Joliet Teens Arrested for Beltzner Murder Confession
Joliet youths Anton Bloth and Matt Startha aged 18 and 19 were arrested on murder charges for the Beltzner store slaying. Stakha allegedly admitted planning a robbery, but when Beltzaner pursued them the men fired. Police tied them to prior holdups and a saloon-keeper’s theft, with further crimes suspected to be linked.
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Bloth
Startha
Bletzner
Anton Bloth
Matt Startha
August Beltzner
Joliet
Stakha
Beltaner
Granite Street
Peter Marin
Arthur Yack
MRS PIERSON AND ONEAL ACQUITTED IN POISONING CASE
In Urbana a jury found Gertie Pierson and Eleazer O'Neal not guilty of poisoning James L. Pierson at Foosland on February 2. Relatives rushed to the jail as the verdict arrived, with mixed scenes of laughter and tears. Mrs Pierson vowed to work to support her family and repay expenses. O'Neal planned to live with relatives.
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Urbana
Gertie Pierson
Eleazer O'Neal
James L. Pierson
Foosland
Eyren
O'Neal
Man Stabbed Thirteen Times In Birmingham Murder
Joe James of Birmingham Alabama is held in Springfield city jail after fatally stabbing mining engineer C A Ballard with a penknife in Ballard home. Ballard’s 16 year old daughter was attacked earlier. James fled, collapsed drunk near Reservoir Park and was captured by police as a mob formed to administer vigilante violence.
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Joe James
Birmingham
Ala
Springfield
C. A. Ballard
Ballard
Reservoir Park
Sons of
Pardoned Convict John Gales Rides Electric Car
John Gales, a pardoned convict freed after twenty six years in Joliet, rode an electric car to Chicago with Mathew J. Sluss of the Luxemburg brotherhood. He had been arrested in 1881 near Evanston for murder, sentenced to death, commuted to life, and now appears aged beyond his years under the Brotherhood’s care while seeking work.
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John Gales
Joliet
Chicago
Mathew J. Sluss
Luxemburg Brotherhood
Gales
Evanston
Cullom
Street Car Strike Averted in East St Louis
East St Louis street car workers abandoned their planned walkout after a vote at a men’s meeting. They accepted Vice President Haynes’s pledge not to pursue strike agitation. The strike threat arose after George Glass was discharged for carelessness causing an accident and the company refused arbitration.
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East St Louis
East St. Louis
Haynes
George Glass
State Good Templars Elect Officers at Rockford Meeting
Scandinavian Grand Lodge at Rockford elects officers for 1009 meeting. Chief templar Victor Nygren of Rockford. vice chief Julia Rundberg of Chicago. secretary Bernard Skytee of Chicago. treasurer Fred Sporce of Moline. counselor Harry Vardahl of Chicago. juvenile templar Carl Lord of Chicago. Meeting to be held in Chicago.
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Scandinavian Grand Lodge
Rockford
Scandinavian Grand Lodge of Good Templars
Templar
Victor Nygren
Julia Rundberg
Chicago
Bernard Skytee
Fred Sporce
Moline
Harry Vardahl
Carl Lord
Pittsburg carpenter dies by suicide in Aurora Fox River
Nicholas Goedert of Pittsburg a carpenter ended his troubles by leaping from the New York street bridge into the Fox river in Aurora. His body was recovered after a boy fishing caught his hook in the sinking man and drew him to the surface.
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Hiver
Nicholas Goedert
Pittsburg
New York Street
Fox River
Aurora
State Happenings Touch Illinois In Numerous Incidents
Pearl Armstrong, conductor on the Illinois Traction System, was killed in Bloomington after falling under a car. Lewis Sawyer, seven, drowned at Mount Carmel while swimming. A $600 bank certificate of deposit was tossed into a stove, and Joe Walinsky died by his own hand in Moline. The Democratic central committee of the Seventeenth Congressional District set September 21 in Bloomington for a convention with fifty delegates from five counties. Five injured as an automobile explosion in Priester's Park, East St. Louis, left several with fractured skulls. Governor Deneen appointed Mazzini Slusser to the sixteenth circuit bench. a special election is set for November 3. Fire at Joliet Evening Herald building caused $19,000 loss. Police search Benbow City for Etta Flake, with no trace. An altercation in Kewanee left William Morton seriously injured. Archibald Cherry killed his sweetheart Annie Wiengertz and then shot himself. James Stock of Peoria died from a head hemorrhage after freezing while hunting. Percy Papineau, 19, disappeared from Wayne to seek relief from a nervous breakdown. Widespread local oddities conclude with Col Alfred Miles Jones marrying nurse Blanche Smart.
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Pearl Armstrong
Illinois Traction System
Bloomington
Lewis Sawyer
Mount Carmel
Joe Walinsky
Moline
Democratic Central Committee
Seventeenth Congressional District
Priester
Tabor
Wilson
William Wilson
Quincy
Hinsdale
Slusser
DuPage County
Joliet
Herald Printing Company
Alton
Benbow City
Etta Flake
Eta
Everett Frank
William Morton
Kewanee
Morton
Frank
Mineral Township
Annawan
Arrchibald Cherry
Cambridge
Annie Wiengertz
Swaneee
Miss Wiengertz
Cherry
St. Francis Hospital
James T. Stock
Peoria
Stock
Percy Papineau
Chicago
Peter Hanson
Duviam
Wayne
Papineau
Dunham Creek
Judge Doom: Abner Smith Sentenced to Penitentiary
Abner Smith, former president of the defunct Bank of America, must serve a penitentiary term and pay a $1,000 fine after an Appellate Court decision in Chicago. Convicted of conspiracy to obtain money by false pretenses, he helped found the bank with Gustav F. Sorrow and others and served as a Cook County Circuit Court judge from 1893 to 1908. Born in Orange Massachusetts in 1843, he graduated from Middlebury and practiced law in Chicago from 1868.
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Abner Smith
Bank of America
Chicago
Gustav F. Sorrow
Jerome V. Pierce
Frank EB. Creelman
Erty
Smit
Cook County
Orange
Mass
Middlebury College
Fatal Quarrel Over Air Gun Ends in Poisoned Shot
In Chicago a 14-year-old, Henry Nagel, shot and killed 15-year-old Frederick Schroeder during a dispute over an air rifle. A coroner's jury ruled the shooting accidental. Nagel said he did not know the shotgun was loaded. Edward Junker, 15, witnessed the event.
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Frederick Schroeder
Henry Nagel
Chicago
Nagel
Edward Junker
Schroeder
Young Nagel
Chicago's four centers found in city report
A city report to Mayor Busse from the city statistical department assigns Chicago's geographical center to Wood street 200 feet north of Thirty-fifth street. The center of population is at Center avenue and West Twelfth street. The business center is at State and Madison streets, and the industrial center at West Van Buren and Desplaines streets, determined by ward business volumes and employment figures.
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Chicago
Busse
City Statistical Department
Wood Street
Thirty-fifth Street
Center Avenue
West Twelfth Street
State
Madison Streets
West van Buren
Desplaines Streets
Zeigler Welcomes Mrs Joseph Leiter Bride of Miner Patron
The mining town of Zeigler gave a noisy reception as Mrs Joseph Leiter arrived by freight train, riding in a cabOOSE cupola from Du Quoin, and was surrounded by cheering crowds at the railroad station. Two golden weddings were celebrated in nearby towns, and a violent incident in Liberty led to a man shot and a suspect in Quincy custody.
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Zeigler
Joseph Leiter
Belter
Duquoin
D.C. McLeod
Pana
A. D. Stebben
Celebrator's Legs Cut Off in Mendota Train Accident
Charles Keffer son of Alexander Keffer of Amboy was returning from a Fourth of July celebration in Mendota when he was struck by an Illinois Central train. Both of his legs were severed in the incident.
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Charles Keffer
Alexander Keffer
Amboy
Mendota
Einois Central
Prices at High Mark in 1907 Wholesale Goods Surge
An 18 year review by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 1907 wholesale prices average 5.8 percent above 1906 and 29.5 percent higher than the 1890–1900 average. October 1907 hit peak levels with 1.2 percent above the year average and 2.8 percent above December 1905. Of 258 items, 172 rose, 35 held steady, 51 fell. farm products led gains.
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Soittaie Fd I
Rabies myths and female suffrage topics in 19th century notes
An Outing magazine excerpt discusses rabies in dogs, debunking water aversion and frothing myths while highlighting a key sign. The piece also covers a Chicago medical meeting addressing women in the workforce, suffrage views by Helena Putnam, and calls for public hygiene education and a commission to oppose vivisection legislation.
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Chicago
American Academy of Medicine
Helena. Putnam
Providence
Burrell
Boston
Association
House of Delegates
Heavyweight Ticket Sets Record in Party Nomination
Secretary Taft and running mate James 8.8bn form the heaviest national party ticket, weighing nearly 500 pounds together. The prior record belonged to Democrats with Grover Cleveland around 275 pounds and Adlai Stevenson keeping the total near 425 pounds.
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Taft
James
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Adlai B. Stevenson
Jones Boomerang Files Noted Flight At Hammondsport Event
Kee and Jones piloted the airship Boomerang from Hammondsport New York moving to Watkins then toward a point six miles distant where a tree encounter occurred in the gas bag. The story highlights a second bag trailing to replace the main bag about 95 feet long and cigar shaped and ballast systems using sand car ballast described in the novel.
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Jones
Kee
Hammondsport
N. Y
Watkins
Labor unions and wage trends across cities and nations
A survey of labor movements shows unions forming in Aberdeen and Manchester while Oakland and Seattle push for shared labels. Wage levels vary from Boston lamplighters to New York port laborers at $2.50 daily, and UK engineers hold $3.6 million in reserves. Internationally, strikes spread through Norway, leather, and textile sectors as census data reveal regional earnings gaps.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Manchester
N. H
Oakland
Cal
Tacoma
Wash
San Francisco
Revere
Mass
Boston
Lamplighters’ Union
Chelsea
Horseshoers
General Federation of Trade Unions
Germany
Tackmakers’ Protective Union
United States
Canada
America
Federal Service
Port
New York
Trade review: gradual progress amid holidays and politics
New York R G Dun weekly trade review notes quiet but healthy tone with moderate progress. Confidence grows from favorable crop reports and better June results versus last October setback, including insolvency records. Manufacturing shows mid year cutbacks but resumption expected. idle plants reopening July 1. wage scale disputes fading as prices fall.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago Business Outlook Mid Year Report
Chicago notes improved year second half with stronger demand and factory activity. Railroads show willingness to issue major contracts boosting manufacturing and re employment of idle labor. Mid year bank payments rise, but commercial pressure raises failures to 35 in district. ten failures above $5,000.
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Chicago
Chicago Cattle and grain prices across major markets
Regional market brief lists cattle hogs sheep and grain quotes from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and others. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye timothy and clover seed with varied quality grades and unit ranges.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Snc
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Facts for Farmers Iowa Dairy Legislation and Deaths
Iowa farmers expect legislative support for a State Dairy Association schools program in counties. Six of 350 legislators favoring the move. A dairy margarine labeling dispute resumes in Washington. A farmer, James Slonek of Polk County Minnesota, killed himself, no reason given. At Huron South Dakota, two men fined for adulterated milk containing formaldehyde. Northern Iowa drainage projects advance as lowlands need bigger drains after two wet seasons.
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Iowa
State Dairy Association
Department of Agriculture
Washington
James Slonek
Huron
8. D
Wheaton
Towa
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Mrs. Pierson and
O’neal Free
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W. C. Minnis
Christian County
Alfred Miles
Long”) Jones
Dan Cupid
Republican War Horse
Blanche P. Smart
Long” Jones
Bethesda Springs
Waukesha
Csarge
Otho
Liberty
L. H. Tabor
Caspar Whitney
Cigar Makers
W. J. Smith
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
League of Ameri [Can
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Spokane
Oklahoma
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Woonsocket
R. I
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Massachusetts
Lawrence
New Bedford
Worcester
Brockton
Lynn
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Journeymen Tailors’ Union
Ill
United Garment Workers’ Union
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London Board of Trade
United States Census Bureau
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Norway
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