Two New Idaho Towns to Be Born Near Twin Falls
Washington reports Uncle Sam will sponsor the creation of two promising Idaho towns on the Oregon Short Line branch to Twin Falls. The names Heyburn and Rupert are chosen with November birth dates. town lots will be sold for cash to fund reclamation and water and sewer systems.
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Idaho Hohe
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Rupert
Uncle Sam
Oregon
Twin Falls
Oklahoma
Congo Horrors Reported From Missionary’s Return
London reports from a missionary returning from the Congo describe brutal tactics by King Leopold’s agents. Rubber demand forces natives into long forest journeys, with hostages taken when supplies fail. A chief was executed and his body displayed. a man’s wife and child were cooked and eaten for shortfalls in rubber.
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London
Congo
Mark Twain
Leopold
Harris
Congo Free State
King Oscar Declines Norwegian Throne Offer
Stockholm October 27 Special King Oscar has definitively declined the Norwegian throne offer to a prince of the Bernadotte house and in a letter to the Storthing president severs his Norway connection.
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Oscar
House of Bernadotte
The
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Norway
Taft to Sail for Panama for On‑the‑Spot Panama Inquiry
Secretary of War Taft will depart Washington for Hampton Roads and sail to Panama to conduct a comprehensive personal investigation of conditions there. The trip aims to assess Panama's situation firsthand and report back.
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Washington
Taft
Hampton Roads
Panama
Illinois Weather Outlook for Tonight and Saturday
Chicago report notes generally fair and cooler conditions tonight and Saturday. The brief forecast emphasizes cooler temperatures across the area with clear to partly cloudy skies and no precipitation indicated.
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Chicago
Illinois
Closing Market Quotations From Chicago Board
The report lists futures prices for December wheat corn oats and January pork lard rice with small changes. It also notes Union stock yards quotes for cattle hogs sheep and feeders, with prices and steady trades across categories.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Union
Mrs Dorothy Richardson Returns to Mendota
Mrs Dorothy Richardson has returned to Mendota after visiting Freeport relatives.
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Dorothy Richardson
Mendota
Freeport
Fragmented OCR poem snippet with unclear meaning
The readable lines present a garbled sequence about a pretty face delightful air and wages. No coherent event, names, or context are identifiable from the fragment.
Roosevelt at Forty Seven Birthday Observed in New Orleans
Washington Oct 27 Special Today for the first time since becoming White House occupant President Roosevelt is forty seven years old born October 27 1858 in New York City He is to leave New Orleans this morning on the cruiser West Virginia and will reach Washington early next week Friends and admirers send greetings and presents from across the country
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White House
Roosevelt
New York City
New Orleans
West Virginia
Roosevelt Birthplace Dinner Marking President’s Birthday
The Roosevelt Home club in New York plans a banquet tonight to celebrate the forty seventh birthday of the nation’s president. The old Roosevelt birth home at 28 East Twenty street is now altered by surrounding businesses but club members aim to restore it while preserving key features like the marble mantle and natal bed site.
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Roosevelt
New ‘York
West Virginia
New Orleans
Roosevelt Home Club
East Twentieth Street
Quiet Tensions Roil St Petersburg Amid Unrest
In St Petersburg on October 27 warnings declared soldiers would fire ball cartridges if disorder surfaced. University students in Vaselli Ostrov planned a meeting inviting workers of all social groups as Genéral Trepoff sent troops to surround the building amid feared trouble. In Lodiz Poland workers struck across factories and transport lines. A Warsaw fire from last night continued burning in one city sector as of today.
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St. Petersburg
Vaselli Ostrov
Trepoff
Lodiz
Poland
Thorn
Prussia
Warsaw
Sick and Afflicted In City Neighbors Report Illness
William Swank of Fourth Avenue is ill with diphtheria as a cariae Langenstein is also listed as sick. The notice records local health concerns and names involved residents.
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William Swank
Fourth Avenue
Langenstein
Sick St
Brackhahn and Winning Named in Freeport License List
The record lists Carl W. Brackhahn of Freeport and Martha Winning of Eleroy as licensed to Wea, indicating new or renewed credentials in the local licensing register.
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Wea
Carl W
Brackhahn
Freeport
Martha Winning
Eleroy
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S TENDER MAGNOLIA COLLIDES NEAR NEW ORLEANS
Special dispatch reports the President Roosevelt aboard the Magnolia a lightship tender colliding with the fruit steamer Eepatta shortly after midnight about sixty miles down the river. The Magnolia sustained hull holes but was beached. the presidential party transferred to the Ivy then to the West Virginia. The president resumed voyage at 9:40 a.m. and all aboard are believed unharmed.
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Lighthongs
Tefhder
Magnolia
Roosevelt
Eepatta
Ivy
Craighill
West Virginia
Ardent
Party
Rival interstate conventions resume with little conciliatory spirit
Chicago October 27 special report says the antis recessed after convening while the regular convention adopted the resolutions report backing Roosevelt's plan for supervision of rates, reflecting divided sentiment on interstate commerce law.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Law
Resolutions Committee
Roosevelt
E and W Fall Opening of Double Daylight Store
The E and W clothing house opens the new Double Daylight Store today and runs through Saturday. George Ennenga leads the venture with a former H Schwarz & Son space now hosting a shoe department directed by Arthur Drehner. Engraved invitations draw visitors from city and country as both departments showcase new stock and decor.
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E. &W. Clothing House
George Ennenga
Democrats mull plan for a morning city daily news paper
Local Democrats discuss feasibility of launching a morning daily in the city. Mayor Dittmar has been approached and says a venture is being seriously considered, viewing it as a paying proposition and noting stock company formation is under consideration.
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Dittmar
H C Burchard Stricken After Hard Work on History
Hon H C Burchard suffered a stroke of apoplexy last evening shortly after supper. He was stricken around eight, his right side most affected. It is believed the attack followed the exertion of editing his Stephenson county history. He is eighty years old and the strain of the work exceeded his endurance.
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H. C. Burchard
Burchard
Stephenson County
Caving at gravel pit injures two laborers near Ridott
Yesterday afternoon two workers were injured when the side of a gravel pit caved in about five miles from town and two miles west of Ridott. One man broke a rib and the other sustained painful injuries to a leg. Next Tuesday evening a Halloe'en supper will be served to raise funds for the First M Church.
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Ridott
Prominent Grocer Answers Summons in Freeport Death
Frederick Lakemacher a respected Freeport resident since 1871 died after a prolonged cancerous hip illness. Born November 24 1848 in the Harz mountains he came to Chicago then Freeport and built a family store at Adams and Benton. Survived by wife and four children the funeral is Sunday at 2 PM at the Carroll street residence with Rev. Harnst Trager officiating.
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Lakemacher
Freeport
Third Ward
Harz
Germany
Chicago
John B. Taylor
Taylor
Lake- Macher
Katharine Hoebel
John Hoebel
Adams and
Benton Streets
Mr. Lakemacher
Germania Society
Freeport Lodge No
Minnie
Frederick
Bertha
Elizabeth
Carroll Street
Harnst Trager
German Reformed Church
Woman's Club to Hear Indian Themed Program
The club program tomorrow includes Mrs. J. A. Clark delivering a paper on The Indian and Miss Marion Clark explaining the symbols on Indian blankets. Music features prominently with Mrs. Breed and life among the Indians discussed by Mrs. Baumwartner. Attendees should bring Indian legends and folklore. refreshments will be served.
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J. A. Clark
Marion Clark
Breed
Baumwartner
Miss Grace Klapp Engaged to Pittsburg Man Pattison
Announcement from Chicago states Miss Grace Klapp daughter of Mr and Mrs JT L J Klapp is engaged to Mr Pattison of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. She moved from the city five years ago and remains one of the best known young women with many friends awaiting the news.
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Grace Klapp
JT. L. J. Klapp
Pattison
Pittsburg
Miss Klapp
Chicago
Meet Me at the Y M C A Halloween Social
An invitation to a Halloween social at the Y M C A on Monday night invites attendees to join activities, costumes, and community gathering.
Mrs R R Tiffany Returns From Portland
Mrs. R R Tiffany arrived back today after a trip to Portland Oregon.
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R. R. Tiffany
Portland
Oregon
Was Brapbo Appearing at Rockford Monday
Local gossip notes Brapbo planned to perform in Rockford on Monday and to appear at the usual venue again Saturday evening. A brief mention of a companion nickname Good Friend appears in the fragment.
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Rockford
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