Springfield News Briefs and Local Notices
A Springfield report details Ruth Smith, 18, alleging an attempted sale for four dollars by Clarence Snyder, with corroboration from R. W. Crouch. Other items note the Lincoln-Douglas debates anniversary planning, Illinois National Guard drill at Camp Lincoln, Illinois State Fair premium list, and a ruling denying rehearing on a state treasurers case. Also listed is a bond for James Ware on counterfeiting moulds and trial timing in Quincy or Springfield.
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Chicago
Crouch
St. Louis
Springfield
Snyder
Hlinots State Ehistorial Library
Clark J. Carr
Galesburg
James Ry Ware
Oak Park
Quincy
Bloomingdale tribute marks Illinois county event
In McLean County June 17 Bloom Yneton hosted a well attended homecoming with Captain J W Rowell and Ex Vice President A K Stevenson addressing the crowd. Stevenson lauded the county’s historical role and the state’s achievements praising civic pride and republican heritage.
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Broonington
Yneton
Old Scener v
J. W. Rowell
A. IK. Stevensonepoke
McLean Couunty
Stevenson
Iter
Man Begins Sixteenth Day of Water Fast for Health Theory
Da Reo Eales completes sixteen days of total abstinence from food with only water. Dr. Marles notes no desire for nourishment and a seventeen pound loss, aligning with his belief in occasional fasting for health.
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ReHeville
da Reo
Eales
Big Farm Land Sale Tops Mason County Record
A 480 acre farm property transaction in Mason County closed for 47 282. Seller Lydia Bardley founder of Bradley Polytechnic Institute Peoria and Duyer John Retterberger.
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Havana
Mason County
Lydia Bardley
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Peoria
Duyer John Retterberger
Tell Roosevelt Shouted By Herrin At Possum Find
J W Herrin of Mount Vernon Florida shouts Tell Roosevelt after guiding a hound toward a den where twelve young opossums waited for dinner. The scene centers on a large brood found near an old stump.
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Tell Roosevelt
Herrin
Mount Vernon
Governor vetoes full crew bill in Albany session
Governor Blughes returns the full crew bill without approval as the assembly debates rail labor rules. The measure would require three brakemen on freight trains over a certain length, a change critics say would burden some railroads.
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Albany
N.Y
Blughes
Veto Message Challenges Constitutionality of Bill
Governor Hughes points to the unconstitutional nature of the bill in his veto message. He argues the law should apply in some cases but would fail in others. The veto remarks question the bill’s reach and enforceability.
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Hughes
Nual
Bank Cashier in Jail After Bank Default in Seymour
Thomas Coghill, cashier of the First National Bank of Seymour, confessed guilt to defalcation of 40 000 dollars. He was arraigned before U S Commissioner Matile, bound for the October term of the federal court in Milwaukee, and remanded to Milwaukee County Jail when bail of 40 000 dollars was not posted.
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Green Bay
Wis
Thomas Coghill
First National Bank of
Seymour
United States
Matile
Milwaukee
Bristow Principal Acquitted After Spanking Case
Bristow Iowa June 17 Professor D H Correl principal of Bristow schools faced assault and battery charges filed by girl students claiming frequent spankings. He argued discipline required such measures and was acquitted. The school board then raised his salary.
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Bristow
D. H. Correl
Bristow Schools
Wreck of Oriental Limited injures seventeen near Palermo
Seventeen people were injured when the east bound Oriental Limited derailed west of Palermo on the Great Northern due to a broken rail. None were killed. Cars plunged down a twenty foot embankment and all but the mail car burned. Injured include Richard Anderson of Michigan and John Drury James Drury and Thomas Armstrong of Green Bay Wisconsin.
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Minot
N. D
Palermo
Ars
Richard Anderson
Michigan
John Drury
James Drury
Thomas Armstrong
Green Bay
Wis
Gang of Boys Found In Cave With Arsenal Near Milwaukee
Milwaukee police unearthed a gang of about a dozen youths living in a cave west of the city. They found wire nets, an arsenal of arms, and carcasses of many cats and dogs nearby. The leader Frank Fred confessed to numerous robberies of children and killings of animals and other wild west acts.
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Milwaukee
Frank Fred
Drunken Row Kills Two in Owsley County
At Lee Rose in Owsley county four miles from Booneville a drunken quarrel left two men dead. Tom Wilson and Wiley Bowling were killed instantly while Henry Caudell and William Longe were wounded. Six men fought in the disturbance.
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Beattysville
Lee Rose
Owsley County
Booneville
Tom Wilson
Wiley Bowling
Henry Caudell
William Longe
Marin land the great nine year old stal lion dies at fair grounds
Terre Haute Indiana June 17 Marin land a renowned nine year old stallion of W P Ijams died suddenly at the fair grounds from inflammation of the bowels. The horse had reportedly been offered seventeen thousand dollars but was refused.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Marinland
W. P. Ijams
Fair Grounds
Ijams
Japanese Envoy Recall Likely as Baron SUneko Succeeds
From Tokio on June 17 the Hocht reports that Viscount Aoki the Japanese ambassador to the United States will probably be recalled. It adds that Baron SUneko is likely to succeed him in Washington. The Hocht is an opposition paper.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Tokio
the Hocht
Viscount Aoki
United States
Baron Sxnneko
Hochts
Scores on the Diamonds
Baseball scores across leagues for Saturday and Sunday with results from New York Chicago Pittsburgh Philadelphia Cincinnati St Louis Brooklyn and others. Highlights include Chicago 4 eleven innings over Brooklyn and Chicago 11 Cincinnati 1 in Sunday action.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
Chicrago
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Roosevelt Refers Labor Chief Amid Telegraphers Strike
President Roosevelt has referred appeals from the Chicago Board of Trade and others to Charles YT Neill, labor commissioner, noting no emergency exists yet urging government action only if directed by the Bureau of Labor. Neill has previously acted on his own initiative in strikes to illuminate facts and foster settlements.
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Oyster Bay, N
Roosevelt
Chas. YT. Neill
Bureau of Labor
Neill Iis
Neill
Chicago Board of Trade
United States
Notable American Forests Yield Medicinal Roots
Dr. Pierce touts American forests as sources of valuable medicinal roots. He promotes two glyceric extract medicines made from native roots, claiming cures for dyspepsia, liver issues, heart conditions, and many female ailments. Free booklets explain the science, sent to requesters from Buffalo, New York.
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Indiana
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Why Age Improves Wines
The text explains that aging wines allows their components alcohol sugar and acids to blend into a smooth union called a marriage. New wines lack this blending producing harshness. older wines are valued for the cohesive fragrant compound formed through this marrying process.
Weather Vane Balancing for Easy Turning and Low Wear
The finest weather vanes achieve balance by equal weight on both sides of the socket, with the longer vane side offset by a lighter feather or head to ensure smooth turning. Properly balanced vanes reduce friction and wear while maximizing turning ease.
Rollingstone Nomess Hydrophobia Dialogue
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record presents a dialogue about fear of water. The speakers discuss a lifelong thirst condition described as hydrophobia and its impact on daily life.
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Rollingstone
Philadelphia
Telegraphers Align for Grievance Settlement at Chicago
Fifteen hundred Commercial Telegraphers' Union members in Chicago voted to back their leadership in pursuing adjustments with Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies. Separate resolutions urged drastic measures and ten days' notice to New York officials to discuss grievances or face interference with public business. A 10000? strike fund was approved. University of Michigan opens its sixty third commencement as James B Angell delivers The Significance of Graduation.
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Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
New York
Commercial Teleraphsers’ Union of America
Order of
Railway Telegraphers
Jewelers Move to Stephenson Street
A. W. Ford announces removal of stock to 162 Stephenson Street and invites friends to visit the new store for graduation season goods. New items at reasonable prices. fine watch work and repairs offered promptly. A. W. Ford, Jeweler and Optician.
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A. W. Ford
Stephenson Street
A. W. Forp
Schwarze & Son sale notice due to ill health
Announcement that A C Schwarze & Son have disposed of the business to A C Best. They ask customers to settle all accounts at once at the old stand before July 1 1907 or debts will be turned over for collection.
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A. C. Schwarze
A. C. Best
A.C. Schwarze & Son
Peace at the Chicago Stock Yards Reaches Arbitration Deal
The teamsters' joint council and the packing house teamsters' union voted to accept the packing house employers' offer to arbitrate drivers' demands, bringing peace to the Chicago Stock Yards.
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Chicago Stock Yards
Chicago
Stock Yards
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Packing House Teamsters' Union
The Daily Journal Delivers Citywide Local Week
The Daily Journal offers home delivery to every part of the city for a full local week. Subscribers can receive the newspaper at their doorstep with timely city news and community notices.
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the Daily Journal
Notice of Increased Capital Stock for J. C. Scott Paint Co
Public notice reports a special stockholders meeting in Freeport Illinois on May 1907 increasing capital stock from 5000 to 30000 dollars. Certificates filed with the Secretary of State and Stephenson County Recorder per law. J C Scory president and WN Trick secretary.
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J. C. Scott Paint Company
Freeport
Ill
A. D
Linois
Secretary of State
Recorder of Deeds
Stephenson
Notice of sale of estate lands in Rock City village
In Stephenson County Illinois the County Court orders sale of parcels Lots 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 Block 8 in Rock City to pay debts of Henry Rohrbach. Defendants are summoned for the July term 1907 to appear at the Freeport courthouse. Clerk Eckert attorney for plaintiff.
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Stephenson County
Illinois
Robert J. Long
Henry Rohrbach
Sophia Rohrbach
William Rohrbach
Robert Rohrbach
Georges Rohrbach
Ida Mayer
Olive Raymond
Nora Horstman
Annie Spaulding
Joe Davis
Jennie Cuppett
Jennie Cupidd
Arthur Howe
Arthur Hoyt
Robert Jd
Rock City
Freeport
Clinuis
FE. Co
Drowsing Passenger Dies After 77 Days Awake in Train
Thomas Webster a Colorado farmer traveling to visit his brother in Gainesville died in a General hospital after sleeping for seventy seven days on a Kansas City to Denver train. Doctors questioned if the sleep was feigned noting acute melancholia and a violent nervous attack preceded the collapse. He showed no sign of waking despite offers to feed him and remained unresponsive.
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Kansas City
Thomas & Webster
Sears
Toree
Ida
Denver
General Hospital
Webster
Gainesville
Barrington’s Last Appeal to Family Powers Effort
Stated attempt by Lord Frederick Seymour Barrington, convicted of the AteCiun murder, to have his English relatives informed of his predicament. He gave Percy Tresidder two documents at Clayton to relay the appeal, though Tresidder refused to reveal identities of the relatives. Roosevelt denies criticism of Georgia Day at Jamestown Expo. claims program cut by organizers, not the president.
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St. Touts
Tlord
Frederick Seymour Barrington
James P. AteCiun
Percy Tresidder
Ottawa
Ont
Clayton Fail
England
Tresidder
Yversons
Oyster Bay
I. L
Roosevelt
Terrell
Uniform Railway Accounts Adopted by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission published a uniform system of railroad accounts under the recent rate law. It takes effect July 1 and requires railroads to report monthly operating revenues and expenses.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Not a 2-Cent Fare Conductor
Not a 2 cent fare case in New Florence Missouri where Ta Dryden from High Will refused a 3 cent per mile fare and was ejected from a Wabash passenger train. He offered 2 and a half cents per mile but Conductor Cunningham refused to accept.
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New Florence
T. Ta Dryden
Tie
Cunningham
Secretary Taft Visits Sioux Falls and Sioux City
Secretary of War Taft arrived from St. Paul in Sioux Falls and Sioux City on June 17. He said he had recovered from his indigestion and was greeted by several hundred well wishers in an informal reception.
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Taft
Sioux Falls
Sioux City
St. Paul
Explosion Kills Thirty in Covihilo Dynamo Plant
A London dispatch reports a dynamite blast at Covihilo, a manufacturing town, killing thirty people. Officials suspect revenge by dismissed workers.
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London
The
Standard
Tishon
Covihilo
Minne sota Battleship Disaster and City Leadership Turmoil
jumble of early 1900s incidents including the sinking of the Michigan State Minne sota with one body recovered Fireman West phal and San Francisco Mayor Sehmits jailed without bail a city without an executive Haywood case progress linking Thaywood and Orchard Mexican talks of two men of war AM Stillwater mill fire causes 150000 loss Carnegie library donation 2270000 Ste Genevieve dry town Chicago political notes Roosevelt portrait desecration links Confederate president Sells in Chicago draped with rebel flag marker.
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Minnesota
Hampton Roads
Westphal
Sehmits
San Francisco
Haywood
Overaird
Tno
Thaywood
Orchard
Konors
Mexico
Messenn
George Hyrtwood
Stillwater
Mion
Andrew Carnegie
New York City
Ste. Genevieve
Chicago
Semantor Heveridge
Lidiana
Farny
Catherine Eddy
Chieswgo Belle
2. P. Sells
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Theodore Roosevelt
Wodol promotion promises quick indigestion relief
An advertisement claims no case of indigestion is too obstinate for Wodol. It asserts Kodol contains the same stomach juices as a healthy stomach and lists Wm. F. Jungkunz, a druggist on Sd Stephenson street, as the seller.
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Wm. F. Jungkuuz
Stephenson St
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Sd Stephenson Street
Burdett Piano Tuner Takes Orders at Brown & Dollmeyer’s
S J Burdett, a piano tuner, places or accepts orders at Brown and Dollmeyer’s shop or by phone, signaling local business activity.
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S.J. Burdett
Brown & Dollmeyer’s
Harriet M. Burbank Piano Teacher Opens Grove Street Studio
Harriet M. Burbank, noted piano teacher, announces a new studio on Grove Street. The move marks an expansion of lessons for beginners and advanced players with weekday and weekend slots available.
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Harriet M. Burbank
Grove St
The Christie’s Auction House Through Time and Notable Sales
Christie’s stands as a premier auction house with a tradition of restraint and high standards. It recalls historic patrons including the Duveens and Wertheimers, and lists major sales from 1858 to 1905 such as the Bernal collection and the Hamilton Palace sale that netted substantial totals.
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Christie’s
Hamilton Palace
Christie's
Bicknell Pictures
Gillett Pictures
Manley Hall
Baron Grant
Fontaine
Bolckow
Dudley Pictures
Abeves
David Price
Magniac Collection
Lyne Stephens
Price Pictures
Goldsmid
Pender Pictures
Pheean Eaeee
Fowler Pictures
Ental
Carmichael
Holderway
Pierpont Morgan
London
Expres
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Ilinots
Bloomington
National Guards
Ilinois National Guard
Camp Lingoln
Second Infantry
James HE. Stewart
Kaye
Seymour, Wis
Aoki
Es Moines
Omaha -Sioux City
Omaha
Lincoln
Stoys City
Des Moines
Pueblo
Ceara
Savings Department
State Bank Freeport
Charles P. Neill
Chicago Telegraphers Act
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
James B. Angell
University Hall
J.C. Scory
WN. Trick
R. Pp. Eckert
Lord Barrington
Ayer
LCA
James Christie 2d
Woods
Charles Meckens
Gadshill
Duke of Cambridge
King Street
Duke of Westminster
Duveens
Durlachers
Colnaghis
Wertheimers
Cchmidt, Yyachlin
F. A. Schulz
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