Forests Burn in Prairie Drought Strain Towns
Reports from DuQuoin and Alton detail prairie fires spreading along the Big Our railroad corridor as drought worsens. Firefighters struggle amid hazardous roads while towns fear losses. In Alton a fifty day drought drives water relief, with five car trains delivering 15,000 gallons each to Gillespie Chipman and nearby communities as river stages fall and water intake nears the riverbed.
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DuQuoin
Saline County
Prairies
Elderide A
Shawneedown
Big Our
Sallie Coune
Saumub
Alton
Thinots
Illinois State Federation of Women's Clubs Meeting
The second day of the Ellinois State Federation of Women's Clubs session drew more attendance than the first. Delegates debated constitutional changes including biannual conventions being defeated and clubs with ten members admitted. ten remain the minimum with twenty as the maximum. Delegates also voted that state office candidates must have served on the state board. Four hundred delegates toured Monk's Field before returning to a brief meeting. The president, provoked by women wearing hats, ordered hats removed and all women over sixty to be seated without hat wear.
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Sass
St. Louis
Ellinois State Federation of Women
Interu
Taylorville Man Detained After Courthouse Square Shooting
George L. Banks, a noted Taylorville horseman, reportedly shot at Ernest Hoover on the courthouse square. Banks was disarmed by Hoover’s brother and taken to jail, with Banks later confined for three months at a Jackson ville facility.
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Taylorville
George L. Banks
Willan
Paris HL Gren 22 We PR Chacds burn
In Paris HL Gren 22 crash badly injures several in an automobile wreck as Blackburn, Maurice Sholemy, and others are involved. Streaking impact causes serious injuries to a driver while a passenger escapes with minor bruises. Police and rescue crews respond to the scene.
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Paris
Gren
Ciy Eneivees
Wits
Farm accident injures Danville man in Vuscoda turn
Danville man Lewis Oer was injured when a wheel in a stage coach in Vuscoda brushed by a passing car, cutting his eye and forehead. He was taken to Chicago for treatment by a specialist. Charles Drake identified Leo Khadde of Tidareville as a suspect. Most of the plunder was recovered.
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Danville
Eas Witow
Cess
Chiciteo
Eve Spechuist
Blootaigien
Charles Drake
Leo FL Khadde
Tidareville
Teave
Blerr
Pideeville
Beeding Bequest Expends Funds for Northern Phosphate Exhibit
A historical note records an expenditure of two thousand dollars for four further items related to the Northern Phospita project during the last year. Biagio Ui is mentioned in connection with the disbursement details.
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Biagio
Healthy family backs Dr King’s New Life Pills
L A Bartlet of Rural Route 1 Guilford Maine says the family has enjoyed good health for three years since using Dr King’s New Life Pills. The pills cleanse and tone the system gently and cost 25 cents at Jos Emmert’s drug store.
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Dr. King
L. A. Bartlet
Guilford
Maine
Jos. Emmert’s
Ladies With Tender Feet Nurse Shoes For Sale
A local ad offers nurse's shoes with hand turned soles and rubber heels priced at 81.50 at the E and W Clothing Venue.
Golden Medical Discovery praised by leading medical teachers
Doctors and professors across multiple medical schools endorse Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for chronic stomach and catarrhal conditions. The formula features Black Cherry bark and several roots with claims of efficacy in bronchial throat and lung affections. A glyceric extract, it is promoted as safe, alcohol free, and drug-free with testimonials available upon request.
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Eal
Dr. Platce
Cincinnati
Edwin M. Hale
Hahnemann Med. College
Chicago
B. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
F Hopkinson Smith Birthday Biography
Francis Hopkinson Smith born in Baltimore on October 23 1838 was an author artist and engineer. He built Race Rock lighthouse near New London and helped lay the Bartholdi statue foundation in New York harbor. He later pursued art and literature winning medals and honorary degrees including Yale.
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Francis Hopkinson Smith
Baltimore
Race Rock
New London
Conn
Bartholdi Statue of Liberty
New York Harbor
Barnegat
Yale
America
This Date in History 1805 to 1905 Highlights
Timeline of events noting the wreck of the British transport Aeneas off Newfoundland with 340 dead in 1805. In 1814 Bulwark captured the American privateer Harlequin, 10 guns, 115 men. Fechter born 1824, died 1879. 1844 Lucy Walter boiler explosion at New Albany killed over 50. 1866 Stonewall Jackson cemetery dedication at Winchester. 1868 San Francisco earthquake shock. 1883 Marquis of Lansdowne became Canada governor general. 1905 Roosevelt spoke in Mobile Alabama.
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Newfoundland
Charles Fechter
London
Lucy Walter
New Albany
Stonewall Jackson
Winchester
Market Closing Quotes From Board of Trade and Yards
Today's market report lists closing quotations for December wheat and oats and January pork lard and ribs. It also covers Union Stock Yards figures for cattle beeves cows hogs sheep and bulk sales with ranges and averages.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Board of Trade
Union Stock Yards
Tokio Demonstration Dazzles US Fleet Visitors
Tens of thousands join a historic Tokyo parade honoring the US battleship fleet. Officials and students march with intertwined US and Japanese flags as bands play the national hymn. Admiral Sperry and other officers observe from a grand stand amid a sea of cheering spectators.
Great embassy welcome for Sperry visit ends in cheers
At the United States embassy in Yokohama a grand procession ends with loud cheers for Rear Admiral Sperry and the U S fleet as Ambassador O'Brien is absent. Officials and crowd praise the welcome and express hopes for lasting friendship. After two hours of demonstrations the celebratory events move to Yokosuka where naval leaders depart aboard the flagship Constellation.
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Tokin
Cet
Taipan
Japan
United States
O'Brien
Ehiabormate
Adieirnt Sperry
Admiris
Yobio
Yokota Sand
Connesthent
Teacher Cleared After Cruelty Charge In Kansas City Case
The case against Isaias City Kansas schoolteacher Indith Wirt for allegedly cruelly punishing a pupil by pinning lips shut was dismissed by Prosecuting Attorney Earl Harvey. The nine year old pupil’s alleged actions and prior behavior were cited in the case.
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Aginst
Mies Indith Wirt
Isaisas
Kan
Earl Iarvey Ecilloway
Fin
Caspitrenis
New Store Ad Promotes Suit Cases and Bags
A brief local notice invites readers to call at the new Brook Hausern and Hill store for suit cases or bags. The message is concise with a single promotional offer and minimal details.
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Brookhausen & Hill
Pork Chops and Roast Offered at Sausage Factory
Advertisement lists pork chops at 12 cents per pound and pork roast at 12 1/3 cents per pound available at the sausage factory, with unclear spacing in the ad.
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Adit
Ork Chops
Oon Sage Factory
Missing Brown Handbag with Money Seized
A brown handbag and gray purse containing money were reported missing after a Thursday morning incident. A reward is offered for return, and readers are asked to contact the Journal.
Accused of Theft Involving Rail Cars
Frank Priots a car inspector at Lilinoia Central is charged after a railroad raid on his home uncovered multiple items claimed stolen from the company. The seized goods include an ax shovel saw lamps bell cord insulated wire a Pullman car lamp rack and a dozen other small articles. He received a hearing this afternoon.
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Frank Priots
Lilinoia Central
Ocal
Hie
Mies Nora Ohden and Edward K Bauch wed in Freeport
Nora Ohden and Edward K Bauch of Freeport were married last evening at the Second Presbyterian parsonage by Rev H M Markley in a quiet ceremony attended by immediate relatives. The £. W. club meets tonight at H K Best's home for its annual officer election. Trinity church Brotherhood meets in the church parlors this evening with all members asked to attend and the meeting called promptly at eight.
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Mies Nora Ohden
Edward K. Bauch
Freeport
Second Presbyterian Church
H. M. Markley
IT. K. Best
Brotherhood of the Trinity Church
Two Kisses Poem From New York Sus
A lyric verse recounts a playful kiss scene where the speaker compares a woman's lips to roses and a lily. The speaker notes the kiss lasted under half a minute and recalls a bee sting motif, ending with repeated kissing and a sting, attributed to New York Sus.
Doctor’s Sanitarium Quip About Chauffeur Patients
Dr S Weir Mitchell escorts New York friends through a Philadelphia sanitarium and jokes about a large room set aside for chauffeurs under mental strain. He notes patients are “under the bed mending the slats” as a finishing quip, eliciting laughter.
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S. Weir Mitchell
New York
Philadelphia
Puck
Superstitions Mentioned In Somerville Journal Quip
A Somerville Journal quips on superstitions noting that thirteen at table, salt, ladders, clairvoyants, and dope have no sway. The speaker boasts, then admits neglect to knock on wood, while warning that Myrtilla stamping her foot signals an imminent row.
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Myrtilla
Somerville Journal
A Somnambulist Irishman Folly
A comic item recounts an Irish worker asked to start early but arriving late by an hour, claiming being fast asleep. The tale, framed as a humorous quip, plays on sleep and punctuality with a dialect punchline.
Dreadful breakfast mood over soft boiled egg and pie
The narrator notes Thomas dislikes breakfast foods and chicken. He rejects a soft boiled egg and feeble attire, but may eat mince pie or lesson ge, followed by a chocolate cream. The line ends with a nod to New York Life.
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Thomas
Meatherd
A Hard Slap in Quarrel With Undertaker
A heated exchange ends with a hard slap after a quarrel with the undertaker. The injured party vows comeuppance as the undertaker retorts, asking what the response will be, hinting at continued contention and a potential dispute.
Porridge Longing Echoes from a Mythic Dining Scene
A fragmentary meditation describes mingled scents and a stranger sauce, mixing memory with myth as the speaker longs for childhood porridge. The narrator invokes Argonaut imagery to heighten the sense of nostalgic appetite and mystery.
Dark Future Foretells African Lion Namings
A fragment mentions two African lions with foreboding sentiment and a cryptic note about a lion named Teddy bears possibly stooping last night in a New York Life context. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear events or dates.
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New York Life
Oxygen and Hydrogen Unite in Quadruped Genus Caquus
Klarper's Werkly notes a fictional creature combining oxygen and hydrogen within a quadruped genus Caquus. A triduci sign is used but could fail if imbibi tign declines, suggesting an unreliable or symbolic experiment rather than a proven species discovery.
Turtle Soup Banana Thai? Restaurant exchange
Walter tells aDetroit Tribune reader about a cheap restaurant offering turtle soup. A guest questions the dish as mud turtle, and the narrator confirms the meal as muddy.
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Walter
Detroit Tribune
Derby Bibbett Wear Underwear for 61,000 tf Beak hausen & Will's
Fragmentary OCR text mentions prices and brand names with unclear context. Reported items include pork, factory, Derby Bibbett wear, and Beak hausen & Will's with a number 61,000 and a time reference. No coherent event or clear entities to confirm structured facts.
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A& Heavy Derby Bibbett
Beakhausen & Will's
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