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Newspaper
Hutsonville Herald
Location
Hutsonville, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
2
The Herald in Hutsonville Illinois lists Frank Kopta as editor and publisher with no additional article details provided.
Attorney General Young of Minnesota has served papers on the Atlantic Elevator Company of Minneapolis and the Osborne-McMillan Elevator Company of Wisconsin. A suit under the 1890 anti trust law is filed in Lowry, Minnesota, charging unlawful restraint of trade and coercive retaliation against the Farmers Elevator Association of Lowry and local merchants.
Kingdon Gould eldest son of George Gould was rejected by King's Crown at Columbia University where 64 sophomores voted. Gould was said to be detrimental to college spirit for ending hazing, while other items report a fatal wreck in Massachusetts and various society and public notices.
Maud Reese 25 a stenographer in the Union Traction Company legal department and her companion Mrs. Baumgartner were alone in a Chicago flat when a burglar entered. A shot fired in the dark killed Reese as the intruder attempted to flee. Police arrived after a call to Sheffield Avenue station.
Alfred H. H. Jones, Illinois food commissioner, described dairy dominance in the state and Chicago’s role in markets. Other items include indictments in Peoria, a record corn husking feat near Arcola, a double-tragedy in Waverly, and a dry Joliet Sunday amid enforcement of closing orders.
Mrs. John Anderson, wife of a Forreston politician and saloonkeeper, was killed at 1 a.m. after an altercation at the saloon. Five men including Louis Swank, Bane Boekho, William Dalsbaigh, Emory Anderson, and Herman Anderson are under arrest. one suspect fired the fatal shot.
Alton police investigate a grudge case after Mrs. Aaron Dodson reports that someone tried to injure her sister by placing sulphuric acid in her shoe. The sister noticed leaking fluid and corroded leather in patent leather low shoes.
At the Episcopal diocese of Quincey convention a resolution by lay delegate W. F. Bailey to forbid clergy from smoking or drinking in public was voted down. The body suggested clergy vows should suffice, though many lay members spoke of clergymen seen at public events with tobacco odors on their clothes.
An accident at Edwards Station Buckeye Powder works caused two deaths and several injuries among employees in the press department. Addison Long, 28, and William Hassler, 45, died after three blasts without warning. Many workers were tossed and burned. financial loss estimated around 10000 dollars.
At the annual Elgin convention the Sabbath Association of Minois condemned Sunday baseball and amusements on the Sabbath. Elected officers include President Dr. Charles Blanchard Wheaton and Treasurer Rev. Mr. Houck Chicago. A committee was named to prepare the state address.
A Joliet jury found Mrs. Charles Voight guilty after she assaulted teacher Fannie Emery at a Joliet school. Judge Hawk fined Voight $10 and costs for the incident sparked when Voight’s child was whipped for coming to class in ragged clothes.
Washington correspondent notes Illinois and 44 states expect gains from the public buildings bill. Allocations include East St. Louis post office and federal courts 300000, Alton 100000, Belleville 100000, Waukegan Lincoln Awanee offices 75000 each, Dix, Paris, Belvidere, Macomb post offices 6000 each, Aurora post office addition 20000. prospects shift with next session.
A county coroner report lists eleven months of fatalities totaling over 1 151 deaths with causes including railroad and streetcar incidents and autos. It notes 421 personal crises, 201 auto deaths, and 58 wagon accidents among the counted cases, with several undetermined and other specific causes.
Mayor Byers, away on campaign business, named a mayor pro tem who then appointed a new police chief and other officials. The council confirmed bonds but retained many of the predecessor’s appointees, creating friction. Byers alleges unconstitutional action and court cases loom.
Wealthy farmer Burton Mapes of Whiteside County is killed by former hired man Arthur Hanley after a wage dispute over corn picking. Hanley surrendered at Prophetstown to Constable Lewis and is held for the next grand jury session. The shooting occurred on the road near Prophetstown as they argued over pay.
W H Finch discovered 1800 in old checks among papers of the late Reuben Lindsy of Alto Pass. Two 500s drawn by an express company and one 300 from Page and Bacon Banking Co San Francisco dated 1852. James Cal Mr Stearns was a California gold miner who passed before revealing the checks. Effort to collect planned.
J B Walters a brakeman for the Illinois Central was fatally injured while coupling cars in the Grand Crossing rail yards. His right foot was caught in a frog as he signaled the engineer to move ahead slowly and he was dragged beneath a heavy freight car. He died shortly after the incident.
The article argues Korea faces disappearance from the family of nations as Japan tightens its grip. It cites the emperor and foreign minister Pakchisun resisting, then being forced to sign over governance to a Japanese administrator under the emperor, with treaty ports and diplomatic affairs controlled by Japan.
Five heavily armed inmates blasted a steel gate with dynamite at the Jefferson City penitentiary, shot multiple guards, killed two officers, and briefly escaped into the street before being captured. Warden Hall and guards transported seventy one federal prisoners to Fort Leavenworth amid the breakout.
The cruiser Marblehead suffered damage after a collision with the refrigerator ship Celtic near Mare Island. Also noted are campus birthday remarks at Cornell, union leaders reelected in Pittsburg, and various political and crime briefs.
Four convicts escape the penitentiary prompting a heavy armed pursuit through Jefferson City. A wagon ambush escalates into a brief street battle ending with the convicts surrender and injuries reported among both sides. Convicts Vaughan Blake Lane Ryan and Raymond were wounded. Lane driven resupply and others held for medical care. Investigation follows into weapon sources. Meanwhile Marie Santangelo an Italian immigrant faces a decision between remaining with her children or joining her husband in Italy. Midshipman Merriweather Jr. faces manslaughter and conduct charges linked to a fatal prize fight involving Midshipman Branch.
Diogenes seeks an honest man and jokes about spoiling the joke. Uncle Erastus plans a fifth marriage with a Presbyterian minister, who jokes about past weddings and white ministers, while the plasterer and whitewasher clings to familiar routines and voices.
Idaho Falls Idaho Nov 27 Mrs Martha J Lee reports Dodds Kidney Pills cured her rheumatism after three attacks. She says at fifty eight she can walk to Sunday School and do all her work, and will keep the pills on hand. The ad claims rheumatism stems from uric acid and kidney health.
Summary notes large forest holdings in Russia with 80 million acres under the czar and 808 million acres by another branch, plus czar’s wood police employing 27 thousand to cut about 12 million tons yearly mainly for firewood. It mentions US log cutting declines and a switch to more modern forestry. It shifts to a health ad for a catarrh remedy, praising a constitutional cure with testimonials and a confidence claim, then cites English language prevalence and a Carthage Mo report about a Joplin boy’s Sunday school question on the James Book.
A hospital crowding warning touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for womb and ovarian troubles. A Seattle woman’s letter claims tumor disappearance without surgery, urging others to seek free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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