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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1906
Page
10
In the aftermath of a mutiny on the Osprey, four captives drift a perilous coastline voyage toward Hobart Town, with suspense rising as a brig arrives and Gustav Frere and Rufus Dawes confront a fragile rescue amid weather and water scarcity. Sylvia Vickers emerges, ringed by gossip and a remembered past.
Father Gilbert Simon and three St Bede's College students drown when ice on Hackman's Slough breaks during a skating outing near La Salle. Charles Reuter from Chicago Cass Bannin from Champaign and Frank Christie from St Louis die. Father Simon dies trying to save the boys. Bodies recovered after about ninety minutes in the icy water.
Leonard Blix known as Babs due to his weight has been placed in the Jacksonville insane asylum as the world’s largest patient. His condition is a recurrent mental disorder with illness lasting months each year.
State News in Brief reports a Joliet prison incident and multiple local events. Andrew Wheeler, a noted traveling engineer for the Illinois Railway, died in Freeport after illness. several others face tragedy including a man who drank strychnine after a broken romance. A grain elevator fire at Rogers Grain in Cropsey caused about 20000 dollars in losses amid heavy receipts. The German Evangelical church in Kankakee received a Carnegie check for organ installation. The Labor Union Association in Sterling voted to disband amid waning interest. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad line near Mount Carroll was robbed with dynamite looting. Nearby, George Brown in Coma witnessed his wife’s death from heart trouble. Local weather, bank construction, and transit notes fill the rest of the page.
A coroner’s inquiry identifies Meer D Mere Silas Sheepyerd Peres as a key figure in a death case while regional oil and gas activity expands across Williamson and nearby counties. Dr Lewis B. Fisher pledges a $100000 fund to Lombard College and trustees move to raise $75044 with $21044 already in sight. New board actions at Himors Eastern Hospital include reappointing J C Corbus as superintendent and appointing Charles Armitage to vacant purchasing duties. Arrests tied to a marriage involving a 14 year old in Edgar county draw criminal assault charges and a custody dispute. A Chicago man’s chloroform bottle prompts a security alert on a train to LaHarpe, where the woman was found unconscious. Gas and oil prospecting shifts into the Williamson County fields with leases forming near Carterville and Herrin as Hobltsel & Sons expand operations in Illinois.
Attorney General Stead interprets the law to say state health board members are not to be compensated for services. Traveling expenses and other necessary expenditures may be paid by the commonwealth. The ruling follows findings that board members had drawn $1 per day for duties like grading examination papers and conducting sanitary investigations. Similar questions have been sent to Stead by Gov. Deneen regarding other departments.
Gov. Deneen appoints a commission to prepare a comprehensive industrial insurance system for the next Legislature. The group includes Charles Yoda hurd of Chicago as president, with leaders from the Plin National Water Company and Henderson University among its roster.
The court addresses challenged tax sales and property emptions, clarifying the authority of supervisors and boards to enforce taxation and foreclosure actions. It outlines procedures to enter contracts, levy duties, and compel compliance by legal action if resisted.
Samuel Schurtz, 43, attacked his wife and two others during a quarrel at his Chicago residence. He seized a kettle of boiling water and threw it, scalding three family members. He escaped but was later captured after a struggle. He had previously served time in Bridewell for mistreating his wife.
War on canine population declared after a suspected mad dog scare. Many dogs killed and others to be destroyed. Two people and several cattle bitten by dogs believed mad. Residents aroused and intent on wiping out the dog population if possible.
William W. Meyers argued two severed fingers from a buzz saw in the Elgin Joliet and Eastern shops left him disabled for life. A Joliet Circuit Court jury awarded him 2000 for each finger after he sued for 10000. an appeal followed.
Springfield grand jury considers case of Frank Theoling charged with shortage in accounts with the Court of Honor and votes a bill against Dooling. He posts bond and discloses accusations against other officers. W W J Moran sentenced to fourteen years for killing Robert Collier, a Kensington chum, on January 4. Father pleads for leniency.
Galesburg’s Woman’s Christian Social Union adopts a resolution urging a national protest to abolish smoking cars and compartments on passenger trains. They argue smoking cars cause discomfort and smell, and are a security concern for travelers.
Chicago woman Hi. B. Brown was attacked in Belleville by an unknown assailant as she walked with her husband to a hotel. The assailant stabbed her in the street, leaving a two inch wound. The incident follows the emergence of a suspect dubbed Jack the Stabber who has crossed from Chicago into Illinois.
Mrs. Charles Joy, wife of a laborer in Canton, gave birth recently to twins. The stork visited Josbn seven times, yielding five children. On six visits he bore seven children and once triplets, with Mrs Joy not yet 35 years old.
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