Coroner Rules Railroad Carelessness Led to Fatal Collision
In Peoria a coroner’s inquest found the Rock Island Peoria division liable for the death of Charles Fisher of Moline who served as fireman on a locomotive killed in a head on collision in Peoria yards. The verdict blamed the railroad for backing a switch engine onto the main track knowing a freight train was due. Witnesses described the engine crew knew a freight arrival was imminent and that two trains may have tried to pass on the same track.
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Peoria
Charles Fisher
Moline
Rock Island
Fisher
Cooke
Writer's Thought Cramp and Creative Drought in The Reader
The piece discusses a writer's cycle of bursts of inspiration and periods of mental languor. It notes sudden, intangible lulls that drain ideas, followed by renewed effort as the mind returns to work, with the process likened to a machine re-engaging and the writer contemplating rest or fishing.
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Muajesta
Sewell Ford
Saved Anna Ducking: a colonial plea against the ducking stool
A colonial era plea argues against ducking Anna Willett as a remedy for scolding. The defender claims silencing her would stop women from curbing their tongues, warning that punishing Ann would set a worse example and ultimately backfire. The village avoids the ducking and keeps Ann Willett unpunished.
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Anna Ducking
Ann Willett
Ann
Ann Willet
Cowardly Brave Men and Hidden Night-time Fears
An old Missouri engineer is lauded for driving machines through storms yet fears walking home alone in darkness. The piece notes a surgeon who can be merciless in battle but panics when harmless elm tree worms touch his person, illustrating common human fears.
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Missouri
Cupid in the bottle spurs romance in Indiana tale
Miss Vita Teun of Grort county placed her name in a bottle and cast it into Deer Creek near Somerseo. Abner F. Mter of Converse found the bottle and wrote to Miss Lennon, who urged him to visit Liberty township. Romance unfolds as the two meet, with hopes of bells and roses.
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Mason
Ind
Vita Teun
Grort County
Reeditof
Lotte
Somerseo
Abner F. M Ter
Converse
Lenon
Miss Lennon
Mendelssohn
Tired of Pesky Reporters in Lexington
The former wife of General Cassius M. Clay, Mrs Brock, was seen July 15 in Lexington armed with a revolver and a broom during an interview with a reporter. She challenged entry, shouted at the reporter through a window, and chased him with the broom before he fled on horseback.
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Lexington
Perrl
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Brock
Step
Rie
Clay
Bloomington Teenager Charged With Murder and Mutilation
Maude Jardine aged 17 is arrested in Bloomington for the murder and mutilation of her 2 year old sister Mabel. Police say the crime involved alleged assault and a planned act, with the baby found severely injured in bushes on outskirts. Parents deny guilt and blame a tramp.
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Bloomington
Maude Jardine
Mabel
Miss Jardine
Jardine
Maude
Mother Saves Child From Black Bear Near Prescott
In St Joseph Michigan on July 15 a mother, Mrs Frank Gray, saved her baby from a black bear. While picking cherries with four children a bear emerged from the woods and grabbed the infant. The mother returned to the field, fired a rifle from the house, and killed the bear. The child suffered only minor injuries from the encounter.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Prescott
Frank Gray
Gambetta Brain Lost in Zinc Solution Blunder
After Gambetta's death Dr Laborde examined the brain at Ville d Avray and kept it in zinc sulfate. A weighing error left only 700 grams of brain tissue, described as the weight of an idiot's brain, a mistake Laborde reportedly never forgave.
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Gambetta
Laborde
Ville d’Avray
Rioters Block Kellogg Switchboard Freight Move
In Chicago on July 15, police used two wagon loads to move freight from Kellogg Switchboard to Panhandle railway freight house amid mobs and blocking teams. A passage was forced and nine arrests were made.
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Chicago
Kellogg Switchboard Company
Panhandle Railway
Bruner Lectures Cut Short as Chautauqua Audience Drifts
An afternoon talk by Rev. Frank C. Bruner at the Chautauqua drew small turnout with many leaving the Tabernacle. Bruner then cancelled his evening lecture on The Brown Button, and the program moved to moving pictures after a short dispute with organizer Mr. Odell.
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Chautauqua
Frank C. Bruner
G A. R
Linois
Tabernacle
Mendelssohn
Marguerite Smith
Dunbars
Alma Holt
Rock Island
Bruner
Quell
Association
Odell
Mr Bruner
Billy
Harriet
Attempted murder of nurse by Nelson Coatey near Marquette
Nelson Coatey, described as a half-breed, was captured near Pickard Lake nine miles east of Marquette after attacking a nurse on July 4 at Hewitt Avenue beach. He admits guilt and awaits circuit court trial with expected long sentence. The nurse, a Chicago resident, survived after being dragged into the brush and battered. Coatey has a prior history of knifings.
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Marquette
Mich
Nelson Coutey
Pickerd Lake
Hewitt Avenue
Coatey
Chicago
They Meet After Twenty Three Years
Rana Illinois July 15 Twenty three years ago last March Joe Reed of Shelby county parted from his son L B Reed and went west He sent no word home and the son followed to Oklahoma giving up the home place and mourning his father as dead Years later the father returned and found no trace of his family A report said the son had been killed by a train in Texas but no confirmation is given
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Rana
Ill
Joe Reed
Shelby County
L. B. Reed
Oklahoma
Texas
Mon
Leihe
Ways of Winged Wooers
In a Collier’s Weekly item, two purple finches stage a musical duel for a sparrow like maiden with each bird singing atop a perch while the rival waits. An orchard oriole quarrels and scolds, and the mature male is rejected as the younger suitor wins the bride through feminine scorn.
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Collier’s Weekly
Eclipse Beliefs Across Civilizations Through History
A historical account describes moon eclipse superstitions among Macedonians Arabs and Imams prompting prayers in mosques. It notes beliefs in Asia Europe and ancient Rome with rites such as trumpet sounds brazen pots and offerings. The piece cites ongoing instances into the seventeenth century in France Wales and Ireland.
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Asia
Europe
France
Wales
Ireland
Automobile Crash Injures Logansport Woman In Lake Mishap
In Logansport Indiana Miss Lottie Harrison sustained lifelong injuries after an automobile accident near Lake Maxinkuckee. Glen Vorgy of Chicago led a party including Representative Frederick Lands and Misses Laura Howe and Lottie Harrison when control was lost and all were thrown from the vehicle.
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Logansport
Ind
Lake Maxinkuckee
Lottie Harrison
Glen Vorgy
Chicago
Frederick Landis
Laura Howe
L«ttie Harrison
Loganspot
Kingston man claims never to have drunk water since 1862
New Brunswick New Jersey July 15 John L Rosso Jr of Kingston says he has not had a drink of water since 1862. Now 78 he claims to have always drunk whisky wine and beer in moderation and insists he has never been thirsty or in a day of his life. He says he has forgotten the taste of water.
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New Brunswick
N. J
John L. Rosso, Jr
Kingston
Rosso
English Injustice in Irish Towns Cited by Tourist
An Australian tourist in the west of Ireland asks an old woman the distance to the nearest town. She sighs and says five miles two years ago, but an English brute raised it to seven with chains, and the people have to walk the longer road with broken hearts.
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Ireland
Lieutenant McCue Declared Insane by Army Authorities
Gen Bates recommendation approved by Gen Corbin, sending Lieut William K. McCue of the First infantry to St Elizabeths hospital for the insane. The officer, once married in San Francisco with a Cincinnati wife, and whose second wife left him in Chicago after revelations, is now committed.
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McCue
Washington
Corbin
Bates
William K. McCue
First Infantry
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
McDue
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Chicago
Proclamation Grants Wider Irish Magistrate Powers
A Dublin Gazette proclamation revokes the summary jurisdiction of magistrates in districts of Ireland still under the crimes act, expanding official authority. The document cites the change as part of national security measures and signals a shift in local judicial control.
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Ireland
Dublin
Ideal Assembly Room Plans For Carnegie Library Upgrade
Carnegie library board decides second floor partitioning and plastering per original plans though costs exceed the budget. The top floor will serve as an assembly room for clubs and public meetings after completion, with a dedication ceremony to include a main speech, historical address, and music. Iron book racks costing 1600 to 1800 will be installed. curios remain at the high school. The building is insured for 30000. committee to plan dedication to be appointed by C A Barnard.
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Carnegie Library
Library Board
Lbrary
Woman's Club
Do You Walk Straight
A New York Times piece argues pedestrians diverge on crowded sidewalks. It notes people zigzag from curb to middle of the pavement, increasing travel distance, and urges walkers to keep a straight path when possible.
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New York Times
Sack wine in Shakespearean English origins
The term sack refers to dry sherry wine from Xeres known as seco in Spanish and sec in French. Introduced to England around Henry VII's era, it gained popularity under Elizabeth I after Essex’s Cadiz voyage of 1596, spreading among English drinkers.
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Falstaff
Seco de Xeres
Spain
Seco
England
Henry VII
Ferdinand
Isabella
Elizabeth
Essex
Cadiz
Shamrock III Sails Stretch in Jersey Coast Trial
Not a race but a sail stretching trial off the Jersey coast. Shamrock III tested a new sail area beneath its tallest mast as De Fite oversaw the demonstration after Shamrock III defeated a rival in the same trial.
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New York
Jersey
de Fite
Men's Diseases Revealed by Pioneer Doctor
A physician advertises a personal visit and free exam for male-only diseases. He claims lifetime experience and a guaranteed cure or money back if incurable, inviting patients for an honest scientific opinion and social chat.
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Lfe
Doctor Horne Promises Cure All Ailments At Rock Island Office
An advertisement for Dr. J. Alvin Horne pledges cures for ulcers urinary obstruction rheumatism blood poisoning and skin eruptions. It claims permanent results without mercury cutting or hospitalization and offers free consultation from rooms in the Mitchell and Lynde Building Rock Island with listed hours.
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J. Alvin Horne
Mitchell & Lynde
Rock Island
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