Changes at Illinois post offices raise pay by region
Illinois state news reports widespread pay increases for postal clerks across many towns including Alton, Bloomington, Chicago Heights, Decatur, Evanston, Joliet, Kewanee, Peoria, and Springfield. The list details raises from $1,000 to over $3,000 with many towns seeing shifts in class status and new salary bands, along with notes on clerical administrative rulings and a few decreases in select locations.
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Alton
Arcola
Assumption
Corson Bata
Bement
Bloomington
Blue Island
Cairo
Canton
Carlinville
Carthage
Casey
Chicago Reights
Collinsville
Decatur
Farmer City
Fulton
Am Merinieston
Ee Girard
Grayvee
Ighwood
Bivedte
SLO Hoopeston
Joliet
Angel
Kewanee
Knoxylife
Baden
Lanark
Jlaawren Evile
Milford
Ino A. Minonk
Monticello
Morgan Park
Mount Carroll
Mount Morris
Mount Pulaski
Mount Sterling
Murphysboro
National Stock Yards
Newton
Normal
Oakland
Oak Park
Paxton
Peentonian
Pekin
Pittsiicia
Plana
Pontiac
Princeton
Runtoul
Trabingon
Rushville
St. Charles
Sheldon
Staunpton
Sterling
Turner
Urbana
Gienna
Virden
Woarren
Watreka
Waverly
Winchester
Amboy
Samont Dale
Charleston
Chester
Cobden
Franklin Grove
Gilva
Harvey
Henry
Marengo
Springs Valley
Tuscola
Weona
Wheaton
Riverside
Dwight
Elmhurst
Macomb
Evan Ston
Hawaii Special Session Opens With Dole Address
From Honolulu the first Hawaiian republic special session convened in the former capital with a large assembly. President Dole spoke for fifteen minutes, praising republican recognition, land policy plans, immigration aims, and the push for annexation. Ministers discuss pensions, notably a $2000 pension for Kiaulani, while officials deny rumors of monarchy restoration and filibusters. Deputy secretary Van Zenden heads to Kentucky, then California trip.
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Bpesalai
United States
Dole
Republic of Hawaii
Senate
House
Council of State
Advisory Council
W. G. Wilder
Lima Noone
San Francisco
Tottering
Thurston
Kiaulani
Lehu
Supreme Court
Military Commission
Damon
New York
Washington
Gresham
State Department
Harrison
Tribune
Smith
Curfew to Signal Homeward Children in Missouri Town
Paris embassy adviser translates Code Napoleon into English. Missouri town plans a nine o'clock curfew bell for all children under fourteen, with arrest penalties. Fort Scott burglars rob a sleeping policeman of uniform and boots. A pickpocket boasts of income tax implications on sums over four thousand dollars. Gillor, great grandaughter of a composer, jailed in Paris for jacket theft. teacher by trade, case restrained by Berenger law after first offense.
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M. Cacnaxa
United States
Paris
Cattircotae
Fort Scott
Kane
Murs. Gillor
Young Princess of Wales Astonishes World in London
A European royal gossip item notes the Princess of Wales appears notably youthful, younger than her daughters, astonishing all observers. It also mentions Prince Nasrulla, a morose Afghan prince in London, and the German duke of Anhalt creating a laborer decoration for long-serving workers, plus Ex-Expreae ECCenn in Paris returning to Farnborough with a mournful look.
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Nasrula
Ameer
Afghanistan
London
Duke of
Anhalt
Germany
Foreign Gossip Across Lands Shapes Curious Customs
The item surveys oddities from China to Madagascar, noting blue tongued dogs, daily Paris deaths by self harm, cheap prices for prizing, and historical uses of pulm pudding in England. It also mentions German boiler scale prevention and Siberian peasants tanning turbot skin for leather bags and pane substitutes.
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China
Paris
Madagascar
England
Germany
Little Sayings Pithy Adages and Witty Observations
A collection of short maxims and proverbs. Witty lines warn against dirt in wells, warning against taking wives for shallow reasons, and early rising as a path to truth. The speaker notes that sanity begins at home but should not end there and calls out folly in youth.
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Harry
Tilghmans Island Canoe Craft on Chesapeake Bay
Tilghmans Island in Talbot County Maryland is famed for its canoe making. The island, about three square miles, is densely populated by eastern shoremen who earn their living from the bay waters. When laws limit their ordinary pursuits, Tilghmans Islanders build canoes, with the dugout still dominant as the true Chesapeake canoe.
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Talbot County
Maryland
Chesapeake
Antidote for Malaria Warned Against Fearful Talk
In a cautious warning, readers are urged not to be scared by malaria reports in distant places. The piece extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe, thorough preventive and remedy for malaria symptoms, biliousness, constipation, and other ailments. It also echoes a Ram's Horn adage about laying up treasures above.
Don’t Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away Ad
An ad claims nicotine harms the nervous system and manhood, noting symptoms like weak eyes and a general futile feeling. It promotes No-To-Bac as guaranteed by Sterling Remedy Co. with a book title and distribution through druggists in New York or Chicago.
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Sterling Remedy Co
New York
Chicago
HypnoTism Mentioned in Curious Exchange
Dialogue from the Boston Courier features Mrs Misuiev and Mrs Gushley debating a term hypno tism with Mrs Mushley linking it to rheumatism in the hip. The light exchange presents a humorous misunderstanding of medical terms.
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Misuiev
John
Gushley
Mushley
Boston Courier
Summer Tourist Rates on Northwestern Line Excursions
The North-Western Line offers reduced rate excursion tickets to St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Ashland Bayfield Marquette Deadwood Dakota Hot Springs Denver Colorado Springs Manitou Salt Lake City and western lake and mountain resorts. For rates and full details contact connecting line agents. Illustrated pamphlets with full particulars available free from W B Inniskern G P and T A Chicago and North-Western Railway Chicago Illinois.
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North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Ba
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Ashland
Bayfield
Marquette
Deadwood
Dakota
Hot Springs
Denver
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Salt Lake City
Northwest
W. B. Inniskern
G. P
T. A. Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
Chicago, Ill
Public Trib and Ram's Hora Shape a Tolitarian View
A Tolitarian perspective argues that public good is limited to what can be observed from public discourse, Ram's Hora. The reflection critiques the narrowing of civic insight to publicly visible matters.
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Ram
Hall's Catard Cure Ad Teases Dime Museum Double
In a brisk Gilded Age style note, the mock ad hints Hall's Catard Cure taken internally and Price Tae while a dime museum touts Two Heavs are better than one, captured in a cheeky Puck tone.
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Hall
Price Tae
Puck
Indian population ranks by state in the United States
The article lists state Indian populations led by New Mexico with 20 521 residents followed by South Dakota 19 845 Arizona 16 740 and California 16 283. It also references dubious remedies and condescending remarks about patent medicines and doctors, ending with a marginal note about hotel keepers.
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Indian Territory
New Mexico
Southakcota
Arizona
California
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Pure Gentle Laxative Medicine
Advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure laxative remedy aiding digestion and cleansing the system. It claims to ease colds fevers and constipation without weakening kidneys or liver, priced 50 cents and 1 dollar, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by all druggists.
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Drago Gists
California Fig Syrup Co
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