Grand Army of the Republic Holds Fort Worth Encampment in Decatur
The forty first annual G A R encampment opened in Decatur with a large turnout of 3000 veterans and auxiliaries. Leading figures included Mayor F E McDonald and Commander Edwin H Buck, with music by Soldiers' Orphans band and the Allman Garner trio. Special trains brought visitors, extensive memorial observances planned, and Col C A Matthews elected department commander with other officers chosen.
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Decatur
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Sivols
Nv Lonnense
Powers’ Grand Opera House
W. H. Wilder
FE. S. McDonald
W. C. Johns
Department of Iinols
Edwin H. Buck
Army Adn
John C. Black
Soldiers’ Orphans' Band of Normal
Allman-Garner Trio
Salem
Atty Grade
Decatur Public School
Wabash
Isnuts Central
G. A
Chicago
Jongods
George H Thomas Post
W Orc
Devatur Hotel
St Nicholas Hotel
Necatuc
Grand Army
Tinois
Abraham Lincoln
Decaturr
M. PF. Kannn
Biebsame
Stourington
N. Coltrin
Hattus Heae
Col. Matthews
C. A. Matthews
Pittafield
Buck Island
Anna B. Tuck
Plymouth
Mae Lincoln
Woman's Relef Corps
Quincy
Col Matthews
Judge Trimble
Princeton
Bock
Edwin He Buck
W. J. Franklin
Maco
Nots
Committee On Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Soldiers and Sailors' Home
Women's Reef Corps
Anna B. Tick
Elizabeth Morse
Sons of Veterans
Wonderful Inventions at Laneas City Club Imagination Contest
A group at the Commercial Club discusses alleged new motive power ideas. A Kansas visitor claims a patented device could move an entire freight train, while others describe steam and nitroglycerine concepts. A medal unrelated to the debate is also mentioned.
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Laneas City
A. A. Whipple
Arkansas
H. EB. Richardson
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Missouri
Jackson County
Kansas City Times
Fire Destroyed Naomi Steamer Aboard Lake Michigan
Five lives were lost and about seventy five escaped as the passenger and freight steamer Naomi of the Crosby Transportation Company burned on Lake Michigan between Grand Haven and Milwaukee. The blaze trapped four coal passers in the forecastle. J M Rhoades died after hospitalization in Grand Rapids. The Kerr and Kansas aided rescue as the Naomi sank and was towed in a charred hull.
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Naomi
Crosby Transportation Company
Lake Michigan
Grand Haven
Milwaukee
Kerr
Kansas
J. M. Rhoades
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Immigrants Lose a Friend in Modern City Welfare
William T. Stead laments that modern municipal changes end the old ward heeler system which cared for immigrants from arrival to death. He argues that while corruption faded, the social safety net vanished and no one now looks after immigrant welfare.
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William T. Stead
London
Buffalo
Paradoxical Evil in Parable of Speech and Deed
Fragmentary quotation discusses paradoxical evil focusing on what a person says and does not say. It evaluates integrity and truthfulness as shown through actions rather than words. The fragment hints at moral judgment by behavior over rhetoric.
Shakspeare Bible Quotations Spark Discussion in Boston
Rev John Snyder notes Shakespeare’s plays contain about 600 biblical references and cites Falstaff as the most quoted figure. Other readers discuss biblical allusions in Tennyson and Shakespeare, with examples of misreading by students and actors. A Buffalo doctor recalls a humorous legal twist on misheard lines.
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John Snyder
Mr. Snyder
Shakspeare
College
Tennygon
Sodom
Gomorrah
R. Melville Baker
Ananias
Aston
Boston’ Globe
Judge Hargis Freed in Kentucky Murder Trial
In Lexington a jury acquitted Judge James Hargis of murdering Thomas Cockrill, marking the second Not Guilty verdict for Hargis after a long feud era. Testimony suggested a murder conspiracy by Hargis and others, but defense prevailed. Also noted: Lena Reeves, 20, shot and killed at Sayre, and four Italians detained in separate cases.
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Lexington
James Hargis
Thomas Cockrill
Tof
Marshal Cockrill
Jackson
Breathitt
Hargis
Curt Jett
Marcum
Langer
James B. Marcum
Ville
Lena
BuReeves
Sayre
Prohibition War in Kansas Receivers Appointed
Kansas Supreme Court appoints receivers for all breweries doing business in the state to confiscate property deemed illegal under the prohibition law. Brewers largely quiet but united in backing Anheuser-Busch of St Louis which intends to challenge the order amid receivership rules tied to the 1881 Prohibition Act.
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Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
United States
Annhheuser-Busch Company
Louis
Passenger Death Rate High in Railway Casualties
A bulletin from the Interstate Commerce Commission notes 3,985 collisions and derailments in the December quarter. Passenger and trainman deaths reach 1,430 with 19,514 injuries, including 180 passenger deaths, the highest since 1904 except for a prior peak in September 1904.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
European magnates and leaders cited in Paris paper note
The article cites King Leopold II of Belgium as Europe's richest real estate owner and highlights the German Emperor's speech style. It mentions Lord Cromer as a hardworking English figure in Egypt and Premier as securing funds to start a Paris daily newspaper, outlining a diverse set of European interests.
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Leopold
Brussels
Europe
England
Egypt
Premer
Fac
N Pare
Uange de Paris Et
Des Pape Das
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