American Duke Seeks Italian Crown Ties With Miss Elkins
A Washington based tale of Prince Louis Amadeo of Savoy and Katherine Elkins centers on a possible marriage that could see an American become queen of Italy if the king consents. The Duke of the Abruzzi pursues Miss Elkins amid royal and Vatican interest, with the Elkins family and Italian court remaining mum.
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Sible
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New York
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Mount St. Elias
Alaska
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Emperor praises English homes over Berlin flats
Emperor William of Germany commends the English dwelling house system as against the flat system in Berlin and other German cities. He notes that even the poorest workmen’s houses have a homelike atmosphere with many flowers inside and outside.
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William
Germany
Berlin
Illness Ends After 22 Years of Paralysis in La Salle
Valentine Jesiolowski aged 60, a native of Polish Germany, dies at his La Salle home after 22 years bedridden with paralysis. His mind and senses remained intact, speech lost in seven years, final communication by eyebrow winks.
Bloomington Sues Street Railway Over Damages
City of Bloomington files suit against Bloomington Street Railway for 250000 dollars claiming owed license fees on streets with expired franchises. Railway contends license illegal since franchise claimed perpetual. Local ordinance fixed license and penalties for nonpayment last December. In other items, Miss Lola Nance case referenced with Oran Allen and Miss Mary Laws and multiple witnesses.
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Bloomington
City of
Lofa Nance
Nance
Louis Nance
Oran Allen
Lola
Miss Mary Laws
Illinois coal mines idle as unions pause work
Idle status grips Illinois coal mines as the Illinois Operators' Association closes all properties until negotiations for a working contract conclude. Miners withdraw from fields of independent operators amid the stalled talks.
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Springfield
Illinois
Illinois Operators’ Association
German Friend Near Death Recalls a Doctor's Fear
Henry Grimm recalls a German acquaintance who fell gravely ill for forty days and later recovered, illustrating a physician's concern that the patient might die. The tale reflects German-American social circles and medical anxieties of the period.
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Henry Grimm
Generous Woman Multiplies Cheese Across House
The Hartford Post recalls a tale where a generous woman fills every room with cheese to tempt her husband. The next morning a doctor arrives and asks, When did he die, revealing a dark twist behind the household aroma.
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Hartford Post
East Springfield Rejects Annexation Fire Equipment Transfer
Village officials refuse to cede fire apparatus to Springfield citing alleged illegality of annexation. They argue the annexation violated procedures by using Australian ballot instead of a mandatory special election.
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Springfield
East Springfield
Veteran Railroad Man J L Turner Dies at 72
Jefferson City notes the death of J L Turner a long time roadmaster for the Missouri Pacific Texas Pacific and Missouri Kansas and Texas lines at age 72 His son Joseph holds a roadmaster post on the Katy southern division.
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Jefferson City
J. L. Turner
Missouri Pacific
Texas Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Joseph
Katy
Illinois woman sentenced for mail fraud in Elgin marriage agency
Chicago Marion Grey received a one year term in the house of correction after a conviction for using the mails to promote a matrimonial fraud in Elgin. Officials warn of tuberculosis risks crossing species from cattle to swine through milk and direct contact.
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Chicago
Marion Grey
Elgin
Landis
House of Correction
Springfield
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Goy, Deneen
Purington Paying Prick Plant Closes Over Coal Shortage
Galesburg based Purington Paying Prick factory, employing about 400 workers, shut down due to a coal shortage impacting production and operations.
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Galesburg
Living room color and lighting advice for harmony
The article argues the living room should be a true living space with harmonious walls and durable furnishings. It recommends alabaster walls as the correct form of tinted walls and explains how wall color and lighting affect brightness, advising warm tones for north rooms and darker colors to modulate light in other rooms.
Cure at City Mission Shows Cure with Cuticura
A city mission case recounts a young woman with scabies incipient paresis rheumatism exposed and intractable to food. After seven weeks with no progress a dose of Cuticura Resolvent and bathing transformed her condition in five weeks she could seek work and regained health. Laura Jane Bates, 85 Fifth Ave New York March 11 1907.
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Laura Jane Bates
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Mar
Little learning can be dangerous says McLean
A man reflects that a boy seeking help with lessons learns that a little learning is dangerous. Contentment does not come from culture or wish but from reconciliation with one's lot and an inward superiority to surroundings per McLean.
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McLean
It Cures While You Walk Foot Ease Sold by Druggists
Allen's Foot-Ease marketed as a cure for hot sweaty feet and callouses. Sold by druggists for 25 cents. Slogan claims relief as a walking cure. Includes a Socrates quote and unrelated names.
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Allen
Ellen
Olmsted
le Roy
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