Murderous Saloon Keeper Shoots Target in Freeport Street Fight
Sunday afternoon in Freeport a saloon keeper Frank W Harris shot Charles Bengel four times on Galena and Van Buren streets. Bengel bled severely and died Monday morning after a long struggle. Harris was jailed and said he acted to defend his honor. The report notes Harris’s uneasy memory and alleges prior threats and a feud basis for the deadly attack.
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Frank W. Morris
Freeport
Dettistely
Harte Benguet
Lena
Harris Coos
Freeport Daily Journal
Galena
van Buren Streets
Frank W. Harris
Nengel
Benjel
Bengel
Harris
John Tillerbeck
Galena Avenue
Billerbeck
Journal
Court House
Wm. Stoons
Galena Street
Charles Bengel
Wash Bongye
van Buren
Becker & Grahman
Lengel
Bengye
Elarris
Morris
Gret
Rengel
E. A. Smith
Hengel
Root
Smith
Benged
Keagle
Renge
Hopkins & Allen Manufacturing Co
Norwichh
Conn
Leechburg
Wother
Bhat Turris
Brice Vandagrift
Will Colehour
Geo. Hollinger
Charles
Chicago
Mt Carroll Neighbors News Bids for Decoration Day and Local Happenings
Mt Carroll lines feature health notes on Thos D Davis and Mrs Fred Smith, social updates on Helen Mackay and Marie Blake, new jobs for Will Montague and Brice Vandagrift, family visits and travel, a vandalism incident, and preparations for Decoration Day with G A R markers and church services.
Local notes from Milledgeville report lectures and town events
Ir. Dobbs lectured in the M E church to small audiences and was said to be very proed. Multiple residents attend ball games in Chadwick and plan college entry at Normal and Galesburg. Several town figures, including J C Knox and J C Sturk, are noted for returns to teaching and reengagements. Memorial services, church conferences, and township meetings are described along with local travel, business, and a coal of repairs to homes and bridges. Electric Biters advertised locally with health claims.
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Ir. Dobbs
M. E
Freedom News Roundup and Local Notes
Jack Frost visits as farmers replant corn after freezing weather. Mrs. Zack plans repainting her house with a possible permit from Freedom authorities. Starry Cunningham, a Freedom farmer, endures mental strain from unemployment. Tie seeks highway work to stay healthy by filling potholes. Grandmother Horning seriously ill with hopes of speedy recovery. Sunday School at No 1 well attended. Rev. Kuhn preaches on Christian Love. Preaching each Sunday after Sunday School. all invited. Locnien.
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Jack Frost
Zack
Authorities of Freedom
Starry Cunningham
Tie
Grandmother Horning
Kuhn
Locnien
High School Notes and Prohibition Meeting Summary
Readings in Virgil and Trigonometry progress across the senior class with field day plans in Freeport and a class festival in Sherwood's hall to raise funds for a 1895 memorial. J.G. Kline of Chicago visitor. a civil government focus on questions. a late May festival and a cave zoology field trip noted along with various science lessons. Prohibition conference in Rockford lists speakers and schedules with appeals to attend.
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Mobile & Ohio
Mississippi
South Alabama
F. W. Greene
N. Grondway
St. Louis
K. EB. Perry
Gen. Pass
Clarence Paul
Ium River
Hancock
Freeport
J.G. Kline
Chicago
Sherwood
Solleitors
Incidents on Wabash Avenue and a Car Ride Confusion
A woman recalls mistaking a stranger on Wabash Avenue for an old friend, then questions him about a wife and children. Another narrator recounts misidentification on a bus, a sharp rebuke, and a rescuer who defends her. The tales reveal social awkwardness and humorous misreadings in daily life.
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Wabash Aveenue
George Watson
Marr
Henry
Hank
Woodard
Mary
Michael Murphy
Discourse at Maple Grove Reports Elgin Convention
Rev Anangst described the State Sunday School Convention at Elgin last week during a Maple Grove discourse. Wm Sowers returns. Elmer Wolf injured in Lanark runaway seeks speedy recovery. Miss Daisy Paul gets a new wheel. Mrs Francis of Chicago visiting J B Ketterman. Miss Sarah Franks of Brookville visits relatives. Bert Beck bought a Phoenix bicycle in Freeport and offers speed challenges. Whangdoodle mourns with others over a poor crop outlook for corn potatoes and beans.
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Chas, Gilbert
Leaf River
Della Beans
Mae Willis
Lanark
Shannon Friends
Eon
Black
Freeport
Wmn. Gemmill
Chicago
Ilness
William
George Byers
W. W. Booth
Sherwood
T. Lauhran
Katie Sherwood
Ames
Iowa
J.P. Atkins
Allemony
Arnold School
Samuel Renner
Frank Mitchell
John Peters
Horace Mitchell
Martin
Henry Wise
Anangst
Maple Grove
Elgin
Wm. Sowers
Elmer Wolf
Daisy Paul
Francis
J. 8. Ketterman
Sarah Franks
Brookville
Bert Beck
Light and the train map echo nature’s diffusion
The article compares light’s universal diffusion and speed to the Burlington Route’s rail network. It traces shifts from Newton’s corpuscular theory to Huygens’ undulatory view and notes light’s colors arise from vibration in ether. It ends by urging readers to contact W. J. C. Kenyon in St. Paul for tickets.
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Newton
Huygen
Burlington
W. J. C. Kenyon
Gen. Pass
St. Paul
Minn
Real Estate Transfers Compiled for Week Ending May Ist
Real estate transfers list multiple parcels and sales between various parties. Names include St Paul Land Co A J Wood Samuel Liven Milledgeville and Mt Carroll properties plus other individuals in Savanna Cherry Grove Lima and Milledgeville with prices ranging from 100 to 212000 dollars.
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St. Paul Land Co
A. J. Wood
Milledgeville
Daniel F. Deming
S. J. Molland
York
Michael Powers
Michael Lowers
Savanna
Washington
Rulph Hi. Eaton
Frank A. Steele
Mt. Carroll
Harvey O. Robbe Tod
M. Smith
Samuel Livengood
Samuel C. Vickinger
Caroline Edwards
Charles van Hoff
John Rahn
Henry Kniss
Lima
Edgar L. Holmes
Bailey Clevenger
Rufus M. Cook
William Shafer
Cherry Grove
John Hepfer
Phillip Ripper
George Faulkner
Margaret Gaylord
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