The Shadowed Reunion at the Villa
Claire confronts Sylphide Couramont after a dramatic family confrontation. Sylphide attempts to seize Lucian and their son Leon, but Lucian reaffirms his marriage to Claire and rejects Sylphide. Sylphide declares her freedom in abolitionist terms, then departs with a foreboding promise to reappear on a day of reckoning.
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Camille
Mia
Sean
Sylphide
Atruder
Leon
Claire
Lucian
Lucian Courtlande
Lucian Courtla
Street cleans by neighborhood boys prompts city response
A Maine city anecdote shows enterprising youths offering to sweep and haul debris for one cent a week. Residents paid in advance, two days of work followed by city crews reclaiming the job. The episode inspired praise and questions about citizen initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Fragmented prose piece with quirky dialogue
A brief, odd passage centers on Noah and a reflective speaker musing about abundance and sharing. The dialog-like lines mention two of everything and a wish that the place should honor the man rather than the man the place, amid a seaside scene.
Illinois State fair opens with record improvements and crowds
Springfield reports a $150,000 grounds upgrade, new terminal station, doubled Coliseum capacity and a $1,000 culinary prize as the Illinois State fair begins its second half century. Ten day exhibition extended to eight this year with plans to grow to two weeks. Premiums total $40,000 with $20,000 for speed events.
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Springfield
General Assembly
George R. Wendling
Rand
Coney Island
Bvate
Jacksonville
Decatur
Ilinois
Governor appoints panel for Frances Willard statue
Governor Yates names Illinois board members to arrange purchase and erection of Frances E Willard statue for a hall in the national capitol. Members include J J Mitchell Chicago S M Fry Evanston WA Jewell Danville Mary B Metzger Moline and Anna E Gordon Evanston. A child died in a barn fire near Fairbury Gracie Bills ten burned body recovered others injured while rescuing her.
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Yates
Ths
Illinois Board of Commissioners
Frances E. Willard
National Capitol
Washington
J. J. Mitchell
Chicago
S. M. i. Fry
Evanston
Jewell
Danville
Mary B. Metzger
Moline
Anna E. Gordon
Gracie
Ephraim M. Bills
Fairbury
Farmer John Gatons dies of remorse after fatal quarrel
John Gatons a farmer aged about ten years old died at Joseph's hospital in Jelief from a broken heart after a July shooting in which he killed a cer during a quarrel. He had been crazed with remorse since the arrest and is described as deeply sorrowful.
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Sony
John Gatons
Joseph's Hospital
Jelief
Gatons
Murder verdict in Greenville for Charles Ethridge
The jury found Charles Ethridge guilty of murder in the Kesner case and sentenced him to forty years in the penitentiary. Ethridge admitted firing on hotelkeeper John Kesner in Pocahontas after Kesner rebuked him, saying he did not plan the killing but acted in a flash. The judge postponed sentence at defense request as insanity pleas were pursued.
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Claire
Madam
Sylphide Couramont
Death' Ee
Sylphide
New York
Lucian Courtlandt
Lucian
Yary
Charles Ethridge
Kesner
Ethridge
Ethrdge
Bia
Clash at City Synagogue Ends With Arrest
A New Year clash between orthodox and reform factions at a peddler's synagogue led to M. Goldman being arrested on a disorderly conduct warrant. The dispute over who should blow the horn escalated into a Bible-throwing melee as women fled in fear and both sides fled the scene after a twenty minute disturbance.
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Eigin
Digin
M. Goldman
Mr. Goldman
Hiram Oshmansky
Wolf
Goldman
Oshmansky
Oxskmangsky
Indictment of Mattoon Mayor Mentions Bonds and Alleged Graft
Mattoon Mayor Francia M. Menke faces a twenty nine count indictment for malfeasance and misfeasance. He was arraigned before Judge Healey with bonds set at 2500 and security by John R. Hamilton A. H. Sutherland and John W. Terry. Indictments accuse gambling rooms saloons operating after hours and Sundays and possible police complicity in accepting money to permit Sunday saloons and gambling. Alderman G. M. Beals also indicted. Beals is a physician who has served three terms on the council.
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Francia M. Menke
Mattoon
Spring Menke
Roonta
Salvone
Menke
City Court
Francis M Menke
G. M Beals
Beals
Petitioners Seek Decision on Withdrawal of Signatures
In DeKalb Sycamore county seat dispute twelve hundred signers of the call for election also signed a counter petition to withdraw their names. The county judge ruled only enough names required by law may be used and all signers stay unless withdrawal notice is given. The case goes to the Appellate Court on appeal.
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DeKalb-Sycamore
Old Soldiers May Peddle in Illinois Under 1901 Act
Attorney General Hamlin issues opinion clarifying that an act of May 1, 1901 allows Union veterans discharged from the U S military or marine service to vend goods without a license in any county or municipality in Illinois provided they peddle only for themselves. The opinion specifies the act applies to veterans of the war of 1861.
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Hamlin
Bloomington
Military
Marine Service
United States
Inllinois
Banker Confesses to Fraud at Charleston Bank
Philip B. Davis assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Charleston confessed to falsely listing and footing up checks of Second National and State Banks in daily clearances amounting to 500 dollars. The errors were found days ago and led to an assault on Daily News editor J. K. Bardin by W. J. Kenney and others. Davis refunded the money and resigned. bank officials released a statement of the facts.
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Futhels
Philip B. Davis
First National Bank of Charleston
Ita
Second National
J. K. Bardin
Daily News
W. J. Kenney
Davis
Poisoned candy sickens girl in Quincy case
Miss Grace Vanden Boom, 14, of Quincy, lies seriously ill at Forest Park University in St Louis after eating chocolates sent by an unknown enemy. Doctors diagnose poisoning, with candy bought in Quincy and a probable St Louis purchaser. Gerry Vanden Boom, father, vows to fund the investigation to trace the culprit.
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Grace Vanden Boom
Quincy
Forest Park University
St. Louis
St Louie
Gerry W. Vanden Boon
Weston Merchant Missing After Bank Withdrawal
Friends fear a local merchant J P Stephens has been murdered after he disappeared while traveling from Fairbury to Weston. He drew 475 dollars at a bank in Fairbury, left with a stranger who drove his horse to a livery barn, and never reached Weston. A missing rider and a horse and buggy tied to the stranger raise suspicions of foul play as searchers and Sheriff of Livingston County investigate. Stephens carried nearly 1000 dollars.
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J. P. Stephens
Weston
Fairbury
Stephens
Peoria
Filth Found at Fulton County Almshouse Report
Health official Dr. Jacob A. Harman examined Fulton County almshouse and found no sewerage outside tiling, no water supply, filthy bodily-needful arrangements, unsafe building, and inadequate heating. He urged abandonment of the bald faz and called for a new heating system to address unsanitary conditions.
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Fulton County
Jacob A. Harman
State Board of Health
Fulton County Almshouse
Egan
Robbery at Thebes Contractors Office Stuns Local Guard
Two night guards lured away by a note from pretend women, leaving the office of C McDonald & Co at Thebes open. A safe containing cash and papers was emptied and reportedly tossed into the Mississippi river. Police suspect the safe was dumped downstream after the theft.
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C McDonald & Co
Thebes
Mississippi
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