Bank Robbery Feared in Franklin Grove Heist
A bold early morning safe blowing and bank robbery rocked Franklin Grove, Lev County, as the local bank was looted of about 33,000 in cash and papers. Detectives from Chicago are en route while bank officials await a formal loss statement. The town remains on edge as clues vanish and the thieves fled quietly.
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Burvipere
Tili Jole
Uttle
Wrenklin Grove
I A
Les County
Franken Grove
Sesk
Chicago
Lev County
Felow
Disastrous Runaway Case Ends in Arrest and Murder Link
In Ohio and Illinois police trace George Kohler to Bunker Hill after his wife’s flight with Frank Drake. Kohler’s attempt to lock out Drake leads to arrest for a Toledo murder from 1884. a hotel siege and threats unfold amid jealousy, money, and accusations.
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Peru, Inn
George Kohdar
Toledo
Buoker Hill
Prank C. Drake
Kobler
Gottlob Stahl
Hoe
Mupgle
Andersen
Iowa Point
Chicago
Logansport
Bunker Hill
J Harper
Park Hotel
Parlimmeut
Drake Koh
Marshal F
Fr. Drake
Tusbanu
Kohler
Harper
Persiun
Shook Bhook
Daubter
Shook
Barper
Kehler
Hiv
Indianapolie
Drake
Urs Kohler
Attempted Express Robbery and Drowned Children Report
An attempted robbery at the Wella-Fargo express office in Anxion Missouri failed after the safe casing was blown and an inside door opened. Several packages were opened and items stolen, with only an overcoat recovered. In Berlin a group of children skating on the Spree fell through thin ice, five drowned, while a 10 percent wage reduction was announced for workers earning over fifty dollars a month, effective January 15, with no planned strikes.
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Anxion
Wella-Fargo Express
the Express
Berin
Cottbus
Brandenburg
Massachusetts Legislature Assembles in 1904 Session
Massachusetts lawmakers convene at the state house with William M. Butler elected senate president and George Von L. Meyer chosen House speaker. Republicans hold a large majority as years of control continue.
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Macaachusetts
Boston
Masachusetts
State House
William M. Butler
New Bedford
Senate
George von L Meyer
House
Armistice Teeters as Lease Case Hits Supreme Court
A peace accord between Mrs Lease and Governor Lewelling stalls as mutual friends seek a court-ordered restraint on Governor Lewelling’s appointees to the state board of charities. Eugene Hagan predicts filing in the supreme court today while Judge Doster weighs the legal path. Levelling denies vows to reinstate Lease. a December interest and regional dispatches note tensions amid calls for a formal inquiry.
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Doster
Lenses
House of Representatives
Eugene Hagan
Supreme Court
Leavenworth
Failling
Nine Climbers Face Storm On Galfetti Peak New Year Ascent
A party of nine from Alagoa attempted the Galfetti peak ascent to greet the New Year but were overtaken by a storm. Five spent the night on the glacier in extreme cold, with Lieuten ant Giana among those who perished during the night amid treacherous conditions.
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Wrath
Trias Janus
Alagoa
Galfetti Peak
Giana
Well Known Baptist Preacher David B Cheney Dead
Rev David B Cheney D D a renowned Baptist minister in America has died at age 75 in Oxicaco on January 2. He led multiple Baptist congregations and influenced Protestant circles with decades of service and scholarship.
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Oxicaco
Jan
David B. Cheney
D. D
The
Baptist Church In America
Fire devastates downtown blocks including Wonderland theater
A major blaze destroyed the Western Union Telegraph and American District offices, the Wonderland theater managed by C. P Moore, and West & Truax drug house. Fire spread to nearby properties along University street, injuring Hartford Brock. Losses include Quale Co 50,000 insured, Chamber of Commerce 120,000 insured 110,000, Wonderland 05,000, Truax 105,000 partly insured, plus other firms totaling about 200,000.
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Otalag &Od
Western Union Telegraph ¢ Company
American District Company
Eimuseum
Wonderland
C. P
Quale
FON Quale & Co
Faily
C. A. King & Co
Chamber of Commerce
Insurance
Tern & Truax
King Block and Chamber of Commerce
Inside the Blue Book of U S Government Employees
The United States Official Ledger grows to two volumes in blue leather binding, listing about 9 900 pages of names and salaries for legislative executive and judicial branches plus federal departments. It details top earners at the Senate White House and Treasury and highlights peculiar index entries and officer names.
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Aimee Tee Ein
Sam
Russia
Postoffice Department
Senate
United States
House of Representatives
House
Conas
Capitol
Great Library of Con
White House
Grover Cleveland
New York
Adlai Stevenson
Illinoia
State Department
Treasury Department
Washington
Customs
Internal Revenue
Revenue Marine
Treasury
Postoace
War Department
Arbor
Snag Bodata
Mississippi
Army
Navy Department
Navy Yards
Naval
Navy
Department of Agriculture
Judicial Department
Government Printing Office
Ftnals
Ofice Department
Harry
Thomas Fast Horse
William
Amon Red Owl
Robert Crazy Bear
Rosalie Black Tongue
My Little
Beas
Rufus Puoch Him
Marcellus Red Owlbawk
Skunk
Will of Chauncy H Andrewa Probate in Younestown Ohio
Chauncy H Andrewa's will, admitted to probate in Younestown on January 4, assigns an estate valued near 8 million dollars. The bulk, including family home, railroad, mill, furnace, mining and gas stocks, and real estate, goes outright to his widow with guidance from her counsel. Remainder left to daughters Mrs. John A. Logan Jr. and Mrs. Leslie C. Bruce of New York.
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Younestown
Chauncy H Andrewa
John A. Logan, Jr
Leslie C. Bruce
New York
Watch factory halves workforce at Kray Illinois
Beginning this year the watch factory announces half time operation. On August 1 the 8,400 workers were reduced to half, affecting the entire plant and continuing until further notice.
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Kray
Ills
Gons to Search for Colgate
SPOKGNE Wash January 4 A four man party leaves Spokane for the Clearwater country to search for George Colgate the cook with the Carlin party.
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Colgate
Spokgne
Wash
Clearwater Country
George Colgate
Little Girl Burned to Death in Miner Fuse Fire
The four year old daughter of James Turner of Famuincton died when her clothing caught fire from a burning miner's fuse.
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Famuincton
James Turner
Amalgamated cut to 9 50 for puddling on April first
Reports from Youngstown Ohio note the Amalgamated official and Manufacturers' association confirm a scale reduction to 9.50 on April 1 with orders on hand to keep operations running. A German tramp regime is described as strict, with policing and workhouse penalties for idle behavior.
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Youngstown, O
Manufacturers’ Association
Amalgamated
de Tanet
Eight Negroes Rescued After Windsor Hotel Collapse
Workers undermining a Windsor hotel wall caused a 150 by 85 foot masonry structure to collapse trapping eight African American laborers. Four men were seriously hurt and a mule team was killed. five others sustained lesser injuries.
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CuatTancoes
Old Windsor Hotel
Leland Smith
Jack Mayfield
Jay Henry
Merchants' Exchange elects tame annual ticket
The St Louis Merchants' Exchange re election elected a nearly unopposed slate. President A. T Harlow with vice president William G Boyd and E P Pome roy directing. directors include William T Anderson H B Bilbro H B Slaughter William K Stanard and C J Hanedrink.
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Br Louis
Jane
Merchants' Exchange
A. T Harlow
Wiliam G Boyd
E P Pomeroy
William T Anderson
H. B Bilbro
H B Slaughter
William K Stanard
C J Hanedrink
Election Contest Aims to Oust County Commissioners
In Cook County an election contest seeks to oust the county commissioners elected in November arguing the 1803 election act invalidates the vote and denies authority for a county board president. In Woodstock Township Illinois a masked robber threatened Phillip Schramm at his farm home demanding cash two days ago the victim surrendered funds after a prior payoff.
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Cook County
Jill
Cariaco
Jan
Ruverville
Ilis
Phillip Behramm
Woodstock Township
Sebram
Schramm
Mello reports landing aids troops in Rio Janeiro
Lisbon dispatch says Admiral ds Mello landed at the Rio Janeiro customs house to support a safe landing of about 900 troops expected from Catherina. Also reports a separate probe in Kentucky notes missing funds and disappearances at Caldwell post office.
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Lonpoy
Lisbon
Rio Janeiro
Ds Mello
Catherina
Siepes
Wicatta, Kas
Walter Donaldon
Caldwell
Bell
Debates on tariffs and politics in Washington era
In Washington discussions critique tariff provisions and partisan dynamics. The piece notes President Cleveland's independence, cabinet appointments, and the looming completion of the new Library of Congress building with projected costs and timelines. It also describes Washington's government-building pressures and rent costs.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Washington City
Census Office
National Library
City Post Office
Mirrors in Windows Show Easy World Viewing
A Chicago Post note praises the habit of mounting small mirrors on window ledges to observe the street from indoors. The idea extends to second story windows enabling visitors to identify who rings the doorbell before it finishes. The piece counts many such mirrors in neighborhoods and implies benefits for invalids and the infirm.
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Chicago Post
Salvador Franch Arrest Shocks Anarchist Circles
The London News reports the arrest of Salvador Franch, famed anarchist leader, confessed author of the Liceo theatre bombing in Barcelona that killed twenty five and injured fifty. He described selecting targets and releasing bombs in the packed stalls, then escaping through the theatre’s stairs. Franch claimed sole responsibility and expressed regret for the casualties.
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Mabuio
Salvador Franch
Liceo
Barcelona
Franch
Licco Theatre
Anic
Ther
New York Beggar Uses Cigarette Trade to Sell Smokes
A professional cigarette beggar targets youths on the Bowery area. He asks for a smoke and profits by reselling obtained cigarettes at discounted prices through side street cigar covers. The scheme operates daily with numerous small sales to his main customers, many of them boys.
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Berger
New York
Itinerant tintype man laments declining demand
An old tintype photographer near Philadelphia complains city photographers offer cabinet portraits cheap, making it hard to earn a living and keep the wolf from the door.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Cail
The News in Brief and Local Incidents
Field, ill since pneumonia, travels to the Pacific coast for winter. A murderer in Indiana killed Mrs Olive, while Yale figures discuss Cleveland and Blount. Rahway assistant bookkeeper Rahway, N J, reports four $260 packages. Popocatepetl unsettles tourists as volcano fears spread. Northcott arrested at Fairview for robbery of Healer home in Chicago. A woman named Barker near Rochelle Illinois is killed by arson from a stove fire.
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E Field
Pacific Coast
Snyder
Mrs. Olive
Indiana
Yale University
Keeres
Cleveland
Omer Blount
N.diz
Popocatapetl
Northcott
Fair ' We
Lam
Chicago
Barker
Rochelle
Isls
Grippe Epidemic Strains Washington in Deepening Malady
The article recalls a sweeping grippe outbreak in Washington with many prominent figures struck and several dying in government, Congress, and among newcomers. It notes high mortality, malarial influence, and the impact on life insurance policies as companies ask Have you had grippe This winter also covers reflections on political changes and economic responses amid hard times.
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Lagrippe
Jagarippe
Jo Grippa
Hife
Bis
Wren
Beardes
Grippe
Hitt
Big Barn hosts farmers' teams with ample space for horses
The Big Barn invites visitors to explore a spacious site suited for farmers teams and horse housing. It promises room for vehicles and horses and encourages come see him.
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Franklin Grove
Okinaga
Jimmy Calvin Arreetad
Jane Janes F
Galvin
Pittelary
Clare Palmer
Jru
H W Hubbard
Hubbard
Pamers
St Louis Onino
Br Lwovns
Te Union Station
Christopher Burlette
Joseph Meidright
George Sha
Simon Victor
Miller
Wiliam Redpath
Carlson
Dan Coughlin
Burke
Williams
Billerall
St Augustine
Fla
Mitchell
Duval Athletic Club
Tonpos
Por
Oisseau
Je Petit Department
Sarthe
Cain
Ga Fan
Altgeld
Bruisuritto
Joliet
Joust
Iils
Consolidated Steel and Wire Company
Eter
Germany
Fred Gebhart
Baltimore
Misa Louise H Morris
Jobe B Morris
Frederick Gebhart
Gebhart
Miss Morris
Illinois den Lormsville
C P. Huntington
Louisville
United States Tuat Company
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Trust Company
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern
Ilinois Central
Conn
Lislie Knapp
East Washington Avenue
Miss Knapp
Trecola
Charles Wilson
Review
Lamb
Building and Loan Association
St Lovn
Blackstone
F McEntire
H W Lindhorn
Henry UV Bergmund
Lindhorn
Jane-Peter Haley
Haley
St Louis
Mello
Louisvile
Phoenix Badge Company
Charles Mur
Pee Charles F. Hoderer
Caaslum
M. Cook
Isanter
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Arthur
Gresham
Chandler
Teller
Frank Hatton
Washington Post
Congressionalbrary
Spofford
Paris
Berlin
Batt
Howrevisx
Ala
James Darwin
Darwin
Esporapo
Mone
Jim Somalon
Herbert Hughes
Im Mara 18 Eer
Nseure
Lwissixerom
Hamilton
Seni Morton
Bence T
Poe
Geo. H. Tucker, JR
Greenfield Avenue
Milwaukee
Wis
Porter Deva
Cartin
Trasmas Wilson
Europe
America
Skookum Root For Grower Co Dept
Fifth Avenue
BS Scien
Sant
L.b.mape
R. H. Trevor
LIS
Moline Harness Store
Third Ave
Moline
Trenaman
Nebraska
Jay
Uniom Trust Company
Ouaba
Michigan Ave
Meatee SL
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