Governor Tanner’s Message Urges Reforms in Illinois
Gov. Tanner’s annual message to the Illinois legislature reviews arbitration, parole, street railway reform, prison finances, and charity needs. He lauds wartime outcomes, calls for disciplined spending, and urges tax and corporate law updates while detailing penitentiary deficits, public charities requests, labor protections, and extension of state care for the insane and epileptics.
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Springfield
Tanner
Illinois
Union
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Joliet
State Commissioners For Public Charities
Peoria
State Board of Agriculture
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Bureau of Labor Statistics
As Board
General Assembly
State Board of Pardons
Secretary of State
Illinois National Guard
Guard
Illnois
DeKalb
Charleston
Streely
Thortieth Assembly
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Chicago
Retort Courteous on a Street Car Encounter in Louisville
A well dressed young woman on Fourth street street car yesterday exchanged lines with an old acquaintance. She quips that it would take five minutes to tell all she knows, while her friend would take all day to understand it. The note ends with a remark on church claims against indifference.
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Fourth Street
Louisville
Growth and Progress in Walking with God
Rev. Lester Bradner Jr of Tipiscopalian New York City speaks on lifelong growth in faith. The message highlights increasing knowledge trust and devotion as years pass.
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God
Lester Bradner, Jr
Tipiscopalian
New York City
Sufficient Provocation in a Wild Night
Alk JI Ike Wot questions a confrontation after a man is hung. Cactus Cal pulled a guitar and began playing the Spanish Wandango last night, creating a dramatic scene in the town.
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Podner
Cactus Cal
Friend of Aguinaldo Reveals West's Manila Ties
Washington dispatches publish Consul Williams letters detailing his prewar contact with Aguinaldo. He notes bribery to pacify rebels, tampered communications, and church influence hindering progress. Williams witnessed Dewey’s victory and discusses hopes the Philippines become a US colony, plus pledges of loyalty from Visayan soldiers to annexation.
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Washington
Williams
Manila
Aguinaldo
Manila Bay
Mgr. Williams
China
Dewey
Hong Kong
Cavite
United States
Great Britain
Philippines
State Department
Admiral Dewey
Philippine Islands
Spain
Soldier Boys Hurt in Muster Out Debacle
Columbus Ohio January 7 Two hundred members of the Fourth Ohio volunteers gathered for muster out were hurled from improvised beds at the Auditorium causing 23 injuries with several serious and no expected fatalities The makeshift bunks collapsed under the weight of sleeping soldiers all injured were from the Second battalion.
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Columbus
Fourth
Ohio Volunteers
Gordon Memorial College Foundation Stone Laid in Khartoum
Gordon Memorial College foundation stone was laid in Khartoum in the name of Queen Victoria. Viscount Cromer spoke in the presence of Gen. Lord Kitchener British officers and native sheiks. The college will be undenominational and instruction will be in Arabic where possible to train minds rather than anglicize Sudanese.
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Gordon Memorial College
Cairo
Egypt
Viscount Cromer
Khartoum
Queen Victoria
Lord Kitchener
Croker for Expansion (1850s newspaper stance)
The statement by Richard Croker argues for aggressive U.S. expansionism, urging preservation of acquired territories, a strong army and navy, and a belief that Americans should finance and protect new lands at the cost of dollars. He cites Jefferson and expansion in the Philippines, and promotes using national resources for own territories while praising English power.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
Richard Croker
United States
Jefferson
Louisiana
Philippines
England
Isle
Rocky Mountains
Novel and Horrible Gas Murder Attempt in New York
In New York on January 7 Richard Price, a former convict, attempted to murder his mistress Mrs Hanon and kill himself in a gas asphyxiation plot at a Bleecker Street hotel. He drugs her with whisky, blocks the door, and holds her mouth to a gas stove as a witness intervenes. the woman survived, Price was arrested.
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New York
Richard Price
Hannon
Price
Bleecker-street
Grain-O: A Coffee Substitute For All The Family
Grain-O claims to be a safe unaggressive substitute for coffee made from pure grains. It is promoted as a healthful, tasty drink suitable from babies to grandparents, with advantages for digestion and nerves and a claim to be a lasting scientific product sold by grocers.
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Baby
Grandma
Hall's Catarrh Cure and other notices in 19th century ad text
One hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsers West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin attest Cheney's honor. Cure takes internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Hall Druggists sell. Also Cuba noted for tobacco and war bulletins per Adams Freeman.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Wall
Hall Druggists
Cuba
Mass
A Dainty Gift From Dr Hayes Calendar 1899
Dr P Harold Hayes renowned asthma and hay fever specialist offers a free 1899 calendar to patients who request it by writing and noting the paper. The notice appears in the Princeton Tiger with a quirky aside about sailors nicknamed tars.
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P. Harold Hayes
Hayes
Nir
Johnson
Princeton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Messi
N. D. Hillis
Independent
Hood
America
Ee — Hood
Town and Country Journal
Dr. Ayer
Adilres DE
J.A. Ayer
Lowell, Maas
Weste
Anada
Omimiaran
Department Inicerior
Ottawa
Canad
Broulon
Sens
Hansas City
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