Romance of Josh Kinney Editor and Todd Kinney
A local tale recounts Josh Kinney a farm hand and editor of The Sangamon Boy. His iron nerves and keen mind drive a rural paper in Lower Corners until a dramatic event upends his life revealing romance, ambition, and community regard.
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Sangamon Boy
Eph Edwards
Ichabod Crane
Josh Kinney
Ichabod
Kinney
Josh
Lower Corners
Rochester
Mary
Mary Manning—Kinney
Mary Manning Kinney
Sangamon
Mary Manning
Maryning
John Manning
Nancy Corwin
Manning
The
Kinney—Manning
Springfield
Grand Avenue M
Joshua Kinney
Ning
Farmers County
St. Louis
Chicago Record Herald
John Ingalls
Sampson's Condition Declines as Illness Advances
Washington January 2 Admiral Sampson's malady is progressing slowly toward the end. Medical science cannot check it. Symptoms resemble arterial degeneration. The patient grows less tractable and response to treatment wanes, creating great uncertainty about the outcome.
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Washington
Jan
Sampson
Fire at Morton house and Keiths theater causes panic
Early morning fire at the Morton house hotel and Keiths theater in Union Square Fourteenth street prompted 100 guests to flee smoke filled rooms. Twenty two firefighters were overcome by smoke. firemen fought for hours to control the blaze. Loss estimated at 30000 dollars. theater sustained no damage. The hotel and theater occupied the same building. Twenty twenty men.
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Romen
New York
Morton
Keith
Union Square
Fourteenth Street
Weather Bureau to establish two Yellowstone stations
Helena Mont Jan 2 The government weather bureau will set up two stations in Yellowstone National Park next summer one at Mammoth Hot Springs and the other at the lake to study storms that originate in the northwest and fail to reach Montana. Storms moving from Montana into the park often vanish and reappear in Wyoming or Colorado before Montana feels their impact.
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Helena
Mont
Government Weather Bureau
Yellowstone National Perk
Mammoth Hot Springs
Lake
Northwest
Montana
Idaho
Park
Wyoming
Colorado
Appointment Changes At Post Office Burns And Keene
W B Spilman of Manhattan Kan named chief of the appointment division serving all mastra posts in the United States. Carter B Keene of Freedom Mo becomes post office inspector after leading the division. In Istanbul two naturalized Americans held in Tripoli Syria over tax exemption were released following protest by US minister John C A Leishmann.
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Washington
W. B. Spilman
Manhattan
Kan
Bristow
United States
Carter B. Keene
Freedom
Constantinople
Tripoli
Syria
Turkey
John C. A. Leishmann
Porte
English knight Watson to recover after suicide attempt
New York January reports Sir Edward Watson cousin of designer Watson of the Shamrock attempted to take his life with poison. He will be arraigned in Butler Street court on a charge of attempted death by his own action. He refused to explain his motive.
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New York
Edward Watson
Designer Watson
Aear
Watson
Butler Street Court
Fading Horse Flesh on Southern Utah Rail Lines
Salt Lake City reports from desert sections of southern Utah indicate wild horse meat is the main fare for railroad section men. The meat is not bad, considered acceptable when it is the only fresh meat available.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Abbie Campbell Engaged to Hawaiian Prince Kanawakoa
In San Jose on January 2 a formal engagement is announced between Miss Abbie Campbell of San Jose and Prince David Kanawakoa of Hawaii. Campbell is a local native of Hawaii where her father James Campbell built a fortune before his death.
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San Jose
Cal
Abbie Campbell
Prince David Kanawakoa
Hawaii
Campbell
Hawaiian Islands
James Campbell
Oldest Odd Fellow Dead in California
Santa Barbara Jan 3 James Davidson aged 89, longtime Odd Fellow and the United States oldest member, died here. Born in West Virginia he joined Franklin lodge at Wheeling on June 17, 1838. He was a 4th degree member and had lived in California for many years.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
James Davidson
United States
West Virginia
Frankin Lodge
Wheeling
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