Cannon Faces Fight of Life for Congress in Illinois
Danville Illinois September 20 A possible independent bid by Judge E R E Kimbrough could deny Joe Cannon a comeback seat in the Eighteenth District if he runs against Cannon. Democratic aspirant William B Cundiff is weak likely drawing only scattered votes, while insurgent and Democratic factions could tilt the race with money and momentum.
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E. R. E. Kimbrough
Joc Cannon
William B. Cundiff
Cundiff
Cannon
Kimbrough
Life in flat living drives people insane, says doctor
Dr Podsta of Chicago warns flats and tenements create nervous insanity and urges marriage restrictions and sterilization for degenerates and habitual drunkards. He blames whisky for worsening mental decline and disputes England’s Dr Forbes Winston that insanity will outnumber the sane in forty years.
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Chicago
Podsta
Institution For
Forbes Winston
England
Machine Mince Pie Is Placed Under Ban
Chicago reports a ban on machine-made mince pies doughnuts and baked beans. Dr Fenton B Turck notes New England dinners with these modern foods as unhealthy, linking many businessmen’s ailments to improper cooking and the era’s convenience foods.
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Chicago
Fenton B. Turck
New England
Bombs in gamblers' war hit Chicago districts
Bomb throwing resumed in Chicago on Monday night as two devices exploded from South Side elevated platforms. One blasted a notorious red light district restaurant and dance hall, the other struck Woodlawn. Windows shattered, no injuries reported. Police were warned in advance. John W. Morgan is under arrest pending investigation.
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Chicago
South Side
Red Light District
Woodlawn
Toker
John W. Morgan
Racine machinists walk out in historic labor tally
In Racine Wisconsin on Monday 550 machinists from the Mitchell Lewis motor car company quit their jobs and marched to the trades and labor hall amid cheering. Wage differences caused by machinery changes are cited as the reason for the walkout.
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Racine
Wis
Mitchell Lewis Motor Car Company
Trades and Labor Hall
Chauges
Evanston Starts Cooperative Grocery To Beat High Costs
Evanston residents form a cooperative grocery to curb rising living costs. To open October 2 at Dempster street and Sherman avenue, the plan mirrors British co operatives with members paying market prices and monthly or quarterly dividends from profits. A 170 residents have pledged support and a board of directors will run the store. The effort is framed as a business proposition to save money and improve service, not a reform movement.
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Chicago
Evanston
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Evanstonians
Co-Operative Society
Dempster Street
Sherman Avenue
Great Britain
North Shore
Gavalieris Thirst DRAins Bob Purse in Court Battle
New York reports creditors have filed two suits against Robert Winthrop Chanler over debts tied to his marriage to Lina Cavalieri. A Cafe Martin claim seeks payment for two dinners enjoyed by Bob and Lina, including a May 7 menu item list totaling $8.15.
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New York
Robert Winthrop Chanler
Lina Cavalieri
Chanler
Continents
Bob
Jean Martin
Cafe Martin
Mr. Chanler
Lina
Harris Claims High Prices Benefit Economy
Abram W. Harris president of Northwestern University returns from Europe and argues that high prices will teach Americans to economize. He cites British leaders he spoke with on Germany's rising commercial power and notes fear of a German war influences British policy and could push Anglo American cooperation.
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Chicago
Abram W. Harris
Northwestern University
Europe
Harris
Germany
England
America
Cotton Mills May Close in England
Manchester England September 20 The cotton mill employees voted to accept a strike threat by manufacturers and warned a general lockout could shut 700 mills, affecting allied industries and 550000 workers. They say the pressure would push employers or the government to enact strict measures.
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England
Manchester
Fowler Responds to Jury Demand
Chicago report says Francis A. Fowler president of the National Packing Company posted 30000 bond to appear for trial on conspiracy charges tied to forming an alleged beef trust. He was the eighth of ten packers indicted by the federal grand jury as investigation continues. Louis F. Swift and Thomas J. Connors remain in Europe and will return for trial.
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Chicago
Francis A. Fowler
National Packing Company
Fowler
Federal
Grand Jury
Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
Thomas J. Connors
Europe
Tragedy in Brighton as PM work train crashes into freight
Five section hands were injured and John Mc Graw of Salem along with engineer Frank Reynolds were fatally injured when a Pere Marquette work train crashed into a freight train on a thirty foot embankment at Brighton on Tuesday morning.
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Detroit
Mid
John McGraw
Salem
Frank Reynolds
Brighton
Subpoenas Issued in State Attorney Case
Chicago September 20 State attorney Wayman has issued subpoenas for two persons in connection with an ongoing matter.
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Chicago
State
Wayman
Largest Aeroplane in World Completes in Britain
London, Sept. 20. The largest aeroplane in the world has just been built by Lieut. Seddon of the British navy at Philstall near Wolverhampton. It is twice as large as a Farman biplane, weighs about a ton, with two eighty horsepower engines and a wing area near 1000 square feet. The inventor cites several original ideas in the basket-like frame and plane formation.
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London
Lieut. Seddon
Philstall
Wolverhampton
Suspected election fraud in primaries and grand jury plan
Reports allege ballot box stuffing and claims of fraud in recent primaries. A grand jury investigation is planned to scrutinize the conduct before and after the election, with charges freely suggested by various parties.
Prince Victor Wins Leopold's Daughter in Belgian Romance
Brussels dispatch reports Princess Clementine of Belgium, 38, set to wed Prince Victor Napoleon, the imperialist claimant to France. King Leopold opposed the match for political reasons. after his death, lovers pursued private meetings at Montcalieri Castle near Turin. Victor Napoleon, 48, is Napoleon's descendant and head of the junior branch.
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Brussels
Belgium
Clementine
Victor Napoleon
France
Leopold
Saxony
Beaudoin
Montcalierei Castle
Turin
Price Victor
Napoleon
Jerome
Westphalia
Widow Faces Murder Charge in Heath Killing at Vermont Home
Lunenberg Vermont September case against Florence M Dodge for the shooting death of painter William Heath at her home, preliminary hearing adjourned with no motive established, Heath killed while kneeling painting a dashboard. bullet pierced a wall, suggesting not self-inflicted.
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Lunenberg
Florence M. Dodge
William Heath
Heath
Dodge
Mexico to Spend 3.5 Million on Guayemas Harbor Wall
Mexico City reports the government will allocate 3.5 million dollars in gold for a quadrangular inner harbor sea wall at Guayemas. The project aims to shield the harbor and improve navigation and port efficiency amid ongoing infrastructure efforts.
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Mexico City
Guayemas
Wanderers in Spencer Area Both Suffer Mysterious Absences
Spencer New York reports two separate disappearances. Rev Dr Bradburn, spouse of the Spencer Methodist pastor, says he wandered off during aphasia and ended up in Pittston Pennsylvania. Simultaneously heiress Miss White from Halsey Valley vanished, with no word to her family.
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Spencer
N. Y
J. T. Bradburn
Dr. Bradburn
Spencer Methodist Church
Pittston
Bradburn
Miss White
Halsey Valley
Woman certain she can prove Crippen guilty
Mrs. Fred Ginnett in Pittsburg claims Philadelphia hospital records will identify the Crippen cellar remains as Belle Elmore. She says Philadelphia surgeons who operated on Belle 18 years ago can affidavits testify, linking the body to Mrs Crippen and sealing Crippen's fate.
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Fred Ginnett
Belle Elmore
Pittsburg
H. H. Crippen
London Hame
Crippen
London
Belle
Philadelphia
Ginnett
Serum saves hogs in Ohio swine serum effort
Dr. Paul Fisher state veterinarian reports 2500 pigs inoculated with 5000 doses in recent days as part of the Ohio live stock commission serum program. The value of the saved pigs on the open market is estimated at 25000 dollars, reflecting vast hog saves and promising impact.
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Columbus, O
Paul Fisher
Ohio Livestock Commission
Two Day Clash Ends With Freshmen Leader Imprisonment
In Appleton Wisconsin Lawrence College sophomores and freshmen fought for two days. Earl Tip pats, freshman president, was imprisoned on a Lake Winnebago island with another. Early Tuesday one freshman was submerged headfirst in a park fountain. Four were hurled into the Fox river and one was saved by a rowboat. The rest swam ashore.
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Appleton
Wis
Lawrence College
Earl Tippets
Lake Winnebago
Fox River
Magnet Aids Thieves In Paris Car Theft
In Paris a magnet and string were used to fetch a key from a letter box by nightly thieves. The last worker locked the garage and left the key. a morning watchman retrieved it. Thieves then entered, opened the door, and moved a new motor car from the garage without waking the watchman.
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Paris
Creditor Seizure Follows Lange Alchemist Claim
Scranton, Pa. September 20. Dr Frederick W Lange famed for transmuting base metals into silver faces foreclosure threats as his residence and office are seized over a $60 000 Reading trust company judgment. His brother Louis A Lange, secretary of the Schiller building and loan association, has vanished amid speculation.
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Scranton
Frederick W. Lange
Reading Trust Company
Louis A. Lange
Louis Lange
New Schiller Building and Loan Association
Mr. Lange
Charles Dickinson
New York
Dickinson
Lange
Freight Rates on Lumber Attacked by Ingram Company
The Ingram lumber company of Kansas City told the Interstate Commerce Commission on Tuesday that lumber freight rates set in 1908 by western railroads are excessive. They cited charges from Kansas City Southern and other lines from Arkansas and Oklahoma to Des Moines and other western points and urged a rate reduction.
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Washington
Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ingram Lumber Company
Kansas City
Kansas City Southern
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Des Moines
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