Aged Fraud Fined In Pension Case At Bond County
Charles Perry Watson of Smithboro Bond County pleaded guilty in U S district court to making a false pension affidavit. Judge Humphrey fined him 500 dollars plus costs and slated thirty days in Bond County jail. Watson, about 65 and illiterate, had posed as a Civil War veteran for decades. Springfield reports Governor Deneen vetoed two bills while backing others and new industrial accident reporting measures were approved.
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Butler
One Hundred
William Wooten
One Hundred and Iilieth Ilinois Infantry
Wooten
Springfield
Deneen
Glackin
Poison in Ice Cream Puzzles Physicians in Illinois
Alton May 27 seven Upper Alton high school graduates and Superintendent Heywood Coffield fell critically ill after eating two dishes of Strawberry Ice cream at a reception given by Miss Lucie Rice. Those most affected include Grace Lowe Nannie Lowrie Chirence Sergeant Emuniveldrum Alan Atchison Florence Miller Jean Strider and Heywood Coffield. Others who ate only one dish were less seriously hit as authorities order chemical analysis while doctors remain puzzled by the symptoms.
Fairies in Ireland A fragment of a folklore tale from Lough Derg
A Irish correspondent recounts a tale from about twenty years ago on Lough Derg. A boatman recalls asking if fairies are real and describes a scene on the bridge of Killaloe with a companion named Sullivan. The tale shifts to a potato field near the rising ground to the east.
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Ireland
Lough Derg
Gage
Sullivan
Killaloe
Hunting Mahogany in Forests
Hunter seeks highest ground to spot mahogany trees hidden in dense brush. Axmen and sawyers must cut the tree, leaving a wasteful stump, while the hunter earns only if successful, with potential pay from 500 to 1000 dollars per month, though weeks can pass without a find.
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Ife
Sawyers
St. Louis Republic
Not Alsop s Day at West Point
General Custer in cadet days rushed a French history line from Alsop s fables translating Leopol duc d Autriche to The leopard the duck and the ostrich met upon the plains of Silesia. The comic mistranslation sparked amusement in Lippincott s Magazine.
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General Custer
Cadet
Cadet Custer
Leopold
Duc d’Autriche
Plaines
Silesie
Duke of
Austria
Silesia
Lippincott’s
Very Old Trees Worldwide and Ancient Plant Ages
The text surveys ancient trees including Brazilian coconut palms said to reach 600 to 1000 years, date palms up to 200 to 3800 years per Arab claim, Wallan's oak near Paisley over 700, eight Mount of Olives olives alive in 1099, Fountain Abbey yews dating before 1132, a Mariposa redwood a centenarian, Africa baobabs over 5000 years, and Chapultepec cedar/cedar-like trees of great age.
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Paisley
Scotland
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Fountain Abbey
Yorkshire
Mariposa Grove
California
Africa
Chapultepec
The Fallen Mighty
A New York Press quote extols a Second Avenue scene of Hungarian restaurants where exiled nobles and nobles in exile mingle with patrons. The piece suggests nobility can be found outside the Waldorf and notes exiles from Russia, Germany, and Hungary.
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Wilds
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New York Press
Monument to General Prievalski Overlooks Lake Issy Kul
A striking monument stands on the eastern shore of Lake Issy Kul in central Asia honoring Russian General Prievalski. The tomb is hollowed into a jutting cliff summit, and a rough granite block twenty five feet high supports a chart of central Asia.
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Issy- Kul
Central Asia
Prievalski
Premature Burial Debate Echoes In Quatrain Dialogue
In a fragmentary exchange, characters discuss the notion of premature burial, with Miss Aliee questioning the idea and Percy insisting on its possibility, a terse confrontation over a grave concern. The dialogue hints at superstition and fear surrounding burial timing.
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Percy
Aliee
Alice
A Simple Prescription For Stomach Troubles
A health notice promotes a stomach remedy: Compound Vineture of Cincona, Prosene Compound, and Sherry Wine, to be taken before meals and at bedtime. It claims to tune the stomach, boost gastric secretions, and improve digestion, with drugsist preparation advised.
From Minimum to Maximum in a Western Town
Bradley arrives at Shaw ranch in Minimum and stirs plans to move the town’s center. He bets half a million and uses persuasion to shift the railroad route, gain land, and win Buckley’s support. The colonel, wary of rum holes, contemplates a new town site and a larger fortune as Bradley edges toward control.
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Callendar
Colonel Shaw
Bradley
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Tlow
Tradley
Nancy
Pete Buckley
Colonet
Minimum
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Jim
Bonfire Suggestion Sparks Town Banter
Bradley jokes about celebrating by burning the town as horses move on. The colonel teases Bradley about marrying Nancy, noting Bradley’s hard work to win her and affirming pride in him.
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Bradley
Nancy
Englishman and Irishman steal horse and cart tale
An Englishman and an Irishman steal a horse and a cart from a farmyard. Police track them down. The Englishman claims ownership of the horse because he has had it since it was a foal, while Pat says the cart has been with him since it was a wheelbarrow.
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Pat
Giles
Promptness Prompted Dowry Wish in Des Moines
Dialogue reveals a suit for a bride price. The speaker asserts the groom must be worth at least $50,000 and requests payment via check. Names and exact identities are not provided, but the exchange signals a matrimonial transaction discussion reported by the Des Moines Register.
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Newcastle
Cholly Atreastie
Des Moines Register
Daily Journal Delivery Offer in City for 10c Weekly
The Daily Journal promises citywide delivery at a rate of 10 cents per week. This newspaper offer highlights affordable access and rapid home delivery across all city districts.
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the Daily Journal
Daily Journal
Theodore Tilton Dies in Paris After Brief Illness
Paris May 27 Theodore Tilton died Saturday afternoon after a brief illness diagnosed as pneumonia. He had been unconscious for hours and failed to regain strength. A service will be held today at the American Church with his children to decide whether his remains will be buried in Paris or shipped to the United States.
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Paris
Theodore Tilton
Tilton
United States
Archbishop Treland Praises War in Memorial Day Sermon
Arch bishop John Treland told G A R members and Taft Snelling veterans at St Pag cathedral that war can be righteous when necessity is absolute and urged nations to cultivate peace among peoples to avoid injustice The sermon called for avoidance of war unless unavoidable and highlighted self sacrifice for a great nation.
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St. Pag
John Treland
Taft Snelling
Japanese restaurant keepers mobbed in San Francisco
Washington reports Japan has notified the United States that Japanese restaurant keepers in San Francisco were mobbed and their establishments wrecked. Tokyo says California is not doing enough and demands action. The state department has begun an investigation.
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San Francisco
California
Japan
State Department
It Was a Bald Faced Fake
New York May 37 F C Prick denies in toto the published report he would erect opposite the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburg a 35 000 000 building titled Pittshure Academy of Fine Arts The dispatch calls the claim a spiteful threat to get even with Carnegie for some grievance
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Toto
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Pittshure Academy of Fine Arts
Prick
Car Crash Fatal for Walter Foster and Injuries to Miss Taft
In Los Angeles on May 27 a collision between a heavy touring car and the Santa Fe Limited engine near the Alexandria hotel leaves Walter Foster of Minneapolis dead. Genevieve Taft, his companion, is unconscious with serious injuries, while driver Carl Wold suffers a broken arm and other injuries in Pasadena hospital.
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Cali
Santa Fe
Walter Foster
Minneapolis
Alexandria
Genevieve Taft
Carl Wold
Pasadena
Too Much at Stake to Forget Wife and Steak Banter
A short, humorous exchange unfolds as a husband and wife reminisce about a breakfast steak. The wife pleads memory of shared moments while the husband is absorbed in his work, keeping the morning meal vividly in mind throughout the day.
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Ferbert
Overdoids the Exercise at Lodge Incident
The Chicago Tribune reports a tension filled scene where a would be robber with a revolver demands compliance but the victim resists, quoting a stubborn line about not raising hands any longer and noting this to be the third incident since the lodge visitor departed.
Circumstances Note On Iman And His Cigar Habit
The Topeka Capital remarks that Circumstances shows A Iman rarely discussing the sweetness of a cob pipe, provided he has funds to purchase cigars. The quote reflects a focus on wealth enabling cigar consumption rather than pipe enjoyment.
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Iman
Topeka Capital
Coal dust salt mix for night fire preparation
Coal dust mixed with salt and water forms good sized lumps that are described as very useful to bank up fires at night. The item notes a practical utility for sustaining warmth or heat during darkness.
Secretary Wilson Says Universal Crop Failure Is Gone
In a recent interview Secretary of Agriculture Wilson declares there can be no universal crop failure. He notes Wall Street flurries do not affect farmers, who distrust stocks and bonds and even move dollars to Canada to buy land. He laments farmers’ unfamiliarity with securities and fears about railroad stocks, yet observes rising farm incomes and conservative spending.
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Wall Treat
Wall
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Canada
Blood Composition and the Role of White Corpuscles
The text explains that human blood contains a solid corpuscles portion and a liquid plasma. Corpuscles, mainly red and white, constitute one third of blood, while two thirds is plasma. White corpuscles are described as deadly enemies of bacteria and refuse, acting as watchdogs of the body per Professor Metehnikov of the Pasteur institute.
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Metehnikov
Pasteur Institute
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