Bankrupt petition filed as school fight ends in jail tale
Miss Annie Kelley a Danville schoolmistress seeks bankruptcy protection to dodge a $3,600 judgment against her and Principal Cass after a Tolono school incident. Burke allegedly insulted Kelley. Cass flogged him with Kelley assisting. Burke’s father sued, won, and Cass remains jailed while Kelley returns home.
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Danville
Dee
Champagn
Annie Kelley
United States
Kelley
Tolono
Michael Burke
Professor Cass
Miss Kelley
Crass
Champaign
Cass
Miss Wesley
Ind
Springfield adjourns to January 4 after joint resolution
Both legislative chambers adopted a joint resolution to adjourn to Jan 4. Senator Hay attended the Senate while Representatives Oglesby and Perrin were in the House. A bill by Wear proposed appropriating 20000 for the special counsel hired by Attorney General Stead to assist Din in cases against the Canon Light and Power Co. The measure was moved to third reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Flee
Hay
Senate
Oglesby and
Perrin
House
Wear
Stead
Din
Canon Light and Power Company
Ex-supt Dougherty to testify in Peoria school suit
Dee BS Newton Dougherty former Peoria superintendent and two year Joliet penitentiary inmate is brought to Peoria to take the stand in a suit against the rebellious directors to recover funds allegedly taken while he led the local school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria, EL
Dee
Newton
Dougherty
Schools of
Peoria
Joliet
Awar Hedale
Barch of Rebels
Dousherty
Siloon Keepers Fined for Hop Ale Sales in Urbana
Urbana Illinois county court fined two hop ale sellers two thousand dollars after they pleaded guilty to selling liquor. The case involved a Champaign Siloon keepers operation that had banned hop ale resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Champaign
Saloon Keeper Shot Dead In Oquawka Trouble
In Oquawka Dec WS, saloon keeper Bud Pitts was fatally shot when a man drove up and fired buckshot through his window. The assailant fled, and authorities pursued the suspect in the incident described as a deadly attack at a local saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oquawka
Bud Pitts
Satoo
Bryan Club Organized At Mesterling Mont Sterling
A Bryan club of more than 200 members has been organized here. The oath for the meeting was issued by Miayor d M. Miiradiv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Club
Mesterling
Mont Sterling
Til
Dree. S
Miayor d M. Miiradiv
DeWitt’s Early Riser Pills Sold at Stephenson Street
Wm. Jungkunz, druggist, located at 85 Stephenson street, offers DeWitt’s Little Early Riser Pills for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Lord Kelvin Dies Noted Scientist of Glasgow
Glasgow December 18 Lord Kelvin William Thomson first Lord Kelvin born Belfast June 26 1824 was a celebrated mathematician and physicist who held Glasgow university chair of natural philosophy 1846 to 1892 He was knighted in 1868 and created Baron Kelvin in 1882 A pioneer in heat electricity and magnetism he opposed air ships saying dirigible balloons will not carry passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Lord Kelvin
William Thomson
Belfast
Ireland
Glasgow University
Baron Kelvin
Sixty One Men Dead In Yolande Mine Disaster
Yolande Alabama December 18 a catastrophic mine blast leaves sixty one dead after forty two foodies were recovered and nineteen more feared dead. One victim’s body was almost entirely destroyed with a leg partly torn off and a likely dynamite involvement. Twenty six escaped including Steve Stofke who narrowly reached the air shaft while another six companions perished. Fewer than one third of the victims are white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yolande
Ala
Steve Stofke
Stofke
Stotkoe
Biggest in the world North Dakota keel plate laid
Quincy Massachusetts December 18 as Admiral Ryans Pacific fleet roared farewell salutes the first keel plate for the battleship North Dakota was laid at Fore River Shipbuilding company The ship will be larger than any US battleship except its sister Delaware with twenty plates of 24 feet each weighing 3000 pounds and frames attached after the first plate is laid The contractor has three years to complete construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mass
Ryans
Fort Monroe
North Dakota
Delaware
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
United States Navy
Mob hunts man in Pusidenia for Walker from New Britain
A crowd in Pusidenia, Cali, has hunted for days for a woman it believes is William P. Walker of New Britain Conn, a seconding book official. Reports say the pursued man may be the wrong person, a working man who left weeks ago, or possibly an absconder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusidenia
Cali
Aoman
William P. Walker
New Britain
Conn
Wilker
Plans for New York twenty story office building
Architects have begun work on plans to be submitted in competition for a proposed twenty story office building opposite the Brooklyn bridge entrance. The project would house all city department offices and cost about $8,000,000 with construction starting next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Six Shirts Save Boy in Rabbit Hunt Incident
Theodore Dimke aged sixteen was accidentally shot by his uncle John Dumke during a rabbit hunt in Marinette Wisconsin. The lad wore six shirts which absorbed the shot and prevented more serious injury. a chest and arm wound and facial lacerations occurred but he is expected to recover.
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Marinette
Wis
Theodore Dimke
John Dumke
Shaw Offered New Position in Kansas City Bank Plan
New York Dec 18 Leslie M Shaw former secretary of the treasury and Carnegie Trust president is urged by Kansas City friends to become president of the Kansas City National Bank of Commerce which has suspended operations and is being reorganized Shaw did not commit himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
New York
Leslie M. Shaw
The
Treasury
Carnegie Trust Company
Kansas City
Kansas City National Bank of Commerce
Michigan Man Confirmed as Spanish Treaty Commissioner
Washington December 18 The senate confirmed Roswell P Bishop of Michigan as commissioner under the Spanish treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roswell P. Bishop
Michigan
Inland waterways draw Senate focus in Washington session
Washington December 18 senators concentrated on river improvements beyond committee work. Newlands of Nevada urged a $50,000,000 yearly appropriation for ten years to boost inland waterways. An executive session occurred while the House was not in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
United States
Newlands
Nevada
Congress
House
Newlands Urges $50 Million Annual River Improvement
Washington December 18 Senator Newlands spoke in the Senate advocating a government program to spend at least 50 million dollars yearly on inland waterway improvements. Senator Beveridge questioned the plan while Newlands reaffirmed the proposal as his view for the next decade, urging substantial federal expenditure on land waterways.
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Washington
Newlands
Senate
Beveridge
United States
Wisconsin Pioneer Dead in Milwaukee
A long time Ripon resident and pioneer, Mrs Jo Simmaoous found her father Captain Kelloge dead at home in Milwaukee. Kelloge, father of Mayor L G Kor Jowe, had lived in Ripon since 1816, aging about 84. The death occurred suddenly while Welloze sat by the stove.
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Milhwaukee
Pec. S
Kelloge
L. G. Kor Jowe
Jus Eaugetter
Jo. Simmaoous
Welloze
The
Com
Ripon
Tle
Will Fight for the Canteen in New York
New York December 18 The Army Canteen association has formed to reestablish canteens at posting posts. It plans incorporation and will lobby Congress to repeal the law banning sale of beer and light wines at posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Army Canteen Association
Congress
Captain Mardock Receives News Of Wife’s Condition
Washington dispatch reports Navy wireless to Captain C. Bo Mardeck aboard the battleship Ithode Islami of the Atlantic fleet en route to Trinidad. Message says his wife, who had been seriously ill, is better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mardock
Washington
Navy Department
C. Bo Mardeck
Ithode Islami
Trinidad
Well Known Lake Captain Dead in Ripon Wis
Ripon Wis reports the death of one of Lake Michigan’s best known captains. Neff, a famed lake skipper, died in the city after a month long illness from pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripon
Wis
Neff
Lake Michham
Peters
Pneumonyia
DeWitts Carbolized Watch Hazel Salve Ad
DeWitts Carbolized Watch Hazel Salve promoted by Win RF Jungkunz druggist at 85 Stephenson Street. The ad urges purchase of DeWitt's product through the local retailer in this historical solicitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Hazel
DeWitt's
Win
Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Chicago Board of Trade markets quote complex day
Chicago markets page reports Wheat Corn Soybeans Oats and livestock prices with bids and closes. Cash sales and live stock receipts noted from Chicago and East Buffalo dealers. figures include highs lows opens closes and ranges for wheat corn soybeans oats pork lard short ribs and cattle calves sheep and poultry along with regional price observations and market tone.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Sample
Sasha
Wisconsin
East Buffalo
Keast
N. Y
Dee
Durning & Stevens
East Muffato
N.cy
Turket
Culves
Promised Wife Sweepstakes in a Phaeton Plot
In a small town, Bell Brown schemes to win the coveted phaeton ride and wedding dress by outsmarting Dr. Lester. A night ride with Thrace exposes Bell’s ruse, but a confession and an unexpected ride with Dr. Lester set the stage for a possible marriage as Bell’s friends await the promised wedding dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Brown
Dr. Lester
Linda Gray
Bell
Sawyer Brown
Uncle Will
Horace
Miss Brown
Thrace
Tie
Dr. Kester
Aumoso
Sanly
Ime
Lawser Brown
Piano tuner order at Brownd Dollmeyer's orphous
J Burdett listed as piano tuner with order at Brownd Dollmeyer's establishment for 30 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Burdett
Brownd
Dollmeyer
Fragmented Riddle. Carpet PWweeper Confusion
A garbled text fragment mentions a carpet sweeper and a foreign feeseer with a foreign term misrendered. It reads like a stray OCR line lacking clear persons, places, or events. The readable bits suggest a household device description and a cautionary note without a cohesive incident.
Gas Pipe Tutorial From La Rochefoucauld
A fragmentary quotation explains constructing a clay pipe bowl with coal gloss and a cap, inserting into a dive, and observing smoke from the mouthpiece. It notes the pipe’s combustion yields highly charged hydrogen and that applying heat would cause ignition. The author blames lack of practice rather than fault of men.
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Pichiauk Project
Great Trotter Silike Sold at near £825000
Louis Wrynans of Brighton England eyes Silike the celebrated trotting stallion by Moko out of SHI SILIKO, bred by Clem Beachey Jr. The sale price is reported near 825,000. Silike, from two top trotting lines, posted 2:11 1/4 as a three year old in the 1906 Kentucky Futurity. The piece also notes a British Olympic council decision to add a Marathon race and its logistical approval by Scotland Yard.
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Silike
Louis Wrynans
Brighton
England
Joseph
Edward Madden
Moko
Siliko
Con
Wilton
Hines
Clem Beachey, Jr
Lexington
I.g
Kentucky
British Olympic Council
London
Scotland Yard
Amateur Athletic Association
J. Fowler Dixon
Royal Residence
Windsor
Borough of Windsor
Eton Slough
Uxbridge
Harefield
Rueslip
Pinner
Harrow
Sudbury
Alperton
East Acton
Shepherds Bush
Walter Bckersall selects 1907 Western football first team
Walter Bckersall names the 1907 first and second Western football elevens. First team includes Capron Minnesota left tackle Rheinschild Michigan center Messmer Wisconsin Schulz Michigan Van Loon Illinois Case Minnesota Nuimimond Michigan Steffen Chicago Iddings Chicago Weller Nebraska. Second team features Lewitt Chicago Chaaloupka Nebraska Bandella Minnesota Steihm Wisconsin Halisback Wisconsin Rovers Wisconsin Wasmund Michigan Jeredial Michigan Osthoff Wisconsin.
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Walter Bckersall
Chicago University
Capron
Minnesota
Rheinschild
Michigan
Messmer
Wisconsin
Schulz
van Look
Wlinois
Case
Nuimimond
Steffen
Chicago
de Tray
Welly Looms Large in Michigan Track Debut
Jein Welly, Oregon sprinter now at the University of Michigan, is poised to showcase his talent despite eligibility quirks. Coach Withpatrick trains Welly as he eyes April events, including a scratch entry at the Venus Vania Games, aiming to prove his critics wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jein Welly
Oregon
Michdirin
AS Anu
Todes
Kelly
TUS Inter
University of Venus Vania Tehvy
Eoltlee Cashiers
Inewne Withpatrick
Michigan
James R. Keene Linked to Yhoroughbreds Keene Stakes Ties
James R. Keene, notable for the Yhoroughbreds Won over Skil stakes and purses this year, was formerly a harness horse enthusiast. He once owned the trotting stallion Si Purdy, recorded at 2 20 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Keene
At One
Tine
Si Purdy
Fragmentary historical note on Braviessitan circuit riders
In a garbled OCR fragment the text references Braviessitan, Kreuitia, and a figure Gregor among dioters, with a vague year surrounding a Braud circuit stake. Details are unclear, but the fragment suggests a historical note or event tied to a regional circuit and a named person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krapolaa
Kreuitia
Braviessitan
Gregor
Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup Sold By Local Drugstore
A free gentle laxative syrup marketed to relieve cold symptoms causes the bowels to move. It is advertised as non narcotic and non opiate. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz druggist at 85 Stephenson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Time Tables Show Rail Schedules and Connections
The page lists eastbound and westbound rail timetables for several lines including Omaha and Dubuque routes, and Southbound connections. It outlines arrivals and departures, train numbers, equipment notes, and transfer points at Rockford, Belvidere, and Chicago, with stage links and interurban services.
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Freegtt
Rockford
Beec Loft
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madiecca
Rockford & Interurban
Freeport
Rocxford
Beloit
Javesville
Belvidere Bigts
Ausora
Chicago
Égem
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Illlinois
Roy
Burke
Hunaway Dameela
Danville, AL
Daniel Stokes
Sophronia
Gig Martin
Indiana Girls’ School
Denville
Martin
Lord Kerlvin
Chicago Grain
Columa
OLEYS
H. J. Mooge
STEP
Bright
Labor Savers
Sporting World
All Western
Dan Kelly
Kapona
Ely
Hayfever
dinetiGse
Varron Street
New Yor
Aram
Wrea
Eran
Harriet M. Burbank
Grove St
Business Directory
Illinois
BANKS
D.C. Stover
German Bank
Freeport, Ill
O. Collmann
D. F. Graham
Collman
Asn
D. Schulte
Wm. Trembor
August Bergman
W. T. Rawleigh
Ww. N. Cronkrite
John 8. Collman
First National Bank
O. B. Bidwell
Wm. Wright
A. ‘Bidwel
M. Vv. B. Elson
H. 8. Webster
L. Farwell
Second National Bank
Pivedore
V. B. Bison
L. Z. Farwell
H. S. Webster
Reuben Siegfried
IF. Bae
J. N. Galloway
F. BE. Schaeffer
KE. Mayer
Union Loan & Building Association
Fleb. Schaeffer
C. J. Wells
John J. Trunck
J. & Kramer
W. J. Schwarz
Attorney AT Law
W. N. Cronkrite
Stephenson St
Freeport, NL
R. P. Eckert
Attorney At
LAW
Iiino
Ad&w
I. Sheldon Clark
Hettinger
Wagner Bindery
Anzeiger Building
Chicago and
Spring Streets
A. Ruthe
Carpenter and Contractor
Cotriclas Ave
Ofive
Stephenson Sc
Frisbie & Haney
Exchange St
New
Illinois Central
R. BR
Omaha Lim
St. Paul
Dubuque
Dodge
Sioux City
Omaha
West Bound
Ornha Lim
Paul Lim
South Bound
Decatur
John F. Daly
R. Island
Racine
Mt Carroll
Rock Island
Davenport
Milwauke
Janeaville
Madison
Haensasg Pie
Cedar Rapids
Ponte
North
South Dakota
J. B. Sweatt
Chicago Great Western
Maple Leaf
South Freeport
Eas
St Paul
Minneapolis
Aterloo
Marshalltown
Des Alames
Peek Ead
Waterloo
Des Moines
St Joseph
Ft. Dodge
Baggs
WM. Neeser
J. P. Elmer
GQ. P
St. Paul, Mina
Q. R
Forreston
Dally
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