Reckless Autoists and Fiery Vengeance Told in Rural Outrage
A wild clash over a speeding auto ends when a brown girl steps into the road and a chauffeur is dragged from the wreck. Farm hands drag the car off, burn the speeding machine, and the driver disappears as a farmer’s revenge seizes the tale. The report shifts through other incidents from across the state, including burglaries, accidental deaths, and local tragedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revenne Wa
Dave
Vane
Aturdy Hlinois
Highland Park
Red Dragon
Alphonse
Society
Commons
Warner Claim Denied in Pension Suit and Family Feud
In a will contest, Vespasian Warner accuses his stepmother Isabella Robinson Warner and her daughters of deception to deny her widow’s share of a $1.65 million estate from banker H. Warner who died in 1905. The case cites ante nuptial terms and alleged fraud as grounds to limit her payout while detailing various local accidents and deaths in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella Robinson-Warner
BOC
John Warner
Vespasian Warner
Illinois
United States
Warner
Isabella Warner
Stephen Robinson
Ohio
Minnie Warner Mettler
Isabella Warner Bell
Flora Warner McDermott
de Witt County Society
Peoria School Board Sues Dougherty Over Robbery Conspiracy
The Peoria school board files suit seeking 100000 dollars against Newton I Douzhertz, a former superintendent, for complicity in a sensational January robbery of the school board safe. Eddie Tate Flaherty and de Donovan are named as involved criminals. Dougherty allegedly plotted in prison and hired them. Two prominent local men John Doe and Richard Roe are noted as suspected associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
School Board of
Newton
Bony
Eddie Tate
Ny Flaherty
de Donovan
Dougherty
John Doe
Richard Roe
Cow causes death of child in Manteno tragedy
A gentle cow in Manteno fatally injured Bessie Dandurand, age child, when it stamped her with its hooves while a farm hand secured a wooden yoke. The girl died from blood poisoning weeks later, and the animal was killed due to its violent stamping behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Weber
John ‘Light
Evanston
Sturgeon Bay
Enoch A. Gastman
Nestor
Parker House
Boston
Southern Illinois
Thomas Driscoll
Joliet
Santa Fe Road
Santa Fe
Stréator
P. H. McCooe
Wabash
Bessie Dandurand
Manteno
Poison Found in Stomach Ties Lake Bluff Deaths
Coroner J I Taylor orders arrest of Salvator Muto and Mrs Mary Rosa in the death of Mrs Emily Peligno Muto of Lake Bluff after a Chicago chemist reports arsenic in the stomach. The couple deny involvement claiming the death stemmed from stomach trouble and that any arsenic would have been self ingested. A sensational development arises from Walter Jaines of Chicago noting further arsenic findings in related cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Joss Argestel
Lake Bluff
Emily Peligno Muto
J. I. Taylor
Salvator Muto
Mary Rosa
Walter Jaines
Chicago
Waukegan
Billek
Floth
Severe hailstorm and tornado hit Canton area causing crop and property damage
A severe hailstorm with tornado accompaniment struck the Canton region from the northwest, injuring crops and killing small animals. Stones larger than walnuts covered the ground across a two mile wide tract. Definite damage to buildings and banks reported in Oneiday Dahinda and Williamsfield as telegraph lines failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canteom
Canton
Galesburg
Oneiday
Note in a bottle reveals suicide on Iroquois river
Mary Clayer found a bottle in the Kankakee River near Gougar's grove containing a note dated June 16 1907 stating that Mr and Mrs Frank over committed death by own action in the Iroquois river at Plato Iroquois county. The note names Mrs P Enright Gilm and Plato is described as the nearby town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee River
Mary Clayer
Gougar's Grove
Kankakee
Plato
Iroquois County
Frank
Iroquois River
P. Enright
T Gilm
Poy Illes
Celery farming tips and notes on sheep and inoculation
Practical guidance on celery yields and soil, seed, planting, bleaching, and marketing practices. Also notes on starting a small sheep flock, ram management, and fencing. Inoculation culture tests conclude dried cultures are not reliable for legume inoculation.
London Plans for New Statues and Memorials
The article details multiple proposed statues in London including a new equestrian statue for the late Duke of Cambridge with its granite pedestal in Whitehall and about six more. Plans include a William of Orange statue gifted by the German Emperor near Kensington Palace, a Watts Physical Energy replica near the Round Pond, statues of Sir Henry Irving and Clive, a Royal Artillery memorial in the park near Duke of York's steps, and progressing Queen Victoria statue work at Buckingham Palace. Additional proposals cover a Watts statue at the Tate Gallery and Dr. Johnson in the Strand, plus a memorial opposite Crimean and a Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Cambridge
Whitehall
William of Orange
Willam
Orangery
Kensington Palace
Round Pond
G. F. Watts
R. A
Royal Academy
Cape
Sir Henry Irving
Clive
London
India
Royal Artillery
Duke of York
Royal Marines
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Tate Gallery
Dr. Johnson
Strand
Waterloo
Pat Don
Chronology of Historic Battles and Milestones
A compact list traces notable events from 1214 through 1903 including French and German conflicts at Bouvières and Mariciano, Columbus discovering Trinidad, Jamestown’s Assembly, Battle of Killicrankie, Bank of England chartered, Fort William Henry siege, and the Victoria Nyanza discovery. It also notes movements in American politics, rail disasters, and a critique by Bernard Shaw on money and poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Bouvines
Simon de Montfort
Evesham
Columbus
Trinidad
Marciano
Thouse of
America
Jamestown
Cromwell
Gainsborough
Conde
Friedburg
France
Great Britain
Turenne
Sassbach
Marquis de Dononville
Canada
Killicerankie
Bank of England
Fort William Henry
New York
Montcalm
Wolfe
Quebec
Poland
Continental Congress
Lafayette
Benedict Arnold
West Point
Col. Sumter
Rocky Mount
D. C
Robespierre
Trerdinand IV
Naples
Ripoli
Francis I
Austria
Talavera
Plattsburg
N. Y
Indiana
Charles
Duke of Richmond
Paris
London Bridge
William IV
Telegraphic Service
Oronto
Buffalo
Montreal
Rochester
U. S. Grant
Speke
Winchester
Chambersburg
Sherman
Atlanta
Mobile Bay
Colorado
Louise of Wales
Duke of Fife
Jackson
Congress
Japan
China
Atlantic City
N. J
Dunfermline
Scotland
Island
Soghalia
Bernard Shaw
Mr. Shaw
New South Polar Expedition Under Shackleton Sets Sail
A British party led by EB H Shackleton from London aboard the Endurance starts a voyage to land a wintering camp for twelve with two years of provisions. They aim to reach the South Pole in the 1906 summer, carrying a motor car with runners for snow and ice surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Henry M.howard
Tia
New York
Tis
Bacteriological Laboratory
EB. H.shackleton
London
Land
South Pole
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Jennie McMullen
Andrew Meleski
Ontario Avenue
A Yotaw Company
Stave and Hoop Factory
Mt. Carmel
Negro
Noigan
Springfield
Ben Boyd
Joseph Roberts
Charles W. Ollenton
Fairbury
Bessie Marquerat
Flamiston Avenue
Garfield Park Lagoon
Robert Orr
Dwight
Bloomington
Ada Smairt
W. K. Smith
Plainfield
City of Benton Harbor
Graham & Morton Line
St. Joseph
Benton Harbor
Midlake
Boston Refrigerator Company
Fifty-first Street
Central Park Avenue
Effingham
Ella Kitson
Beecher City
Winnetka
Cantsin
J. H.C. Dill
Masonic Order
Illinois Grand Lodge
Sharer
Sabella Robinson Warner
Sue Dovguenty
Richmond Times- Dispatch
Illinoss
Farmers’ Home Journal
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