Dunning Head Effects His Capture in Death Probe
Illinois state news reports at Dunning asylum describe Joseph Daly a dangerous patient luring a guard and superintendent O C Wilhite into a rooftop escape plan. Daly was captured after disguising as a patient and descending, while fellow patient Scary Schram died from scalds in a bathroom during the incident. Coroner Hoffman orders a rigid inquiry into conflicting accounts.
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Dunning
Joseph Daly
O. C. Wilhite
Dr. Wilhite
Daly
Scary Schram
Dunning Asylum
Hoffman
Wilhite
Schram
Man Flees From Wedding Near Springfield
Nelson Enlow a well known farmer living south of Springfield disappeared from home a week after Miss Crissie Washbond’s wedding plans were announced. Washbond with many acquaintances in Springfield seeks clues to his whereabouts or explanations for his sudden absence. He had courted the bride for eighteen months and ordered clothes for the wedding day. She says he appeared the morning after the Springfield visit with no change in plans and pledged to be present, but has since vanished.
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Springfield
France
Nelson Enlow
Crissie Washbond
Mr. Enlow
Miss Washbond
Enlow
Schoolboys Fight A Fire At Glenwood Institute
Illinois Manual Training school at Glenwood faced a morning fire around 5 oclock. Pupils rushed from dormitories in night attire as fifty older boys formed a volunteer department to battle flames between the superintendent office walls. Help from Glenwood villagers not needed after internal efforts, with no injuries and damage under 250 dollars.
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Berstroyi
Glenwood
Illinois Manual Training School
Magnate Victim of Fourth Fireworks Tragedy
George W. Bryson, president of the Chicago Des Plaines and Fox River Railway, died of lockjaw at Mercy hospital in Chicago after a July 4 fireworks accident in front of his home. A cannon cracker exploded as he picked it up, driving red paper shards into his hand. Though initially judged minor, infection led to tetanus days later. Mrs. Bryson and five children survive.
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George W. Bryson
Chicago, Des Plaines and Fox River Railway Company
Mercy Hospital
Chicago
Mr. Bryson
Pica Girl a Hotel Waitress in White Mountains Student
Louise Bosworth a Wellesley sociology junior worked three weeks as a hotel waitress at Mount Pleasant House Breton Woods this summer to study working girls. She hid her identity, then returned to college, planning to write about her experiences.
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Wellesley
Louise Bosworth
Alfred Bosworth
Elgin
White Mountains
Wellesley College
Miss Bosworth
Mount Pleasant House
Breton Woods
Acid absorbed by body kills boy at Assumption
John Harpold, 16, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Harpold, Assumption, died after carbolic acid in a broken bottle absorbed through his pocket. He was with other boys near a merry go round when the bottle ruptured and caused excruciating pain lasting about twenty minutes.
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John Harpold
Joseph Harpold
Assumption
Harpold
All Over the State News Roundup from Illinois
Fred Nolte of Dundee named deputy fish warden by Gov. Deneen. Multiple deaths and accidents across Illinois include Frank Writsch on the Southern railroad tracks in Centralia and ex-Justice J. B. Ricks of the Illinois Supreme Court in Taylorville. Other reports detail accidental deaths from unripe fruit, a boy killed by a train near Mount Carmel, a man killed by a Clover Leaf train in Bagle City, and a deadly explosion linked to a toy pistol. Words: 76
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Fred Nolte
Dundee
Deneen
Frank Writsch
Southern Railroad
Centralia
J. B. Ricks
Ilinois Supreme Court
Taylorville
Saidora
James Adkins
Mount Carmel
Orin
Bagle City
Ethel Lingren
Venona
George Flucky
Morris Kirkpatrick
Shelbyville
J. J. Benner
Sisterville
W. Va
Grand Army of the Republic
Rockford
George Willard
Mason City
Asa Reynolds
Petersburg Coal Company
Matthew Riley
Benjamin Weston
Toms
Church of the Nazarene
Kewanee
William Strahan
Edward W. Upham
Waukegan
Edward
Denver
Louis
Chicago
Clyde Showalter
Patoka Creek
Showalter
Vic Lin
Rose
William T. Stead
Secretary of State
Durham
Mike
Chris Solterman
Worden
Gus Albright
Louis Blume
Blume
Mr. Solterman
Solterman
Crops Best In Years in State Report Highlights
Farmers statewide report excellent yields with oats harvested and corn prospects strong. Wheat yields slightly above average, around thirty bushels per acre in many counties. Nebraska notes large wheat sowing, good pastures, and generally favorable hay and rust conditions across regions.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Youngest Civil War Soldier Howe Wins Pension Claim
Lyston D. Howe of Streator has the pension department's finding that he was the youngest soldier in the Civil War. Enlisted June 5, 1861 at Waukegan as a drummer in Company I, Fifteenth Illinois Volunteers, aged 10 years 9 months. Re-enlisted Feb 12, 1862 as dispatch bearer on Hazen and Logan staffs, mustered out March 27, 1865. Now a prosperous businessman.
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Lyston D. Howe
Streator
Washington
Howe
Waukegan
Fifteenth
Illinois Volunteers
Towe
Hazen
Logan
Jie
Monmouth Broker Shoots Self on Lake Calumet
Fred 8. Broberg a Monmouth broker vanished after being found short 10000 in his accounts. He died by his own hand in a small sail boat on Lake Calumet, body recovered by fishermen the next day. A letter suggests despair over returning the money. no prosecution planned.
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Fred
Broberg
Monmouth
Lake Calumet
Counterfeiters' Den Found by Railroad Detectives
Railroad special agents entering Chicago Heights stumbled on a counterfeiters’ den with four men present. three were detained for counterfeiting 25 cent pieces while one escaped. Names named include Leroy Kane Joseph Miller and FE D Robbatean. Plant seized for government delivery.
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Chicago Heights
Chicago and Eastern Tlinois
Foote
Leroy Kane
Joseph Miller
FE. D. Robbatean
Sloan and
O'Brien
Kane
Robbers captured after chase in Rockford
Two Chicago men Edward Williams and George Hyerett were arrested after a 30 block chase and hand to hand fight on a Rockford college campus. Police recovered about $1000 in cash and numerous checks and drafts from the duo, who allegedly robbed multiple safes in the Brown building six story office block including city clerk offices.
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Chicago
Rockford
Rockford College
Graham and
Quinn
Brown Building
Edward Williams
George Hyerett
Fire Ends in Wilmette After Lumber Yard Blaze
A lumber yard fire at Hoffman Bros. in Wilmette threatened the town. Village and Evanston fire departments, with Chicago and Northwestern railway workers, kept flames from spreading. A night watchman escaped narrowly, several firefighters were slightly injured, three company horses burned, and total losses reached $25,000.
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Wilmette
Evanston
Hoffman Bros
Chicago and Northwestern Road
San Francisco City Hall Declared Unsafe After Quake Fire
The San Francisco City Hall, ruined by earthquake and fire and costing seven million dollars, was declared unsafe at a Board of Public Works meeting. Police must relocate their station from the building. The city hall, perched on its famed hill, suffered partial destruction in the disaster and remains in danger.
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San Francisco City Hall
Board of Public Works
Police Department
San Francisco
City Hill
Insurance Loss Totals In San Francisco Fire Reveal 132 Million
New York Superintendent Otto Kelsey发布调查结果显示San Francisco disaster中各保险公司涉及的总保额为2,836,307,000美元。净损失为132,827,067美元， Hartford Fire of Connecticut报告称损失最大，为6,186,701美元。
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Frisco
Otto Kelsey
New York
San Francisco
California
Hartford
Connecticut
Puffball Slice Delights Stated by NY Mycological Club
An enthusiastic member of the New York Mycological Club asserts that fat white puff ball when sliced makes a delicious sandwich filling. The claim reflects club enthusiasm for edible fungi and their prepared forms as a tasty addition to meals.
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New York Mycological Club
Asparagus Fritters and Salads From Simple Recipes
Simple kitchen notes describe asparagus fritters with a milk egg flour batter and fried in fat, a cold asparagus salad with French dressing, Spanish cream dessert with gelatin and a salmon dish, rolled oats bread, three light salads, and a tomato sauce for spaghetti with pork, mushrooms, paprika, and Parmesan.
A Majestic San Francisco Dome Crushed by Earthquake
A striking image shows one of the citys classic structures after the disaster. Built over twenty years at a cost near seven million dollars, the three-nexes building boasted a 335 foot dome crowned by a Progress statue. The semi detached hall also features a praised subordinate dome, with the great tower seen collapsed beneath iron columns, illustrating both quake and fire effects.
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Nexes
San Francisco
Western fares cut shift rail rates and a rail executive dies
Fares from 4 to 3 cents reduce Chicago to Colorado common points to 28 dollars. The Indianapolis Appellate Court upholds the right of appeal from the railroad commission in Monon railway case, while the Attorney General is called to defend the law. The St Paul passenger department promotes a Grand Army pamphlet with panoramic Lake Tahoe and Mount Shasta views. Col ALT Smith, longtime Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway passenger chief, dies at Tarriettstown Adirondack region after illness and a career starting in 1866.
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Chicago
Colorado
Indianapolis
Railroad Commission
Monon Railroad
St. Paul Road
Twin Cities
Southern Pacific
Shasta
Lake Tahoe
Nevada-California
Mount Shasta
Col. Alt. Smith
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Tarriettstown No
Adirondack Mouraine
Smith
Lake Shore
Wreck on Hudson River line claims two lives
A landslide one mile south of New Tramburg New York caused the New York Central Pacific express to plunge into the Hudson River at 11:80 Sunday night. Engineer Edward Wells of Albany and Fireman Edward Warren of New York were killed. About a dozen passengers injured, none fatally. The crash tore up three tracks and halted traffic.
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New Tramburg
N. Y
New York Central Pacific
Edward Wells
Albany
Edward Warren
New York
Hudson River
Hudson River Division
New York Tunnel
Warren
Shaw Sets Banks as Government Depositories and Panama Bond Plans
Secretary Shaw designated a number of national banks as government depositories and ordered bonds securing deposits placed with the government at once. A loan backed by state and municipal bonds totaling 10 000 000 was called to be paid by the sale of the new Panama bonds. The treasury will keep at least one third of the Panama issue on deposit with banks.
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Shaw
Panama
Treasury
Rye Fritters And Household Hints From Old Cookbook
Rye fritters provide a breakfast option with batter of rye flour Indian meal and molasses. The process explains dipping from a hot spoon into fat and frying small cakes to serve with maple syrup. Also offers tips on odor control burning refuse and care for textiles and cleaning tools.
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Illinois State News
Maniac
Man
Pica Girl
Self
DEN
Standard Oil
Uncle Sans
Ralph Wilder
Chicago Record-Herald
Frisco City Hall
Bouillion
Frisco’s
New York Central Pacific Express
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