Men Swing to Save Boy From Oncoming Train on Trestle
Stalder Herren and Raymond saved a 6 year old boy by hanging from a West Bluff to Chautauqua trestle as a freight train approached. They supported the boy between them with one arm while gripping a stringer, narrowly escaping a plunge into the flooded inlet below. The incident occurred on a sixty foot long forty foot high trestle near Chautauqua with the basket snagging and leaving scars on Stalder’s arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. ©. Stalder
Harry Herren
Chautauqua
Herren
Bertha Leonard
Raymond
West Bluff
Stalder
Zion City opens to multiple faiths under receiver rule
Churches enter Zion City once devoted to Dowieism as Methodists and Baptists gain access. The Methodists have leased land inside Zion to build a $10,000 church near Dowie's tomb while the Baptists hold an option on ground within the borders. Meetings were held at the Zion City hotel now Elijah Hospice.
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Dowie
Zion City
Methodists
John Alexander Dowie
Elijah Hospice
Zion
Tomb of
Geneva Smart Set Is Roiled Over Highway Blockade Case
Consul General Charles Dickinson the Geneva society figure defends his sister in law Mrs W P Dickinson against the Van Sicklens in a case claiming she placed a telegraph pole and other obstacles on a public highway to hinder their auto travel. The Van Sicklens were arrested for speeding through Fox River town and sued after paying a fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Sinter
Charles Dickinson
W. P. Dickinson
Geneva Society
Charles
Norton van Sicklen
van Sicklens
Train Kills Rich Man's Son Near Granite City
Disfigured body of Gideon Pierce, son of Towanda, Pennsylvania magnate A. T. Pierce, found beside Chicago and Alton tracks two miles north of Granite City. Believed to have fallen from a passenger train. identified by likeness to a Towanda Gun and Fishing Club photo.
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Gideon Pierce
A. T. Pierce
Towanda
Chicago and Alton
Granite City
Towanda Gun and Fishing Club
Krench
Clyde
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Morris Grove
Cash in oven sparks house fire in Keowee
Mrs. James Williams left for a timber outing and placed a $1,000 strong box of cash and notes in the cook stove oven. A late return led to a quick fire, destroying nearly all the bills except a single $20 note. Papers were scorched but legible in parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Williams
Kewanee
Fire destroys First Methodist Church in Galesburg
The First Methodist Church in Galesburg burned, valued at seventy thousand dollars, with total loss. Other items report Col Ira C. Copley acquiring control of the Elgin Daily Courier, and multiple regional incidents and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Ira C. Copley
Aurora
Elgin Daily Courier
William Godney
Rochelle
Sterling
Taft
Solons' Work Costs $617,181 for Forty-Sixth General Assembly
Auditor's statement shows the Forty-sixth General Assembly cost 617,181, up from 446,657 in the prior session. The rise is largely due to salaries doubling from 1,000 to 2,000 per member, totaling 204,000, with additional costs for Senate and House staff, committees, and miscellaneous expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-sixth
General Assembly
House
Senate
State Senate
Secretary of State
Martin Vs. Zinger
House Committee On
Forty-fifth Assembly
Spaulding fights Idaho land claim after Illinois case
Charles W. Spaulding met with Governor Deneen and attorney general aides in Springfield to press a plan to release Illinois claim to land in Idaho. He seeks payment of bond gains from the Pocatello Mining and Irrigation Co and asks the state to abandon its Western land claim before his Joliet penitentiary sentence. The matter, likely to be referred to the attorney general for an final opinion, remains unresolved in court.
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Spaulding
Illinois
Charles W. Spaulding
Springfield
Deneen
Attorney General’s
Idaho
Joliet
Stead
University of Illinois
Pocatello Mining and Irrigation Company
Brother of Sayler’s Wife Freed in Sayler Murder Case
Ira Granden, brother of Mrs. J B Sayler, was freed when Judge Hoover in Watseka Circuit Court sustained a defense motion to quash an indictment charging him as an accessory after the fact in the Crescent City murder of J B Sayler on July 11. The State offered no counter, and Granden was released from custody. future grand jury action remains uncertain.
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Ira Granden
Watseka
Hoover
J. B. Sayler
Crescent City
Ira Grunden
John Grunden
Ira
Americans A Trivial, Thoughtless People
A Chautauqua talk by Prof. Charles Zueblin argues Americans ignore major issues like labor, women’s independence, and biblical criticism. He warns newspapers feed trivial pursuits and urges informed, unbiased opinions to avoid cultural flaw. He notes many women work outside the home and predicts rising worker organization despite court limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Taft
Mr. Taft
Chautauqua
N. Y
Charles Zueblin
Zueblin
Supreme Court
Forgeries in Looted Bank Defalcation Case Unfolds
William H. Marker, cash ier of the First National Bank of Tipton Indiana and brother of Noah R. Marker the missing assistant cashier, has resigned amid a bank audit by Miller Weir indicating more than 100000 dollars in defalcations. forged notes and checks bearing the signatures of prominent citizens are cited as part of the losses and the shortage may reach 110000 dollars or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiace
William H. Marker
First National Bank of
Tipton
Ind
Noah R. Marker
Miller Weir
Rational Bank Examiner
Girl Friends See Boy Drown at Joliet River Edge
Seven year old Charlie Bull slipped on sand near the Jefferson street bridge and fell into the drainage canal while playing with two girls Elvira Lutz and Margaret Thompson. He drowned shortly after 4 PM, the second Joliet drowning in a week.
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Falla
Charlie Bull
Jefferson Street Bridge
Joliet
Elvira Lutz
Margaret Thompson
Wyoming Lands Designated Under Enlarged Homestead Act
Acting Interior Secretary Pierce designates about 908000 acres in Wyoming under the enlarged homestead act. This brings Wyoming total designated land to 11584080 acres. The land cited is not suitable for successful irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Contractors Found Guilty in Boston Flagstone Conspiracy
Former city purchasing agent Michael J. Mitchell and contractor Thomas Maher were found guilty by a Boston Superior Court jury of conspiring to defraud the city of 13500 by signing contracts for excessive flagstone prices. Sentence was deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. Mitchell
Thomas Maher
Boston
Cincinnati mayor Markbreit dies after long illness
Col Leopold Markbreit longtime Cincinnati mayor dies Tuesday night after a prolonged illness. He served the city as its chief executive for most of nineteen months and will be succeeded by Vice Mayor John Galvin.
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Markbreit
Leopold Markbreit
Cincinnati
John Galvin
Baptist minister Joseph Bennett drowns in Kentucky creek
The Rev. Joseph Bennett, a Baptist minister, drowned himself in Otter Creek in Hardin county Kentucky. A note found among his effects says he had failed in honest business enterprises and thought it best to get out of the way.
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Joseph Bennett
Otter Creek
Hardin County
Kentucky
Wrights set air endurance record at Washington Fort Myer
Orville Wright and Lt. Frank Lahm fly one hour twelve minutes with a passenger. The flight breaks Wilbur Wright’s 1:09:31 record set in Le Mans with Prof. Painleve. President Taft leads cheers and congratulates the Wrights on completing the endurance test for the government.
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Orville Wright
Washington, D. C
Fort Myer
Frank P. Lahm
Army Signal Corps
Wilbur
le Mans
France
Painleve
French Institute
Orville
Taft
Wrigt's
United States
Baseball magnate dies by his own hand in New York
Harry C. Pulliam president of the National League shot himself in the right temple at the New York Athletic Club. The bullet passed through his head killing him. Officials cited ill health as the cause of the act in a room where he had been staying.
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Waterloo
John Leonard Doeder
Quincy
Napoleon
Adam Swartz
Wapella
William Brown
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Jacksonville
Helen Petz
la Salle
Lawrence Flicker
New Baden
Wing Park
Elgin
George Popp
Kirkland
Postoffice
Bert Holcomb
William Shorthose
John Cass
Shorthose
Bloomington
Mark Bassett
Illinois
Tulsa Daily News
Tulsa
Okla
Tuscola
Harry C. Pulliam
New York
National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
The
Dog Reveals Woman's Death in Pittsburg Trunk
A mournful dog led deputies to the trunk where Mrs. Annie Graham lay dead in her Pittsburg home. The widow, 55, lived alone and was last seen Friday. Authorities say she fell accidentally, breaking her neck as her body slid into the trunk. she had been dead several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Graham
Pittsburg
Chicago Business Conditions Show Strength and Buoyancy
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade reports stronger business conditions in Chicago with demand growth and money use rising after tariff revision. Discount rate holds. August interest and dividend payments strain banks. Security markets rise while breadstuffs and provisions fall. crops, grain, iron and steel, lumber, and leather trade pick up. Failures in district total 29, with four liabilities over 5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Auust
South
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade
New York Business Week Shows Mixed Activity Amid Uncertainty
Buyers are more evident in lead ing markets and fall trade shows. Conservatism grows ahead of tariff settlement and price gains. Industrial output expands with iron and steel loading. Coal demand remains narrow while coke eases. Shoe trade active despite higher leather costs. U S weekly failures total 228, Canada 34, per Bradstreet's.
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New York
United States
Bradstreet
Market quotations for cattle hogs sheep and grains in multiple cities
Chicago cattle and hog prices range from four to eight dollars with various grades. Indianapolis offers farm prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains while St Louis Detroit Cincinnati New York show parallel ranges with No 2 wheat corn oats rye and dairy prices.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Cincinnati
New York
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Neya Dolson
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McNamara
Frances Thurman
Urbana
Department of Illinois
United Spanish War Veterans
W. H. McIntosh
Rockford
A. W. F. Siebel
Benjmin R. Hall
Streator
Colonel Green
T. W. Bath
G. F. Rupert
G. Sawyer
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Ferdinand Koll Sr
Nassau
Prussia
Old National Bank
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Dog
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