Diamonds for a Din
Vanderhuizen the Dutch diamond buyer flees Kimberley with a fortune strapped inside his coat. On a desert crossing with James, they race toward Khama's Land before thirst, betrayal, and pursuit catch up. Inspector Thompson closes in as the trap tightens on the train evaders.
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Vanderhuizen
Kimberley
South Africa
Cape Town
Boshof
James
Thompson
Kimberley Police
Klipfontein Station
Khama’s Land
Johannesburg
Khama's Land
Klipfontein
Vanderhauizen
Vanderbuiten
Inspector Thompson
Memorial day parade date set and rules tightens for Illinois G A R
Chicago reports a heated Memorial association vote moving the parade to Monday May 31 and barring smoking and women from marching while ex military groups lead. Gen Joseph Rosenbaum elected grand marshal with Gen R E B Koch adjutant general and William Gaskell named G A R marshal for 1200 veterans. Spanish war veterans may pick their own marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Memorial Hall
Memorial Association
O. S. McKenney
Sons of Veterans
McKenney
Joseph Rosenbaum
R. E. B. Koch
William Gaskell
U. S. Grant Post No
George CG. Abbott
Association
Illinois News Nuggets Across Cities and Officials
Illinois items report Governor Dunne leading a April 22 cross state tour from East St. Louis to Belleville and other towns, with stops including Mount Vernon speech. dental association meeting in West Frankfort Carbondale. endowment gift to Methodist board. legal actions against the steamer St James. Oliver F Berry seeking Republican governor nomination. Mrs. Savillah Wyatt Latham dies. German Old People's Home officers named. Peoria fire damages board of trade building. Chicago tuberculosis expert dies from needle poisoning. formation of Rockton State Bank. father and son banquet in Springfield. Colfax claims largest central West chicken hatchery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dunne
Crose
Odin
Salem
Xenia
Lincoln Trail
Mount Vernon
West Frankfort
Carbondale
Southern Illinois Dental Association
J. L. Perry
Murphysboro
W. A. McKee
Benton
J. W. Croessman
Duquoin
J. T. Cummings
Metropolis
Peoria
Ralph Burkhart
Marion
Higgerson
Illinois Annual Conference of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Parthena Keplinger
Carlinville
J. B. Hingeley
B. P. Shipp
Bloomington
Ilnois Conference
Cairo
United States
Peter Saup
St. James
People’s Packet Company
Fred D. Nellis
C. F. Nellis
Guy Walker
Oakley Doolen
J. F. Klein
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Senate
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Andrew Russel
Lowden and
Smith
Colonel Berry
Carthage
Hancock County
Lincoln
Savillah Wyatt Latham
Federation of Woman's Clubs
M. F. Koelsch
Quincy
W. C. Kowisch
Brooklyn
Los Angeles
Board of Trade
Washington and
Liberty Streets
Western Union
Clarence H. Wall
Wall
Rockton
J. A. McFarlane
Robert Fergusson
J. M. Waite
L. B. Hopkins
Charles G. Gayton
Brady
Rockton State Bank
Springfield
Central Baptist Church
Richard Yates
Colfax
O. L. Bradford
Central West
Seek Trophies of the War From War Debris Dealers
Curio dealers from England and across Europe stalk northern France battlefields seeking war trophies. Amateurs who own trophies hold out for high prices, or refuse to sell. The piece recalls Civil War era Bermuda auctions where Confederate brass buttons later fetched high bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Bermudas
Hamilton
New York
They Say the European War Will End in the Fall
A wry exchange on the timing of the European conflict and the irony of whose decline the fall might signify. The line about jealousy using a telescope adds a sharp social aside.
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H. M. Egi
W. G. Chapman
News OF Illinois
Telegraph
Tonica
Golden Oil and Gas Company of
Golden
Deer Park
Pawnee
Belleville
Belleville Civic League
Jerseyville
Horace FE
Mason City
A. W. Homberger
Illinois Wesleyan University
University of the Philippines At
Manila
Champaign
Jesse Tucker
Carboy Davis
Davis
Tucker
Timothy Kearney
Gridley
Carmi
Frank E. Pomeroy
White County Bank
Methodist
Pomeroy
Galesburg
Bank of
S. Samuel’s
Illinois
Ney
Ncago Flexigle Shaft CO
Satis
Ohio Sts
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