Fire destroys St Charles Home for Boys cottage
A large fire swept the St Charles State Home for Boys at the southwest corner of the quadrangle, destroying structure No 2 and causing around 125000 in damage. Attendants and boys aided by staff fought flames until water ran out. Superintendent Hart probes origin as others report extensive damage to the brick building and its water system.
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St. Charles
Aurora
Charles State
New Sottane NO 2
Ames
Hart
State Auditor Reports Fall Demand Deposits in Banks
The State Auditor's report details a decline in demand deposits for state banks, noting increases in capital surplus funds and unpaid dividends. It lists totals for individual deposits, time deposits, savings, cashier's checks, and national vs state bank holdings, with figures across various categories and securities.
Leprosy Patient at Cairo Hospital Sparks Health Debate
A Montreal man with leprosy is treated at Cairo Hospital, with Dr. Guiteras noting about 25 cases in the area and doubts on isolating patients. The patient experiences pain from pins in hands and feet but retains muscular strength, while transfer to Hawaii or leper colonies is discussed for containment.
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Dortur
United States Marine
Cairo
G. M Guneras
J. A. Egan
Iltois
Guiteras
Hawaiian Islands
Williams
Montreal
Canada
Dog Aids "Hugger" In Fight On Bloomington Streets
City residents confront the so called Jack the Hugger a young carpenter Wesley Greener after months of frightening women and children. A rescue dog aided by citizens helped subdue him as he struggled and was overpowered by a mob.
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Jack the Hugger
Chizen
Bloomington
Lerempioy
Joe Fifer
Wesley Grrenive
Byath
Hana
Greener
Fnally
Bethalto Birth Rate Tops Small Town Hirth Record
In a community of 300 Bethalto reports a remarkable birth rate with an average of three births per month for fourteen months totaling about 36 per year. Residents claim unhappy marriages are unknown and attribute the high rate to local social dynamics and fate.
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Bethalto
Werddings
Cupid
Aymien
United States
National banks report resources and deposits in Illinois
A bank call dated January 26 shows 26 Illinois banks outside Chicago with total resources of 223 115 202 and loans and discounts of 127 708 773. Capital stock stands at 26 283 400 and surplus and undivided profits at 16 439 452. National bank notes issued amount to 18 039 992 and individual deposits to 146 826 891. Legal reserve percentage listed as 14.40.
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Notic É Music DS
Tillnois
Chicago
Complete Forgery Inquiry Involves Helen Dixon Case
State’s Attorney in Bloomington closes forgery probe into Helen Dixon forged loan at Corn Belt Bank. Dixon secured 225 dollars three weeks earlier and used a 350 dollar collateral note signed by August Lemme and wife of New Holland. She admitted misrepresenting funds and spending most of the money for personal luxuries.
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Orn
Helen-Dixon
Dixon
Corn’ Belt Bank
Bloomington
Miss. Dixon
August Lemme
New Holland
Lemmes
Margaret Duginger
Miss Dixon
Corporations Face Penalty for Delinquent Reports
Secretary of State warns over 6 000 corporations in the state have failed to file annual reports due between February and March and an anti trust affidavit. penalties will be pursued, with charter forfeiture possible and reinstatement allowed within one year after default upon conditions. The office has collected over 26 thousand in penalties in the past two years.
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Omer
Girl Swoops Man and Self in Fatal Marion Shooting
Miss Nora Turner age 20 of Harrisburg shot and killed Robert Kennedy age 26 after a lovers quarrel and threat to kill him unless she was married that day. She then wounded herself and later died. Kennedy and Turner had lived in Marion recently and Kennedy claimed the shooting was accidental.
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Svhweetheart
Nora Turner
Harrisburg
Robert Kennedy
Miss Torer
Kennedy
Miss Turner
Marion
Henry County Clerk Office Audit Clears Funds Shortage
Expert accountants examined the Henry County clerk's records covering Frank G. Welton's 33 years of service. The special board meeting disclosed the findings that prior rumors of a $20,000 deficit were false, but noted many errors and a disregard for standard business practices in the office.
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Henry County
Frank G. Welton
Board of Supervisors
Welton
Bank Burglary in Ellisville Nets $2 000
A private Ellisville bank was entered by four men at 2 AM. The safe was blown with nitroglycerin and $1,100 in gold and $1,000 in bills were stolen. Citizens rushed to the streets but burglars escaped. Tolestaal and surrounding towns were notified. no arrests made. Bank owned by F. W. Butler. financial standing not impaired.
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Ellisville
Tolestaal Anrroumitus
F. W. Butler
Father Dies on Train in Transit to Texas Home
An unnamed man, Charles Henson aged 40, was found dead in a chair car aboard a train from Texas arriving at Union Station in St. Louis. He suffered from consumption and was returning to Paria with his wife and child. A recent note from his mother hinted at a marriage arrangement and a son had been in Texas seeking health.
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Wiltets
Wien
Texas
Union
St. Louis
Charles Henson
Paria
Mary—Henton
Fire Causes Major Loss at Greenville Manufacturing Plant
A blaze at ee Bros. Co. in Greenville inflicted about 65 000 dollars in goods loss with 53 000 dollars insured and 70 000 dollars total losses including five warehouses. The plant’s 100 employees escaped unharmed while L D Mange S T Henry and John Dagen suffered hay and grain losses.
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Ee Bros.& Co
Greenville
L. D.mange
S. T. Henry
John Dagen
Lawmakers push measures across many industries in Assembly
Senator Stubblefield of Bloomington backs a tough anti trust bill that passed the House while Senator McShane seeks factory and mercantile accident reporting to a state inspector. Campbell proposes railroad liability for insufficient passenger seating and bills to inspect hotels and restaurants. Others seek public service tax filings, airline receipts allocations, life company age limits, and prohibitions on ice cutting in polluted streams.
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Stubblefield
Bloomington
McShane
Aframpbell
Rock—Ieland
Marsare
Daugherty
Gatesburg
Gibson
McBride
Fight on Asylum Clinics Sparks General Assembly Clash
The General Assembly prepares to oppose Gov Deneen and the State board of charities over hospital clinics. Lawmakers object to wards hosting clinics and seek cutbacks while Gov Deneen promotes new treatments including water cures. The dispute centers on funding and policy for insane hospitals in Springfield.
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General Assembly
Deneen
State Board of Charities
Springfield
Bill Fixes Fees for Abstracting by Title Companies
Senator McNally proposes in the upper house a bill limiting abstracting fees and county charges for records. The measure sets fixed charges: certificate 3 dollars, each instrument 1 dollar, each for sale or judgment 1 dollar, each court page 1.50, each certified copy 0.50. Abstracting costs would drop to 50 percent to 3 percent of Chicago big-title rates. similar Senate measure was also introduced by Mr. Tout.
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Senator McNally
The
Assembly
Title and Trust Companies
Big Title and Trust Companies of
Chicago
Senate
Tout
Bills Passed in Legislature Prompt Revisions and Referendum
The House approved Reynolds' bill to raise Circuit and Superior Court judges' salaries from 5500 to 5000 dollars. Shanahan's measure allocates 5000 dollars for a volume titled Illinois at Vicksburg, while Flannigan's bill enables filling sanitary board vacancies. The Senate authorized the South Park board of Chicago to buy park sites in Yegewisch Grind Crossing and Englewood, with a referendum called for.
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House
Reynolds
Shanahan
Illinois
Vicksburg
Flannigan
Senate
South Park Board of
Chicago
Yegewisch
Grind Crossing
Englewood
Militia Reorganization and Uniform Bills Move Forward
In the House Mr. Kerriak and in the Senate Mr. Breidt push bills to reorganize the State militia into a division under a major general. A $500 fine targets those discharged from the guard. Another bill requests $199,765 for new uniforms. An anti-pass bill, with several variants, begins movement to curb pasteboard passes and mileage allowances, with expectations of passage.
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Kerriak
House
Breidt
Senate
National Guard
Donoghue Bill Targets Large Fortunes Estate Timelines
A proposed Donoghue bill would amend existing law to require estates to be distributed within 20 years after a testator dies. The measure aims to curb swelling fortunes such as the Marshall Field estate by forcing timely distribution and limiting lengthy probate.
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Marshall Field
Donoghue
Giant of Legislature Stands Tall in the House
Speaker Shuttles E cannot offer an excuse for not present to Jasper Covatt a towering figure in the Early-fifth Assembly. At six feet seven inches he resembles Lincoln in height and build, claiming a physics akin to the emancipator.
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House of Representatives
Ae ‘Vance
Jasper Covatt
Lincoln
Acquittal Ends Longest Labor Conspiracy Trial
Chitizo Tenslera Ross and associates were acquitted of conspiracy charges in the Chicago labor case. The jury, deliberating about two hours, found defendants who turned state evidence did not prove the alleged plot. Judge Kavanagh cautioned jurors on weight to place on testimony from Albert Young William Kelly and others as witnesses for the state.
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Chitizo Tenslera
Ross
Asso
Teamsters’ Union
Ciicuze
Cook County
Kavanagh
Albert Young
William Kelly
Ile
Labor unions and sympathy strikes cited in verdict
Shen called the verdict a victory for union labor saying the suit targeted labor unions engaging in sympathetic strikes not the individual defendants. He argued voting for conviction would occur only if the acts of violence were proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Shen
Tragedy in Chicago Ends Love Affair by Murder
Flora Mellonfeld wife of Chicago magnate Michael C. McDonald killed her lover Webster S. Guerin a portrait artist in Omaha as police describe a clandestine romance ending in blood. McDonald vows to spend all he owns on her defense while Archibald Guerin brother of the deceased and Will J. Davis face inquest in a case likened to the Thaw affair.
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Flora Mel0neld
Michael C. McDonald
Chicago
Webster S. Guerin
Ten Au
Omaha
Beath
McDonald
Archibald Guerin
Evelyn Nesbit
Will J. Davis
Playhouse
Global War Debates and Political Shifts Reported
Reports detail Nebogatoff's ten year sentence for surrender at Tsushima 1905 with subordinate officers jailed shorter. Vatican peace talk tests surface as Briand instructs prefects on church contracts amid Clemenceau stance. German tensions rise as Darama unrest grows and Reichstag funds dispute leads to dissolution. Russian Douma election results show center leads while Stolypin reassures. Maura forms cabinet amid Cortes dissolution call. French Senate tariff on pianos debated. both chambers back a 2 percent tax on foreign securities.
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Nebogatoff
Vatican
M. Briand
L'renner Clemencean
Constitutional Democrats
Stolypin
Dowiinas
Maura
Industrial Progress Quietly Expands in Chicago Trade
In Chicago the industrial sector shows steady growth with stronger demand for heavy materials, continued forward production, and improved railcar supply enabling more crop marketing and spring goods movement. Bank clearings reach 202,590,785 and failures in the district total 2, down from last year.
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Chicago
Dun
Trade and industrial outlook improves with easing blockades
New York reports generally favorable trade and industrial developments as weather improves and railroad blockades ease. Spring and summer fabrics demand rises in the East and Pacific coast, while Northwest reports better rail movement and reduced car congestion. Exports in winter goods ease, with totals to Feb 20 and fiscal year figures showing gains over several prior periods.
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Northwest
North Pacific Coast
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Market Price Report Across U S Cities and Commodities
A detailed market roundup lists cattle hogs and sheep prices for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with grain futures for wheat corn oats rye and barley. Notable notes include coal mining incidents and a bank fraud case with five year sentence.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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