Oak Park High Boys Lead Busy Spring in Multisport Plans
Oak Park High School teams push baseball tennis and cycling with strong players named Steele Reifsnider and Ball. The Cook County League season opens May 2 with Chicago Manuals and a field day is planned. Cricket, club tennis and cycling clubs at Oak Park and Austin prepare for tournaments and summer schedules.
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Times-Herald
Cicero
Oak Park High School
Steele
Blackstone
Waller
Reifsnider
Rowley
Cook County Baseball League
H. E. Griffith
James Reifsnider
Haven
Johnson
Volk
Matteson
Riefsnider
Ball
Heideman
Baldwin
Andrews
Pebbles
Hyman
River Forests
Morgan Park
Crack Oak Park Club
Chicago Manuals
Austin High School
C. C. Conway
Oak Park Club
Home Avenue
Madison Street
Rush Medical College
Lake Forest
Grinnell
Beloit
Northwestern
Purdue
Illinois
University of Chicago
Oak Park Cricket Club
Ciceros
Ridgeland
A. W. Giles
John Watson
H. M. Alexander
George J. Charlton
B. Lockyer
S.C. Stallwood
J. H. Ross
Albions
Elgins
Uniteds
St. Georges
Wanderers
Chicagos
United
J. A. Sims
C. Stallwood
W. Bullock
R. Thomas
Grant McDowell
Rev. C. P. Anderson
Lake Bluff
Bryn Mawr
Ravenswood
Kenwood
Riverside
Evanston
Oak Park Avenue
Randolph Street
Austin
Austin Tennis Club
Waller Avenue
Frink Street
Lou Mcfarland
Adele Price
Edith Wallace
Mae Potwin
Mollie Kennedy
Ethel Austin
Lilian Bontecou
Messrs
McFarland
George Amerson
Harry Crafts
B. Cutting
J. Smith
J. Walker
Prairie Club of
Oak Park
Explorers Begin Long Northern British Columbia Expedition
Two explorers from Victoria, B C, start a year long journey through northern British Columbia and the Northwest Territory. David T. Hanbury and George Rudge plan to travel by steamer to the Stickeen River, then to Dease Lake, to the Yucon headwaters, and east to the Mackenzie, wintering there before resuming next spring.
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British Columbia
Victoria
B. C
Northwest Territory
Stickeen River
Hudson Bay Company
Caledonia
Dease Lake
Yucon
Mackenzie
David T. Hanbury
George Rudge
Northwest
When Easter Occurs Following Epistle Rule
The Episcopal rule for Easter ties the date to the first Sunday after the full moon on or after March 21. If the full moon falls on a Sunday, Easter is the following Sunday. Easter’s movable date ranges from March 28 at latest to March 22 at earliest, reflecting the moon’s cycle and its link to Passover.
Strength and Weakness in Christian Journey
The article urges believers to rely on God for help in all life steps. It asserts God is with believers in any religious work from preaching to blacksmithing and cites Paul’s “I can do all things through Christ.” It notes Christ’s steadfast presence from crucifixion to preaching.
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Christ
Paul
Record of Standard Oil Profit Forecast
A New York financial forecast claims Standard Oil will distribute 25 million dollars in profits this year. The article notes the corporation began with 1 million capital over twenty years ago and is owned by a small group of men. It questions whether such immense profits can be generated without heavy tax burdens on the public.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Egypt to Start Geological Survey Under Government Plan
The Egyptian government will begin a geological survey of the land of Egypt next year at an estimated cost of 125000 dollars. Captain H C Lyons R E is chosen to lead the project while he currently supervises Philae temple excavations for the public works department.
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Geological Survey of
Egypt
H. C. Lyons
R. E
Public Works Department
Philae
Natiure
Napoleon's Civility Compared Across Courts
An anecdote recalls Napoleon at the Tuileries remarking to a lady about her fondness for men with the reply that politeness matters. Talleyrand later offered the same defense to Montgelas in Erfurt, claiming French civility contrasts with a Caesarian Roman view.
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Napoleon
Tuileries
Erfurt
Talleyrand
Montgelas
Alfred the Third in Three Epochs Inspires Poets
The London Chronicle surveys three Alfreds across Berkshire Lincolnshire and Kent. The piece notes the first surpasses in history, the second excels in poetry, and the third keeps the famous name in view, as Dryden’s lines are invoked for the present emergency.
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Alfred
London Chronicle
Dryden
Alfreds
Berkshire
Lincolnshire
Kentadorn
Why Puapera Are Started From the Texas Sister
A short vignette from the Texas Sister recalls a young man with talent but little money who plans to start a San Antonio newspaper. A friend suggests borrowing $50 to begin, but the hopeful writer says he would merely borrow the money to justify starting the paper.
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Puapera
Texas
San Antonio
Five Year Old Composer Wakes Detroit Family
A five year old girl in Detroit plays piano and composes pieces. She wakes the family before breakfast and often arouses them in the middle of the night.
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Wonder
Detroit
East Side Girls Charitable Club Formed by Youngsters
New York letters describe the Progressive Social Club a group of under sixteen led by President Annie Levy that aids the needy on the East Side. They schedule strict meetings, consult mothers for disputes, and host dances and entertainments in a hired hall while running a small, orderly operation with twenty members.
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East Side
New York
Far East Side
Annie Levy
Progressive
Walting St
Dora Elinsky
Lizzie Kass
Nellie Rudansky
Flora Minton
Washington's Spiritual Side and Washington's Sabbath Life
A summary of General A W Greely on George Washington as devout in childhood yet vague on church communion. The text notes his abstention from formal creeds, his practical piety, and his disciplined Sunday habits. It also highlights his equity as a guiding trait in life and his reliance on the golden rule in conduct.
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A. W. Greely
Washington
Ladies’ Home Journal
General Greely
Plaice
Virginia
Murder by strangulation linked to will as husband sought control
Mrs Martha Rech is found strangled near May's Landing New Jersey. Autopsy shows two handkerchiefs used with a tight knot around the throat and a second handkerchief over it. Prosecutor Perry accuses husband John Rech who faces a motive tied to Mrs Rech’s will leaving assets to their child. The case exposes a half million dollar Weaver estate and distrustful relatives amid a large local search. a felled tree was used to hide the grave, and the ax dent matches chips found at the scene. Authorities pursue Rech as hundreds visit the grave site.
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Martha Rech
May's Landing
N. J
Perry
John Rech
Weaver
Philadelphia
Bertha
Rech
Samuel Jones
Estellville
Jones
Johnson
Lew
Pin Swallowed Four Decades Ago Leaves Convict Ill
James Morris, a convict at the Columbus Ohio penitentiary, is seriously ill from a pin swallowed about forty years ago. The pin recently emerged from his breast, but his condition has not improved.
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James Morris
Columbus, Ohio
Two Fiendish Husbands Accused in Train Wreck
Warren Crisswell of Macon Georgia confesses to removing a rail that wrecked two trains killing three and injuring fifteen. He says shotgun wielding accomplice Odom Shaw induced the act to secure damages for his wife aboard the train. Shaw and Crisswell face preliminary hearing with a possible plot to kill their wives for pay from the railroad.
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Warren Crisswell
Macon
Southern Railway
Crisswell
Odom Shaw
Shaw
Railroad
Port Jervis Poison Case Moves to Habeas Appeal
In the Jacob Snyder murder inquiry at Port Jervis New York the latest step is a bid by Martha Whittaker's counsel Wilton Bennett to obtain release from police surveillance and confinement through a writ of habeas corpus. The defense claims innocence and alleges harsh family accusations while noting no knowledge of poison in the house.
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Jacob Snyder
Port Jervis
N. Y
Wilton Bennett
Martha Whittaker
Martha
Snyder
Tramp Finds $50,000 Treasure Then Buys Luxuries in San Francisco
Carl Herrmann known as Harris found $50,000 in gold near Sacramento after a Wells Fargo train robbery in 1894. He spent $40,000 in about a year, helped friends briefly, and is jailed in Sacramento facing grand larceny charges. Jack Brady, the other robber, testified in court and linked Harms to the treasure find. Harris claims he returned all unspent money and denies knowledge of the robbery. His trial attracts wide attention as prosecutors seek to recover more of the loot.
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Harms
Carl Herrmann
Sacramento
Cal
San Francisco
Harris
Harrs
Wells-Fargo
State Prison
Jack Brady
Brady
Wells- Farge
John Harms
Pacific Coast
Golden State
Hobart's Bride Spoiled Darling Weds San Francisco Star
Miss Hilannah Neil Williams, debutante sister to Juliet Williams, is set to marry Walter Hobart a wealthy San Francisco socialite famed for sportsmanship and influence. The couple, introduced by an army officer, contrasts romance with a high society match tied to the Neil family in San Rafael and naval connections in New London.
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Hilannah Neil Williams
Walter Hobart
San Francisco
Mr. Hobart
Meropolis
Hobart
Williams
Miss Williams
Hannah Neil Williams
Rose
Juliet
Neil
San Rafael
Bay
Forsythe
Navy
New London
Stranger at wedding reveals long missing husband
Twenty seven years after Eugene Stephens vanished in Crawford county Indiana, his wife’s daughter’s wedding drew friends. A stranger at dinner turned out to be Stephens who had deserted her. She sent him away and soon afterward collapsed from the shock.
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Eugene Stephens
Crawford County
Indiana
Stephens
Horse Dies From Tobacco Chewing In Fire Department
City officials and Dr. C. Lake Portsmouth Ohio examined a fire department horse after a mysterious death. The vet found the animal died from chewing too much tobacco, consuming three or four large cakes daily, with a liver shrunken to the size of a baseball. Other horses also eat tobacco, leading to an official ban.
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C. Lake
Portsmouth
Ohio
Fire Department
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