Illinois G A R encampment elects Cochran in Sullivan
The 30th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment met at the Cairo opera house with Department Commander Powell presiding. W. O. Cochran of Sullivan was elected commander, L. B. Church Cairo senior vice, A A Adair Ok Park junior vice, and other officers named. Delegates to the national encampment and location votes favored Galesburg. Woman's Relief Corps and Ladies of the G A R officers were also elected and installed.
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Cairo
Grand Army
of the Republic
Powell
Quincy
W. O. Cochran
Sullivan
L. B. Church
Delates
James O. Donnell
Chicago
C. B. Hamilton
D. W. Bunker
Galesburg
A. G Burdick
Centralia
F. J. Stohd Dixon
C. B. Wilson
Danville
Belleville
Springfield
Smock
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Great Western Railway
Grand Army of the Republic
Illinois Woman's Soldiers
Congress
Cuba
Council of Administration
N. B. Thistlewood
Charles W. Partridge
Post
Waukegan
Isaac Taylor
Peoria
Woman's Relief Corps
Woman’s Relief Corps
Mary E. McCauley
Olney
Ella Scragg
Aurora
Carrie. T. ‘Alexander
Helen F
Bristol
Eula Farmer
Farmer City
Effie R. Kennedy
Decatur
Julia Remann
Vandalia
Sophia R. Spaulding
Rockford
Sally Harwood
J. R. Webster
Monmouth
Minnie M. Kyle
Marthe K. Baxter
Mma V. Powell
Nelle Stitzel
Tecatonica
Lizzie Hubbard
Jennie Bross
Chi- Bela
Mary Craig
Spring‘field
G. A
The
Amanda EB. Howe
Circle
No. 1
Charity, Wichols
Mary Scott
Mary
Frost
New Western Illinois asylum planned at Rock Island
Louis M. Cirry of Chicago completed plans for a Western Illinois asylum to be built at Rock Island. The 100000 dollar project approved by Trustees Eden, Sulligman, Medill, and Gale will include multiple buildings and corridors, with a two to three story Tudor style main block. The facility will house 200 inmates with future enlargement potential and will use fire proof stone brick construction with iron and marble finishes. Electricity lighting and hot air ventilation will be provided and air refreshed every ten minutes.
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Illinois
Rock Island
Louis M. Cirry
Chicago
Western Illinois Asylum For the Insane
John R. Eden
Sulligman
Thomas J. Medill
W. S. Gale
Galesburg
Ward and
Adminis
Asylum
Altgeld
Plum pudding halts burglar in London lodging
A burgler, George Donovan, breaks into a surgeon's house on Portdown road Maidavale, enjoys a plum pudding and whisky, falls asleep on the carpet, and is arrested at midnight. The judge praises the pudding for protecting the home. The piece ends with a Paris Temps note and Emerson quotes.
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England
Portdown Road
Maidavale
London
Preston
George Donovan
Donovan
Delhi
Marylebone
Plowden
Paris Temps
Sherman Cyclone Causes Heavy Loss of Life and Property
Denison Texas May 16 The worst cyclone in north Texas history struck Sherman at about five pm destroying homes trees and fences along a 150 yard wide path from Post Oak creek westward. Estimated dead near 100 with many injured. City hall store rooms and Fairview hospital became temporary shelters. Dead found in trees and under wreckage. Local officials describe massive devastation including Capt Elliss residence and Burgess residence. Mass meeting held to organize relief efforts for hundreds homeless.
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Sherman
Tex
Denison
North Texas
Post
Oak Creek
Fairview
Gray’s Hill
North Texas Female College
B. B. Sales
Houston Avenue
Ellis
Capt. Burgess
Tone
Courthouse Square
Post Oak Road
Post Oak Creek
Kepler
J. B. Irwin
Michaels
Sidler
James Davis
John Fields
Proclamation Orders Cuban Farmers to Move Grain
Havana May 16 Capt Gen Weyler orders farmers in Pinar del Rio Havana and Matanzas within twenty days to transport all corn and grains to nearby towns. Grain sent may be purchased at current price by military quartermasters or stored for owners. After twenty days grain on farms will be seized as contraband and owners criminally prosecuted. Also rebel leader Manuel Romero was shot at Cienfuegos. Difture Minn May 16 Judge Nelson retires from federal court while mid trial, oldest by service near forty years.
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Havana
Weyler
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Manuel Romero
Cienfuegos
Minn
United States
Nelson
The Oddest Store in New York Salvation Army Barracks
The Salvation Army barracks on West Fourteenth Street hosts a curious shop selling hymn books suspenders hosiery gloves and odds and ends. A bizarre interior displays tape measures twine and a wide array of items while prices are kept low for profit. Despite obscurity the store enjoys brisk business from shoppers drawn to its charitable cause.
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Quainies
New York
Salvation
Army
West Fourteenth Street
N. Y
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Advertisement Notice
One hundred dollars reward offered for catarrh cures not helped by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio endorses reliability and solvency. Hall’s Catarrh Cure sold by druggists with testimonials available. Includes unrelated Detroit Free Press quotation about clothing and attire.
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F. J. Coexry & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Idiah Truax
Toedo
O. A . Waypine
Kinnan & Manvin
Ohio
Hall
Summer Homes in Lake Regions of the Northwest
A survey of Northern summer resorts across Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Iowa and Dakota describes lakefront locales easy to reach by rail. The piece highlights variety from formal dinners to casual meals, notes proximity to Chicago Milwaukee and trains on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line, and offers a free description of principal resorts with hotel lists and board rates from Gro H Harrorp, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Dakota
Chicago
Milwaukee
Civilization
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Gro
Enpurine Testimonian First Aspiration for Fame
In the Boston Courier the humorous remarkry notes a hen that laid an Easter egg and a father laying a foundation stone, reflecting playful chatter as the bicycle era and the quest for safety in flight envelop the universe.
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Veterans
Woman's Relief Corps and’ Ladies
G. A. BR
W.W. G. Cochran
the New Asylum
Emerson
Mammy
Detroit Free Press
Boston Courier
Hood
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co
McCormick Company
Charles F. Hires Co
Philadelphia
B. M. Woolley
Atlanta
Coun
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