Victim Identified in Farm Kill Near Keise
The dead man identified as Carl Nicksted, 40, a Chicago butcher and agent for Coe Cork, was found on a farm near Keise Kolze. Identification by his wife Marion Nicksted at the county morgue followed discovery of a pay ticket in his vest. Nicksted died from a gunshot wound to the head. authorities found no revolver.
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Maen
Keise
Carl] Nicksted
Nicksted
Tom Inman
Equality
Eagle Creek
Shawneetown
Inman
Esther Thompson
Camp Point
Edward Seaton
C. M Honey
Fox Township
Jasper County
Honey
FARMERS TO FIGHT MILK CUT IN ELGIN DISTRICT
Elgin district dairymen plan to organize a protective combine to counter wholesale winter milk price reductions. Initial steps will be taken within a week as Dundee dairymen reorganize a mutual company to erect and operate a milk factory amid a 10 cent per hundredweight fall from 1907 winter levels.
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Elgin
Elgin District Dairymen
Dundeedsirymen
Filgin
Masked men rob aged recluse farmer near Alto Pass
William Wright, an isolated farmer seven miles west of Alto Pass, was robbed of $2000 at his Pine Hills cabin by two masked men who entered, seized his rifle, and forced him to surrender the money. A sheriff’s posse hunted the suspects, believed local to the area.
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William Wright
Alto Pass
Pine Hills
T In
Auto crash kills woman in Joliet street scene
Mrs. John Lye died instantly when struck by a touring car owned by City Treasurer Martin B Behuster of Joliet. Witnesses cite wet pavement and confusing actions by the victim. some blame the car owner for speed or judgment in the fatal accident.
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Martin B Behuster
Bebuster Brothers
Joliet
John Lye
Drought Ravages Wheat and Corn Crops in Southern Illinois
Farmers in southern Illinois report a severe drought reducing wheat yields to about eight bushels per acre, with corn prospects dropping from earlier bumper expectations. Perry county wheat also averages roughly eight bushels per acre, far below 1907 levels of eighteen to twenty.
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Iiinessa
Illinois
Perry County
School Board Fires Hyde Park Students For Frat Ties
Chicago school officials suspended fifty two Hyde Park High students for retaining a fraternity charter. About forty fraternity members from various schools planned to hire an attorney to challenge the board's decision to disband Greek letter societies.
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Chicago
Schneider
Hyde Park
Black Hand Worker Guilty In Vermilion County Case
Antonio Romao, an Italian, was found guilty after a trial in Vermilion county for taking money from a designated spot following a Black Hand threat to Charles Cacaleen, a Johnson City merchant. The plot involved a $2,000 ransom and police captured Romao as he removed a barrel cover. Minister Changes Creed to Baptist
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Charles Cacaleen
Johnson City
Antonio Romao
United States
Vermilion County
Cacaleen
Romao
Drought Damage and Local Tragedies Hit Illinois Areas
The report details $50,000 crop losses from drought in McLean county and lists multiple events across the state including a Mattoon farmer Charles Young who died by self-inflicted shooting, deaths of John Goode and other residents, legal notices, and a seven-foot copperhead roaming near Waterloo causing fear and injuries.
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McLean County
Charles Young
Mattoon
John Goode
Dam Attack Reported on Illinois River at Henry
A boat party planted dynamite at the river bank where the dam and lock meet at Henry. The blast tore a large hole but did not destroy the dam or lock, and there was no flooding. The on duty lockkeeper rushed out but saw no one. motive unclear. Police note possible fish dynamiting at Peoria.
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Lllinoig
Henry
Joliet
Illinois River
Peoriat
Abraham Raymer Acquitted of Murder Lynching Charge
The Springfield jury found Abraham Raymer not guilty after three hours deliberation. He was alleged to lead the mob that lynched William Donnegan during riots and was remanded on other charges. Raymer thanked the jury and his sister Mrs. Albert of Boston attended the trial with him.
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Springfield
Thiat
Abraham Raymer
Raymer
William Donnegan
Albert
Boston
Prohibitionists Endorse Nominees at Illinois State Convention
Illinois Prohibitionists held a Springfield convention with about 100 delegates. They nominated two men and two women for University of Illinois trustees Marie C Brehm Lulu C Meiner Curtis E Percival and Edward Neithercott. presidential electors were named from each district with Robert H Patton and Kell Eaton named at large.
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Springfield
University of Illinois
Marie C Brehm
Chicago
Lulu C Meiner
Bone Gap
Curtis E Percival
Urbana
Edward Nethercott
Waterloo man loses reason after long shopping trip
Hubert Kunster 79 of Waterloo went insane after a day long in St Louis stores with his daughter Carrie Schmidt. He argued with imaginary clerks while in the city hospital observation ward, imagining he was still shopping for dry goods dresses furniture and household items.
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Waterloo
St. Louis
Hubert Kunster
City Hospital
Clerka Kunster
Carrie Schmidt
Launch Victims Bodies Recovered After Potomac Fire
Bodies recovered near Devils Elbow of two clerks from the Department of Commerce and Labor Washington named William H Gray of Illinois and William Rule of Kentucky presumed missing after a gasoline launch fire on the Potomac river. The boat owned by William E Alger caught fire. Alger swam ashore safely.
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Illinois
William H Gray
Ilinois
William Rule
Kentucky
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Potomac River
Devils Elbow
William E. Alger
Alger
Four Prison Guards Fired Over Joliet Prison Escape
Joliet Warden E J Murphy discharged four guards for negligence after an extended inquiry into the daylight escape of convicts Clarence Wise and James Kaiser from the Joliet quarry. The guards had been posted as pickets at the site when the escape occurred.
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Jollet
E. J. Murphy
Clarence Wise
James Kaiser
Thief Steals 6000-Pound Bridge Girder in Alton
Alton police seek a thief who took a 35 foot long iron girder weighing 6000 pounds owned by the city. The beam was needed for the Vandalia road bridge under construction and vanished as workers prepared to move it. Investigators vow to pursue the suspect and learn how the conspicuous theft occurred.
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Alton Police
Alton
Illinois
Elopement Arrest Ties De Kalb Wife to Bartender
Mrs. Danie Peck wife of a wealthy De Kalb County citizen was arrested in Kane County after fleeing with Charles Johnson a bartender.
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Danie Peck
de Kalb County
Kane County
Charles Johnson
Star of Bengal wreck wipes out most aboard near Coronation Island
A cannery ship wrecked off Coronation Island near Wrangel with 137 aboard. 110 drowned, 27 survivors reached land. two crew members recovered by the Hattie Gage. Survivors and bodies were found as rescuers traced the ship in driving rain and surf.
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Farrer
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Wrangel Cannery
Hattie Gage
Shipley Bay
Compendium of Transcontinental Treaties and Wars Across Centuries
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North Dakota and national industry news roundup
Minneapolis health officers seize a large quantity of food that failed inspection. Fargo and Montana plans include a Fargo Dill March trolley line and a joint mining convention in Helena to set wage terms. Pillsbury mills in Minnesota run full or near full. Missouri Pacific workers resume full-time. A transit of railway and mining conferences involve Victor Watteyne and J W Paul. Beckler, noted civil engineer, dies at 52 in Montana camp while directing major railroad work.
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National Rivers and Harbors Congress
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Dillmonth
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Shape and Yarda
Pillsbury Washburn Company
Pillsbury
North Dakota
North
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Victor Watteyne
Department of Mines
Charles Palm
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J W Paul
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Sedalia
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Pacific
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Phelps granite bank building fire causes large loss
Fire damaged the Phelps granite bank building in Binghamton New York by about 75000 dollars. Minority stockholders in State Trust Company seeking a receiver petition filed in St Louis. Rev Joseph Bradley Catholic priest mourned by Tintians at Coney Island with a growing parish and transformed building.
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Tintians
Coney Island
Joseph Bradley
Gretchurchr
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