Zion City Faces Collapse Amid Factions and Schism
Chicago correspondent Wilbur Glenn Voliva, head of the Zion City religious industrial community, plans to abandon his battle as unity erodes. Dowie’s dream appears endangered as divisions, jealousy, and factionalism threaten the city’s remaining hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion
Chicago
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
United States Court
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Zion City
Voliva
Notable speed records from early automobile and horse racing era
A compilation of fast times across vehicles and mounts from 1890s to 1906. Includes Louis Wagner’s Vanderbilt Cup speed and other landmark marks such as railroad, bicycle, horse pacing, and motorcar records with dates and locations.
Vanderbilt Cup Race Won by Touls Wagner in Darracq
Wagner driving a 100 horsepower Darracq won the Vanderbilt Cup's third contest on the Long Island course. He finished 297.1 miles in 4 hours 50 minutes 10.5 seconds at an average speed of 60.2 mph. France placed second and the field included Lancia in a Fiat, Duray in a De Dietrich, Clement in a Clement-Bayard, and Jenatzy in a Mercedes, with Germany among the entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Wagner
Tromery
Railroad Tran
North Platte
Omaha
Egg Harbor
Brigantine Junction
N. J
Arthur F. Duffey
New York
Salvator
Monmouth Park
Lou Dillon
Memphis
Dan_Patch
Amline
Minn
UH. Caldwell
Revere
Mass
Mugh McLean
Charles River
Boston
Robert A. Walthour
Park
Clemens
Indianapolis
Fletcher
Ormond
Hla
Dan
Touls Wagner
Darracq
Long Island
France
Hemery
Italy
Lancia
Fiat
Duray
de Dietrich
Clement
Clement-Bayard
Germany
Jenatzy
Mercedes
Amer
Elliott II
Shepard
Krug’s Corner
Weischott
Tracy
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
American Automobile Association
Garden City
L. I
Zion City splits widen as Voliva faces church revolt
The article describes a leadership rift in Zion City led by Overseer Voliva, with Ife demanding loyalty and threats of officer ousters amid waves of proselytizing sects and calls for spiritual reform. Proponents from inside and outside challenge Voliva, fueling turmoil as Dowle’s legacy fractures the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowle
Voliya
Ife
Zion City
President Roosevelt Supports Sailor Suit Fight for Uniform Rights
President Roosevelt sends a personal $100 contribution to Rear Admiral Thomas for the suit brought by Chief Yeoman Buenzle against Newport Amusement Co. Buenzle seeks $500 damages after being excluded from a Newport dance hall while in United States Navy uniform. The president condemns disrespect toward service members and backs enforcing equal access to public places of entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldis Sailor
Thomas
Roosevelt
United States
Yeoman
Buenzle
Newport Amusement Company
Newport
Indians to Move to Mexico Under Statehood Plan
A Galveston report notes nearly 1000 Indian families from the Cherokees Creeks and other tribes may migrate to Mexico as the plan to admit the Indian Territory to statehood and white settlement progresses One million acres in Chihuahua and Sonora have been bought at one dollar an acre for a return to a primitive life of freedom with leaders among the tribes educated and prominent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Indian Territory
Galveston
Chihuahua
Sonora
President Roosevelt Urges Expanded Federal Power for Wealth Control
In a Harrisburg dedication speech for Pennsylvania’s new capitol, President Roosevelt argues for broader national authority to curb concentrated wealth. He warns state limits fail against corporate power and calls for executive action, legislation, and strong constitutional interpretation to regulate railroads, large corporations, and labor laws. He endorses using interstate commerce powers to reach wealth tied to national commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Harrisburg
Government Printing Bureau
Washington
Marshall
Wilson
Hamilton
Congress
Evanston post office moves to new $60,000 building
The Evanston post office relocates from 510 Davis Street to Church Street and Sherman Avenue after a year delay for furniture. The 460 000 structure adds space and sanitary upgrades for 32 staff and rising business receipts, with Postmaster Childs praising the new site.
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Evane‘ion
Evanston
Davis Street
Church Street
Sherman Avenue
Tha
Childs
Monument to Labor Leader Wilkinson Dedicated in Galesburg
A granite monument to S. E. Wilkinson, longtime grandmaster of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, was dedicated at Linwood Cemetery Galesburg. The bronze medallion portrait and inscription honor his role in guiding the union through a crisis and establishing its strong foundation. A large crowd of brotherhood members attended the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Wilkinson
Galesburg
Linwood Cemetery
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
E. Wilkinson
Trainmen's Brotherhood
Mr. Wilkinson
A C Adams Thugs Victim Beaten At Elgin Station
A. C. Adams was found unconscious on the North Railroad Company station platform at Elgin after a brutal assault. He received skull injuries and other blows near the ear and chin, with a purse partially missing. Authorities vow to pursue justice for the respected railway employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthor
Elgin
A. C. Adams
North Railroad Company
Fete
Adams
Eigin
Aurora, Higin and
Chicago Railway
Lost Father Reunites With Long-Lost Daughter After Years
Joseph Holt, once living in Henderson county Kentucky, meets his daughter Matlissa in Mount Vernon Indiana twenty-six years after both believed the other dead. Holt had left Kentucky after his wife died and later heard the infant died. The daughter, carrying an old photograph, recognizes him in the street.
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Joseph
Holt
Matlissath
I Holt
Henderson County
White County
Mount Vernon
Ind
Kline Kills Wife Then Himself in Evanston Home
Charlies G. Kline, an Evanston coal merchant, shot and killed his wife and then killed himself with a shotgun. He was believed mentally unbalanced. The incident occurred at 12:15 p.m. awakening their six children and grandmother Mary Kline, who found Mrs. Kline later died.
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Charlies G. Kline
Charlés G. Kline
Evanston
Tie
Kline
Frank J. Kline
Mary Kline
Charles Kline
Burglary Arrests in Quincy Involving Two Boys
Major Patton aged 9 and Harry Watts aged 7, both colored, were arrested at 2 a.m. for robbery at C. P. Lambrecht's cigar store in Quincy after breaking two opiate grasa windows. Two years earlier Patton burned his mother's house near Cairo. Since moving to Quincy, the boys are said to have stolen pigs and chickens.
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Quincy
Major Patton
Harry ‘Watts
C. P. Lambrecht
Cairo
Patton
Watts Boy
Drunken farmer attacks wife in bed leading to double crisis
Monzo Curtis a 45 year old farmer and his 56 year old wife are mortally wounded after Curtis struck with a butcher knife in their Litchfield home then cut his own throat. Neighbors aided using a shotgun to ward off Curtis. Both were taken to St Francis Hospital where they lie in the same ward and are not expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
St. Francis’ Hospital
Litchfield
Monzo Curtis
Curtis
Slillsboro
Litchfield Hospital
Try Youth as Murder Louis Hampton On Trial
Louis Hampton age 22 is on trial in Bond county circuit court for the murder of his father George Hampton near Coffeen about a year ago. The case, termed Montgomery county’s most sensational murder mystery in 25 years, arose after George Hampton returning from a hunting trip went to the barn to store a gun and was shot in the back of the head. He died minutes later without speaking. The son was arrested and indicted for the crime.
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Governor Deneen
National Farmers’ Congress
Rock Island
Clinton M. Schultz
Chicago
American World
John M. Kirkham
Newton
Whiteside County
Sterling
Tampico
Charles Miller
Vincennes
Ind
Maumee
Edward B. Conklin
Baptist Church
Woodstock
Twin Lakes
Wis
Perry W. Murphy
John Dunlop
Centralia
John R. Tanner
Deneen
Universalist Young People’s Union of Illinois
Gatesburg
Floyd M. Simmons
Marseilles
Margaret Fritz
Gilman Smith
T. H. Williamson
Virginia
Cass County
Urbana
Jessie Armstrong
University of Illinois
John W. Crill
Rockford
Los Angeles
Cal
Louis HW. Miller
Chicago and Alton
Joliet
Kankakee
K. Weldon
State Highway Commission
New York
Springfield
Michael Doyle
Purdy
Silas Cook
Doyle
Cook
Louis Hampton
Bond County
George Hampton
Coffeen
Montgomery County
Hampton
Farmer Beaten by Suspect Over Hidden Cash Claim
William Greenlee was arrested in Collinsville by Sheriff Thompson on a warrant for assaulting Ernest Berndt, a farmer two miles east of Marissa. Berndt says Greenlee and an accomplice rapped at his door, forced him outside, demanded money, then beat him and searched the house without finding cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenlee
Berndt
William Greenlee
Collinsville
Thompson
Belleville
Ernest Berndt
Marissa
Dying Girl Reveals Hidden Gold In Garret
Bethalto tragedy uncovers an old trunk in a garret containing 16000 in gold coins. Miss Annie Oetkinu who died ten years ago revealed the savings to her brother Theo Oetkinu who had died earlier. The sum included 10000 accumulated by Tobias Oetkinu her father.
Troops Sought After Labor Clash at West Frankfort
Italian miners allege threats from American union workers in West Frankfort prompting Italian consular agent Frederice to urge Gov. Deneen to send troops. Local force deemed insufficient. Also reports a Ramsey dock watchman, Frank Eckard, missing with no trace found. A broomcorn price-fix combine threatens higher costs for growers in central Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Frederece
Deneen
Ramecy
Frank Eckard
Clover Leaf
Ramsey
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Dowie's
John
Schiam
Proselytern
Zion City Tabernacle
Wilbur Glen Voliva
Illinois State News
New Home
Emil Lenze
Heyworth
Wigin
Kane County
Joseph Dobbs
Genesee
Mathew Wold
International T’hoto Engravers’ Union
Milwaukee
Chicago and Alton Railway
John P. Cloud
Greenup
Ile
Clifford Merritt
Mil‘ford
James D. Burke
William Manville
Albertina Ingman
Elgin Insane Hospital
C. D. Healy
Aurora
Standard Oil Company
India
Bombay
James Williams
Frank Hall
Matteson
A. C. Martin
Litteral
Littoral
Howard S. Barker
Frankfort
Ezra Wethy
Franklin Grove
Frank C. Lowden
Robert St. Witt
Emma Burns
Knox College
First National Bank
Abingdon
Minneapolis
Jackson Boulevard
Florence Scott
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Miss Filsie Jacobs
Burlington
Miss Jacobs
Harry Lowe
Lowe
A. C. Adams Thugs
Wife
Farmer
Iliagie
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