Illinois State fair closes after a successful week
Despite rain the Illinois State fair at Springfield ended a financially strong week with gate receipts totaling 34,965 dollars and a projected final gross near 50,000. Martin Conrad ends his term as president of the Board of Agriculture amid reelection to the board and a sweeping slate of new district members.
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Springfield
Martin Conrad
Board of Agriculture
County Agricultural Faira
Ilinois
State Board of Agriculture
James B. Dickerson
Lawrenceville
Chicago
Voids Prison Labor Opposes Convict Contracts Under State Constitution
Governor Yates releases Attorney General Stamlin's opinion declaring contract convict labor unlawful under Illinois constitution. It states the state cannot contract for inmate employment, a ruling that threatens revenue and could raise state costs by hundreds of thousands of dollars as threefold funding relies on convict labor. The opinion cites the constitutional ban on letting convict labor by contract to any person or corporation.
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Gov Yates
Stamlin
Dinols
Ilinois
Corporations Organized Elsewhere Dodge Local Taxes
The Board of Equalization met briefly in Springfield to address capital stock assessments. The Kankakee Electric Light Company replied it is a foreign corporation organized under West Virginia law, yet its business operates entirely in Illinois, making its capital stock non assessable. This prompts questions about why large Chicago corporations may form in other states to evade Illinois capital stock taxes.
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Board of Equalization
Springfield
Capital Stock Committee
Kankakee Electric Light Company
West Virginia
Ilinois
Kankakee Electric Jegit Company
Chicago
Bard of Equalization
Senate
Maryland
Kentucky
Newlands
Jones
Nevada
North Carolina
Pritchard
Harris
Kansas
Turner
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Beltfeld
Rawlins
Palma
Murder Trial Delayed in Woodstock Case
Earl A. Ellsworth of Woodstock faces multiple charges in the Wilworth murder case. Proceedings in McHenry County court paused after 11 jurors joined as a continuance was granted due to the absence of key witness Mary Lee of Chicago. The alleged killings occurred on February 28 during a jealous rage, with his son accused of aiding and abetting.
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Earl A. Elsworth
Woodstock
Wilsworth
McHenry County
Mary Lee
Chicago
Earl A. Ellsworth
A. W. Anderson
B. F. Hilsworth
Amos W. Anderson
Ellsworth
Convicts in Chester Chop Off Fingers to Dodge Work
Two inmates, Reagdon and Rose, at the southern Illinois Chester penitentiary severed three fingers each from their right hands with a rusty hatchet to avoid foundry labor. They claimed weak health and fear of solitary confinement drove the self injury, were treated by a surgeon, and kept on a yard block for the day. Guard R. J. Watson resigned rather than participate.
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Keleane
Harley Warren Spalding
Smith
Bishop
Chicago
Juliet
Spalding
Tay Spalding
Joliet
Dunne
Mistimus
Spahling
State Board of Pardona
Chester
Reagdon
Rose
Southern Illinois
Reagion
R. J. Watson
Weaver Buys Coal Land Near Duquoin Illinois
The Weaver Coal and Coke Company of Chicago buys the Krown Mining land 326 acres at Pinckneyville and mineral rights to 50 acres from Mrs Mary Sullivan. Shaft sinking planned one mile north of Duquoin on recently acquired tract. Additional shafts expected west of Duquoin on over 1000 acres.
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Chicago Company
Shasta
Duquoin
Weaver Coal and Coke Company of
Chicago
Krown Mining Company
Pincknesville
Mary Sullivan
Weaver Company
Jupiter
Jupiter Coal and Coke Company
Duquoiss
Rescuer Drowned in Bath Tub in Gas Incident
Frank B Townsend a clerk at Iowa Central Railway entered his Peoria home bathroom to shampoo his head. He disconnected a gas vent and was overcome by poison gas. His wife rushed to aid him and also drowned after falling into a tub of water. Townsend survived.
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Michael Harrigan
Peoria
Hoarrigay
Maggie Harrigan
Board of Review
W A Limpbaugh
Rock Island County
Fraternal Tribunes
Port Byron
Frank B. Townsend
Iowa Central Railway
Townsend
Rich Lead Vein Struck Near Bay City by Pittsburgh Prospector
B Black, a mining prospector for a Pittsburgh company, struck a rich vein of leaded zinc ore at Bay City along the Ohio river. He sank 150 feet, drifted 110 feet, and hit a true fissure vein. Experts rate the ore superior to Joplin district ore, causing local excitement and land prices to surge from 800 to 21000 dollars for farms nearby.
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Bay City
B. Black
Pittsburg
Ohio River
Joplin
Mystery in Woman’s Death Over an Accidental Gunshot
Mrs Edward Gomes died in Springfield from a bullet wound believed to be accidental. She claimed it was an accident as the revolver slipped from under her husband’s pillow when he returned home late. Some allege he abused his wife and was intoxicated the night of the tragedy.
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Spava
EB. S. Baker
Jacksonville
E. Boudinet
Danville
William Kapsa
Chicago Bridewell
Joseph Grove
Kent Creek
Rockford
Jacob Grove
Burlington
William Casper
John Rump
Chicago
St. Joseph
Hoor
Luther MacNear
Springfield
John Pffaun
Ilinois
Algonquin
Charles 8. Scheuermann
Micholas Eich
Scheuermann
Evangelista Chicago Presbyterian
Patsy Flaherty
Charles Denny
First National Bank of
Canada
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McNabb
Supreme Court
Hillel Lodge
Bnai B'rith of
Hose
Dan Avery
Rachel Davis
Mosha
Wis
Waukegan
Pullman
Dora Gerstenkorn
Kankakee
Joliet City
John Lambert
Council
Panacoa
Evan D. John
Illinois
Tlindls Masons Goon
Suullivan
Grand Lodge
J. R. Miller
Edward Gomes
Gomes
Nature Study on Ants Reveals Hidden Senses and Mystery
Adele M. Fielde of New York explains ants possess remarkable senses. Even blind to most sights, ants use scent to identify relatives, trails, and nests. Experiments amputating joints show how each nose and horn aids their life, while humans learn the vast mysteries of nature.
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Peleé
Adele M.fielde
New York
Nature
Cincinnati Post
Judicial conclusions on ex post facto, insurance, and school law
Recent judicial decisions cover multiple topics including a Missouri ruling that information can prosecute crimes after act, Michigan ruling curbing beet sugar bounty as unconstitutional, Nebraska and Wisconsin cases on insurer liabilities and assignments, Ohio rule on total loss payments, and a federal-aligned Bibb v Alton decision against segregated schooling.
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State
Kyle
Michigan Sugar Company
Mich
National Wall Paper Company
Columbia National Bank
Neb
L. B
Milwaukee
McQuillan
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association
Wis
Johnston Va
Phelps County Farmers’ Autual Insurance Company
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Dusty wayfarer asks aid from Mont Pelee survivor
A penniless traveler asks a Philadelphia housewife for help, claiming to be a Mont Pelee survivor. The woman questions his Martinique connection, but the man insists he is a suffering stranger whose belongings were sent there by kind ladies.
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Mont Pelee
Martinique
Philadelphia
Man walks daily finds joy in staying home when ill
A daily walker muses that illness would make staying in bed at home a rare joy, noting blessings in disguise fade when not noticed. The reflection blends ordinary routine with the unexpected comforts of rest.
Wealth, crops, and the farmer as wealth creator
A 1904--era editorial discusses wealth creation through agriculture, arguing farmers generate real national wealth via cereal crops, cotton, hay, vegetables and fruits. It contrasts stock market fluctuations with tangible farm output, notes farmers’ strong bank deposits and lending, and surveys political forecasts for Congress and tariff policy impacts on industry and farmers. It reflects the era’s economic rhetoric and anticipates shifts in political balance.
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United States
Kansas
Indianapolis Journal
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