Engaged to Mt Sterling Girl, Death in Cottage Mystery
Springfield May 13 A double tragedy stuns Mt. Sterling fiancé Anna Dillon as James Flynn 1319 South Thirteenth street is found dead in a cottage kitchen bound gagged and wired to a stove. Neighbors report a full gas line and an unanswered question whether suicide or murder. Flynn, a Racine Sattley worker, planned to marry next Tuesday. Anna Dillon, 24, awaited her swift journey to Springfield. The discovery by Mrs. John Ladd and neighbors led to police and coroner inquiries as relatives rush from Mt. Sterling.
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Springfield
Dove-Cote
James Flynn
South Thirteenth Street
Flynn
Mt. Sterling
Iris
Anna Dillon
A. J. Connell
South Eighth Street
Richard Monckton
John Ladd
Kramer
Hamil
Scherf
Dick Monckton
Jimmy Flynn
Annie
Racine-Sattley Company
Gaa & Murray
Gaa
Chester C. Copelan
Walter
Iowa
Connell
Racine Sattley
Whigs Letter Box Attacks Sunday Methods
A reader criticizes Dr. Frank Crane for a piece on Billy Sunday, praising decency in worship and recounting Sunday's San Francisco Panama Exposition sermons, while urging restraint and orderly church conduct. The letter is signed Col. H. N. Bryant from Quincy dated May 12. The Whig office receives thanks from a city reader for convention coverage.
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Christ
Billy Sunday
San Francisco
God
Fire destroys Harvester plant in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls S D May 18 Fire of unknown origin Friday night totally destroyed the International Harvester company's store and four story warehouse The loss is in excess of 21000000 The warehouse was stocked with farm implements and machinery Three of five employees trapped on the fourth floor jumped to an awning three stories below sustaining a broken leg and ribs a broken arm and minor bruises The others escaped by sliding down a rope to the ground
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Sioux Fall
S. D
International Harvester Company
Recruitment News From Hurdland And Quincy Areas
Shrapnel BS Bert H Duratt of Hurdland Missouri joined the U S infantry at the local recruiting station on Saturday. Edward Grattan Ince of Minneapolis son of Dr E A Ince has been accepted into the officers reserve corps and will report to Fort Snelling. Lawrence Randall of Quincy entered the navy yeoman service as the sole applicant of 51 to skip preliminary Great Lakes training. John Raymond Crawford of Bowen a Stockton Culver College student will also go to the training station. Five men enlisted in the navy through the local office: Thomas D Walsh, 27 South Eighth. W D Mitchell of Loraine. Frank Evans of Belleville Illinois. John D Baker of Brookfield. Louis J Gregory of Concord. Navy printers enlistment suspended until further notice and yeoman training stations are full, with enlistees awaiting school placement.
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E. A. Ince
Edward Grattan Ince
Minneapolis
Walter H. Bennett
Quincy
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Fort Snelling
Lawrence Randall
Yeoman Service
Navy
Great Lakes Station
Peoria
Newport
R. I. John Raymond Crawford
Bowen
Stockton Culver College
Carton
Randall
Thomas D. Walsh
South Eighth
W. D. Mitchell
Loraine
Frank Evans
Belleville
Ill
Ohn D. Baker
Brookfield
Louis J. Gregory
Concord
Navy letter from Mt. Vernon reports Iowa crew and accident
H Stegner, formerly resistant recruiter naval officer now in Mt. Vernon Ti, writes of a recruit under his charge and longing for Quincy. Pinkelman family learns their son Herman aboard U S S Iowa is well and enjoying navy life. He recounts a dry dock accident injuring workers and killing one electrician, with Iowa sailors among first on scene to assist. Harry Hofer, C A Worthing advance agent, leaves for Wichita to join the company.
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H. Stegner
Quincy
Mt. Vernon
P. B. Pinkelman
Broadway
Herman
U. S.S. Iowa
Iowa
Early asparagus shoots praised as esteemed food
The young shoots of asparagus when they first sprout from the earth form a much esteemed article of food which however is only in a slight degree nutritious.
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Cottage Kitchen
Mr. Sterling
Sweetheart
Mounkton
S. Adams
Maine
S. Main
Hannibal
Frank Crane
H. N. Bryant
Whig
Henry L. Whipple
Sioux Falls
Hodgdon Dairy CO
Bert H. Duratt
Hurdland
U. S. Infantry
Yeoman
Harry Hofer
Wichita, Kan
Owl Drug Store
Spring House
Scovill
Mer
Axminster
Armstrong
The
North Star
Hoosier” Cabinet
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