Witcher the farmer boy shines in Illinois baseball sales
Rural pitcher Witcher, nicknamed the farmer boy, rose to prominence with Bloomington in the Three Eye League. He sold for 1000 dollars to the Bloomington treasury, joining a season marked by record player sales and strong performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witcher
Vhward Kinsella
Bloomington
Hye
Soets Ko
Me- Lei
Bloomers
Kinsella
John Godwin
Boston Americans
Miciasella
Pittsburg
Peorian's Death Baffles Wealthy Philadelphia Merchant
Edward Drouin, once a rich Philadelphia merchant of the firm Work & Drouin, is found dead in Peoria under mysterious circumstances. His wife, distraught, held the corpse’s feet aloft as if to aid the soul's release. The coroner investigates while Drouin’s lineage to Prof Felix Drouin of Penn is noted.
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Wormer
Edward Drouin
Philadelphia
Peoria
Drouin
H. Thompson
Avife
Work & Drouin
Felix Drouin
University of Pennsylvania
DIES, 105 YEARS OF AGE CAPT OSIER CHICAGO LEADER
Jerome B. Osier aged 104 not 105 dies at his home in Chicago twelve days before his birth anniversary. An aggressive life insurance agent until near his illness he lived 32 years at the same address on the northwest side. He sailed the lake in 1832 entering Chicago river and recalled War of 1812 scenes his father fought in Perry battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome B. Osier
Ilinois
Chicago
Oster
Chicago River
Mr. Osier
Erie
Admiral Perry
Lake Erie
Silent for Twenty Years Miss Jennie Nelson Committed
Miss Jennie Nelson of Paris sent to the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane in Kankakee after twenty years of silence. A former missionary in India, she suffered sunstroke and vowed to never speak to a human again. Now 74, her condition prompted the commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Nelson
Poria
Paris
Illinois Eastern Hospital
Kankakee
Miss Nelson
India
Standard Oil Cases Falter in Tazewell County Indictments
Former Auditor Guy B. Taylor and Standard Oil vice president Crittenton P. Collins will not be arrested on indictments returned by the Tazewell county grand jury at Pekin. The Attorney General's opinion says indictments must be drawn by a grand jury in the same state where the men reside, likely ending the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County
Guy B. Taylor
Crittenton P. Collins
Standard Oil Company
Pekin
Schaefer
Matron Elopes With Tramp at Sterling Wedswater
Mrs Elizabeth Dent matron of the Bureau county almshouse elopes with Charles Croker a tramp after a five day acquaintance. They are married at the almshouse and report happiness with the position at the poor farm likely vacant.
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Sterling Wedswater
Elizabeth Dent
Bureau County Almshouse
Charles Croker
Jeago
Quarrel Turns Fatal Over Township Boundaries
Henry Ahrens longtime Republican alderman at Spring Bay dies after a quarrel with Alfred Hosphor Democratic supervisor over boundary lines. Hosphor struck Ahrens, who collapsed with a skull fracture and died instantly. Coroner's jury exonerates Hosphor from the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ahrens
Aderman
Spring Bay
Alfred Hosphor
Hosphor
Ahrens
Ifrom
New Marriage Law Worries in Coles County Case
A 19-year-old James W. Pepperdine and 17-year-old Ethel Finley obtained a marriage license, prompting questions of legality under a 1905 statute. With consent affidavits from separated fathers, officials worried the license was invalid due to residence in different counties. the couple wed in Whitley township, Moultrie county, Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coles County
James W. Pepperdine
Ethel Finley
Moultrie County
Whitley Township
O G A R A Coal Firm Secures Vast Saline County Lands
The O G A R A Coal Company formed in New York secures options on 50 000 acres of Saline county coal lands and picks up fourteen major mines in the Harrisburg district. Daily capacity exceeds 15 000 tons with planned annual capacity of 3 500 000 tons. Partners include Eldorado Coal and Coke Harrisburg Big Muddy Egyptian Harrisburg Mining Davenport Cli Morris and the gas company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Gara Company
Illinois
O'Gara Coal Company
New York
Saline County
John J. O'Gara
Chicago
Harrisburg
Eldorado Coal and Coke Company
Harrisburg-Big Muddy Coal Company
Egyptian Coal and Coke Company
Saline District
Harrisburg Mining and Coal Company
Davenport Coal Company
Cli Coal Company
Morris Coal Compay
the Gas Company
Suspect Murder Probed After Found in Coal Car
Two unidentified boys, about 18 and 14, were found dead in a coal car on Chicago and Eastern Illinois tracks at Watseka. Coroner’s jury adjourned without verdict as foul play is suspected. Bodies had no identification. the car came from Village Grove via St. Louis. they appeared dead about 24 hours.
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Watseka
Chicago
Illinois
Village Grove
St. Louis
Big Mine Strike Threatens Statewide Shutdown
United Mine Workers of Illinois investigates rumors that Chicago and Alton subdistrict operators discriminate against deserter miners awaiting a shot firers' settlement. If true, a general halt of Illinois mines may follow as the Illinois Colliery Company, with seven mines, allegedly refuses reemployment to those who quit. The union cites a section of the state agreement prohibiting discrimination against union workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and Alton
United Mine Workers of Illinois
Illinois Colliery Company
Illinois
40000 Phones in Big Merger
The first annual convention of independent telephone operators of Illinois closed in Peoria after forming a new organization that will include nearly all independents in Illinois and parts of eastern Missouri. The group controls thousands more telephones and 2,500 miles of toll lines, which will be consolidated to wage a fight against the Bell system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Ell Company
Independent Telephone Operators of
Illinois
Peoria
Missouri
Bell Company
Bell System
Miners Laid Off After Labor Board Impasse
Eighteen hundred miners in the Chicago and Alton district were discharged due to the failure of a special committee of miners and operators to settle the dispute over shot firers employment. Howard McLassen of Chicago saved his six year old grandson from a runaway at Elgin while Malcolm McNeil suffered severe injuries trying to protect him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and Alton
Howard McLassen
Chicago
Elgin
Malcolm McNeil
The Agra Diamond Saga and a Pink Rose Gem
A story traces the Agra Diamond from 1526 battles to imperial hands then to the Marquis of Donegal in 1857. A subaltern proposed hiding the stone in a horse ball and smuggling it home, the horse later shot at port, diamond reaching England, later recut from 46 to 31.5 carats to remove flaws, now famed as a perfect rose pink gem.
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Agra
Bathes
India
Donegall
Dell
Donegalh
England
Duke of Brunswick
Bayonet Tactics in Hand to Hand Battle at Port Arthur
A naval sub lieutenant recounts thirty minutes of brutal melee at Port Arthur where grenades and bayonets defined close combat. Samurai and Muscovites clash as a colonel’s rallying cry halts the frenzy and the trench falls to the attackers.
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Blackwood
Port Arthur
Father's Punishment of Daughter For Haircut Incident
Samuel Streeter of Toledo an insurance agent punished his three year old daughter Florence by forcing her to a barber and clipping her hair close to the scalp after she cut it against his wishes. The mother protested but he proceeded. The child, embarrassed by her new look, did not attend school for the rest of the year.
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Susanna Lantz
Daniel Lantz
Wheatland Township
Aurora
Florence
Samuel Streeter
Toledo
Hatred in the Twin Cities Brews After Speech
A St Paul man visits Minneapolis with hopes to ease a long running rift between the two cities. He opens his talk by mocking monuments for Minneapolis, highlighting ongoing mutual contempt and lack of cross town tribute.
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Twin Cities
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Gardener Fired Receives Candid Letter of Recommendation
A clergyman dismissed a gardener known for pilfering produce but, to aid the man’s wife and family, wrote a blunt letter of recommendation praising the gardener’s productivity. The note reads that he “got more out of my garden than any man I ever employed” during over two years of service.
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A. B
A Daring Invention Cuts Darning Time Short
A newly invented darning machine promises to cover a hole in ten minutes, a feat an industrious woman could scarcely achieve in an hour. The device aims to save labor and speed repairs, while a playful note suggests borrowing a neighbor's spectacles to spot one’s own faults.
Tales of witty misreads and honest work ethics
A collection of anecdotes blends a Canadian teacher facing ruin, a reporter named Jenni who reads aloud at breakfast, and tales of octogenarians and a tense shoe factory moment. The snippets shift from humor about ignorance to a stern fatherly lesson from Professor Fiske and a stern bet in Brockton.
Compressed Tea Used by Russian Officers in Manchuria
A historical note describes compressed black tea used by Russian officers in Manchuria and by Buriats in trans Baikal. The tea is pressed into tile like tablets, requiring only hot water in a cup to brew. It is made from Suchong leaves with minimal sugar due to natural sweetness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Siberia
trans-Baikal
Fragmentary report on compressed tea trade details
The readable fragment discusses compressed tea and its handling in rain conditions. It mentions Russia and Europe and hints at trade and standards, with incomplete phrases preventing full reconstruction of events or figures.
Railroads Move To Ban Lurid Books On Trains
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company aims to prohibit the sale of lurid novels and detective stories on its trains. The move is praised as a step toward reform, with calls for other railroads and book shops to follow. Public awakening and parental vigilance are urged to curb trashy literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Purity Leagues
Pennsylvania
Must Have Daily Shock
A New York Post piece quotes a young doctor on the electricity habit, praising its perceived benefits as a tonic. He notes patients crave ongoing current therapy, some victims even paying others to administer shocks, while few believe self-administration could overdose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Post
Comfort in a Bald Head Promises Disease Immunity Claim
A medical writer argues that bald-headed men avoid consumption. In five years of patient records he saw no consumptive with baldness among over 700 treated and no bald person among more than 5,000 tuberculosis cases. He offers no medical explanation, just his observed results for the profession.
Despair and Defiance Amid Austrian Aristocracy
A story of Adolph and Anna Adolf an Austrian artisan and his aristocratic beloved faces intrusion from Alfred an ambassador who woos Anna. After a tense confrontation Alfred abduct attempt ends with Adolf and Anna fleeing Austria for Antwerp and life abroad.
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Adolph
Anna Adolf
Anna
Adolf
Alfred
Austria
Antwerp
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J. W. Huner
Ramsey
M. B. Church
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Pana
Frank Chew
Moneaqua
Flora McLean
Kewanee
James MelInerny
Shart
H. Miles
Evanston
Rosedale
Miss
Eyvanston
Robert Klein
Decatur
W. T. Wood
Wood
Dr. Egan
Illinois Board of Health
Southern
Illinis
Fannie Thurn
Rockford
Chamberlain & Harrington Company
Burlington
Iowa
Benson
Charles Tool
Sterling
Harvey Conaway
W. H. Herrick
Lizzie Loeb
Stanley Adair
G. M. Adair
Fred
Frank Collier
Joseph Collier
Stock Falls
Alton
Marion Warner
Secor
Effie McDonald
Galesburg
Eugene Pikeman
Hopedale
Egypt
Balcom
W. H
Frank Vanvalkenberg
Danville
Leland Hotel
Springfield
Horace Wiggins
Col. B. Wiggins
Leland
Shawneetown and Western Railroad Company
Golconda
Josephine Collett
William Nagel
Carl Brady
Mississippi River
Rock Island
Nagel
Brady
Wai Kins
Peorian
Standard Oil
Betedonse
Hellant
Hysterica Tor
Jénnie
Herbie
Feyerand Ague District
Arkansas
Hartford Insurance Company
New England
John Fiske
Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
Patrick Gleason
Brockton
Mr. Gleason
Europe
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