Cicero Town Board Hearing on Paving Twenty-Second Street
Cicero trustees meet with full board to discuss paving Twenty-second Street and extension timing for Suburban Railroad. board weighs turning paving funds into town treasury and approves various repairs, rebates, and sidewalk projects while naming officers and adjourning to Sept 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Thne
Cheney
Suburban Railroad Company
W. R. Leyman
Suburban Electric
Lake Street
Austin Avenue
Northern Pacific
Woodbine Avenue
Chicago Avenue
Augusta Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Fifty-second Street
Washington Boulevard
Rearden
Central Avenue
South Boulvard
Madison Street
Austin Boulevard
Gunthorp
Midway Park
Waller
Franklin Avenue
Attridge
Tmonom
Vastine
Brink Street
Randolph Street
Orean Waller
Winds Central Railroad Company
Berwyn
Waller Avenue
Dangers and Appeal of Mountain Climbing in the Alps and America
The piece argues mountain climbing remains popular despite hazards such as falls, altitude, and heart strain. It details gear like ropes, ice picks, and spikes, notes varied world peaks, and highlights U S mountains and Alaska. It also touches on royal Irish estates and historical sites in Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Mazama Society
Alpine Clubs
Tyrolean
Alps
Rocky Mountains
United States
Asia
South America
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
New Mexico
Nevada
Montana
Arizona
Idaho
Alaska
Mount St. Elias
Hydration Test For Damp Rooms Proposed
A method suggests placing a kilogramme of fresh lime in a closed room to absorb moisture. After 24 hours the lime is weighed. if it gains more than 10 grammes, the room is damp and unhealthy. The test could settle landlord tenant disputes on damp dwellings.
New Boarder Complaints of Early Morning Noise
A border line excerpt shows a new boarder complaining of a loud morning racket that kept him awake. He recalls assurances that there were no noises on the place, prompting a retort about prior conditions. The exchange captures tension over farm sounds including cocks crowing calves bleating and dogs barking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landford
Foston
Wires a Protection Against Lightning
Edward W. Bok argues in the Ladies Home Journal that dense urban wiring protects people from storms. He notes fewer lightning accidents in cities, attributing danger to country trees that attract and discharge electricity differently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Bok
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Cashier Breder Arrested in Canada for Bank Embezzlement
The Bethlehem ex cashier Charles E Breder, believed to have fled to Canada, was arrested in St Clair Michigan while working at a lathe. He is accused of embezzling about 20000 from the First National Bank of Bethlehem in December last. Detective Johnson traced him from Cleveland to Detroit then Port Huron before locating him in St Clair. Breder led a respected life with a wife and two daughters, and his arrest shocks the Bethlehem community. He faces examination in Port Huron after his return from Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harles E. Breder
First National Bank of Bethlehem
Im. Canada
St. Clair
Mich
Alfred Large
United States
Jacob Bernatz
Jacob Johnson
Easton
Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
Detroit
Port Huron
Port Uren
Canada
Queen's Dominion
Breder
Bethlehem
Tie
Storus
Toronto
Can
la Clair
Walter Ash
Min Breder
New Jersey
Ash
Young Ash
King of Bigamists Albert Kneeland Faces Prison
Albert Kneeland of St. Joseph Missouri is jailed on bigamy charges with ten living wives claimed. He boasts of more, once married under alternate names, and faces about five years in prison. Kneeland’s brother calls him insane on matrimony, blaming an old head injury.
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Albert Kneeland
St. Joseph
Aguarry
Sneeland
Ele
Joliet
Lansing
Kan
Kneeland
Th. HH. Kneeland
Columbus
Ohio
Roaming Romanys and the American Romany
Ethnologist Paul Kester discusses Romany life in the United States. He notes thousands in America, two names for cities, and bands of 12 to 60 with a horse trading culture. He cites leaders like Sophia Frever, Bridget Gorman, and Chivodine Lovel, plus customs, cooking, and the drift of wandering life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Kester
Kester
United States
Boston
Matilda Stanley II
Dayton
Henry Palmer
San Francisco
America
California
England
Watch Snatcher Foiled by Elder Lord Justice in London
Lord Justice of Appeal Macnaghten, nearly seventy, pursued a thief after the watch was snatched. He sprinted across two blocks and recovered the timepiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macnaghten
London
Execution of Frank Butler Murderer in Sydney
Sydney reports detail the hanging of Frank Butler who killed three men in the Blue Mountains and was extradited from San Francisco after a Pacific chase. He died instantly on a seven foot six inch drop, pale yet calm, and confessed to Governor that he killed Lee Weller Preston and Burgess and many other crimes. He begged forgiveness for Preston’s relatives and admitted killing a young prospector named Davis but gave few details. Australian experts call him the worst murderer since Deeming.
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Ian
Sydney
Frank Butler
Blue Mountains
San Francisco
Pacific
Butler
Lee Weller
Preston
Burgess
Davis
Australia
Deeming
Bride's wedding ends in tragedy as groom poisons himself
John White, 21, a village baker from Waynetown Indiana, killed himself with carbolic acid just before his wedding to Nettie Whitaker. He was preparing for the ceremony in a happy mood when he left for his room, went to the barn, and died within an hour of the expected nuptials. No reason was given for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satelde
Waynetown
Ind
John White
Nettie Whitaker
Swedish servant girl finds fortune from stake in a man
A poor Swedish maid named Mary Svensen invested $1000 in a local man and learns she will inherit about $69,000 after his profits. She was recently discharged and had spent most earnings caring for her sister. A steamer letter says her share is about $64,000 as he returns home. In Russia a ten year old needs a passport to leave for school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muckross
Ireland
London Cables
Jemerald Isle
Henry Arthur Herbert
Killarney
Herbert
Pacumna
Mary Svensen
Arcelie
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Cicero Town Board
Board OF Local Improvements
Communications
Nash and Dowdle
Prairie Avenue
Ontario Street
B. Morenen
John Esch
Geo
Eissler
Griffin
CCOW
Fillmore
A. N. Brown
RW. Rowland
J. C. Muller
Geo. Hayman
A. J. Bigewall
W.s. Forty-eighth Street
Fourteenth
Twenty-second Street
Ohio Street
Franklin
S.8
Austine Avenue
W. S
Pine Avenue
Chimaro Avenue
Rice Street
Congress Street
Harison Street
Forty-eighth
Fiftieth Street
Carrison Street
Forty-ninth
Morton Park
Hawthorne Fire Company
la Mena
Hawthorne
Anton Kusaba
Stawthorne
LaVergne Avenue
Berwyn W
David Mockt
Mandell
Charles Burkhart
H. M. Harper
Committee On Fire and Water
Worthington
Gunthrop
Wesley Avenue
Clark and
Willow Avenues
Harvey Avenue
Goodman & Scully
Police Telephone and Signal Company
Chicago Underwriters’ Association
Bellefonte Avenue
Joseph Dillon
I. A. Barker
South Boulevard
Pleasant Street
Cuyler
Thomas Street
Forest Avenue
Thomas
Division Street
Superior Street
General Assembly
HH. AL Potwin
J. “Linden
Dom Paul
Qout
Paul
Abber
Northoreland
Desmond
Donald McCarthy
O'Sullivans
McGillcuddys
O'Donoghues
Muckross Abbey
Gandford
Tnstitation
Insane
Charles FL Rbreder
King
Bigamists
St. Joseph, Mo
Pittsburg
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chivodine Lovel
Lovel
Newark
Elizabeth
N. J
Lovels
Charles Ross
Little Ross
Chivedine
Stanley
Crowhill
Kings County
Cuvinnati
Russia
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