Hanged in Three Months Time for Killing a Woman
Richard E Walton, a colored man, was hanged in the county jail for strangling kindergarten teacher Mrs. Tillian Grant White in Flyde Park. He confessed, received a swift, final sentence after a quick trial, and seven minutes after leaving his cell the drop fell. The motive was robbery. $14 and a watch were taken and sold by the killer. The case sparked discussion on swift justice and racial questions in Bloomington and Chicago.
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Chicago
Richard Be. Walton
Tillian Grant White
Alten
Bloomington
Walton
Deneen
Langeloh
O'Neill
Eame
Sease
Four-Winged Rooster Stuns Danville Fanciers
H A Boutzenhiser of Danville announces a four winged rooster named Jzak, a curiosity for the upcoming local chicken show. The bird, photographed for advertising, has two extra wings attached near the regular wings and points in the opposite direction, reportedly obtained from an Indiana farmer near the state line.
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Danville
H. A. Boutzenhiser
Boutzenhiser
Indiana
Jzak
Nightly attacks on Willi Shively home reported
For more than two weeks the country home of Willi Shively near this city has been visited by unknown persons. Livestock were tarred, missiles thrown through windows, shots fired, and at times guards were stationed at the house as night watchmen. Individuals have been assaulted and shots exchanged during these incidents.
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Newman
Willi Shively
Chicago Republicans Stir Over House Speaker Resignation
In Chicago, figures linked to the Republican party stir controversy by alleging that the speaker of the state house plans to resign before his gubernatorial campaign begins January 1. The tensions center on presiding over a reform bill while opposing a previously proposed policy.
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Chicago
Edward DP. Shurtleff
House of Representatives
Zeller installs graphophones at Tiz an Hospital for the Insane
Dr George A Zeller superintendent at Bartonville Ti zan Hospital for the Insane installs a battery of graphophones to entertain inmates after testing music boxes. He finds that songs and music soothe the patients.
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Peoria
Meco
George A. Zeller
Tizan Hospital
Bartenville
Zeller
Pupil Dies of Heart Disease in Belvidere High School
Belvidere Ub reports 15 year old pupil Cla dy s Blackledge died at school from heart disease after collapsing in class. The incident occurred at Belvidere High School where emergency responders attempted resuscitation. School officials notified family and authorities continuing an investigation.
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Belvidere
Bee
Confidence in Next Year in Trade Review
New York December reports show little change this week but growing confidence of improvement after January. Holiday trade dominates in parts of the nation while overall sales lag behind last year. Jobbing and wholesale trades remain seasonally quiet as the year ends.
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New York
Review of Trade
Gant
Steel Industry Outlook and Trade Data in 1907
Factoring operations are cur ing the resumption of normal demands The labor supply has not increased in step due to emigration about double last year Some sections report better sentiment in iron and steel though new business is limited and no major recovery until next year Several rolling stock orders were placed this week with more negotiations under way An official report shows iron and steel exports valued at 165000000 in ten months of 1907
Friday the Witch Doomed Thirteen Men on Elevated Track
Nervous superstition over Friday the 13th led to a deadly accident on the Third Avenue elevated line at Seventy third Street. Oscar Anderson and Tony Ziznosiski were riveting when the third rail sparked a blaze that set their clothing on fire. Foreman Daniel Murphy and others fought the flames as two workers suffered severe burns and a third may die.
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New York
Third Avenue
Seventy-thir Street
Oscar Anderson
Tony Ziznosiski
Anderson
Friday the Witch
Ziznosiski
Daniel Murphy
Remarkable case in Sandusky indictment of Mrs Campbell
Norwalk Ohio December 14 Mrs Martha A Campbell president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union superintendent of the Congregational Sunday school at Steubenville and wife of a Greenfield township farmer has been arrested on a secret indictment charging incendiarism She and Miss Lou Mather the damaged neighbor are indicted the fire insurance company alleges a scheme to obtain insurance money and pay off a mortgage with Mrs Campbell buying the property both women are under bonds.
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Norwalk
Martha A. Campbell
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Congregational
Steubenville
Greenfield Township
Sandusky
Supreme Court orders $30,000 in Minnesota injury case
The Wisconsin Central must pay Whitehead $30,000, the largest personal injury damage judgment in Minnesota history. Whitehead, a brakeman, lost both feet after the incident in Minneapolis on December. The ruling marks a landmark award in such suits.
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Minneapolis
Dec
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Central
Whitehead
Minnesota
Death blamed on streetcar as box car incident investigated
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin a box car incident resulted in a fatality after a rider was knocked atop a box car and run over by an overhead bridge. Separately a Minneapolis Street Railway decision orders $1,000 to Albert Donngquist administrator for Fred Kruse's death.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Lewis
Minneapolis Street Railway Company
Albert Donngquist
Fred Kruse
Bieycing
Minneapolis
Death by Own Action In Luzerne Township Bride Suspect
Mrs. Josephine Daniels aged 16 died by her own hand at her parents home in Luzerne Township. She wed John M. Daniels a 60 year old war veteran on Monday, a match that surprised many who expected her to be betrothed to a man named John Gay.
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Ten'’s Falls
Josephine Daniels
Luzerne
John M. Daniels
John Gay
Wisconsin Defeats Minnesota In Debating Match
Wisconsin university debating team advocating federal control of interstate railroads beat Minnesota debaters in Madison by a 2 to 1 decision.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin University
Minnesota
Silver Still Going Down
The treasury department has purchased 200000 ounces of silver at 55.5 cents per fine ounce. Hunting the maribou is described with difficulty as the bird shows cunning and outwits hunters, using cautious pacing and a lasso-like bait lure to trap it.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Progressive Woman Singleton Ahead of the Date
A Chicago News teasing notice notes Progressive Woman Singleton, described as an up to date wife, already ahead of the date with plans and even trouble borrowed for next year. The fragment suggests social progress themes and a light portrait of a modern woman in common newspaper chatter.
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cChicago News
Forest of Natural Columns in Bulgaria
A Bulgarian plateau features a forest of natural cylindrical columns fifteen to twenty feet high, often three feet thick, resembling an antique ruin. The rock shows jointlike stratification and Doric flutings from vertical erosion by rain.
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Bulgaria
Ireland
No Use For a Label Dog Trough Jape
London Punch quip about a shopman offering a dog trough labelled Dog for a customer who objects since the dog cannot read and the husband does not drink water, capturing a humor tone from a classic period joke.
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London
The Glad Ring and the Ideal State of Love
A brief Spokane Spokesman Review note speaks of love and the glad ring as a voice symbol. It suggests the wooer should use the glad ring to save the price of a diamond for first year provisions in a flat.
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Spokane
Wash
Spokesman Review
December events and dances in Freeport listings
A compiled calendar lists governor speeches, social dances at Lexington hall, university receptions for Freeport students, and multiple planned events from December through January. It includes Professor Dawson appearances, German society dances, a Masonic ball, theater shows, and the Freeport College of Commerce term start.
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Deneen
Freeport
Fred R. K. Dawson
Lexington Hall
University of Ulinois
Germania Society
Fred BR. KE. Dawson
International Association of Machinista
Germanian Society
B. of BR. T
Masonic Temple
First Presbyterian Church
Freeport College of Commerce
Fred BR. E. Dawson
Farmers’ County Institute
Advertising Copy Deadline and Seasonal Shoe Sale
Notice urges advertisers to file copy early for Tuesday Friday and Saturday issues. It notes late arrivals may miss insertion if copy is not on hand the evening before or by 11 oclock on the day of issue. Also promoes 50c infant soft sole shoes sold for 4c until Christmas by Schmidt Wachlin and Pfeiffer.
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Journal
Schmidt, Wachlin & Pfeiffer
Poultry Price List Ad From Quigley Company
After December 10 we will discontinue delivery but offer poultry at set prices. Spring chickens hens and ducks listed with values for Sargent and GeeobE. Quigley & Co at 116 Exchange St publish the notice to customers.
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Ife
ATS Sargent
Roosters
Quigley &Co
Exchange St
Useful Gifts for Him at E. & W. 12-12din
A fragment notes gift ideas for him including vests shirts house coats gloves and cravats from E. & W. 12-12din The piece then shifts to a humorous exchange about reading Henry James with a boarder and a retort about meaning.
Dr. John Quincey Adams Named Assistant Secretary
A New York municipal art commission appoints Dr. John Quincey Adams as assistant secretary. Adams, noted in urban art circles, studied art abroad in 1899 and has lectured across the United States since 1901 on art’s link to daily life. In 1849 gold rush miners numbered 10,000.
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John Quincey Adams
New York Municipal Art Commission
United States
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