Strange items cloud a day’s headlines in brief
A California man offered to sell his wife and four children for 50 dollars while claiming himself could fetch a glass of beer. May 20 is set for Cuba’s evacuation, noted as a rare voluntary loss of territory. District Attorney Jerome candidly says he does not know how to run a newspaper. A major diamond output reduction is forecast, and Trojan buyers are urged to stock up on gems while prices fall.
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California
Cuba
Jerome
Town progress urged as Havana gains Carnegie library
An exchange notes progress is needed beyond Rip Van Winkle living as towns modernize. The Havana Cuba city will receive a $250,000 Carnegie library building on a city-chosen site with municipal pledges for ongoing maintenance. The piece also quips about marriage ages and Senator Diepew’s sizable pant collection, then urges Troy residents to unite for development and action.
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Havana
Cuba
Oklahoma Territory push for statehood meets hurdles
Oklahoma, unlike other territories, struggles for admission as Congress resists. Advocates cite population larger than many past admitting territories and even some states, arguing the case for statehood amid mounting political obstacles.
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Oklahoma
Congress
Potomac Water Beauty Not Harmful to Health
Observation cites Potomac drinking water as unattractive yet not unpalatable or unhealthy. The piece notes that cholera germs do not survive in the Ganges, yellow fever mosquitoes avoid the Mississippi, and Chicago sewage germs die before reaching Joliet, asserting safety of the water.
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Potomac
Washington
Ganges
Mississippi
Chicago
Joliet
Illinois State News Broad notes from state items
Illinois Central bridge at Cairo to be double tracked. Litchfield may gain a shoe factory with St. Louis capital involvement. Staunton elder Fin F. R. Fritz dies. James B. Smith named adjutant general by Gov. Yates. Bond County GOP leads eight to one. Davenport and Prange mills in Carlinville burned, fully insured. Bond county assessors set values for horses cattle sheep and hops. East St. Louis man Berton Petty sued. verdict favors landlady. costs exceed fifty dollars. Saloon license applicants at Monmouth must show good character and pay one thousand in advance. Quincy orders Sunday saloon closures. 127 saloons, nineteen prosecutions since order. Belleville plans permanent fire department. semi Volunteer era to nine regulars at fifty dollars. Mt. Carmel building boom described as rapid and substantial.
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James B. Smith
Yates
Jasper N. Reece
Bond County Board of Supervisors
John J. Sutton
Custom Mills
Davenport & Prange
Carlinville
Bond County
Berton Petty
East St. Louis
Monmouth
Illinois at Buffalo Exposition Honors and Refund
Illinois exhibitors won thirty five prizes and many honorable mentions at the Buffalo Exposition last year. About 35,000 Illinoisans registered in the State building, with additional attendees unregistered. The Legislature appropriated 75000 dollars for the State building and exhibit, but one quarter was unspent and will be returned to the treasury.
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Illinois
Publicity Versus Advertising and a Medical Endorsement
Publicity is defined as unsolicited exposure such as a doctor called out during a sermon or treated nightly bell ringing or a Sunday school superintendent role. Advertising is paid insertion in a home paper, as in a physician placing a notice and risking expulsion from the medical society. A testimonial from Mrs. Mary Haller of Mt. Crawford Va praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for a son's rapid recovery, noting it is sold by S. Kingston, druggist.
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Chamberlain
Mary Haller
Mt. Crawford
S. Kingston
Washington Notes on Exclusion Bills and Canal Politics
Our Washington letter reports the Senate's 76 to 1 approval of the Pratt amendment to the Chinese exclusion bill and the House’s continued emphasis on stricter measures. It notes upcoming debates on the Philippine Civil bill, the Nicaragua canal subject, and the Cuban bill timeline, with factional tensions shaping votes. Also covered are Army leadership changes with Miles’s retirement and Brooke's succession, Prof. Milton Whitney's tobacco findings, plans for General Grant’s monument, Mme Cambon’s Washington arrival, and a White House musicale lauded for its blend of classical and popular songs.
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Washington, D.C
Senate
Hoar
House
Lodge
Massachusetts
Locre
Morgan
Nicaragua Canal
Payne
Senate Committee On the
Philippines
Roosevelt
War Department
Miles
Brooke
Army
Milton Whitney
Bureau of Soils
Department of Agriculture
Hartford
Connecticut
Whitney
General Grant
Washington
Henry Merwin Shfady
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Henry Niehaus
White House
White Lot
Mme. Cambon
France
T He Mises Palliser
Miss Leach
Turner
Wilford Russel
Birytone
Leister
Mr. Russel
Beauty and Strength From Pure Blood and Digestion
It extols the link between robust health and pure blood, claims many women fail to digest food, causing pallor and weakness, and prescribes nourishing food plus a small dose of Herbine after each meal to aid digestion. Available for ten or fifty cents at S. Kingston's.
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S. Kingston's
Bucklen’s Amnic a Salve Promises Cure for Piles
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Amni ca Salve as a universal cure for itching piles and skin eruptions, claiming it has cured thousands and offering a 25 cent box with a guaranteed cure. Sold by S Kingston. Also promotes Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as the best physic, available from the same druggist.
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Job
Bucklen
S. Kingston
Chamberlain
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ZE Cale
Aturday
B. W. Jarvis
Troy
Cnds
Kinloch
Diepew
Illinois State News
Ohio River
Cairo
Litchfield
St. Louis
F. R. Fritz
Staunton
Quincy
Belleville
Mt. Carmel
The
Register
Illinois AT Buffalo
Highland Journal
Publicity and Advertising
Jonathan Swift
Newsy
Murray Mill Pub. CO
26Th St
New York
Ait
Apt
Stevens
J. Stevens Arms and Tool CO
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Ruchter
Chris. Busse
W. W. Jarvis
D. G. Jarvis
Troy Exchange Bank
W. E. Lee
M.N. Lee
LEE Brothers
J. C- Gebauer
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