Riots Hit Chicago Lumber District During Teamsters Strike
At 36th and Morgan streets four hundred strike supporters attacked twenty lumber wagons guarded by forty police. Policing forced a crowd to disperse with revolvers drawn, no arrests reported. Carpenters struck over non union lumber deliveries and rioting flared at Madison Canal streets amid a push to torch an American Express wagon, with numerous arrests after police charged the mob.
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Chicago
36Th
Morgan Streets
Madison
Canal Streets
National Bank Closed in Bar berton Ohio Insolvency
The First National Bank of Barbertown Ohio was ordered closed by the comptroller of the currency on grounds of insolvency. The bank's capital stock is listed at 60 000 dollars.
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Washington
First National Bank
Barberton
Ohio
Trolley Cars Collision Kills One, Injures Dozens
In Barimork on May 26, a collision between two trolley cars returning from a suburb at midnight killed Wm. Stemler and injured about fifty men and women, several seriously. Special report.
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Barimork
Wm. Stemler
Not Guilty Verdict In Higging Murder Case
The jury in the case of Richard Higging charged with the murder of Mrs Nellie Thomason returned a verdict of not guilty. The proceedings occurred on May 26 in the special report Tl.
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Provra
Richard Higging
Nellie Thomason
French Banker Dead in Paris
Paris on May 26 reports the death of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, head of the Rothschild banking house in France and governor of the Bank of France. The terse notice names the prominent financier and his position in the French financial world.
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Paris
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild
Rothchild & Governor Bank
France
Weather Forecast for Chidaco May 26
Fair tonight and Saturday with cooler conditions in the south tonight. Temperatures rise on Saturday across the region.
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Chidaco
Market Report from Cuicango and Union Stock Yards
Closing board of trade quotations list July wheat and May corn and oats with pork ribs lard. Union stock yards figures show cattle hogs and sheep trading with varied by grade and quality. Local social notices mention Rockford Chapter OEB 8 attendees and guest visits from Freeport and Derwent societies.
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Board of Trade
Union
Self Destruction Deepens Berry Murder Mystery
A Savanna dispatch reports Bothwell Pulford killed himself at 7:20 am in his barn loft after the Berry murder. He left no note and was beloved as a kind husband and father. Townspeople ponder whether Pulford's suicide resolves Berry's death or hints at deeper guilt and domestic turmoil. The inquest and possible reward to solve Berry's murder are discussed as officials pledge continued inquiry.
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Savanna
Chicago Tribune
Bothwell Pulford
Daniel
Berry
Pulford
Lfe
Hazel
D. W. Gillette
Frank Williams
W. T. Law
Dr. Gillette
C.W. McPherson
J. B. Schreiter
George White
Blanche Williams
Mrs. Pulford
Mondas
Samuel Stuarte
Patford
Betty
Darel Berry
Stielde
Board of Supervisors
W. Johnson
Valeee
W. H. Griffiths
Stransky
Ber
Johnson
Palford
Star Chamber
Frank Zinnel
Independent Telephone Mae
Ballentine
Pinkerton
Chicago
Cambridge
Arthur Davis
Putford
Botsford W
Alpha Nursery Companys
Mambridge, HL
Daniel Berry
St. Paul's Biscopal Church
Morrison
Oold Fellows’ Lodge
Knights of Pythian
Farm Mortgage Loans Demonstrated by Knowlton Visit
Mr G B Knowlton travels to Dnaketas to inspect farms and secure mortgage loans offered. The firm asserts safe, prudent lending and maintains a ready supply of prime farm mortgage loans for potential investors.
Injured In Runaway: Frank Brandt Struck By Speeding Buggy
Frank Brandt son of Street Commissioner Brandt was severely injured when a horse-drawn buggy ran away near the First Baptist church after Brandt unhitched a Doctor Poling horse and agreed to drive a business man home. He was thrown onto brick pavement with deep facial contusions and shoulder injuries, bodily carried to Harpster's store and then home, with recovery hoped for. The incident involved a Briggs delivery wagon and a racing horse.
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Frank Brandt
Brandt
Tate
C. Dittmar
Dr. Poling
Stephenson Street
First Baptist Church
Masonic Temple
G. J. Briggs
Harpster
Haarpster's
Miller and Runierlingen
Wagner
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