Elopement Ends in Arrest in Davenport Iowa
Theatrical agent Joy Hodge of Peoria married Delpha Wood in Davenport after being tracked by her mother Mrs Lilly Wood of Bloomington who seized him at gunpoint. George Wunder, who helped secure the license, is jailed for perjury. The Wood family, a theatrical troupe, traveled via Port Byron and the Mississippi after the ceremony.
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Davenport
Iowa
Lilly Wood
Bloomington
Delpha
Joy Hodge
Peoria
Wood
Hodge
Rapids City
Port Byron
Mississippi
Deneen Names C. H. Deere to Canal Commission
Governor Deneen selected Charles IH. Deere of Moline to fill a seat on the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commission, succeeding W. K. Newton. Deere, son of John Deere, has long championed the Erie canal project and helped secure federal appropriations. He is allied with federal political interests in Illinois and influential in his region.
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Moline
State Canal Commission
Deneen
Charles IH. Deere
Ilinois
Michigan
Illinois
Boy Drowns as Playmate Silent on Fatal Pond Incident
George Nixon aged six and John Boyle seven died after slipping from a plank raft on Staunton pond. Fear kept Boyle from reporting and only after a night of worry did John Osborn recall seeing the Nixon boy with Boyle. The body was recovered from the Graggen pond.
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George Nixon
John Boyle
Staunton
George
John
Poison Whisky Case Attracts Man Murder Charge Risk
In Kewanee, Strychnine was placed in a whisky bottle by a father, causing William Maloney to fall ill with violent convulsions after drinking. The elder Maloney is jailed pending outcome, facing possible manslaughter if the son dies. the motive behind the poisoning remains unclear.
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William Maloney
Kewanee
Maloney
Young Maloney
Tragic Accident At Madison Car Yard Kills One
While fifteen Madison Car and Foundry workers ate lunch under a newly moved freight car, the engine began to move. Carl Eblin aged 18 was killed, John Jocko died from internal injuries, John Christo suffered internal injuries, and Peter Antone lost a left hand.
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Madison Car and Foundry Company
Madison
Carl Eblin
John Jocko
John Christo
Peter Antone
Joliet Fears Channel Water Extension Safety
Joliet may seek an injunction to stop water being turned into a drainage extension south of Lockport leading to the new power house unless Sanitary Trustees guarantee drainage safety. City officials were directed to investigate overdue safety recommendations and potential risks to the city.
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Lockport
Joliet
Runaway boy dies in coal car on homeward journey
Nicholas Barnum eighteen died in a Bushnell coal car while traveling from St. Louis with Val Wood. He had typhoid relapse from heat after four years away from home. His mother lives in Allegheny City Pa. Remis Burton nineteen, son of Wa pella Methodist pastor, died from wounds inflicted by James Carr with a jackknife.
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Nicholas Barnum
Bushnell
St. Louis
Val Wood
Carthage
Allegheny City
Remis Burton
Wapella
James Carr
State News In Brief From Illinois Plains
George Sanders of Ramsey, a Clover Leaf brakeman, broke a leg when an engine struck him. Charles Howard was killed by lightning while working on a hay field south of Mount Vernon. Nine year old Wilbur Mueller died from gunpowder burns at Highland. Wabash shop strikes in Springfield ended with wage rise from 28 to 31 cents an hour. Bertha Stritz drowned near Johnston City. Ida Stritz nearly died saving her sister. Sam Henderson of Alton killed a sixty pound Wulton catfish at Illini Island. George Huebner in Alton complained butter was scarce. farmers send milk to St Louis dairies. Divorce case in Kankakee quick decree for Eva Mallinson. Frederick Rinker of Belleville committed suicide after wife’s death. Central Illinois needs farm hands for oats and hay harvest. Adolph Rueger, Highland, formerly Madison County treasurer, died at 54. Gas discovery at Medora. oil indications at 1,250 feet. Redman dedication in Kewanee. parade, ceremony, and $30,000 building. Arrow heads found near Sterling. Otto Berkey drowned near Granite City. rescue delayed. Romance of Mrs Virgil Thomas’s unusual marriage sequence in Pittsfield. Sank Loo, a Springfield Chinaman, travels west with feet boxed to China after Interurban damages.
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George Sanders
Ramsey
Charles Howard
Mount Vernon
Wilbur Mueller
Highland
Springfield
Bething
Johnston City
Bertha Stritz
Ida Stritz
Sam Henderson
Alton
Illini
George Huebner
Oldenburg
Ile
St. Louis
Kankakee
Eva Mellanson
W. M. Mellanson
Frederick Rinker
Belleville
Rinker
Illinois
Adolph Rueger
Madison County
Timothy Grant
Medora
Arthur Rich
Medora Oil and Gas Company
H. Wetmore
Wetmore
Illlinois
Stedmen
Kewanee
Wilson Brooks
Chicago
United States
Samuel Landis
Sterling
Rock River
Otto Berkey
Chouteau
Granite City
Berkey
Herman Meyer
Meyer
Pittsfield
Virgil Thomas
Thomas
William Belford
Chambersburg
Missouri
Belford
Loo
China
Leo
Interurban
Magill and Wife Indicted in Clinton Murder Case
Grand jury charges banker Fred I Magill and his wife Faye Graham Magill with murder in connection to the death of his first wife Pet Magill on May 30. Indictments allege a conspiracy to kill Pet Magill. evidence is largely circumstantial with key physicians offering no pathology for the death.
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Banker
Fred I. Magill
Faye Graham Magill
Clinton
Pet” Magill
Pet Magill
Age Magill
Magill
Miller
Chicago
Mag
Illinois State Superintendent Warns Trustees Against Funds Misuse
State Superintendent Francis G Blair issues circular cautioning Illinois public school trustees about improper expenditures from distributive funds. He notes 1906 reports show $24 492 08 spent on dental expenses largely unauthorized, emphasizes allowed uses for compensation books lands plats and proportional distribution to districts based on under 21 student count.
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Ilinois
Instru Francis G. Blair
Court House Fence Sold in Macoupin County
The iron fence around the Macoupin county court house, built in 1882, was sold last week for 305 dollars. Originally costing 96 thousand, the fence's price reflects the 2.5 million paid for the court house. Supervisor plans drop fence. auction won by T. W. Teal. Debt schedule notes annual payment of 50 thousand, with hopes to retire by 2009.
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Macoupin County Court House
Macoupin Court House
Court House
T. W. Teal
Iroquois Cases Ended in Federal Courts Refusal
The Iroquois theater fire suits against Klaw and Erlanger were finally ended when Judge Hough refused to reopen the cases. Chicago claimants for damages lost their motion to reopen in the federal courts, opposed by the theatrical managers. Billek Sentenced to Hang for Poison Murder of Mrs Vizal and four other deaths.
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Klaw & Erlanger
Chicago
Hough
Billek
Herman Billek
Mary Vizal
Supreme Court
Barnes
Wabash Mortgage Secured On All Rail Property
A $200 million mortgage on all Wabash railroad property was filed in Mount Sterling. The loan is in favor of Bowling Green Trust Company of New York, J Van Blarcom of St Louis, and James B Morgan of Chicago and carries about 33 000 words with an estimated recording fee of $30 in Brown County. Also reports acceptance of a $10 800 post office site at Alton after Treasury instructions to finalize the site deal.
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Wabash
Mount Sterling
Bowling Green Trust Company of
New York
J. ©. van Blarcom
St. Louis
James B. Forgan
Chicago
Brown County
Alton
Secretary of the
United States Treasury
United States
Northcutt i
Springfield
Midsummer Quiet Yet Signals in Nationwide Trade
A Bradstreet commercial report notes unchanged strength in oral conditions supporting business, with banks steady and drug defaults down from a year ago. Leading industries show no major changes while weather supports factory production. Furnaces run near capacity and mining activity rushes to recover from a strike. Copper declines further. other raw markets stable. Building and wholesale staple markets improve. grain and livestock values rise for West growers. Harvest reports indicate steady progress with winter wheat and corn improving. hogs and beef rise in price. Fall shipments expand in the southwest and eastern markets show optimism for distributive trade. Raw wool strengthens while shelter, copper, and lead soften. Weekly US business failures total 142, lower than last week.
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Cope
United States
Descriptive U.S. Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
A dense snapshot lists cattle hogs and sheep prices by city. Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo show varying bids for cattle hogs sheep and different grain prices including wheat corn oats rye and barley, with bid ranges and note values such as butter eggs and clover seed.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louwis
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Public meetings in Chile oppose education bill feared to empower clerical party
Minor notes report public meetings in Chile protesting an education bill seen as giving the clerical party control of schools. An earthquake felt in Santa Barbara rattled tall buildings while a Potter the ater attendee fainted. John D. Rockefeller spoke at Nuclid Avenue Baptist in Cleveland about happiness through self sacrifice and doing good. An attempt to derail the train carrying Grand Duke Peter Nicholievitch occurred as a peatard exploded on the track but the train did not derail.
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Chile
Santa Barbara
Cal
Potter Theater
John D. Rockefeller
Nuclid Avenue Baptist Sunday School
Cleveland
Peter Nicholievitch
Peterhof
St. Petersburg
Censor of Post Card Art Shapes Mail Rule Watcher
Kansas City censor explains rules on suggestive and nude post cards. About 5 000 cards monthly are censored and sent to the dead letter office. Decollete gowns and exposed shoulders draw limits, and movable parts or ground glass cards are rejected as first class mail.
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Uncle Sam
Kansas City Times
Mrs. We
Venus
Kansas City
Washington
Sam
Burdens of Biographers: Too Many Records and Not Enough
A discussion of biography challenges cites Manning and Dickens, noting the flood of material in some lives and the lack of records in others. Peel’s refusal to destroy letters, his cautious preparation for public scrutiny, and the delayed publication of his life illustrate how bulk and access shape historical portraits. Frost effects on produce are mentioned as a contrasting, unrelated note.
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Manning
London Standard
Gladstone
Scott
Lord Cardwell
Cardwell
Peel Peaices
Disraeli
Peel
Stanhope
Lfe
Observant riders note Kadley’s bouncy seat behavior
In Philadelphia Press remarks, a horsey girl says Kadley bounces up and down in his seat while riding, and the trolley girl adds he hides behind his newspaper when he rides. The quotes capture a playful, observational moment about Kadley’s carriage.
A Hard Knock
A dialogue snippet from the Philadelphia Press features Rimer confessing occasional trouble wooing his muse and Crittick noting the muse moves clumsily, making pursuit odd. The exchange reads as a playful literary quip rather than a formal article.
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Rimer
Crittick
Philadelphia Press
His Usual Way
A fragment notes that Mr. Tigg never pays compliments or returns praise and observes that he rarely ever pays anyone. The cadence implies a study of his stoic demeanor and social restraint without broader context.
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Mr. Tigg
Pala
Tigg
Chronology of notable events from 1030 to 1901
A compiled sequence of historical markers across centuries listing battles, political changes, explorations, and notable incidents. Notable entries include Olaf defeated by Swedes at Stricklestadt in 1030, Detroit founded in 1701, Gibraltar captured in 1704, Salt Lake City founded in 1847, the Dutch and English alliance in 1778, and the assassination of King Alambert of Italy in 1900.
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Olaf
Stricklestadt
Ourique
Hotspur
Sir Henry Percy
Shrewsbury
Lord of the Isles
Harlaw
Kirke
Roquemont
Gulf of St. Lawrence
de Caen
Malbaie
Scotland
Baron D'Avaugour
New France
Detroit
Cadillac
Gibraltar
Fort
Niagara
Newport
Washington
Saxony
Brandenburg
Hanover
England
Ireland
Emmet
Georges
Paris
Bonaparte
Lundy's Lane
Silistria
Abel P. Upshur
Virginia
Salt Lake City
Honolulu
Kamchatka
Mid-Ocean
Dr. Livingstone
Africa
Great Britain
America
Europe
Wyoming
Dakota
Utah
Idaho
Michael Davitt
France
Eureka
Nevada
Webb
William Wirt Culbertson
Kentucky
Washington (D. Co
Beatrice
Queen Victoria
Prince Henry of Battenberg
Lord Salisbury
Lawrence
Mass
Tahiti
William E. Mason
United States
Republican Convention
Illinois
Henry Irving
The
Hague
King Alambert
Italy
Monza
Earl Russell
House of Lords
Break Telegraph Rates Challenge by New York AG
New York Attorney General Jackson seeks a Supreme Court NY County appointment of a referee to hear testimony on a claimed cartel between Postal and Western Union Telegraph companies. He alleges rate hikes and shared offices to profit, calling for testimony from Gould, Schiff, Jessup, Harriman, Mackay, Clowrey and others. Belgian Ship Canal Opened by King Leopold. Governor Slashes signs a bill to cap campaign expenses for public office candidates, setting 10104 dollars for Governor and other State offices limits.
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Jackson
New York
Supreme Court of
Postal and
Western Union Telegraph
Messrs
Gould, Schiff
Jessup
Harriman
Mackay
Clowrey
Caupilgn Expenses Limited
Slashes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Illinois State News
C. H. Deere
Son
Deanth
W & Indicted
Burdens OF
Leopold
Belgium
Bruges
Antwerp
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