Clergy Detectives Help Stop Gambling at Illinois Races
Governor Deneen backs anti gambling push led by LaSalle Civic Federation. Ministers from Rock River conference infiltrated LaSalle Driving Park to arrest bookmakers, ending the Mendota Ottawa and Streator races as state officials push to curb bookmaking and racing-linked corruption.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Rock River Conference
Chicago
Seheuttlen
Minois Valley
San Salle County Civic Federation
Mendota
Ottawa
LaSalle County
Tan
Trumbo
LaSalle
Federation
Marseilles
Fleming
L. P. Brannan
Deneen
Springfield
Prince of Cooks Dead Leaves Heir to Fortune Mystery
Miss Magpie Hanse of this city may inherit a New York estate and 32000 in cash from George Magnus alias the Princes of Cooks after his death here. A will, once confided to Miss Stuase, is being sought. two administrators may be appointed by Judge Williams. Background recalls Magnus’s early years in an Elgin hospital and his self made fortune.
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Magpie Hanse
George Magnus
Princes of Cooks
Stuase
New York
Magnus
Elgin Insane Hospital
Elred
Tiia
Germany
Williams
Sleepy Tom
Horne
America
Earthoo Ami
Ton
Peter Beeles
Puyallup
Tom
Mr. Beeles
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Special Pants Sale and Beauty Services Notice
Mrs Hale offers electrical facial massage and Michaud method skin care with specialized rooms on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 7 30 to 6 40 pm Now contact White 979 at 111 Stephenson Street Schmidt Wachlin announce a special pants sale with waists 27 to 46 and window display details See notice
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Hale
Michaud
White
Stephenson St
Schmidt & Wachlin's
T-toll Ly
Ben Greet Woodland Players to Open Air at Baltey Park
The Ben Greet English Woodland Players announce open air Shakespeare performances on July 18 at Baltey Park grounds owned by Dr. Firestone. As You Like It and A Midsummer Night's Dream will be staged, with a renowned company famed for years of English campus and estate productions, led by Mr. Greet. The troupe, known for Elizabethan style and Everyman revivals, will perform across universities and cities including Chicago, Michigan, Toronto, Ohio State, Oberlin, and McGill, plus Cleveland, Indianapolis, Louisville, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee.
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Ben Greet
English Woodland Players
Royal Botanical Gardens
London
England
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Wellesley
Vassar
Smith
Everyman
Greet
Woodland
Oxford
Cambridge
Prince and Princess of Wales
Wilton Park
Shakespeare
Ashbridge
Elizabeth
Stratford-on-Avon
Chicago
Michigan
Toronto
Illinois
James Milliken University
Ohio State University
Oberlin
Lake Erie
McGill
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Louisvile
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Galena Man in the Toils
Galena arrest news shows George W. Avery son of the local postmaster jailed by Sheriff Whitmore and Deputy Ray on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. A bench warrant from Judge Heard led to the capture after months in Mexico and Chicago. Sleepy Tom the Race Horse is highlighted, with racing plans for Meadows. Various advertisements conclude.
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Galena Tribune
Chicago
The
Tribune
George W. Avery
Avery
Whitmore
Ray
Whit~more
Mexico
Win’ Avery
John Fiddick
Chadwick
New York Firms Must Label Fake Canned Goods
The department of agriculture condemns imported canned goods and forces labeling to reveal defects. Major firms in New York will sell condemned items under the pure food act only after labeling, with examples like artificially colored jam and cans marked stems and apple cores.
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New York
Department of Agriculture
Stratialan
Wilson
Baptist Church Plan Discussed By Galena Clergy
Clergymen W H Billings Dixon HH F Jones Lena and C J Price Freeport visited Galena Tuesday to consider organizing a Baptist church here. The notice cites local interest and the Galena Gazette as source. Consumption and pneumonia deaths are discussed alongside Dr King s New Discovery claims with a testimonial from F G Huntley Oaklandon Ind. The ad promotes cures with prices and trial offers via local druggists.
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Messrs. W. H. Billings
Dixon
HH. F. Jones
Lena
C. J. Price
Freeport
Galena
F. G. Huntley
Oaklandon
Ind
Joseph Emmert
98 Acre Farm for Sale with Houses and Outbuildings
98 acre farm offered with a seven room main house and a summer house. Includes a large barn with cattle shed and corn house, good eistern and well, windmill and tank. Fruit variety. land in high cultivation, 40 acres inside village corporation. Described as excellent opportunity to sell residence lots and will be sold on easy terms. Advert by Jacob Behringer Pearl City TI dated 7 10 41. Read the Journal's want column.
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Jacob Behringer
Pearl City
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Under the Rose
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