Young Badger's Leap Into Chicago Drama
Alfred Johnson from Wisconsin leaped from a moving train twenty miles out to avoid supposed Chicago swindlers. He reached Harrison street station, refused to reboard, and claimed three men planned to rob him. Police questioned the trio who denied any wrongdoing. Johnson, 23, studied dentistry at Northwestern.
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Chicago
Alfred Johnson
Harrison Street
Johnson
Ashland
Wis
Northwestern Dental College
Wisconsin City
Chey
Youngastic
Normal School Trustees Fail to Agree on Site
Springfield December 21. Trustees cannot agree on a site for the Western Normal school and plan to form an advisory board of disinterested persons to evaluate proposed sites and offers and recommend a choice to the board. A deadlock persists as each trustee votes for his own town.
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Normal School
Springfield
Tus
Harper
University of Chicago
Draper
University of Hingis
Normal Schools
Canal Trouble Is Settled In Chicago Drainage Project
A 6 to 3 vote by the Chicago drainage board committee approves a contract with the Illinois and Michigan canal commission ending disputes and paving the way for the new drainage channel. The sanitary board will pump 25 000 cubic feet per minute for four months to permit lessees along the old canal to arrange stem plant installations. Afterward, a six foot water depth will be maintained in the old canal to aid navigation.
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Chicago
Chicago Drainage Board
Illinois and Michigan Canal Commission
Sanitary Board
Senate Ends Year With Recess After Quiet Session
In Washington the final senate session before the holidays adopted a resolution to send the presidential war report to the body. Hoar outlined a U.S. policy favoring expansion only under liberty and consent. Allen of Nebraska got committee slots. House business was light as a filibuster blocked adjournment and Payne faced two defeats before adjourning to January 8, 1900.
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Washington
Senate
Pettigrew
Hoar
United States
Allen
Nebraska
House
Adourn
Payne
Richardson
TWO KLONDIKE TRAGEDIES
A Dawson telegram reports two Arctic wrecks with multiple fatalities. Passengers on the steamer Stratton from Minneapolis perished after an ice jam crushed their small boat near Ogilvie. In White Horse three salvagers disappeared after their scow Linderman sank in a heavy swell. A Tangled search continues for No. 115 missing barge near Keweena peninsula. Washington confirms army promotions and Illinois employment office data show job and help numbers.
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Vancouver
B.C
Dawson
Dee
Ogilvie
Ars
J. Rumball
Dumbottom
Henry Kelly
MacNamara Brothers
Stratton
Minneapolis
White Horse
Smith
Fred Batty
John McIntosh
Linderman
Fee
Marquette, Mich
Vigilant
Bay de Grace
Keweena Peninsula
Superior
Zenith City
Hoyt
Young Mary Barrett Succumbs to Tenement Fire Burns
Mary Barrett aged nine died from injuries after Tuesday tenement fire in New York. The tragedy completes the family losses, as her father mother and sister also perished in the blaze earlier.
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New York
Mary Barrett
Clinton Trine Shot In Accidental Revolver Incident
Paris Illinois December twenty first Clinton Trine son of Mr and Mrs Peter Trine was accidentally shot by Frank Miller with a revolver The bullet lodged in the chest Doctors think the boy may recover Bay City Michigan December twenty first The saw mill and salt block of Menen Bros Co together with 6300 barrels of salt were burned yesterday Loss 78000 with 24000 insurance
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Paris
Ils
Clinton Trine
Peter Trine
Frank Miller
Bay City
Mich
Menen Bros. & Co
Markets Report from Chicago Board of Trade Quoted Prices
Chicago and Milwaukee notes show Wheat and Corn futures with mixed openings and closings. Beef, pork, and lard prices listed with ranges for December through May contracts. Produce and live stock quotations include butter eggs poultry potatoes apples cranberries and coastal market receipts in substantial detail.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Vevevey
Illinois
Texas
Plain talk on Morrow's Kidneoids kidney tablets
Plain easy reading ad extols Morrow's Kid-ne-oids saying they cure backache sleeplessness and nervousness by acting on kidneys and nerves. It describes yellow tablets in wooden boxes for two weeks at fifty cents a box and quotes a Dixon townsman praising relief from pain and urinary disorders. Descriptive booklet available from John Morrow & Co. and H J Moogh's drug store in Springfield Ohio.
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Morrow
Dixon
Wm. Bennett
Carpenter
Calmette Backs Up Plague Work With Secret Sample
Dr Albert Calmette director of the Pasteur Institute at Lille returns from Portugal and meets Gaston Calmette in Paris. He displays a small sealed tube containing plague microbes and warns that dipping a pin would cause infection in ten hours and death in five days, though he says to take his word.
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Calmette
Albert Calmette
Pasteur Institute
Lille
Oporto
Figaro
M. Gaston Calmette
Paris
Emmanuel Arene
Nelair
Grain-O: A Healthful Coffee Substitute For All
Grain-O is made from pure grains and aids digestion while strengthening the nerves. It is not a stimulant and suits children and adults alike. It costs about the same as coffee and is sold by all grocers. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
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Cain
THE
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Ithe Sherwin-Williams Co
Stewart Ave
Cleveland
Montréal
Sherwin-Williams
J. Schwarz & Sons
Galera Street
Freeport
Ill
Welsbach
J. H. Foreman
Y. Foreman Shoe CO
Freeport Light& FuelGo
Stephenson St
C. A. McNamara & Co
A. L. Newton
Jennie Newton
Galena Avenue
C.M.& St. P. Railway Company
Harpster’s
Lowney
Plow
Allegretti
Western Manual
Springfield, Ils
Springfield Consolidated Street Railway Company
Federation of Labor
Minury
Board of Survey
Reece
Pittsfield
Theodore Bates
Fifth Regiment
Ills
Union Stock Yards
State Livestock Commissioners
Congress
Kitzhugh Lee
Joseph Wheeler
Charles King
Fred D. Grant
Frederick Sunston
State Free Employment Offices
Free State
Chicago Grain and Produce
Milwaukee
Northern
DeJonan
F. A. Schulz
BAL
Areer
ELY Brothers
Warren Strout
George Schmidt
Gents
Loan & Building Association
Soldiers’ Monument
E. Mayer
Sec
People's Column
A. O. Bost
North Galena Ave
Aly
N. Galena Avenue
H. Bliss
Chicago Street
Singer
Mfg. Co
J. H. Bender
C. A. Sheats
Court House
Stephenson Street
Exchange
City Hall
Sheeta
H. C. Burchard
Galens Avenue
Union St
Yio
Enaire & of
T. V. E. Sweet
Carroll Street
Krimbill
Galena St
Knowlton's Bank
Barbor College
F. R. Guiteau
AOD
Cuban Land and Steamship, Co
Illinois Central
R. R
Pullman Tours
Mhicago CE
Alifornia
Orleans
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Pacific Coast
Southern Pagific
Chiggo
Memphis
Inuis Yeutral
A. H. Hanson
P. A
Chicago Great Western Bay
Chicago Great Western
F. H. Lorp
Adams St
NAVY
WATC
Ansonia
Seth. Thoms
Bergen
Galena Street
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