Illinois Town Tornado Ravages Carlyle Churches and Homes
A Friday tornado swept Carlyle Illinois causing about 200000 dollars in damage. St Marys Catholic and Episcopal churches and Muebling’s hall were wrecked while no injuries were reported. The St Marys school and area residences suffered heavy losses including the Pither Diepenbrock home and the post office building was rendered unsafe. Across the state, postmaster Edward Meyer was named at Desplaines and other items include lightning killing two plow horses near Sterling and a series of college and legal notices.
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Carlyle
Muebling
St. Mary's Church
Rey. Pither Diepenbrock
Rey. Pither Diepenbrock, and the Paper Story
St. Mary's
Willian J. Selmmitt
Muehling
Bacon
Methodist Episcopal Church
BE. G. Heitmeir
Episcopal Church
Methodist Church
Carlyle Mill and Grain Company
C. Mueh
J. S. Patterson
Court House
John Raf
Highland Viewing Company
Theobald Pfeifer
Mary Schmidt
G. N. Welch
Speaker at Galena celebration honors Grant with Bryan
William Jennings Bryan gave the principal address at Galena commemorating the eighty third birthday of Gen. Grant. In Grant Park near the bronze statue, Bryan praised Grant as a citizen soldier who fought for country and peace. He urged public service in the same spirit and urged arbitration over war whenever possible.
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Galena
William Jennings Bryan
Gen
Grant
Grant Park
Col. Bryan
4Ien
Col
Bryan
Joliet Man Seeks Perjury Prosecution After Wife's Divorce
Ira Stolp of Joliet traveled to Sioux City to confront his wife Mrs. Katherine Stolp who had moved there to work in a cloak department. He learned she obtained a divorce in March and remarried A. H. Bunnell in April. Stolp urged perjury charges, but the county attorney refused. The Stolps wed in Chicago thirteen years earlier when she was 17. Stolp, an employee of Standard Oil, says he did not desert her. they have an 11 year old son who lives with her brother in Peru.
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Edward J. Meyer
Desplaines
Chicago
William Dumby
Sterling
Thomas Farrell
Elgin
Farrell
Frederick Moudlen
Ada
Seatonville
J. D
Riggs
Ottawa (Xan) University
Shortleft College
Alton
Myrtle Bb. Parker
Humsey
Christian Church
Hureka College
John H. Breyer
Wheaton College
Northern Illinois Intercollegiate League
Galesburg
Felix I. Herzog
Northwestern
Sherman Hospital
Murray
Lawrence Sullivan
Jesse James
Joliet Penitentiary
Henry County
Frances Byram Burnes
Marjorie Burnes
Kennett Burnes
St. Louis
Andrew Morgan
William Hickle
Col. Morgan
Hickle
Virginia
Pebroargie
Modern
Woodmen of America
Decatur
State Cou
Aul
D. Reynolds
Rockford
J. Fred Temple
George W. Reilly
Danville
Indorsed
C. W. Hawes
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Peoria
Charles H. Eick
A. R. Hendrick
Harry Swimmer
Quincey
David M. Brother
Chas. DP
Hitech
Pavis
W. d. Iorris
Hast St. Louis
W. G. Norris
John Berger
Madison
A. W. Weldon
Cairo
John L. Schrage
George M. Pettit
Supreme Representatives
Alfred Orendorf
Springfield
John W. Yantis
Shelbyville
C. H. Bick
Roberts
Joliet
Ira Stolp
Sioux City
Towa
Katherine Stolp
T. 8. Martin & Co
A. H. Bunnell
Stolp
Stolps
Standard Oil Company
Peru
Mayor Eddy Faces GOP Demands in Shelbyville
Shelbyville Republicans press Dr W J Eddy to resign as mayor elect after he vows to appoint a Democrat to the street commissioner post. Eddy, elected on the Republican ticket with strong Democratic support, stands firm, saying his mind is made up and he will appoint as he sees fit.
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Shelbyville
W. J. Eddy
Eddy
J. C. Westervelt
Dr. Eddy
Illinois doctors form new group after eviction from Ethical Society
Illinois doctors Dr W H Sorger Dr Annie Sorger of Champaign and Dr Charles Sorger of Ivesdale were barred from Champaign County Medical Society membership. In retaliation they incorporated a new organization under the old society’s name after being expelled at a recent meeting. The former group claims sole rights to the Ethical label and has been notified not to use its name.
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Ethical” Society
Ite
W. H. Sorger
Annie Sorger
Champaign
Charles Sorger
Ivesdale
Champaign County Medical Socty Lave
Old Society
Eee
Creditors of Jacob Cohen Elect Springfield Trustee
Creditors of Jacob Cohen the bankrupt junk dealer of Jacksonville met in Springfield and chose G Jd George of Springfield as trustee with a 100000 dollar bond. Cohen’s liabilities total 203000 and assets 113000 per his schedule. Creditors expect over 100000 to be realized, not counting claimed Chicago gambling losses of about 60000.
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Jacob Cohen
Hankenpt
Jacksonville
Springfield
G. Jd. George
Cohen
Humphrey
Chicago
Treasury Rejects Temporary Chicago Postal Tunnel Plan
Treasury officials in Washington denied a proposal to build a temporary tunnel from the lakefront Chicago post office to the subway for mail transport. They argued that since the temporary building would be vacated, the expense could not be justified. The Postmaster General had suggested a quick tunnel to expedite mail dispatch.
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Treasury
Washington
Chicago
Boy's self immolation attempt over bicycle funds
Frank Riley a 15 year old in Chicago poured kerosene on his clothes and set them aflame after his mother refused money for bicycle repairs. He aborted the intent, tore off burning attire, and fled the house screaming. His mother Mrs. Mary Riley, an invalid, had him arrested.
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Frank Riley
Chicago
Mary Riley
Kicked and Cut to Death in Sheffield Quarrel
Robert Marsh of Sheffield was killed and Will Pritchard of Geneseo badly injured in a quarrel at Sheffield. Marsh and Pritchard started an argument that led to a fight. Two unnamed Black men used razors, cutting Marsh's throat and severely wounding Pritchard. Both men were kicked unconscious. Marsh died. Pritchard was expected to recover.
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Iinoiaan
Robert Marsh
Sheffield
Will Pritchard
Geneseo
Marsh
Pritchard
Illinois Educator Forbes Resigns Chair at Urbana College
Professor Stephen A Forbes, longtime head of the Urbana college science department and state entomologist, resigns his chair effective in June to devote time to scientific investigation after twenty years at the helm.
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Forbes
Urbana
Stephen A. Forb Dollege
Beco Illinois
Dean Forbes
Hunter Kills His Friend While Gopher Hunting Near Elgin
In Elgin area Dr. E C Moore a dentist and Gordon Brooks a watch factory employee hunted gophers with Mrs Brooks in a carriage nearby. A rifle shot killed Brooks or Moore but the text states Moore fired the fatal shot accidentally fatally wounding Dr. Moore in a tragic turn.
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Near
E. C. Moore
Gordon Brooks
Elgin
Exoneration for Illinois Officer in Lemont Shooting
Coroner's jury clears Officer Peter J. Kane of Lemont of blame after he fatally shot Jacob Tomkowiak during a crowd dispersal in Lemont. Kane testified he acted in self defense as he believed his life was in danger. Tomkowiak died in Joliet Hospital.
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Ilinois
Lhe
Peter J. Kane
Lemont
Jacob Tomkowiak
Joliet
Kane
Tomkowiak
Buy Illinois Coal Lands in Christian County Deal Reported
John Gordon represents a Chicago bankers syndicate and has purchased 4,000 acres of coal land at Dolleville along the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad. A second Chicago investor secured 6,000 acres at Henton near Dolleville and plans to sell to Gordon.
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Christian County
John Gordon
Chicago
Dolleville
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Henton
Gordon
Peoria Doctor and Wife Injured in Auto Crash
Prominent Peoria physician Dr. H A Schoaff and his wife were thrown from their car when it struck a telegraph pole while trying to avoid a cyclist. Mrs Schoaff suffered severe injuries that may be fatal and the doctor sustained heavy bruising as the car was demolished.
Miner Leiter Found Dead on Carbondale Tracks
James Adams of Henderson Kentucky was among four Black miners traveling to Zeigler Illinois. Adams was found dead on a railroad track in Carbondale with the cause of death undetermined. The party’s fate remains unclear as investigators seek clues about the killing.
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Zeigler
James Adams
Henderson
Joe Leister
Carbondale
United Christians Add Eleventh Commandment to Ten
The United Christian party adopted an eleventh commandment at its annual national convention in Rock Island. The new commandment reads to love one another and to sew love unto others, completing the platform with this added duty.
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United Christian Party
Rock’ Island
Uae
Work of the Session Ends with Chicago Bearing Key Reforms
The Forty-fourth General Assembly finished amid fierce battles over gas and primary laws, Chicago charter shifts, and local option. Major actions include a city gas rate bill, a statewide gas measure killed in the Senate, a statewide civil service pattern, a primaries bill uniting voting on single-day county primaries, and a Chicago charter move with diminished ownership provisions. Chicago gains on West Side transit, anti policy and anti loan shark measures, and a new municipal courts system, while labor wins safety and mine protections. many anti-trust and habeas corpus bills die amid calendar logjams. Total appropriations run around 16.5 million, with $1.4 million set aside for the Forty-fifth Assembly.
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Forty-fourth General Assembly
General Assembly
Forty-third General Assembly
University of Ilinois
Mortyfifth General Assembly
Mortythird General Assembly
Chicago
Assembly
Senate
Illinois
House
Congress
Justices of the Peace
West Park
West Side
Supreme Court
Stead
Hall
St. Louis
Anti-Saloon League
Board of Trade
Brazil Eyes Hydrology Division Like U S Survey
Brazilian commissioner Antonio Olyntho reports his government plans a hydrogeology division modeled after the U S Geological Survey to develop Artesian waters in Brazil. Unlike the U S, Brazil will drill test wells, purchasing drilling outfits here, to tap underground supplies for a nearly rainless coast.
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Republic
America
Antonio Olyntho
United States Geological Society
Brazil
United States Geological Survey
Myron L. Fuller
United States
Peru
Puck Sketch Opens Comedy On Slotted Pronunciation
In a witty exchange Penelope and Pauline discuss a Boston scene joke about a slot machine. The gag centers on placing a penny to reveal the correct pronunciation, satirizing educational slang and language play in a newspaper column.
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Penelope
Boston
Pauline
Puck
Pure Love of Nature and Winter Farewell
Pauline speaks of regret as winter lingers while Penelope notes a fashionable bat in a dialogue from Detroit Free Press style prose fragment. The exchange hints at seasonal mood and poetic tone within a newspaper column vignette.
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Pauline
Penelope
Detroit Free Presa
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Hunter
Leiter Miner
United Christians
Good Roads Commission
Hearn
Shaw
McCaskrin
State Railway and Warehouse Commission
Frank D. Comerford
Illinois and Michigan
Lake
Gulf
Orch
Hols Firemen’ S Association
Sinois Dairymen's Association
Ae Commissioners’ Association
Lewis & Clark Exposition
University of Minots
University of [Nots
Horticultural Society
Tourus National Guard
Northwest
Tlinals
Farmers’ Institute
University of
John J. Block
Bia Tate Teeta Taba Pte Pe
Tiwols
Duterest
Campbells Esha
Board of Prison Industries
Onulbus
Noynil
Zerilda A. Atkinson
Jamestown Exposition
Department of Justice
Court of Cluitis
Harding Monument
Kennesaw Mountain
C.cee
Western Normil
William J. Lampton
Bob
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