Titanic and Taft era rumors mix with fashion and politics
A survey of issues from social etiquette dictums at Washington functions to Titanic disaster critique and maritime safety. The piece notes presidential term debate, upcoming GOP primaries led by Taft and Roosevelt, and a charity memorial plan for Titanic victims initiated by Mrs Taft and Mrs Hay.
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George W. Wickersham
Washington
Taft
Europe
Andrew Carn
Titanic
Arene Dee Ice
Atlantic Ocean
Fasr
Senate
Olympic
Isle of Wight
Ohio
Missouri
Maryland
Nevada
Arkansas
Kansas
Chicago
Roosevelt
Colonel Roose- Wyatt
Republican Party
Draper
John Hay
Arays Hammond
Union Trust Fov
District of Columbia
H. A. Foster
Kentucky
George, Lewis
State of
Bandits Capture Suspects in Ottawa Robbery
Ottawa police chase ends with three bandits arrested after a Lyric buffet hold up. Robert Roach Guy Houghton and Charles Bunce face grand jury bonds of 1500. They admit linking up with a stockman robbery at Bureau as motive and escape.
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Ottawa
Bureau
CMTS
Sheree
Burns Detective Agency
Rock Island
Robert Roach
Guy Houghton
Streator
Charles Bunce
Sheffield
Harry Harden
Harden
Liberty
Illinois River Bridge
Leo Berthold
Sulphur Springs
Squire Dunlevy
Bunce
Roach
la Salle Street
Silvis
Lyric
Houghton
Sale
Methodist Bishops Favor Abolishing Church Amusement Law
General conference in Minneapolis shows bishops divided on removing the church rule banning dancing card playing theaters circuses and horse races after investigations find two thirds of 3 250 000 members engage in these amusements without viewing them as sinful. They say a specific law is obsolete and prefer leaving amusements to individual conscience as John Wesley urged.
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Methodist
Methodist Episcopal Church
Minneapolis
Board of Bishops
John.weeley
Gypsies Raid Tiskilwa Store and Attack City Marshal
A gang of Gypsies raided Kitterman general store in Tiskilwa taking canned goods and nearly all portable items. They slashed the city marshal with a horsewhip after he ordered them to return the goods. They fled toward Princeton after a noon confrontation with officers in front of the courthouse. The group also attempted to entice a farmer to have his fortune told and were said to be the same gang linked to robberies in La Salle and other towns.
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Tiskilwa
Kitterman General Store
Kitterman
Princeton
Marshal Prior
Beyer
South Main Street
Court House
Park Avenue
la Salle
Heré
Mrs Hayes Cites Foley Pills For Kidney Trouble Relief
Mrs Charles Hayes of 821 Glendale Avenue Peoria reports nervousness backache and dizzy spells from kidney trouble. She says Foley Pills relieved her symptoms quickly and she now recommends them to others.
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Charles Hayes
Glendale
Lavenue
Peoria
Foley
A. J. Tronmonger
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