Illinois Court Seeks Stop on Dike Across Spring Lake Canal
Information in equity filed by Illinois Attorney General Stead in Tazewell County seeks to bar construction of a dike across the Spring Lake Canal heading into Spring Lake fourteen miles below Pekin. The case questions state control of the lake and canal, the drainages plans, and the proposed expenditure of near one million dollars to reclaim swamp land.
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Spring Lake Canal
Stead
Tazewell County
Spring Lake
Pekin
State of Illinois
Illinois River
State of
Illinois
Canal Commissioners
Robbery at Springfield Leaves Mrs Yates Despoiled
Jewelry valued at $3,000 taken from Mrs. Yates of Springfield while former Gov Richard Yates was in Frankfort. Suspect Arthur Groves alias Harry Williams, recently paroled, linked to the June 7 theft. A missing brooch found on Groves and a perceived escape during a police call are noted in the case.
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Springfield
Richard Yates
Frankfort
Caleb Powers
Harry Williams
Groves
State Reformatory
Yates
Supt. Mallory
Woman Walks from Dubuque to Elgin Seeks Transit
A travel weary woman, walking from Dubuque Iowa to Elgin Illinois, arrived in town after the Chicago teamsters strike left her and her husband stranded. Supervisor D A Chamberlain aided with a transportation ticket to Chicago while their two small children wait at home. The couple hopes to return to work and reunite with their family.
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Dubuque
Elgin
Iowa
Chicago
Fraud order blocks Rex Manufacturing Co mailings
Postoffice authorities charge deception in a swing advertisement from Rex Manufacturing Company of Freeport. The firm offered a $1 prepaid miniature steel swing to two people and sent worthless dolls in return. The案 case was sent to the Chicago district attorney who declined prosecution, but no more mailings will be allowed.
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Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Rex Manufacturing Company
Freeport
United States
Chicago
Street Carnival Stop Ordered In Rock Falls
Judge Ramsay granted an injunction against the Patterson and Brainard Carnival Company prohibiting street shows in Rock Falls. Citizens sought mandamus to move tents after the City Council reserved streets for the fair, but the judge refused, leading to the injunction.
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Ompany
Rock Falls
Ramsay
Patterson and Brainard Carnival Company
Fond du Lac Man Found Dead In Chicago Rail Car
A man identified as J Henry Dansman of Fond du Lac Wisconsin apparently hanged himself with a towel in an empty box car at Melrose Park Chicago The body was found by John Klos a railroad blacksmith He had been employed there as a laborer for weeks saying ill health kept him working outdoors in Melrose Park
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Harrisburg
George Swan
Eldorado Coal and Coke Company
Galesburg
W. A. Bennett
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Romeo
Edward Worth
Athens
John Wallace Heller
Chicago
Binghamton
N. Y
Heller
Liue
Delaware and Lackawanna
J. H. Dansman
Fond du Lac
Wis
J. Henry Dansman
Melose Park
John Klos
Raiload
Melrose Park
Wonderful Escape After Run Over by Five Cars
John Flockhart of South Chicago was run over by a switch engine and five cars in the Kankakee yards of the Big Four railroad. He escaped with a crushed right arm head cuts and a torn heel after his hat blew off and he fell in front of the moving train. He was taken to the emergency hospital and survived despite the severe peril.
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John Flockhart
South Chicago
Kankakee
Big Four Railroad
Flockhart
Lemont Marshal Held in Manslaughter Charge
Peter Kane town marshal of Lemont was held for trial in Chicago on a manslaughter charge after shooting Jacob Tomkowiak who resisted arrest April 26 in front of a grocery. Justice Doyle ruled Lemont lacked a city ordinance authorizing such arrest.
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Lemont
Peter Kane
Criminal
Doyle
Chicago
Shopuil
Jacob Tomoviak
Ciba Thompson
Ife
Kane
Tomkowiak
Saloon Killing in Lemont Ends in Arrest
Dennis Hurley was shot and killed by bartender Nelson Nordeen in a Lemont saloon amid a quarrel over beer price. Hurley collapsed at the door, Nordeen surrendered at the police station, and only Nordeen’s wife is named as a witness.
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Dennis Hurley
Lemont
Nelson Nordeen
Joseph Wargel
Hurley
Nordeen
Railway Digs Up the Dead in Edwardsville Area
State Board of Health probes alleged exhumations linked to railway excavation near a county poor farm. An inspector examined reports that a steam shovel operates where a former cemetery stood, amid citizen concerns.
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State Board of Health
Edwardsville
Cornetist Stabbed After Behind Scenes Quarrel
In a backstage quarrel at a Washington concert in Kewanee cornetist Cox stabbed slide trombonist known as Namieum from Zanesville Ohio. The victim is in critical condition. Cox, of East Moline, is under arrest and reportedly sang a song after the incident as police waited.
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Washington
Clicus
Kewanee
Cox
Namieum
Zanesville
Ohio
East Moline
Three Prisoners Break From Pekin Jail
William Graham E D Harrington and George Davidson escaped from Tazewell county jail Pekin by taking keys from a door into the corridor while the jailer was away. None have been captured. Graham faces horse stealing charges while Harrington and Davidson face burglary charges.
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William Graham
E. D. Harrington
George Davidson
Tazewell County
Pekin
Graham
Peary Seeks Pole On Seventh Arctic Journey
The article details Peary’s seventh Arctic voyage planned for 1905, outlining his prior expeditions and discoveries, including reaching 82 degrees north and 84 degrees 17 minutes north. It notes a broader international contest among England, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Holland, France, Russia, and the US, with Nansen and Amundsen also active and a possible relief for Amundsen anticipated in the Pacific.
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Peary
Civil Engineer Corps
Navy
Nicararagua
Greenland
Nicaragua Canal
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
Iron Mountain
United States
Greenland Archipelago
Pole
North Pole
England
Germany
Norway
Sweden
Holland
France
Russia
Boreeneaer
Nansen
Roald Amundsen
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Amundsen
Christiania Harbor
Northwest Passage
Government of
Pacific
Bering Sea
Community raises funds to match Carnegie gift for Marietta College
Marietta Ohio residents complete a $40 000 fund to match Andrew Carnegie's gift of equal amount for Marietta College. In Carnegie PA the body of Charles S Snyder a wealthy contractor is found in the woods and investigators call it self-inflicted. In New York a ferry incident leaves Harvey Mowak shot by a fellow passenger. surgeons treat him as the case unfolds.
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Marietta
Ohio
Andrew Carnegie
Marietta College
Charles S. Snyder
Carnegie
New York
Harvey Mowak
Fabrics From Paper Weave Promise Warm Washed Garments
The article describes paper based fabrics and yarns developed in Italy and Saxony, with blends of paper and cotton or wool creating warm, washable textiles. It notes costs around 10 marks for a jacket and outlines processes to turn wood pulp and mill waste into yarns like silvalin and xylolin, plus durability tests comparing jute and canvas to wood pulp yarns.
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Asia
Zaretti
Saxony
Clayler & Co
Pfuhl
Volga
Staunch Balzac’s Toil and the Plea for Time
English writer Tighe Hopkins recounts Balzac's relentless labor to finish the Comedie Humaine. He portrays Balzac as the first novelist of his day, driven by fame and self-belief, working thirty one years and composing volumes from 1821 onward while seeking just six more hours to complete his epic.
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Balzac
Tighe Hopkins
Comedie Humaine
Above Suspicion and Wit Bites on Honesty
A Cleveland Leader quip mocks scrupulous honesty while noting Dr. Goodman strolling with two umbrellas as a joke. The piece then offers a morbid bit advising that if you consider suicide you should do so in shallow water so you can wade out if you change your mind.
Record Heat Grips Nation Amid Fatal Prostrations
Across the United States a devastating heat wave kills and weakens thousands. Chicago bears the heaviest toll with eight deaths and hundreds prostrations as temps top 95 and street readings hit 100 plus. New York Philadelphia and other cities report extreme heat, with many workers, residents, and tenement dwellers seeking shade and relief.
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Chicago
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Philadelphia
New York City
United States
New York
Albany
Concordia
Washington
D. C
Deatha
Baltimore
Toledo
Chicago Weather Bureau
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
New England
Brooklyn
Boston
Newport
Pittsburg
Allegheny City
East
Middle West
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Juvenile Fatally Shot by 1-Year-Old in Colorado Springs
Roscoe E. Harris age 16, son of Judge Ira Barris former mayor of Colorado Springs, was shot in the heart by a one year old, Matthew Dalley. Death occurred within minutes.
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Roscoe E. Harris
Ira Barris
Colorado Springs
Matthew Dalley
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Illinois State News
Mary
John Glynn
City Trust and Savings Bank of Sterling
James Smith
Coleman Station
Harry M. Thomas
Eminence Township
L. H. Bissell
Bissell College of Photo-Engraving
Austin College
Effingham
Williamson County Soldiers’ Association
Johnston City
Bertha Crist
Stonington
George F. Taylor
Pana
Fairview
Golconda
Robert M. Woods
Major Woods
Joliet
Ida Bartholomew
Batavia
Charles B. Carroll
East St. Louis
Caldwell
Joseph Leiter
Zeigler
Ccrep
John W. Dudley
Joplin
State Bank of
Waterloo
Kaemper
Duoley
Joseph Tannehill
Hillsboro
Mr. Tannehill
Harrison Vandaveer
Ikemeyer
Speaks
Myers
Louisville
Vandaveer
Bob Wattles
Tanner & Harrison
Wattles
Alva Me
Clure
Jesse Taylor
Otsego
Mich
Miss McClure
Tampico
Hoch
Sterling
Peoria
Milwaukee
Racine
Kalamazoo
Taylor
Cornet Stars
Trombone
Peary and the
Explorer
Arctic
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