Corollaries of Honest Needy and Public Figures
A collage of quotes and snippets on honesty wealth and politics. It references Grover Cleveland Shonts Rockefeller Wheeler and others, noting attitudes toward presidents, pensions, and canal debate as reflected in various editorials and city papers.
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Ow York
Worshall Field
United States
Chicago Tribune
Poultney Bigelow
Standard
Birminghan Herald
Grover Clevelan
Memphis
If Frame
Venezuela
Landianapolis
Knightiiest
Omis
Epighting
Joe" Wheeler
Chicago
Tribone
Shonts
Tere
Oursansas City Times
House of Coutens
Indiana
England
New York
Cleveland
Hin J
Iosurdtes Oumgantes
WalshfIs Arrested in Perjury and Embezzlement Case
John K. Walsh former president of the Chicago National Bank was arrested by federal authorities on charges of perjury and embezzlement. Bonds set at 30000. He allegedly misapplied 3000000 of bank funds and falsified a bank condition report. Walsh called the arrest persecution and accused bankers of mounting the prosecution.
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Mesias Sensi
Denk
John K. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
United States
Walsh
John M. Smyth
William Best
Foote Rates
Chicago
Chicago Official Resigns Says Socialism Influences Mind
Joseph Medill Patterson, Chicago Commissioner of Public Works and the city’s youngest official, resigns to Mayor Dunne in a letter declaring himself a Socialist. He argues that money is power and drives people to wrongdoing, noting contempt for law by wealthy interests.
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Joseph Medill Patterson
Chicago
Dunne
Mr. Patterson
Department of Public Works
Railways and Rates Spark Growth and Innovations Across Am
The piece notes New Haven and Hartford vote to cut passenger rates, Standard Oil’s control in Wisconsin Central financing, U S railroad mileage surge from 1805 to 1905, and a Denver Rio Grande booklet on Western Slope resources. It mentions Strang gas electric motor vehicle tests in Pennsylvania, box car orders for auto shipments at Altoona, and an Interstate Commerce Commission report showing rising railway capitalization and higher freight rates boosting dividends.
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New York
New Haven
Hartford
Mellen
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Standard Old
Superior
Duluth
United States
Grand Valley
Colorado
Western Slope
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Strang
Altoona
Interstate Commerce Commission
Death by own action ends Rev Simmons career in Peoria
Reports note the Rev George H Simmons took his own life at his Peoria home after facing alleged charges of a discreditable nature. He led First Baptist Church and headed two banking institutions, with a background in Georgetown University and pastorships in Kentucky Tennessee Indiana. The article also covers police chief Kiely graft charges, Denmark’s King Frederick VIII, and various notices on military and transportation figures.
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George .H. Simmons
Peoria
Tul
First Baptist Church
Simmons
Georgetown University
Kentucky
Tennes
A. A
Loutaville
Mathew Kiely
St. Louis
Anthony Huebler
Kiely
Central
Folk
Police Department
Iruth
Frederick VIII
Denmark
Haakon
Norway
Frederick
Greece
England
Czar
Europe
Free Masons of
University of Copenhagen
Panic at Alton cinema injures many children and bystanders
A roll of 800 feet of celluloid ignited during a moving picture show at St Marys hall in Alton causing a large smoke-filled panic. About fifty children were injured as crowds rushed exits. a back exit was locked. Children from Cathedral orphanage Ursuline convent and St Marys School were inside under supervision of Catholic sisters.
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St. Mary’s Doo
Ursuline Convent
St. Mary's School
Thrifty Wage Earners in Chicago Save Steadily
Chicago wage earners show strong thrift with rising savings deposits. State banks in January 1905 reported 128 million dollars in deposits, jumping to 147 million in January 1906, a year growth of 18.5 million or about 15 percent.
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Chicago
Auditor of Public Accounts
Ice Gorge Crashes Nearby Cities Cutting Power and Jobs
Fifteen miles east of Sterling and Rock Falls an ice gorge cut gas and electric service plunging the two cities into darkness. Factories shut, hundreds unemployed, daily wage loss about 4000 dollars. Bridges damaged and a 28 mile Gorge between Sterling and Portland, water 30 feet above normal. Forty families homeless.
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Sterling
Rock Falls
Brent
Rock River
Burlington
Portland
Chicago hunter drowned on swollen Illinois river
William H. Lang of Chicago died when a hunting trip down the swollen Illinois river near Bath capsized his boat. James Smith of Bath survived, later found unconscious in a willow by the riverbank. Lang, 54, left Chicago Friday, was a hide broker and part owner of a Berlin tannery. He leaves a widow, two sons and three daughters.
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William HH. Lang
Wiliam UW
Smith
Lang
Chicago
Berlin
Wis
Aged Illinois Man Assaulted Near Des Moines
William Morris a 95 year old Bloomington Illinois resident was found in Iowa City with face head and body injuries and claims highwaymen held him up in Des Moines robbed him of a gold watch and nearly 500 dollars. He says his wife is a Grand Lodge officer of the Illinois Rebekahs. Police found no evidence or leads on the attackers.
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Nashville
Farmers and Merchants’ National Bank
Woodford
Waukegan
Kenosin
Zion City
Dowie
Charles Hinderleiter
Mount Carmel
Aurora
Chamber of Commerce
Ifarry Batdorf
Bloomington
Macon
Champaign
Batdorf
Missishop
Jacksonville
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
United Mine Workers of
K Nois
Springfield
Chicago and Alton
Illinois
Secretary of State
The
Civil Service Commission
Taylor
Lincoln Asylum
Joseph Henson
Carpenter
Henson
Decatur
William Morris
Lil
Iowa City
Iowa
Grand Lodge of Illinois Rebekahs
Des Moines
Oxford
Noclew
Morris
Young Woman Backs Out Of Altar Case
Miss Clara Heckels miller was brought to the altar by William Kern of Guilford township but refused to proceed with the ceremony. The minister halted the plans and later Nicholas Promenschenkel obtained a license to marry her. Earlier Kern’s rival had pledged to wed her within the week prior to the scheduled wedding.
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Winers
France Monron
William Kern
Guilford Township
Clara Heckelsmiller
Savas
Nicholas Promenschenkel
Clara
Kern
Death by own action of John Bowman in Ohlman
John Bowman aged 50 of Ohlman ended his life by placing a shotgun in a vice and using a string to trigger the weapons. He died from the blast and leaves a family.
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John Bowman
Ohlman
Boy Disappears in Carlyle Home Investigation
Ches ter Abbott reports his 13 year old son Alva Abbott vanished from home in Carlyle. The missing youth reportedly skipped school regularly and a thorough search has found no trace of his whereabouts.
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Alva Abbott
Chester Abbott
Carlyle
Crace
Young Abbott
Hildreth Plans Suit Over Rail Pass Rights
William Hildreth a wealthy farmer from Hildreth has hired counsel to sue the Chicago Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company. A deed granted a life pass for him and his wife on the Olney to Chicago line, but no pass was issued this year. He seeks enforcement of the contract or damages for land use from the railroad.
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William H. Hildreth
Hildreth
Chicago, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company
Mr. Hildreth
State board promotes simple disinfection method
A crusade by the State board of health urges health officers to abandon costly equipment and adopt a simple, reliable method using a formaldehyde solution with permanganate of potash. The approach requires no special apparatus and aims to guarantee public safety.
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State Board of Health
Heira of S H Busey Proposes Bonus to Move College
Heirs represented by banker George Busey offer St Viateur's college a $50,000 bonus and twelve acres of land to relocate from Bourbonnais Grove to Urbana adjacent to the University of Illinois. The proposal highlights valuable adjoining property and the strategic position for the institution.
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Heira
S. H
Three Men Die Crossing Flooded River in Illinois
Blaine Jenkins, a Hen nepin mail carrier, Berry McWhorter, a Hen nepin grain buyer, and William Bentley, a Chicago barber, perished when their small rowboat capsized between ice floes on the Illinois River. The trio was crossing from Bureau to deliver mail. bodies recovered miles downstream near Hennepin.
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Illinois
Blaine Jenkins
Berry McWhorter
Hennepin
William Bentley
Chicago
Iwingis
Bureau
Chinaman Kills Benefactor in Quincy Restaurant Row
Charles Joe, owner of a Chinese restaurant in Quincy, was shot and killed by Ong Hong. The killer claimed he acted after Joe paid a physician to give him poisonous drugs. Authorities note Ong Hong’s ill health and possible mental disturbance. Joe had previously provided him meals and medical care.
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Charles Joe
Quincy
Ong Hong
Joe
Ong Wong
Charles
Unique Triple Wedding Ties Freeport Families
In Freeport Albert J. Fisher wed Rosa Kaiser while his brother William Fisher married Sadie Kaiser. The next day C. Fred Kaiser, father of the brides, married Mrs. Margaret Fisher, mother of the grooms. The triple ceremony draws wide interest among locally prominent families.
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Freeport
Albert J. Fisher
Rosa Kaiser
William Fisher
Sadie Kaiser
C. Fred Kaiser
Margaret Fisher
Woman Dies After Drinking Carbolic Acid
Eulu Luttrell, 29, of Redmond, visiting relatives near Fairbury, drank carbolic acid and died from its effects. Authorities report the incident as a fatal poisoning with unclear motive. Funeral plans not announced.
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Eulu Luttrell
Redmond
Fairbury
Man from Champaign Ends Life in Pomona California
George Denney formerly a Champaign lawyer killed himself in Pomona California taking his own life. He had practiced law in Champaign before moving to California where he died by suicide.
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California
George Denney
Champaign
Pomona
Cal
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Standard Oil
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Au- Tora
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