Fire destroys Saventy-fl rat Street crib. many injured
Chicago news reports a massive blaze at an intermediate crib on Saventy-fl rat Street used by contractor George W. Jackson for a new water tunnel. Sixty men were aboard. twenty-six rescued by the tug T. T. Morford, others fled into icy Lake Michigan. Fire started in the powder magazine. many workers burned or jumped into the water seeking escape.
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Chicago
Saventy-flrat Street
George W. Jackson
T. T. Morford
Wells Street
Lake Michigan
President's Wish Hailed California Assembly Delays Anti Japanese Bills
California Assembly delays consideration of bills denying Japanese the right to own labor to corporate directors for one week at the request of President Roosevelt and Governor Ginett. Grove L. Johnson, father of the directors bill, opposes postponement and warns that Japanese numbers are increasing despite calls for delay.
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California Assembly
Sacramento
Cali
Roosevelt
Ginett
Grove L. Johnson
Assembly
Dynamite Kills Four at Forcite Powder Works
An explosion at the Forcite powder plant in Lake Liopahong New Jersey killed four men and injured ten. The blast occurred when a stick of dynamite shifted, triggering a mass detonation that destroyed a building and sent earth and debris across hundreds of yards. The Forcite factory is part of the Du Pont concern.
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Lake Liopahong
N. J
Forcite Powder Works
Forcite Factory
du Pont
PRIDE IS KIDNAPED IN MIDDLETOWN MURDER CASE
In Middletown New York three Italians planned the kidnapping of a bride for a murder. Fiuizio Gaetano was killed Luisi Carmino lies dying. Mrs Gaetano the bride was found in a shack in serious condition from shock exposure and ill treatment. The couple had just married in Italy and arrived in New York last Monday.
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Middletown
N. Y
Fiuizio Gaetano
Luisi Carmino
Gaetano
Italy
New York
Recall Call Moves to Oust Los Angeles Mayor Harper
Two hundred and fifty citizens at a mass meeting voted to circulate petitions demanding an election for recall of Mayor A. C. Harper. It will require about 1,060 signatures to call the election.
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Los Angeles
Cal
A. C. Harper
The Ruling Passion of Golfing Scots Friends
Two Scots who play golf daily exchange a grim condolence after one loses his wife. The bereaved friend, in a stark twist of humor, asks to play a hole or two, noting the timing by saying she died yesterday. The anecdote appears in Ralley’s Magazine as a quip on golf culture.
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Links
Ralley
Father John's Medicine Cited By Mother For Cough Relief
Mrs E E Jackson of Cliftondale Mass reports her young son Leon suffered nightly coughing and nausea after supper. She gave Father John’s Medicine and within half a small bottle the nausea stopped and coughing diminished. she notes the product is not a patent medicine and claims it prevents pneumonia and consumption by providing nourishment.
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Leon
Kebe. Jackson
Cliftondale
Father John
E. E. Jackson
Jackson St
Mass
Lincoln Medal Souvenir Honors Honest Abe
Commander F. C. Held offers a Lincoln medal souvenir with obverse head of Abraham Lincoln and reverse a shield with laurel oak log cabin and Washington capitol. Dates 1809 1845 and 1909 mark birth, career, and memorial. Price ten cents. one-inch metal piece. Orders at the county clerk's office.
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F. C. Held
Linccoln
Abe
America
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Capitol
Washington
Harold Henry Friday Night Recital at Y M C A
The Daily Telegraph notes Harold Henry wowed Quebec audiences with superb tone and poetic authority in Chopin and Liszt works. He earned an encore and performed Liszt’s Wilde Jagd and the A flat study before a recall. Recital set for Friday January 22 at 8 15 PM. Mrs C D Cleveland of Rock Falls visits F A Schulz’s home.
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Harold Henry
Daily Telegraph
Quebec
Henry
C. D. Cleveland
Rock Falls
City
F. A. Shulz and
Owes Her Life to Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Vienna West Virginia woman praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound claiming it cured ten years of pain after medical care failed. The ad touts roots and herbs, no narcotics, and free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Vienna
W. Va
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chania
Euna Wheaton
Lynn
Mass
Carnegie Heroes Rewarded for Bravery in Pittsburgh
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded twenty six medals and cash totaling $ fourteen thousand seven hundred eighty one along with pensions averaging $565 monthly for deeds of valor. Recipients include Florence A Whaley thirteen year old San Diego girl who saved Bruce W McKenzie seven from drowning and John Bosko Jr twelve Marblehead Ohio who saved Michael Riditila seven from Lake Erie.
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Twanspeix
Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Florence
A. Whaley
San Diego
Cal
Bruce W. McKenzie
John Bosko, Jr
Marblehead
Bosko
Michael Riditila
Lake Erie
America Not Christian Position Take by Hebrew Congregations
Philadelphia Jan 21 delegates to the Union of American Hebrew Congregations debated means to curb sectarian teaching in public schools. A resolution was adopted to appoint a committee to publish literature arguing that constitutionally this is not a Christian country.
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Hebrew Congregations Union
Philadelphia
Ygu
Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Dance to Aid Blind Poor Head Ball at Plaza Tonight
New York society plans a grand bal de tete at the Hotel Plaza to raise funds for the blind poor. Patrons include the French and English ambassadors and Secretary Root, with many attendees wearing head dresses inspired by Spanish and Dutch peasants, plus Venetian veils and neck ruffs.
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New York Society
New York
Root
Whisky men desire spade called spade
A Washington hearing before Commissioner Capers and Dr. Dunlap addressed the protest by rectifiers of distilled spirits against the term imitation whisky. Delegates from the straight whisky trade argued that only imitation should describe whisky made with artificial flavors and colors, and that using other adjectives would violate the law.
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Washington
Capers
Internal Revenue Bureau
Dunlap
Agricultural Department
Bond
Platt Objects to Paying Debts Claimed From Wife
Senator Thomas Co. Platt, through counsel, disclaimed responsibility for debts contracted by his wife Lilian Janeway Platt, with whom he separated in 1906, seeking reversal of a lower court judgment that condemned him to pay 471.60 to an assignee.
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New York
Jan
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Thomas Co. Platt
Lilian Janeway Platt
Favorable Senate Report on Honduras Extradition Treaty
Washington January 21 report from the foreign relations committee on an extradition treaty with Honduras moves to close the last asylum for American fugitives. The Honduras colony houses persons who fled justice from the United States, and the measure aims to break that refuge.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Honduras
United States
America
Shortage of $13 000 Snowden in Kansas City Auditor Office
Kansas City January 21 a $13 000 shortage in the city auditor office was revealed after a new accounting system. Auditor Vernon H Green says the loss may be clerical error but likely reflects systematic theft by clerks over many years. Escapes Fire and Is Frozen in Winnipes Man home. In a farm house rs Inv gles and four children died in the blaze a surviving child walked to a neighbor but is frozen and unable to see.
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Kansas City
Vernon H. Green
Winnipes
Man
One Cent Verdict in Comer Libel Suit
Birmingham Jan 21 The jury in Governor Comer s libel suit against the Montgomery Advertiser returns a verdict for 1 cent.
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Birmingham
Ala
Comer
Montgomery Advertiser
Short Lived Genius Lucas Van Leyden
Arguably precocious painter and engraver Tuucas Jacobsz known as Lucas Van Leyden created engravings after his designs by age nine and painted notable works like St Hubert by twelve. At fourteen he issued an engraving of the killing of the monk Sergluse by Mohammed. He died at thirty-nine with a remarkable yet unfulfilled life.
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Tuucas Jacobsz
Lucas van Leyden
St. Hubert
Sergluse
Mohammed
Argonant
Miners Show an Increase at United Mine Workers Meeting
Indianapolis Jan 20 The annual convention of United Mine Workers opened with reports from President Lewis and Secretary Ryan. Ryan praised joint mine operator accords that kept wages and conditions steady amid a weak economy while noting a growth in membership from 54,700 in 1898 to 294,746 in 1908 and detailing funds decreases and rising administrative expenses. He urged against electioneering, urged officers to focus on organization building, and discussed the Rock Stove Range listing and ex president Mitchell's jail sentence and a letter from him regarding the disputed convention resolution.
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Ryan
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Rock Stove & Range Company
John Mitchell
Wright
Mitchell
Builders' Exchange for Rockford Opens
Rockford will host a Builders' Exchange to bring together builders buyers and sellers of real estate homes and business blocks. The forum will let prospective builders meet workers and discuss projects and potential property sales with those who will handle the work.
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Builders’ Exchange For
Rockford
Builders’ Exchange
Lowden Gains On Fourth Ballot In Senate Fight
Five votes went to Frank O. Lowden on the third ballot in the Springfield senatorial contest as Rigney Gillespie Johnson Lawrence and Reynolds switch from Hopkins and Foas to Lowden. C J Ton also shifted to Lowden, keeping the fourth ballot tally in motion amid tense Republican party clashes.
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Conreseman
Frank O. Lowden
Springfield
Stephen Rigney
Red Oak
W. W. Gillespie
Savanas
Johnson Lawrence
Polo
A. J. Hopkins
Lowden
Earl D. Reynolds
Foas
Manon
C. J. Ton
Rockton Snowball Case Ends With Fines for Man
In Rockton a jury ruled a man may discipline a larger neighbor's child but must pay fines and costs. Clair Larraby allegedly provoked William Wingert and his siblings, prompting a harsh beating after warnings failed. The case proceeded under A. G. Fleck, assistant to the state’s attorney.
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Rockton
Jan
William Wingert
Clair Larraby
Clair
Wingert
A. G. Fleck
Atate
Attorney Secures Fine Against Wingert in Protonated Case
Citizens backing the defendant vow to bring the Larraby boy to court and seek a declaration of dependency, arguing the mother cannot or will not control him. The attorney secured a fine in the case.
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Wingert
Larraby Boy
Monroe Couple United in Marriage at Local Home
Miss Nellie Galusha and Benjamin G. Trent from prominent Monroe families wed at 5 o clock Tuesday evening at the bride's mother's home. Trent has spent years visiting Freeport and counting among his friends there. While visiting Freeport she stayed with Miss Helen Bolender.
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Nellie Galusha
Benjamin G. Trent
Monroe
Jane Galsha
Trent
Freeport
Helen Bolender
Refrigerator for Flowers Item Placed in Store on Chicago Street
John Bauscher Jr places a large glass front refrigerator in his Chicago Street store to store a vast supply of cut flowers. The roomy unit will display the interior and allow ready access to blooms for customers.
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John Bauscher, Jr
Chicago Street
Veteran Conductor Retires After 42 Years
Wn. Bryan resigns as conductor on the Hlinda Central after forty two years of service. He has held roles in every branch of the train service and worked his way up from the bottom.
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Wn. Bryan
Hlinda Central
Mr. Bryan
Licensed to Marry Harold W Opie Rockford
Marriage license records reveal Harold W Opie of Rockford and Bulah P Olsen of Rockford obtained a marriage license, indicating plans to wed. The document confirms both parties’ names and residence, signaling an upcoming ceremony in the area.
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Harold W. Opie
Rockford
Bulah P. Olsen
Same
Tornado Insurance Meet at Rockford Reports Record Year
Rockford Farner Tornado Insurance company annual meeting showed record policies written and high insured value. secretary S C Wray cited 2000 dollar average per policy, year end in force 6 817 408, written 2 014 275, income 4 279 76, expenditures 3 691 15. Directors re elected David Hunter C A Miller Lovejoy Johnson and S T Wray for three years. officers named President David Hunter Vice President J M Eaton Secretary S T Wray Treasurer C A Miller. Lovejoy Johnson named delegate to Springfield mutual meeting.
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Rockford
P. W. Russell
Rockford Farner Tornado Insurance
Russell
S. C. Wray
David Hunter
C. A. Miller
Lovejoy Johnson
Loan notice for farm improvemnts near State street
A. H. Wieman advertises money to loan on good improved farm property with reasonable interest rates. The notice appears in The Daily Journal and mentions delivery to all parts of the city for ten cents.
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A. H. Wieman
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Pride
Hustend
F.C. Held
County Clerk’s Office
Carnegie Rewards
Spade
Platt
Lowder
Illlinois
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Cosco
Washburn
Crosbys
Daily Journal
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