Morning reflections and oddities from a changing era
A collage recalls a mix of news and quips from illustrated life. Illinois House votes to raise Representatives salaries to 2000 a year by a one vote margin. A switch engine injures a dog seen as a price cut in a yard sale line. A Brooklyn minister voice hints at common sense through hell and living. A Missouri heir leaves a cellar to his wife. Illinois school book tenure bill discussed with Litchfield Monitor urging capable directors. Municipal officers viewed as servants in Alton reflections. The Wireless dispatches arrive from Santa Catalina via Los Angeles Times, signaling a new era in press and progress.
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Greenville Woman May Lose School Board Seat
Dr. Lina M. Rosat of Greenville, elected to the Board of Education, may be barred from serving due to lack of naturalization papers at election time. Attorney General Hamlin’s opinion holds that the citizenship requirement applies to all elected or appointed state offices, including women school directors, as it does to others.
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Lina M. Rosat
Greenville
Board of Education
Hamlin
Illinois State News Highlights Across Counties
East St Louis post office advances to first class on July 1. St Clair teachers meet May 9 at O Fallon. Carmi prepares large Fourth of July celebration. Daniel Crabtree, 103, dies near Mt Vernon. born Feb 12, 1800 in Maryland. Hillsboro council sets saloon license at 1000 dollars annually. Mrs Mary Grizzell of Bradley township dies by suicide. Macoupin to add 10000 dollars to alms house in Carlinville. Pana National Bank opens, backed by Fourth National Bank St Louis and Fort Dearborn Bank Chicago. Andrew Carnegie offers Greenville 10000 for a library if site and maintenance funds met. Thebes lynching leads to mob actions near town. extra police guard. Belleville council grants 20-year electric railway franchises to two companies. payments 5000 each over five years. Interurban to O Fallon, Lebanon, Millstadt, Smithton, East St. Louis. Ira Smith of Fayette shot by gun placed in vice at Elam store in Smithboro. gun discharged through unlocked door, injuring him.
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O’fallon
Carmi
Daniel Crabtree
Mt. Vernon
Maryland
Hillsboro
Mary Grizzell
Benjamin Grizzell
Bradley
Jackson County
Macoupin County
Carlinville
Pana National Bank
Pana
Fourth National Bank of St. Louis
Fort Dearborn Bank of Chicago
Andrew Carnegie
Greenville
Thebes
Belleville
Freeburg
Lebanon
Millstadt
Smithton
East St. Louis
Ira Smith
Fayette County
R. H. Elam
Smithboro
Elam
Smith
Quick Arrest Eradicates Pain For Verbena Man
J A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama endured a severe pile condition with 24 tumors and two hospitalizations. Bucklen's Arnica Salve stopped inflammation and cured him, squelching aches and pains. 25c at S Kingston druggist.
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J. A. Gulledge
Verbena
Ala
Bucklen
S. Kingston
Washington Letter highlights Navy woes and post office probes
The 1993 Washington report details ongoing probes into Post Office Department salaries and supplies abuses, with Bristow seeking postmasters' invoices. It notes clerks reassigned from bookwork to machine repair roles, Machen's conduct near scrutiny, and a Porto Rican smuggling saga under judiciary pressure. Navy accidents raise alarm, Maine firing damage cited. Moody struggles, navy staff debate revives. Chartran’s Shaw portrait praised. a deserter chronicle emerges. Alaska trip plans for Beveridge subcommittee with Dillingham, Nelson, Burnham, Patterson named.
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Payne
Beavers
Washington City
Machen
St. Louis
Massachusetts
Iowa
Clement
Maine
Moody
Navy
Chartan
The
Treasury
Chartran
Mr. Shaw
Shaw
Harry
Beveridge
Committee On Territories
Alaska
Dillingham
Nelson
Burnham
Patterson
Photographs on Fruit Show Advances in Reproduction
A consular report describes France displaying fruit with accurate photographs of imperial and presidential portraits. Early methods used paper cutouts, but modern technique uses strong negative electrotypes and thin film amplification. Dr. Bergin of Pana Illinois praises Ballard's Snow Liniment for burns and farm injuries, selling at 25c 50c and 1.00 at S Kingston's.
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Russia
French Republic
France
Twenty Five Years Ago This Week In Troy
From The Weekly Bulletin May 2 1878 items note H M Sabin Edwardsville bankruptcy petition at Springfield I J Mills and Mrs A C Williams teach at Collinsville G W Cullom resigns Troy M E church to be replaced by Rev Dee of Lebanon Bees swarm on a Hagler farm earliest swarm in area Judge John G Irwin Edwardsville speaks at M E church Royal Purple Association sponsors event Peoples Bank of Belleville suspends business assigns to Joseph Penn liabilities totaling 34601768 dollars
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H. M. Sabin
Edwardsville
Springfield
I. J. Mills
A. C. Williams
Collinsville
G. W. Cullom
M. E. Church of
Troy
Dee
Lebanon
D. A. Hagler
John G. Irwin
M. E. Church
Royal Purple Association
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West Clay Street
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G. Jarvis
Troy Exchange Bank
Phil Helkert
Grinda
Superior
Graham
Rocky Mountain
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