Four Miners Entombed In Rend City Mine Disaster
A prolonged rescue at Rend City Rend County Illinois after an explosion trapped four miners. Mine Inspector Borris cites a windy shot and after damp as causes. A faint possibility remains that some miners survive in a remote part of the mine. Fire extinguished, eighteen horses and mules died. rescue efforts continue with relays of workers. Meanwhile Joseph Leiter’s Zeigler mine is on fire with major losses feared and a new shaft planned.
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Ferson
Muany Hows
Rendnet
Lesterhiyr
Rend City
Here
W. §&. Borris
Joe Telter
Joseph Leiter
Zeigler
ATP
Trbor
Mattoon
Frank Souter
Big Four
Titabore
Souter
Nes Enteff
Savhen
Souters Enging
Galena
Henry Japyp
Chenoa
T—Iva
Eenteen
Charles Raselton
Foreclosure or 50 Per Cent in Mattoon City Railway
A Mattoon City Railway letter to stockholders says creditors must settle for 10 cents on the dollar within a year or foreclosures will proceed under receivership. The plan hinges on reorganizing the Mattoon Heat, Debt and Power Co. with Federal Judge Peter S. Grosscup as principal stockholder. If not approved, foreclosures will deprive secured creditors and stockholders of value.
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Mattoon, UL
Mattoon City Ailway Company
Mattoon Heat
Debt and Bower Company
Peter S. Grosscup
Chicago
Fragmented Political Memoir Fragments and Legal Notes
A fractured article mentions attorneys, legislative hopes, and party actors amid unclear names and dates. It discusses a future increase in legislative members, a fund for a pension, and a question of accepting a present due to estate provisions, with reference to John Warner and Colonel Vespag. The text is garbled and reads like an OCR capture of a political notice.
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Tiloominidot
John Warner
Vespagian
Warren Aitte
Penisien Comissione
Warner Heirs
Body Found in Creek Near Kewanee Shocks Burglary Scene
A body matching a Burlington man named Schram was found by the creek west of town. Police theorize the death resulted from self-inflicted actions after a suspected burglary spree. Witnesses describe him as well dressed.
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Kewanee
Pred Schram
Burlngeton
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Winter Cough Cure
An aged advertisement warns of winter illnesses including croup pneumonia pleurisy and consumption and urges using Foley's Money and Tar to cure coughs and strengthen lungs. It claims Foley's Honey and Tar prevents serious results and strengthens the lungs against obstinate coughs and colds.
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Foley
Fb J
Moogk
Win. i. Jungkung
Wagon shop for rent in Lena HL
Rent available for a wagon shop in Lena HL. Ideal for the right party, contact Hi R Nelson lb-4dew for details and availability.
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Lena
R. Nelson
Generous widow retired husband after thirty three years
A reader quotes the Indianapolis News noting a woman famed for generosity. The remark recalls how she supported her husband for thirty three years and then retired him on a pension, highlighting longstanding domestic commitment.
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Indianapolis News
The Why of the Umberell Prokerman’s Rainy Day Question
A quirk tale from Lippincott's Magazine features Prokerman hocking an umberell not due to market decline. The pawnbroker overhears him mutter a hint about knowing its whereabouts on a rainy day.
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Prokerman
Reversing the Order in Society Debuts
A Baltimore American excerpt contrasts society opening doors to debutantes with the notion that a girl must come out before she can get in, highlighting social expectations and evolving norms.
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Baltimore American
The Emergence at Social Function in Indianapolis
A fragment suggests a social function where attendees wore dress suits. The scene references Indianapolis Nevva and a sense of fated closeness, implying formal attire and social interaction within a local event.
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Indianapolis
Farmer Corntessel's Discovery
A crude verse notes autumn leaves turning gold and a ironic line about high finance. The lines mix rural imagery with a jab at money matters reflecting a Washington Star sentiment.
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Corntessel
Sum
High Finance
Washington Star
Still Ahead in Rent Dispute at City Lodging
A Chicago News snippet notes a quarrel over board where the landlady says the renter is behind, while the renter claims to be roughly $40 ahead of her game in the ongoing dispute.
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Chicago News
Origin of porcelain and kaolin from China
Porcelain, called China for its Celestial Kingdom origin, uses kaolin as its main material. Kaolin derives its name from a high Chinese hill where it was first found. The clay is fine, white when pure, easily worked, and later discovered in the United States and other countries.
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China
Celestial Kingdom
United States
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