Workmen uncover grisly murder tale in Illinois log house
While razing a prewar log house on Crape Island in the Kankakee river swamps, three workers found three grinning skeletons with dented skulls indicating murder. The tale centers on Steele and a vanished family linked to Barrington, who vanished after staying at Steele’s home en route to Indiana.
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Crape Island
Kankakee River
Kankakee Valley
Steele
Barrington
Momence
Lake County
Indiana
United States Army
Hammond
Pennsylvania
Aaron Norden Dead In Wisconsin Home Illness
Chicago lawmaker Dr. Aaron Norden, a Fifth District representative in the state Legislature, died of acute Bright's disease at his son Henry Norden’s summer home in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin after four days illness. He served as rabbi emeritus of the North Chicago Hebrew Congregation and was a leading civil service advocate. Norden is survived by his wife Rosalie Gabriel Norden and eight children. He helped spark civil service expansion during his 1902 term and was a key proponent throughout his career.
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Edward Anderson
Henry County
Rock River
Shady Beach
Joseph W. Tiffin
Hillsboro
Joseph Walcher
St. Paul
Spaulding
Elgin
Frank O. Lowden
Chicago
Ogle County
Arnold Smith
St. Louis
Murphysboro
Gillum
Deneen
James Reddick
Cook County
J. H. Strong
Sterling Police
Charles Long
Paris Green
Pana
Derick
Lanark County
Automobilists
Hugh Hastie
Hd Naughton
Joe Condon
Decatur
Naughton
Hastie
Longenbrook
H. A. Thornton
Arcola
Haad
Thornton
Kewanee Township
Andrew Carnegie
Central Illinois Bachelors’ Association
Nokomis
Freeport
F. W
Brawley
Brawleys
Ross Graham
White County
Louisville and Nashville Flyer
Carmi
Graham
Ilinois Volunteers
Ilinois General Assembly
Grant
Springfield
Edith Ames Oglesby
John D. G. Oglesby
Ilinois
Oglesby
United States
Marshal Ames
Captain Oglesby
Lincoln
Edith Ames
Gov. Yates
Miss Ames
Woodstock
Wisconsin
Aaron Norden
Henry A. Norden
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Bright
Norden
Rosalie Gabriel Norden
Henry A
Man Rescues Sleeping Son From Fire In Upper Alton
James Marshall plucked his 3 year old Freddie from a couch as smoke filled a Priest's Addition home. A barn and chicken coop burned, with total damage near 2000 dollars. Fire blamed on spontaneous combustion as wardrobe contents heated and ignited.
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Jas
Marshall
Priest
Upper Alton
James Marshall
Freddie
Aged Carbondale Mayor’s Father Kills Self in Office
Dan J. White, 76, father of Carbondale Mayor E. White, died from a self inflicted knife wound in his son’s office. The physician diagnosed senile dementia. He had long been in ill health and was allowed to remain in the Mayor’s office. The mayor found him unconscious from a throat wound after returning from lunch. He was well connected and highly respected in the community.
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Carbondale
Dan J. White
E. White
Central Illinois Railroad Incorporation Report
Central Illinois Railway Company files articles of incorporation with Secretary of State Rose. Principal office in Chicago, capital stock $50,000. Line planned from Roadhouse east through Greene, Morgan, Sangamon, Christian, Shelby, Moultrie, Coles and Edgar to Paris. Incorporators and first directors: A. W. Underwood Evanston Nathan Smyser M S Somerville Nelson Thomasson Jr Robert J Devine Chicago.
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Roadhouse
Paris
Rose
Central Ilinois Railway Company
Chicago
Greene, Morgan, Sangamon
Christian
Shelby
Moultrie
Coles
Edgar
A. W. Underwood
Evanston
Nathan 8
Smyser
Fire destroys Freeport power plant and Goddard mill
Fire in Freeport wrecks the Goddard mill and nearly destroys the adjoining Freeport Railway Power and Light Company power house. The plant supplied city street lighting and private customers. Loss is about $100,000, covered by insurance. recovery time for service is uncertain.
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Freeport
Goddard
Freeport Railway, Power and Light Company
Couny
Plan to Straighten Green River in Henry County
A mammoth drainage project in Henry County Illinois aims to straighten the Green River and increase water flow. Five hundred thousand dollars are projected for 4 500 000 square yards of earth to be moved across three districts with bids at 0 744 cents per square yard. Dredges and steam shovels will operate year round to finish by 1908 barring Frost or accidents.
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Henry County
Illinois
G. A. McWilliams
Walnut
Central States Drainage Company
Marion
Ohio
Bureau County
Geneseo
Fever Quarantine Tightens Across Southern States
Yellow fever fears spark nationwide quarantines with guards and inspectors multiplying. Louisiana and Mississippi towns sever contact with the outside as New Orleans remains at risk. Philadelphia Norfolk Havana and New York reinforce checks on ships from infected areas while Mississippi-Lousiana quarantine tensions spark refugee embarkations and confrontations at border points.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Cairo
Havana
Cuba
New Orleans
New York
Rich Reward for a Kindness
John H. Richmond of Mackinaw, now seven years old, has been granted a life pension of $20 per month in gratitude for a kindness shown years ago. W. G. Dixon of Galveston, Texas, a railway executive earning about $30,000 yearly, had requested Richmond’s influence to obtain him a depot job in Mackinaw, a move that started his ascent. The pension helps as Richmond faces serious health issues and Dixon’s letter recalling the old favor rekindles a lasting appreciation.
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John H. Richmond
Mackinaw
W. G. Dixon
Galveston
Texas
Dixon
Mr. Richmond
Richmond
Vacation schools praised by state official urging wider use
State Superintendent Baylis endorses Chicago style vacation schools as practical education and civic training. He calls for smaller cities to adopt the model, noting libraries, clean walls, shade trees, lawns and gardens as outcomes and arguing the program builds citizenship across country districts.
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Crane
Chicago
Cation
Baylis
Illinois Liquor Dealers Mobilize 100000 Fight Local Option
Illinois State Liquor Dealers' Association to raise 100000 to defeat the local option measure in the legislature. Plans discussed at Peoria meeting in September with expected opposition from the Anti Saloon League which slated 75000 to back the measure.
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Illinois
Illinois State Liquor Dealers’ Association
Anti- Saloon League
Peoria
Lays Out New Town Sites Along Burlington Extension
Burlington railroad maps four new towns along its proposed extension from Centralia. Cravat lies south of Christopher, Lesser in Horse Prairie, Walier north of Christopher, and Cambon south of the Big Muddy river. Land will be divided into lots and sold. The company has purchased 14,000 acres of coal land near Christopher for development.
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Burlington
Burlington Railroad
Centralia
Cravat
Christopher
Lesser
Horse Prairie
Walier
Cambon
Big Muddy
FIND ILLINOIS LEAD MINE NEAR WARREN DISCOVERY
Rich deposit found half a mile from Warren with Babel Lead Mine Company drilling at 54 feet and sinking a shaft. The Babel district, once famed, revived after decades idle due to past ownership. Also notes a drowning at Rock River and a railway appointment in Burlington division.
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Warren
Babel Lead Mini¢ Company
Babel
John Trank
Rock River
Rockford
Trank
History of the Plague Yellow Fever in the South
A condensed retrospective on yellow fever in the United States, noting 1878 panic in southern cities, New Orleans quarantine shifts in 1880, historic mortality in 1847 1878, later outbreaks, and the disease’s spread along the Atlantic coast including Philadelphia in 1793 with 4000 deaths.
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Crisia
South
United States
New Orleans
Ben Butler
Tropics
West Indies
Atlantic
Maine
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Wilmington
Charleston
Florida
Arkansas
Texas
New York City
Galveston
Memphis
Shreveport
Louisiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Kentucky
North
Brunswick
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Yellow fever scare crossborder tensions and historic epidemics
The article recalls border tensions between Mississippi and Louisiana over quarantine and yellow fever measures, with towns like Vidalia and Natchez enforcing refusals on mail and freight. It recounts extensive public health efforts, military deployments, and economic disruption, plus a long history of yellow fever outbreaks across New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and southern cities, highlighting 1878 devastation and heroism, and noting recent renewed alarm.
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Mississippi
Blanchard
Louisiana
Vidalia
Natchez
Miss
New Orleans
Orelans
Meridian Field Artillery
Mississippi National Guard
Louisville and
Nashville
Greenville
Lake Providence
East Carroll Parish
Japan seizing Sakhalin and threatening Vladivostok
Reports from eastern Manchuria and Korea indicate a renewed Japanese campaign. Troops move toward the Tumen River and Possiet Bay with reinforcements from Oyama’s army. a force has landed in Siberia north of Vladivostok, threatening Russia and Linevitch’s lines. Peace talks at Portsmouth loom as a new danger to the Russian army if terms are refused.
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Manchuria
Korea
Tumen River
Gensan
Possiet Bay
Vladivostok
Oyama
Tumen
Siberia
Sakha
Washington
Baron Komura
Japan
Sakhalin
Linevitch
Western Railroads Promise Better Livestock Care In Transit
Officials hail a new Agriculture Department ruling on feeding watering and resting livestock in transit. Railroads must stop cars every twenty eight hours to provide water and must keep troughs full. cars must allow one third of cattle to lie down. If cars lack feeding provisions, unloading en route is required.
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Western Lines
Western Railroads
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Railroad accidents dominate interstate commission bulletin
A bulletin from the Interstate Commerce Commission summarizes January to March 1905 rail incidents in the United States. It lists 232 deaths and 3,713 injuries from train crashes and related events, with broader totals of 15,306,000 killed and 14,307 injured for all accidents nationwide.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
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Illinois State News
Central Illinois Railroad
Dixie
Rice
Robert Rice
Galesburg
Ottumwa
Burlington Railway
Buffalo
N. Y
James Rk, Gray
The
Atlanta Journal
Revill
House of Representatives
Dang
Richland
Kan
Tibbetts & Hotz
SDA
Far East
Portsmouth
Sayer
Lakeport
Cal
Floyd
Miles Gorcene
Miss Floyd
James C. Browne
Public Health Congress
London
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