Young West Maywood Burglars Trim Real Estate Office
Four boys aged 12 to 14 from West Maywood robbed Willan Churchill's real estate and insurance office in Melrose Park on March 27. They used a buttonhook to enter, stole items including a notarial seal, and one stamped a book. Police traced the book to a guardhouse in West Maywood. the youths confessed and returned the items. Parents chose not to prosecute after consultations.
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Chicago
Melrose Park
Willan IE. Churchill
West Maywood
Churchill
Primitive Baptists Quarrel Over Church Property
Brushy township Primit ive Baptist faction split over control of a $3000 church in Saline county. The cant helps and cant leads smashed doors and held services, then the building burned that night amid claims of predestination versus material motives. In New Columbia Wisconsin William Lizabeck was arrested for stealing a saw mill after assembling a gang and fleeing ten miles away. He previously served time for forgery and once escaped by wearing the warden’s uniform.
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Warrisburg
Lls
Primitive Baptist Church
Brushy Township
Saline County
Ach
Jerry Bonds
Bilder Calvin
New Columbia
Wis
William Lizabeck
Ife
Caiche Bottoms
Lizabeck
Johnson County
Chester
Chicago and Afton Railway incorporation in Illinois
The secretary of state license to Incorporate Chicago and Afton Railway Company lists principal office in Chicago with capital stock of $0,000,000. Incorporators are John A. Spoor Benjamin I Traughton Peter Dudley Clarence IX Wooster and Rudolf Brand all of Chicago. This reflects a Harriman syndicate reorganization and a $40,000 payment to the secretary of state, the largest ever in the office. The order notes the act remains valid and binding despite prior notary concerns.
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Chicago and Afton Incorporated
Springfield
Chicago and Afton Railway Company
Chicago
John A. Spoor
Benjamin I
Traughton
Peter Dudley
Clarence IX
Wooster
Rudolf Brand
Harriman Syndicate
Secretary of State
State Veterinary Board schedules exams in Chicago and Springfield
The State Board of Veterinary Examiners meets April 19 in Chicago and April 20 in Springfield to review license applications and administer exams to new applicants. Also, Carmi Illinois reports the Democratic county convention backing Carter Harrison for governor.
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State Veterinary Board
Springfield
State Board of Veterinary Examiners
Chicago
Harrison
Carmi
Als
Carter H. Harrison
Wass
Gullem
Berlin
Reichsaant
Stene Zeiger
Dr. W. Wever
Cermin
Rio Janeiro
Germany
Chir
Ravenna Fire Destroys Business District in Michigan Town
Fire swept Ravenna Michigan wiping out the entire business portion and threatening homes. The blaze, aided by downed wires, caused losses over 200000 with Muskegon area reports citing up to 300000 and 800000 in some totals. William Duatterson's dry goods shop survived amid the conflagration.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Ravenna
Muskegon
Grand Rapids and Indiana
William Duatterson
Union Depot
Here
Barnoswiski
Moyse Found Guilty In Captain Clarke Impersonation Case
April 4 Julius N Moyse known as Captain Clarke was tried before Judge Parlange in the United States circuit court He allegedly married Miss Bertlit Waenken of Cincinnati while posing as a government officer The jury found Moyse guilty with all evidence supporting the prosecution
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Chicago
Henry Leist
Ilinois
Leist
United States
Homry de Ftneta
Clarke
New Orleans
Julius N. Moyse
Bertlit
Waenken
Cincinnati
Parlange
Miss Waenken
Moyse
Grain of Wheat Grows in Boy’s Cheek in Surgery
In Yardley near Trenton a 12 year old boy named Landsford Bergen underwent facial surgery after doctors discovered a grain of wheat growing inside his cheek. The grain had burst and sprouted beneath a tumor, which had swollen to walnut size. Doctors believe the grain entered via the eye and traveled inward.
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New York
Landsford Bergen
Jad
Yardley
Trenton
Aunt Rose's Secret Brings Delvalley Family Together
In a tale of opposition to a marriage, M. Delvalley refuses consent to Andre and Noemie Durand. Aunt Rose deploys a charm to reveal a hidden telegram granting consent, uniting the lovers and exposing the aunt's pivotal role in a long-suffering family saga.
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Naemie
Rose
Father
Andre
M. Delvalley
Aunt Rose
Noemie
Madame
Mile
Noemie Durand
Upward Struggle and Coal Shoveling Metaphor Text
A reflective piece from the Omaha World Herald compares a locomotive’s climb with life’s quest. The narrator mirrors toil and persistence, urging continued effort and shoveling coal to reach the summit and endure the hillside journey.
Market Report From Chicago And Milwaukee
Chicago and Milwaukee market summaries show hogs, cattle and sheep receipts and price ranges. Hogs 33 000 head with pigs to heavy packing 4.50 to 5.40. cattle 19 000 with steers and cows in various brackets. sheep 16 000 with western and native lambs priced 4.25 to 7.25. Milwaukee wheat and rye move higher with No 1 northern at 8 8 to 8 6 with no 2 northern 6 6 4 to 6 9. Barley steady at No 2 white 28 to 29 cents.
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Chicago
Texas
Milwaukee
Man Saves Damsel Then Realizes Hymn Book Drop
A man aiding a fainting woman in a church tries to carry her out but fears his hymn book will hinder the act. He asks for help to remove the book, then notices another man already carried the girl outside. The incident unfolds during a hymn.
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New York Times
Clif Dwellers Symbols Drawn From Nature
The old cliff dwellers used clever symbols to represent nature. Mountains were shown as terraces and the sky as arches. Winds appeared as coils, clouds as stepped figures, and the sun as a disk. The moon became a crescent, lightning a serpent, rain perpendicular lines, and the rainbow varied colors. Water was depicted by animals, air by birds, earth by horizontal lines, compass points by crosses, and quarter gods by animal fetishes.
Appearances and the Sage of Hanville Quip
The Indianapolis Sun records a quip about appearances by the sage of Hanville noting that talking to a browed, statesmanlike fellow reveals they may be a chuckle head. The remark uses dialect to comment on public figures' demeanor.
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Hanville
Indianapolis Sun
A Boer Fairy Story Of Fire And Feather Song
A Boers tale tells of a cannibal mother who devours villagers until her nieces hide in the house. A cousin appears, and the woman chops a tree while a bird and magical chips signal. The feather’s song awakens, dogs of their father eat the wicked woman, and the girls return home singing.
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Magoda
Ntengu
Hypnotism Fails As Careworn Citizen Demands Mind Control
A careworn man asks a professor of hypnotism to subdue his wife Maria so she will obey him as the Bible commands. The plan collapses when a ticket seller, revealed as the man’s wife, confronts him and demands silence as she waits for her own wife.
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Atlanta Constitution
His Cordial Invitation From a Last Night Letter
A prisoner writes his friend Jim on the eve of execution inviting five tickets to his hanging. He asks the sheriff for seats for Jim and his family, mentions a bright red scaffold, Molly Spilkins’s dress, Zeke Hanford’s party, and promises a final speech as “word paintin’.”
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Jim
Molly Spilkins
Zeke Hanford
Atlanta Constitution
Mrs Plainface Reproaches Miss FHrtle Over Cast-Off Coat
Mrs Plainface offers an old coat to Miss FHrtle who retorts sharply. Mrs Plainface doubts FHrtle’s character saying she seems to court her husband, implying a moral insult.
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Miss Fhrtle
Mrs. Plainface
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Hbs
Charles Schnellacher
Ravenna, Mich
Miss Bertha Waenken
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Artesan
Sangamon
Mike
Indianapolis
Cugu
Philadelphia
Cateh
Delvalley
Durands
Rue Nollet
Mme. Durand
Rue Nolet
Delvilley
Anne
Twiggins & Haggerty
Mr. Fox
Yonkers
Eyether
Mecca
Omaha
Lerald
Rod
Chicago Grain and Produce
Milwaukee Grain
Chicago Board of Trade
Vising the
Flirt
U. K
Fairbank Company
St. Louis
Saston
Wm. Campbell & Co
Standard Wall Paper Co
Warren Fuller
Geo. Halbert
Brooklyn
N. Y
Janeway & Carpenter
New Jersey
Creswell & Washburn
Thomas Strahan & Co
Massachusetts
Pittsburgh Wall Paper Co
Cor, Exchange & Chicago Sts
Bongye & Parks
Postoffice
California
Oregon
Chicago, Union Pacific and
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Homeseeker's Excursion
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Ada Reas
F. Lord
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