Illinois News Highlights From 1903 World’s Fair Legacy
Illinois coverage notes the St Louis World's Fair of 1903 may exhibit the historic Kaskaskia bell cast in 1741 and gifted by Louis XIV, once tolling in the Mississippi Valley. Separate report records a fatal Waukegan fire at R A Alden’s arm-stop factory killing two young women Gertrude and Rennie Wells aged 22 and 17, with extensive damage and a loss of 315000.
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Ager
Smallpox rumor spreads in Warrensburg and town quarantines
In Warrensburg the smallpox scare grows as residents fear contagion from the Piper brothers and lodge members. A large portion of the town is fumigated and vaccination drives are underway as authorities seek to contain the illness.
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Warrensburg
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Dan Piper
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Illinois Senate and House Advise Measures in Session
Springfield Feb 21 The senate passed a bill allowing park bonds and a tax to support park and boulevard improvements. Various measures advanced, including a kidnaping bill with a stiff penalty. In the house routine business dominated while a probe into a railway right of way spurred debate. A resolution urged better reporting of court days and judges. Springfield Feb 23 The senate approved a measure to detach territory from towns and cities. The house received a memorial to amend the constitution for direct statewide senatorial election. Bills on shorthand reporting and shorthaul court reporters moved. House appropriations funded university projects, building a women’s building, a chemical lab, and monuments. many other bills were debated or sent for third reading.
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University of Thinvis
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Ines Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary
Stillman Valley
Morrison veteran Republican leader dies at 75
L Mor rison aged 75 years died here yesterday. A personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, he was a pioneer in the Republican Party and a delegate to the national convention that placed Lincoln in nomination. He served terms in the Illinois legislature and was a delegate to the first Republican state convention, one of the oldest lawyers in the state.
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Til
L. Morrison
Abraham Lincoln
Morrison
Lincoln
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition Bill Sent to Conference
The Louisiana purchase exposition bill, previously endangered in the House, was sent to conference yesterday afternoon after Senate amendments were disagreed to. The action occurred under suspension of the rules and without division. Towney Steel and Williams of Mississippi were named as House conferees, removing the final obstacle to passage.
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House
Senate
Messrs Towney, Steel and Williams
Miss
Prince Henry XXIV of Reuss Greiz Stricken by Misfortune
The New York Sun reports Prince Henry XXIV of Reuss Greiz, heir to the throne, recently came of age but suffered eye surgery that left him deaf and speechless with vision still impaired. He has five sisters, and without him succession would lapse to Prince Henry XIV of the lateral branch.
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Reuss-Greiz
Henry Xxiiii
Henry XIV
N. Y. Sun
Churches Most in Danger From Lightning Strikes
Cornell university department records August lightning damage in New York state. Six men, 18 horses, 209 cows and one sheep killed. 69 barns, 12 residences, two churches and one mill struck. Churches suffered the worst losses among property types.
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Cornell University
New York State
Chicago
Tuter Ocean
Beating All Records For Cascarets Merit sales
The ad extols Cascarets as the best bowel and liver regulator, noting over six million boxes sold last year. It emphasizes affordability with 10c, 7c, and 50c options, tablet form stamped C C C, a money back guarantee, and a 50¢ box lasting a month for even severe cases.
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Cascarets
Nature
After the Consultation from Harper's Bazar
A doctor jokes that knowing the patient’s ailment would halt a post mortem in this wry Harper's Bazar dialogue. The exchange frames medical uncertainty with humor as the head physician questions the feasibility of diagnosing illness before death.
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Harper's Bazar
Grain-O product promotion and mock dialogue tease
An advertisement extols Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains with a rich mocha like color and claims it's safe for children and adults. It notes price at 15 and 25 cents per package and urges readers to ask grocers to stock Grain-O. A Boston Transcript snippet presents a brief dialogue about a marriage proposal and peculiar fiancé.
Hoxasie's Croup Cure Promises Home Remedy Aid
An embossed ad-like note extols Hoxasie's Croup Cure as a life saver for children curing and preventing croup membranous croup diphtheria pneumonia and whooping cough with no opium priced at 50 cents. A separate aphorism remarks on brides and grooms debt after marriage from the Atchison Globe.
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Hall’s Catarrh Cure Claimed to Cure Deafness
An advertisement promising a cure for deafness claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It asserts only constitutional remedies work and offers $100 for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure, with circulars and Druggists selling Hall’s Family Pills.
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F.J. Cheney & To
Toledo
What He Got
Towne Our friend Underthum says he has a fine situation and earns about $2 a week. Browne clarifies that is not his salary but what his wife allows him. The exchange highlights a modest household arrangement reported in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Ress
Grain-O: A Grain-Based Coffee Substitute Ad
An advertisement promotes Grain-O a new grain based beverage in grocery stores as a coffee substitute. It claims to suit delicate stomachs none distress and can be enjoyed by children with benefits. Pack prices are 15 and 25 cents.
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Stee
T. Louis
In Mourning, Butcher-See o' mutton Yes'm
In mourning the butcher jokes about selling mutton saying Mrs De Rigent Ant offered a black sheep for slaughter. The quip reflects a dialect tone and newspaper-style wit from the Philadelphia Record.
Cure a Cold in One Day Beamo Quinine Tablets
An advertisement touts Beamo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee. It includes testimonials and references to Beeman's Pepsin Gum and Putnam F Papetess Dogs from various newspapers. The piece quotes readers and notes emphasis on quick relief and shopping at druggists.
Special Low California Holiday Rates on Southern Pacific
February 12 through April 30 yearly special Colonist Tickets offered on Ogden and Sunset Routes to California. Chicago from 30 dollars, St. Louis Memphis and New Orleans 27.50, Omaha Kansas City and others 25 dollars. Details from G Neimyer Chicago W H Connor Cincinnati G G Herring Pittsburg L Townsley St Louis Cary Kansas City contact local offices.
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Omaha
Kansas City
Southern Pacific Company
G. Neimyer
P. Co
Clark St
W. H. Connor
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Chamber of Commerce
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Ohio
G. G. Herring
P.co
Park
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Townsley
C. A
Olive St
Cary
Sheidley
Change of Name Among Boston Residents
A fragment from a Boston transcript notes social ribbing over family fortunes and naming habits. Mrs. Greene jokes about the Chitlings being stuck up after money from Mrs. Chitling's uncle. Mrs. Gray observes people calling mincemeat croquettes, once simply hash, reflecting social slang.
Low Rate Winter Tours to the Sunny South
The Mobile & Ohio announces special low rate excursions valid until June 1 offering stops at first class hotels enroute to Alabama Mississippi Georgia Florida Cuba Central and South America. Homeseeker excursions offered on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays monthly with one way settler rates. Agents listed in Mobile Chicago and Detroit.
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Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Cuba
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South America
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Mobile
Ala
C. M. Shepard
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Ill
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Mich
Man Wages War On Modern Prize Fights Like Don Quixote
A Philadelphia Press columnist likens a critic of prizefighting to a windmill struck Don Quixote, arguing the foe is quixotic in facing a modern sport while honoring its enduring appeal and controversy.
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Philadelphia Press
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