New Wheat Record Beating All Previous Harvests
The Department of Agriculture reports the 1906 winter and spring wheat totals surpass past records, with a grand total of 759,030,000 bushels. Spring wheat promises average yields while corn and oats show large gains and shortfalls, detailed by state.
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Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Kentucky
Tennessee
New Jersey
West Virgin
California
Oregon
Oklahom
Spring
Ono Occas
Michigan
Todiana
Illinois
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Colorado
Sane
Washington
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Mexi
Utah
Arizona
Vermont
United States
Chicago Bank Cashier Taken in Connection With Losses
Henry W. Hering, cashier of the Mil waukee Avenue State Bank, Chicago, held without bail as investigators pursue his possible role in the disappearance of nearly 1,000,000 from the ruined bank. Officials report forged signatures, numbered checks, and widespread fraud, with deposits of 4.2 million and a potential 67 percent recovery.
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Henry W. Hering
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Chicago
Ite
Ilinois
C. Jones
Crop prospects and meat inspection rules outlined
New York Central official W C Brown reports large Midwest crop yields with Kansas corn and wheat forecasts near 60 million and 80 million bushels respectively while Iowa and Missouri expect significant corn output. Separate notice details strict federal meat inspection standards for interstate commerce, sanitary facility rules, employee hygiene, and labeling overseen by government inspectors.
Railroad and rail policy notes from a bustling rail era
A survey of rail developments includes Illinois Central carrying 3000 own refrigerator cars, Virginia Commission voiding the 2 cent mileage act, Vandalia Railroad rate cuts, Southern Pacific moving Salton Sea line, Western Pacific recruiting 7000 new workers plus 10000 existing, Wisconsin rate case delay, and a push to stamp meat waybills with government seal inspections for transport.
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Pasenger
Northwestern
St. Paul
Ilinois Central Railroad
Virginia Corporation Commission
United States
Indiana Trailroad Commission
Vandalia Railroad Company
Indianapolis
Indiana State Line
Salton Sea
Southern Pacific
George J. Gould
Western Pacific
Utah
Nevada
California
Middle West
Northwest
Wisconsin Rate Commission
Eastern Trunk Lines
Secretary of Agriculture
Eight Hour Day Proposed for Southern Pacific Workers
Southern Pacific freight conductors and brakemen have prepared a new eight hour work day schedule to replace the current ten to thirteen hour shifts. The plan, approved unanimously by the order of railway conductors, will be sent to railroad officials with a sixty day consideration period, and requests a wage increase.
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Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Railway System
Dry Farming and Western Land Use Advances
Century Magazine discusses dry farming as a method to grow crops in arid Western lands by keeping soil surface loose and mulch like and by subsoil packing to improve moisture retention. A new subsoil packer is used after plowing and harrowing after every rainfall. The piece also notes financial reforms at Great Northern and Debs rhetoric, plus national banking data and a June call show growth in banks and circulation.
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West
John L. Cowan
Century Magazine
Tragedy in Orangeville as Flood Swamps Town
A severe rainstorm floods Orangeville causing widespread damage and two deaths. Banker Robert Musser is rescued from a willow tree while Henry Bartalot drowns attempting to save Musser. Water floods Richland creek and ablates the railroad, forcing train abandonment and farm losses.
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Orangeville
Robert Musser
Henry Bartalot
Musser
Bartalot
Richland
Illinois Central
Clarne
Madison
Mill Street
Youths Flee Homes After Mysterious Letter Release
Norwood police search for Julius Kelder and William Englehart both 15 after they disappeared from home taking clothing. A letter from Joseph Kelder describes their unhappy state and promises they will turn up.
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Norwood
Julius Kelder
William Englehart
Riot erupts in Rockford after officer stops youth
A Rockford riot followed the arrest of a boy by Officer Swim Carlson on Seventh Street. A crowd of about two thousand attacked a streetcar, throwing bricks and eggs until the police and fire department suppressed the disturbance. Several injuries were reported and eight to ten arrests were made in the Swedish district.
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Rockford
Swim Carlson
Boy Burns Self With Phosphorus in River Incident
Irvin Jones, ten, waded into the Elgin river after finding phosphorus dropped by workmen. The chemical ignited on contact with water, setting his clothing and pocket alight. He tried to dive deeper to extinguish the flames, worsened the burn, and was rescued in serious condition at Sherman Hospital.
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Irvin Jones
Elgin
Sherman Hospital
E Cent Fare and Bloomington Franchise War
A Bloomington syndicate of wealthy citizens seeks a street car franchise offering a 3 cent fare and 7 percent revenue to the city. The incumbent company plans renewal talks while protests for compensation grow. The new firm pledges to fulfill commitments and profit.
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Bloomington
Butcher Cleaver Slaying and Escapes Reported
East St Louis butcher Michael Schmitt killed Charles Mommertz with a meat cleaver in a dispute at his shop. Mommertz died after staggering outside with his neck severed. Police captured Schmitt as he returned to chopping meat. A separate note recalls an inmate who escaped by posing as a trusty during jail meal prep. A Chicago Northwestern brakeman Tony Chestock was killed when his foot caught in a switch and his body was nearly severed.
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Debs
St. Louis
Industrial Workers of the World
Eugene V. Debs
Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone
Steddenberg
East St. Louis
Michael Schmitt
Charles Mommertz
Mommertz
Schmitt
Springfield
Fullmer
Tony Chestock
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Belvidere Statlom
Elis
David W. Noyes
Arlington
Mr. Noyes
Landal
N. M
Minois
Joe Stagala
Uncle Joe
Chicago
Cairo
Remp
Tampico
George, Denney
Panaeran Sugar
B. E. Sunny
Illinois Eastern Insane Hospital Board of Trustees
Kankakee Institution
Chelsea Tobin
Charles Little
Little
Miss Tobin
Arthur Larson
Fox River
Cary
Daniel
Louis
Arthur
Meyer Rosenbaum
Waukegan
Howard S. Barker
Frankfort
Sarker
Broad Range of Midwest Tragedies and Political Shifts
A wide slate of incidents spans Illinois and nearby states. Sunstroke in Jacksonville, a child's death in Kewanee, a fatal shooting in Bedford, and late-life marriages in Sterling highlight local peril. Bank embezzlement probes loom as political primaries nominate multiple congressmen and senators.
Three East St. Louis Boys In Court Over Thefts
Stanley Huffman 16 James Gould 18 and Robert Riley 18 confessed to robbing the Juggs country home near Greenville. Gould and Riley were held for the grand jury under bond. Huffman’s mother Mrs Rand ie Huffman took the case to County Court under the delinquent act and received a court ordered whipping with a rawhide by Judge Joseph Story after spectators were cleared.
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East St. Louis
Stanley Huffman
James Gould
Robert Riley
Edward Juggs
Greenville
Gould
Riley
Huffman
Rancie Huffman
Joseph Story
State Fair Sees Record Space Demand This Fall
Secretary W C Garrard of the State Board of Agriculture reports a large influx of applications for Illinois State fair space. Exhibits across departments are expected to be bigger than ever and organizers face early difficulties housing all displays. Demand for horse shed space is high and a contract for 100 additional stalls will be added adjacent to existing sheds, with completion in under a month.
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Secretary of
Wilson
W. C. Garrard
State Board of Agriculture
Garrard
Electric railroad planned through Vermilion County
The McKinley syndicate has obtained a Secretary of State license to incorporate the Danville and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company. It will build an electric line from Danville through Vermilion county with Champaign as its office, capital stock $5,000. The feeder will connect Illinois and Indiana rail systems to run from the Indiana State line to St. Louis.
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Secretary of State
East St. Louis
Granite City
Paducah
W. E. Harper
Harrisburg
Hila Powell
Mervin
Plana
Vermilion County
McKinley Syndicate
Danville
Eastern
Ilinois
Champaign
Illinois Traction System
Illinois
Indiana
Indiana State Line
St. Louis
Elopes With School Teacher Over Relatives’ Opposition
Miss Ruth Teller niece of Senator Teller of Colorado eloped from Morrison with Emerson Krantz a country school teacher. They met in an Illinois town and became engaged but relatives forbade the marriage. The couple fled by train for Iowa to wed.
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Ruth Teller
Senator Teller
Colorado
Morrison
Emerson Krantz
Pearl worth 800 found by mussel digger near St Francisville
Alex Stephenson, a mussel digger near St Francisville, ended a long spell of bad luck by finding and selling an elliptical pearl for 800 dollars. The value sighting boosts local mussel diggers as first valuable pearl of the year. In other brief notes M D Gritz suffers sunstroke at a Jacksonville funeral. Frank Manning, 17, drowns after cramps while bathing in Rock River at Rockford.
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M. J. Gritz
Jacksonville
Frank Liggens
Kewanee
Luigi Lotito
Filippo Rocco
Bedford
William
Hensel
Mary Manley
Sterling
William Frede
Stewardson
Galesburg
Benjamin Schartz
Wyandotte
Nerbert E. Elliott
Higin
St. Joseph
City of Chicago
Graham & Morton Line
Museel
Alex. Stephenson
St. Francisville
M. D. Gritz
Chicago
Tin Rock River
Frank Manning
Rock River
Rockford
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Minnesota Warehouse Commission
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Staples
Illinois State News
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Martin Emerick
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Wills C. Stone
C. S. Wharton
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A. Michaelek
A. J. Sabath
William Lorimer
E. J. Stack
Phillipine Knopf
F. Buchanan
Charles McGavin
Stanley M. Kunz
Allen IT. Mertes
George W. Prince
Joseph G. Graff
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J. A. Landes
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