New Year Revel in Windy City Sparks Law Clash
Chicago scene brims with New Year plans as Law and Order League chief Farwell and Police Chief Shippy clash over enforcement. Farwell vows to gather evidence and pursue prosecutions, while Shippy says the 1 am curfew will curb excesses as Chicago gears up for a record New Year eve in the Loop with diners and revelers filling venues.
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Chicago
Arthur Burrage Farwell
Chicago Law and Order League
George M. Shippy
Farwell
Chi
Valet Shippy
Shippy
An Explanation An Apology and a Groat
The Reporter delays printing the McMix MeMix portrait amid a playful mock crisis over the figure’s feet and grip. The piece lampoons coverage while vowing to print the full image tomorrow without foreshadowing further obstacles.
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MceMix
A. D. MeMix
MeMix
Mc- Mix
Shakespeare
Tomor
Fortune Found in Old Fostered Heiress Book
Nellie Knight of 650 Granville avenue, born 1877 as Nellie Underwood, discovers an old account book in a trunk that proves her foster parents Heney and wife embezzled 3276 from her estate of 7000. The probate court restored the estate after legal action led by public guardian Miss Barielle.
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Nellie Knight
Granville Avenue
Cutting
Peter
eJnnie Neney
Mary Barielle
Nellie Inderwood
Jennie Pareppa
Heney
Pareppa
United States
Alexander D MacMix Distinct Scot Portrait At Depot
A Reporter sketches Alexander D. MacMix at the depot claiming not to be A D McMix but a Scots gentleman. He plans to travel to Walton for winter while the paper promises a future image of McMix himself.
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Alexander D. MacMix
Mr. MacMix
A. D. McMix
MacMix
McMix
Walton
Mr. McMix
Christmas Peace Hinted In New Year’s Morning Quip
Fragmentary lines hint at a holiday joke about bells and routine New Year’s morning, suggesting a lighthearted tone amid the season’s observances. The text reads as a social remark rather than a formal report.
New Year Opens Doors for Rising Advertisers
The New Year promises growth for want advertisers as several early partners graduate into larger campaigns and secure bigger budgets, signaling rising momentum in the ad market.
Japanese carpenter adapts to white man’s methods in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia report describes a Japanese artist worker at a commercial museum who argues the white man’s carpentry techniques are inferior. He favors drawing a plane and saw toward him, reversing tool blades, and using native-style steps, while conceding nails should be driven from the head.
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Philadelphia
Commercial Museum
Orient
Navy reorganizes as Capps becomes acting chief
Admiral W L Capps resigns as chief constructor to take acting helm of the bureau of steam engineering. The move consolidates the construction and steam engineering bureaus a longtime idea, though some officers warn of potential friction with line officers. Secretary Newberry expects benefits for the navy.
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Washington
W. L. Capps
United States Navy
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Bureau of Construction
Bureau of Steam Ensneering
Navy
Capps
Newberry
Uncertain Pair Share Walk Home in Night
A cryptic exchange shows fear of returning home in darkness spurring plans for companionship. The dialogue hints at protective action and social concern without additional context or outcomes.
Found After Thirty Years Captain Long Missing
After thirty years missing Captain Long from Mount Vernon Ul, was located in Chicago. The find ends a long missing person case and confirms the captain was alive in the city. Local authorities did not release additional details.
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Long
Mount Vernon
Chicago
Veteran Captain Polk Found in Chicago After 30 Years
Mount Vernon Illinois reports Captain S C Polk, missing for thirty years, located in Chicago via a letter to pension agent Captain W W Duncan. Polk, a former real estate and loan agent with statewide business, fled amid suspicions, deserted his wife and six children. now seeks pension and return, fearing prosecution.
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S. C. Polk
Chicago
W. W. Duncan
Princeton
Captain Polk
Illinois
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Chicago, Ill
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George W. Water Dearborn Street
Alex. D. Macmix
New Yyar
Jap Carpenter
Bureau OF Navy
United
Admiral Capps
Mount Vernon, Il
Elks Building
Logansport
White & Butler
12Th Street
G. W. Cogley Insurance and Real Estate
Phose Broadway
Foley’s “Grocery
Via
Wabash R. R
Wabash Ticket Office
Holiday Travel
Indiana Union Traction
North Street
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