Tragic Love Story Ends in Double Suicide in Illinois Woods
A 12 year old boy Walter Knobel and Henry Rudolph Amann 43 chose death together near Fort Sheridan after a two day wander in woods and on beaches. Amann stabbed himself and the boy died from wounds. both letters and confession were read to a coroner's jury.
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Amann
Frank Griffis
Stark
Knobel
Walter
Mary Knobel
Racine Avenue
Henry Rudolph
Otto Street
North Woods
Walter Knobel
Edward Martin
Chicago
Mr. Martin
Germany
H. R. Amann
Amanon
Woods
Fort Sheridan
Sage
Sheridan
Lake Bluff
Lake Forest
Amano
Army
J. L. Taylor
Edward Conrad
Lake County
Hanna
John Congdon
Lieut. Griffis
School Street
Hermann Fiedler
Martin
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Gormann and Rubenstein
Flo
Ruler in Splendid Health: Prince Luitpold’s Eighty Seventh Birthday
Prince Luitpold regent of Bavaria observed his eighty seventh birthday amid Bavarian nobility. He remains in excellent health and active, pursuing hunting daily in a greenish gray Bavarian shooting costume. The people still recall King Otto, interned since 1886, and Luitpold declined the throne.
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Luitpold
Bavaria
Otto
Munich
Chance Time at Vanderbilt Prompts Classic Latin Gaffe
Chancellor Kirkland of Vanderbilt, nicknamed Chance, is professor of Latin. During Horace reading one student recited a line that the class found humorous for its modern sense of “the blown of chance,” eliciting a chorus of laughter as Chance itself joined in.
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Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
City His Monument Appropriate Move to Honor L'Enfant
A sundry civil bill item of 1000 dollars calls for removing Maj Pierre Charles L Enfant remains to Washington and erecting a memorial over his grave. The article recalls L Enfant as designer of Washington and notes Latrobe doubted the plan yet the capital grew as planned.
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Congress
Pierre Charles L Enfant
Washington
L'Enfant
America
Lafayette
Annapolis
State House
Capitol
Thornton
Latrobe
Benjamin H. Latrobe
L’enfant
Robert Morris
Philadelphia
Morris
West Point Military Academy
Chillum Manor
Prince George County
L'Enufant
Republic
Beauty in Streets of Capital
A Washington correspondent notes that city streets offer remarkable contact with nature as a resident travels from home to work. Trees, lawns, flowers, and parks line every street, creating continuous greenery and a lush urban landscape seen in every block.
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Washington
Gen Keifer Burdened by Regret In Washington
Ohio's Gen Keifer, former House speaker, appears lively and vigorous in Washington after his election to the Fifty-ninth Congress. An incident on the floor shows his mood as he reflects on time wasted in sleep and his enduring energy. Congressman Tawney offers sympathy as Keifer laments wasted hours.
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Keifer
Ohio
House
Washington Star
House of Representatives
Washington
Jim Tawney
Minnesota
Appropriations Committee
Tawney
Gen. Keifer
Mr. Tawney
Jim
Butler Problem Highlights Illinois Politician's Farm Talk
Frank O Lowden of the Ogle district promotes an agricultural bill while hosting guests at a western farm. The scene features a dining table with farm produced dishes and a playful misnaming of sole, as guests include John J Mitchell and William B Ridgely.
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Frank O. Lowden
Ogle
Illinois
George M. Pullman
West
Chicago
Oregon
Ogle County
John J. Mitchell
William B. Ridgely
Mr. Mitchell
Support The United States Despite Family Doubts
A young Black man in Washington recently passed a civil service exam and was certified for a Treasury Department appointment. His elderly mother, a former slave era figure, accompanied him to witness the oath and, after the ceremony, reminded him she doubted his ability to support the United States given his past support for his own family.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Darkey
United States
Joe
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Uncles Sam's Employer in Government Service
Census Bureau reports in Census Bulletin 94 that as of July 1, 1907 the executive civil service employed 286,903 people excluding consular and diplomatic staff. About 29,103 workers, nearly one tenth, were based in Washington, D C.
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Uncle Sam
Bureau of
Lewla Meriam
Division of
Revision and Reanita
Executive Civil Service
Visit From a Fly and Humorous Fragments
A misc. clippings page features verse about a spring fly and a witty quip about a stenographer marriage, plus short items: an inventor claims gold dollars from ten cent pieces, a Wisconsin judge on kissed girls, and humorous local notices. It includes mock advice on whiskers and wardrobes, and a faux forest editorial pun. The piece closes with a correction from Osseo Recorder about a non-marriage.
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Bnt
Wisconsin
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Pennsylvania
Colorado
Salt Lake City
California
Taylor
Waukegan
St. Louis
Herman Medler
Hawthorne
Marie
Walter Knoble
The
Gen Keifer
Host
Sole
Byron Williams
Willie
Johnnie
Wille
Bayou
Marine Telegram
the Forest
Wis
Timey
Draguat
Henry Guilard
Anna Melby
Vee Joke Factory
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