Ill tidings from far flung fronts and notable deaths
Mrs Finley J Shepard, once Helen Gould, ill but not seriously at New York Woman's hospital. Nellie Grant Jones, daughter of Ulysses S Grant, dies at Chicago after ten year illness. Jesse Wills knocks out Tut Jackson in New York. IRS reports 1922 revenue total 3 197 1 058 and a big decline. Harding Daugherty Cummins discuss railroads. Palestine mandate mass in Washington. 50 percent of rail locomotives defective per ICC.
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Finley J. Shepard
Helen Gould
Woman's Hospital At
New York
Nellie Grant Jones
A. S. Grant
United States
Chicago
Jesse
Harry Wills
New Orleans
Tut Jackson
Washington
New York. S
New York State
Haynes
Illinois State News Wrap: Labor cases and local events
Chicago prosecutors plan immediate trials for dozens of labor cases with 40 leaders convicted since May. Peoria seeks to clear three murders via a death diary while Abingdon shutters Hedding College for financial reasons and Kane County plans a large school-building program.
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Chicago
Crowe
Peoria
Neecay
John Schorr
Atwater Woods
Havana
Schorr
Arthur Smith
Frederick
Manito
Abingdon
Hedding College
Harry Burkeley
Abingdon Community and Commercial Club
Kankakee
Small
Autiles
Aurora
George Hilst
Gren Valley
Aurora Central States Fair
Hilst
Johnny Hogan
W. D. Mowbrey
Bradford
S. G. Smith
Anchor
Kane County
Dundee
Northast
St. Charles
Minoak
Herrin
Ilinois
Marengo
McCauley
American Legion
Department of Illinois
Urbana
State Game and Fish Commission
Salt Fork
Sidney
Jacksonville
Murrayville
Senate Passes Bonus Measure in Senate Vote
Washington September 2 The soldier bonus bill passed the Senate 47 to 22 with 27 absent or not voting and was sent to conference with Republicans McCumber Smoot McLean and Democrats Simmons Walsh named as conferees. The result foresees a drawn out conference likely two weeks to resolve.
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Washington
Senate
McCumber
Smoot
McLean
Simmons and Walsh
Massachusetts
Harreld
Stanley
Jones
N. M
Harris
Spencer
Overman
Johnson
Harrison
Poindexter
Norbeck
du Pont
Ernest
Fernald
Page
Newberry
Watson
Moses
King
Pepper
Ladd
Norris
Elkins
Caraway
McKinley
Weller
Owen
Brandegee
Bursum
Cameron
Capper
Colt
Cummins
Curtis
Gooding
Hale
Wash
Kellogg
la Follette
Lenroot
Lodge
McCormick
McNary
Nicholson
Oddie
Rawson
Shortridge
Stanfield
Sutherland
Townsend
Willis
Ashurst
New
Phipps
Reed
Sterling
Wadsworth
Diel
Glass
Myers
Shields
Swanson
Underwood
Williams
Miner Otis Clark jailed in Herrin riot murder case
Otis Clark, a union miner from near Goreville, was placed in Williamson county jail to answer a grand jury indictment charging him with the murder of Mine Superintendent K. McDowell in the Herrin riot of June 22. He surrendered at the miners union attorney George R. Stone’s office after bail attempts failed.
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Marion, Ill
Otis Clark
Goreville
Here
Williamson County
K. McDowell
Herrin
George R. Stone
Miners' Union
Go to Jail in Rail Strike
In St. Louis on September 2 Police Sgt Oscar Steers aged 64 of Hannibal Missouri was sentenced in federal court to three months in jail and a $250 fine for violating an injunction connected with the shopmen strike. Fellow Hannibal native Arthur Cole a striking shopman for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy was sentenced to six months and a $500 fine for the same violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Oscar Steers
Hannibal
Arthur Cole
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Seizure of Gamma Whisky Cargo and Smithfield Bar
In New York on September 2 authorities seized the British three masted schooner Gamma with $200,000 worth of Scotch whisky aboard and the excursion steamer Smithfield alleged to have carried a bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gamma
Smithfield
Canada Mine Blast Kills Thirteen
Cumberland Canada September 2 Fifteen men were killed and sixteen injured in the explosion at No 4 mine of the Canadian collieries Dunsmuir coal properties. All bodies have been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Cumberland
B. C
Dunsmuir
Westminster Abbey to Receive Historic Cleaning and Restoration
Westminster Abbey in London plans its first bath in years. Experts in Gothic and Norman wood carvings have found a lime based preparation to clean wood and alabaster tombs without damage, revealing original color effects hidden under dirt. Outside stonework will be lime washed to restore the gray stone to its original hues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Abbey
London
Government Job Given to Blithers Through Congressman
A satirical quip notes that Blithers secured a government post via his congressman, implying a quid pro quo to avoid returning home. The line mocks political patronage and favors in public employment.
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Daugherty
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Army
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Llarding
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Haskell
Okla
Ezra Dickey
Shee
Francis
Peabody
Peabody Coal Company
Auta
Stephen Smith
The
American Public Health Association
Walter C. Mason
Montour Falls
N. Y
Federal Chemical Company
Nashville, Tenn
United States Railroad Labor Board
State Department of Forestry
Sacramento
Cal
Jackson
Dan
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Camak
W. H. Hill
Georgia
Hall
Warrenton
John Drysdale
Clarksburg
W. Va
E. M. Feaster
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Southern Railway
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Shenango Furnace Company
Sharpsville
Mich
Marguia
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Mexico
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Scottdale
William A. Dunning
Columbia University
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Ogle County
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W. W. Overfield
Midvile and
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Coatesville
Lieutenant Reeves
San Diego
Chirence William Green
Elsinore
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J. E. Burris
Henderson, Ky
Chicago & Eastern
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United States Naval
Henderson
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Delos Duty
Cosden
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William Morrell
Saginaw
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Thomas J. O’brien
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Traneoise
the Farmers and Merchants’ State Bank
Galesburg
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East Moline
Illinois Real Estate Association
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McNary Land
Simmons
Herrin Miner
Hannibal, Mo
Bright
Dean
Ross Cron Miner
9Th St
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Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Stearns
Ree
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