Illinois man sues to annul transfer of 50 000 estate
An 87 year old Champaign County resident claims undue influence in transferring his 320 acre estate valued at 175 dollars per acre to his niece and housekeeper Mrs Louise Pyatt. He seeks to have the deed canceled, alleging lack of full faculties and a bargain of one dollar plus love and affection with care provisions.
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Louise Pyatt
Josiah Gorham
Henry Gorham
Champaign County
Homer
Champaign
O. K. Deney
Christian Church
Gorham
Martin Merriman
Fayette County
Joseph Rankin
Bloomington Township
A. J. Schuneman
Chicago
United Shoe Repairing Company
Milwaukee
Judd Linke
George Leslie
Port Byron
Rock Island
William Pendergast
Ernest Lundquist
Carl Eshleman
Rock River
Sterling
Mary Moreland
Illinois
Edward Seymour
Litthfield
Fielding L. Phelps
Chesterfield
Gardner
Springfield
Edward ©. Eberle
Judge Kimbrough
Paris
George Simpson
Alton
Maxwell
Chicago Linoleum Company
Rockford Ice Company
Western Ice Company
Knickerbocker Company
Rockford
Marshall
Noble
Preble
Boston
Cleveland K. Noble
Boost State Tax List Raises Assessment by 30 Million
The State Board of Equalization completed its report on the 1906 assessment totaling 1,126,470,836 an increase of 30,789,279. The state tax rate is set at 50 cents per 100 dollars, expected to yield 5,682,854 for state purposes. Rudolph Mulac of Chicago opposed adoption arguing for further investigation. the majority rejected the request and the report was adopted. The breakdown shows increases in lands city lots personality railroads capital stock and a net increase in total assessments though capital stock appears to decrease via complex equalized valuations and tangible property assessments.
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Rudolph Mulac
Chicago
Illinois State Teachers Association Debates University Commission Plan
The Illinois State Teachers Association at Springfield adopted a resolution for a Legislature authorized commission to visit schools statewide, study laws, and propose changes, while pledging no other legislation. The move nullified earlier calls for state teacher certification and a two cent railway fare. Officers elected include D B Parkinson president, W H Nevens first vice president, Grace Reid second vice president, J M Adee third vice president, Caroline Grote secretary, R M Stotel treasurer.
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Illinois
Illinois State Teachers’ Association
Springfield
D. B. Parkinson
The
Southern Normal
Carbondale
W. H. Nevens
Macoupin County
Freedom 18 Christmas Gift From Pardoned Murderers
Gov Deneen pardoned two murderers and cut another's term on the State Board of Pardons recommendation. Dietro Detinato, released after seven years in Joliet for a Chicago murder, was among those freed. Albert Brown, jailed from Alexander county for 25 years, saw his sentence reduced to 14 years. George Walker, from Jersey county, also released after 25 years. Brown’s brothers remain jailed for life.
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Deneen
State Board
Eof
Joliet
Chester Penitentiaries
Dietro Detinato
Christmas
Detinato
Chicago
Cook County
Crowe
Albert Brown
Chester
Alexander County
Brown
George Walker
Jersey County
Waltonville Burglaries Struck Postoffice and Stores
Waltonville suffered a series of burglaries with the post office robbed of registered mail and stamps, Davis general store looted of provisions clothing and dry goods, and Dodds Bevis store stripped of guns and ammunition. Deputies and a posse with bloodhounds searched the area for the marauders.
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Waltonville
Davis
Dodds & Bevis
New Professor at Illinois Dr William A Noyes Named Director
President Edmund J James announced that Dr William Albert Noyes editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society and chief chemist of the Bureau of Standards in Washington has accepted the post of professor of chemistry and director of the University of Illinois Chemical Laboratory. Noyes born November 6 1857 in Independence Iowa is among the nation’s leading chemists and author of several chemistry texts.
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William A. Noyes
Dir of
Chemical Laboratory
Edmund J. James
University of Illinois
William Albert Noyes
Journal
American Chemical Society
Bureau of Standards At
Washington
University of Ilinois
Noyes
United States
Independence
Iowa
Farmers Rally Opposes State Aid for Roads in Illinois
About 500 Champaign county farmers gathered at Urbana court house and opposed state aid for hard roads and the continuation of highway experiments by the state highway commission after the two year allotment. The meeting also endorsed a reciprocal demurrage law to protect shippers.
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Champaign County
State ‘Highway Commission
Court House
Urbana
Illinois Treasurers Finances Highlight Two Year Revenues
State Treasurer Small retires after two years, presenting a biennial report showing receipts of 23.210 million dollars and highlighting growth in total revenue over the past decade. Inheritance taxes rose to 1.376 million, with major spending across charity, prisons, and education, including funds for common schools, Urbana University, and normal schools. John F. Smulski of Chicago named to succeed him. transfer set for the second Monday in January.
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Small
Illinois
State of
Urbana
John F. Smulski
Chicago
Tired of Mormon Husband Mrs Merrill Returns Home
Illinois woman Mary Weegar Merrill of Warren County deserts Chester Merrill a Mormon missionary and returns to Illinois after a brief Utah marriage of September 5. The bride’s relatives were converted to Mormonism during the three months of residence stirring local surprise and disbelief.
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Illinois
Utah
Mary Weegar Merrill
Warren County
Chester Merrill
Flaming Closet Tragedy Ends in Infant's Death
In Kewanee, three children played with matches when a 17 month old boy's clothing caught fire. A 6 year old brother dragged him into a closet and shut the door. The mother rushed to help and was severely burned while freeing him. the infant died shortly after.
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Albert Soderlund
Kewanee
Death by Own Action in De Kalb Husband Notified of Wife’s Dying
Ferdinand Rettig of De Kalb committed death by his own action when told his wife was dying at the Elgin Hospital for the Insane. Report says the woman was dying, a broken heart cited as cause.
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Ferdinand Rettig
de Kalb
Elgin Hospital
Mirza to Rule Persia as Regent Amid Ill Shah
A lengthy notice chronicles Mohammed Ali Mirza’s rise as regent in Tehran during Shah Muzafer-ed-din’s illness. At 32, eldest son of the Shah, he has expanded Azerbaijan’s power, acted as regent in the capital, and is reputedly multilingual and versed in Arabic letters.
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Mohammed Ali Mirza
Teheran
Shah Muaafer-ed-din
Azer
Ali Mirza
Baijan
Persia
Wreckclaims Thirty Lives In Rock Island Collision At Volland
A passenger train No. 29 from Chicago to El Paso collided with No. 30 five miles west of Alta Vista Kan killing at least thirty, many Mexican laborers, as telegrapher John Lynes at Volland fled after foreseeing the crash and failing to relay a vital order. Relief trains rushed to the scene as cars burned and bodies were cremated in the flames.
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Kansas
Volland
Kan
Chicago
el Paso
California
Rock Island Road
Alta Vista
John Lynes
Lynes
The World’s Commerce Growth Since 1800
The article notes that global international commerce last year totaled about 25 billion dollars, while in 1850 it was only 4 billion. This reflects a rise of more than 600 percent over fifty years, highlighting dramatic growth in world trade.
Various Oddities and Political Snippets From The Era
A collage of satirical and topical snippets covers literacy, politics, finance, and society. References include Reed Smoot, Peary, the Wire Trust, currency fears, and flourishes on mis spelling. Light notes on crime, railcar building, imports, and domestic life mix with humor about lingo and etiquette.
Record of Library Visitors and Civil Admin Reforms
The Library of Congress hosted about 812000 visitors in the last fiscal year, averaging 2248 daily over 862 open days. Books and materials rose to 1379244 with a 1385 increase. Post office reforms include parcels post and postal savings bank, while Senator Hale critiques funding priorities. Secretary Hitchcock proposes government stockholding in coal lands and a long plan for Manila’s water and sewerage. The Navy shows 93 percent native-born enlistments and emphasizes experienced leadership.
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Library of Congress
John Hay
Cortelyou
Parcels Post
Postal Savings Bank
Philippines
Congress
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Manila
Luzon
Leyte
Samar
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