a severe muscular rheumatism attack last fall. After trying several prescriptions she used Chamberlain's Pain Balm from South Jersey ads, two applications eased pain and one bottle completed the cure. Sold by S. Kingston, a druggist.
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Chamberlain
Sallie Harris
Salem
N. J
Kingston
Tower corn planter with eighty rods chain Woods Binder
JouN F Jarvis offers a tower corn planter paired with an eighty rod chain and Woods Binder as a budget option. Item appears among classifieds or sale notices noting affordability.
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Joun F. Jarvis
Postoffice Mails Closing Times and Uncalled Letters
Postoffice notices show mail closures after March 27, 1899, with West at 6 45 AM and 11 30 AM, East at 8 25 4 AM, and combined East and West at 6 00 PM. A list of letters remaining uncalled for at the Troy postoffice as of January 11, 1901 includes MW ore and Dp A.
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Troy
Illinois
de Bert Erman
Postoffice Intelligence
Troy Postoffice
Buckien's Arnica Salve Promoted For Piles Cure
Advertisement claims Buckien's Arnica Salve cures itching piles and many injuries or eruptions. It asserts thousands have been cured, prices at 25 cents a box with case guarantee, sold by S. Kingston.
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Job
Buckien
S. Kingston
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Kinloch
South Africa
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Isthmus
Illinois State News
Greenville
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Tamaroa Times
Qua
Washington
Washington, D. C
Mr. Foulke
Garfield
A. Trought
Raab
Ruchter
Chris. Busse
Kintoch
Tan
Walia
W. W. Jarvis
D. G. Jarvis
Troy Exchange Bank
S. Kingston's
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