November 5 Cash Disbursements in City Records
A sweep of November 5 entries shows payments to numerous individuals and departments including salaries for trustees and police, janitors, carpenters, and engineers, plus village utilities and service costs. December 8 and January entries follow for wages, supplies, and municipal services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A E. Moormayn
Ed Prickett
Dearborn Electric Co
National Carbon Co
Albert Ehlert
Wm G Dalton
V. C
Burial Hermits
Stamps and Express
A. S Diekman
J K Dering
Louis Hummer
Fred Diekman
Marshal Jackson Co
Ledger
the Pointer
Dalton Vol. Fire Dept
Carl Wulff
City of
Chicago
F. C. Freehauf
First National Bank
Edison Lamp Co
Jesse Wesse
P. M
Sanitary District of
A. EH. Moorman
Electrician
E, Prickett
Watchman
Plebeman
H. Krueger
Avene
the Baker Mfg. Co
Henry Mary
Sseesanvoens
Camill Beck
Arogana Bate
Pay S.doce
Charles Albrecht
Rere Teres Seer Ree
Henry Krueger
Babblaleteeds Eee Heeran
Horton Ice Co
Electric Appliance Co
Dalton State Bank
A. Pralle
A E Moorman
Abe
Eveeeades
Wm. G. Dalton
Sardea
Pointer
The
Legal Adviser Publishing Co
Fort Wayne Electric Co
J. F. Boettger
Scot
R. R. Co
Adena Ies Bet
Sure Way to Detect a Married Man
A humorous quote notes that a man’s wedding status can be inferred by a frayed right-hand pocket from frequent use. Sackville Mc Knott says the pocket’s wear near the source of supply indicates he is not a bachelor. The Kansas City Star source is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sackville McKnott
Kansas City Star
Fat People Need Not Worry About Fat on Heart Walls
The passage states a rare condition where excess fat on the exterior of the heart or around the pericardium can cause serious trouble. It emphasizes that otherwise healthy fat accumulation is not a broad risk.
Fatty degeneration myths in medical observe and lean risk
The passage notes that fatty degeneration of the heart liver and kidneys is rare even in very fat individuals and more likely to appear as end-symptoms of chronic poisoning in lean, emaciated and anemic people rather than in the overweight.
Will Linked Desire Aims at Fulfillment
A terse reflection argues that desire linked with will can fulfill any aim. It emphasizes purposeful, concentrated willing across all effort to ensure success in any issue.
Chicago Elects G. O. P. Mayor in Landslide Victory
William Hale Thompson wins Chicago mayoralty for Republicans, with a 138,891 lead over Democrat Robert M. Sweitzer as 87 percent of 769,017 registered voters cast ballots. Women vote for Thompson heavily, with 243,797 women participating, shaping a broad party sweep including city treasurer and clerk races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlinola
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Robert M. Sweitzer
Sweitzer
Thompson
Stedman
Hill
Charles H. Sergel
John Siman
Hosean Wells
Prohibition
William McKinley
E. R. Morgan
Helen McCurdy
Stanton Township
Champaign County
Kankakee
Lincoln
Pontiac
Danville
Terre Haute Mayor and 26 Aides Guilty in Fraud Case
In Indianapolis on April 8, a federal jury convicted all 27 defendants including Terre Haute Mayor Donn M. Roberts. Trial began March 8 with sentencing set for next Monday for the 27 guilty and 89 who pleaded guilty. The case involved alleged election fraud to thwart voting rights and board participation, with a scheme tied to mail communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Indianapolis
Donn M. Roberts
Terre Haute
Anderson
United States
Congress
Germany Agrees to Pay U S 180 000 for Frye Sloop
Washington reports Germany will pay the United States 180000 in damages for the destruction of the American schooner William P Frye by the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Berlin will formalize the declaration within days and authorities see the move as resolving a difficult issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
United States
William P. Frye
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Berlin
Prussia
Frye
Leon C. Thrasher
Massachusetts
Falaba
Bulgars Attack Serbs Across Frontier at Vallian dovo
At dawn Sunday, several thousand irregular Bulgarian troops crossed the frontier and surprised Serbian guards near Vallian dovo. They seized heights on the Varda left bank and reached Strumitza station, cutting telegraph lines and capturing two guns. Serbian forces, reinforced, counterattacked, recaptured the guns, and are now pursuing the Bulgarians as both sides report heavy losses. The Serbs tally fifty men killed.
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Nish
Siberia
London
Valliandovo
Varda
Strumitza
Indictments Handed Down in Sims Dry Wet Feud
Fairfield Illinois April 6 fifty seven residents indicted by Wayne county grand jury after week long probe into dynamiting the Baptist church and other vandalism tied to the wet dry controversy in Sims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Ill
Sims, Ill
Wayne County
Baptist Church
Lecturer urges phonographs near hives and stables
Dr Alma Webster Powell cites experiments at a university lecture claiming music improves honey and milk yields and calms crowds, animals, and even crickets. She describes training slum children with phonographs to reform behavior and ending riots at Coney Island tents with music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Webster Powell
New York
Columbia University
University of Washington
Doctor Powell
Madam Powell
Coney Island
Lake Down Frog Chorus In Cudahy Magician Story
In Cudahy California a local tale claims a woman magican controls a frog chorus near Frogtown. Mrs M H Murphy on Mary Street feeds the singing frogs five pounds of salt after nights of serenading. The frogs retreat after the salty remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Down
Cudahy
Cal
M. H. Murphy
Mary Street
Frogtown
Yale Seal Mixup Sparks Light and Truth Joke
The Yale university seal was allegedly stamped with the motto Blasphemers and Farmers instead of Light and Truth due to a misread Hebrew inscription. Observers say the error highlights the old quip that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing and suggests the mistake should have remained hidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale University
Missionary murder feared near Bearlake Arctic mission
A letter from Rev. Father Jules Lecuyer reports that Rev. Father Jean Baptiste Rouviere and Rev. Father Guillaume Leroux may have been killed by Eskimos near Bearlake, about 100 miles east of Port Norman. News reached Rev. Father Allard, the Archbishop's secretary, via the Arctic Red River correspondence dated January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackenzie River Valley
Arctic Circle
Jean Baptiste Rouviere
Guillaume Leroux
Bearlake
Port Norman
Father Allard
Arctic
Red River
Jules M. Lecuyer
Tarbell on the value of women’s esteem in business
Ida B Tarbell notes in the American Magazine that a department store’s success rests on the satisfaction and pride of its women customers and staff. She warns that careless treatment of women harms business and the enterprise’s reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida ML Tarbell
American Magazine
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Tommie Hall
Loenis Penner
Fred Weber
Chas
Dickelman
F. Wulff
H. W. Schnoor
C. H. Smythe
John Needles
M. Stanczik
F. C. Freehaus
J. A Decklar
H. F. Wegener
Chicago Telephone Co
R. Flynn
St. L R. R. Co
John Harms
N. van Deran, Jr
Joseph Hess
Chas Meyer
Clarence Stanczik
E. A. Moorman
Wmm
G. Dolton
Bliss & Laughlin
Jas. Hess
Chas. Vandenberg
Chee Ptt
Wm G. Dolton
Vv. C
Central Bureau of Consulting Engineers
Wm. F. Propper
Chas. Dickelman
Wmam
G. Dalton
Board of Local Improvements
Chas F. Wulff
F. C Freehauf
Grant Brothers
Sea Bheed Reese
Reed
Dalton
National Meter Co
City of Chicago
First Trust & Savings Bank
Ember
PTESS
Peseb
Lady Ralph Paget
Ralph Paget
Red Cross
Serbia
Paran Stevens
U. S
Kaiser
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