Outcast Ex-Con Finds Redemption Through Love and Duty
A released embezzler Mark Burnham saved from a river by a stranger inherits the rescuer’s satchel after his death. He adopts the benefactor’s name Eli Walters, helps the widow and five children, then falls for Ida Worth. He funds their new home and admits his true past, finding love and purpose.
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Mark Burnham
Burnham
Eli Walters
Walters
Eli
Ida Worth
Miss Worth
Ida
W. G. Chapman
The Wrong Thing
A brief opinion quotes Cleveland Plain Dealer remark applauding Johnny for dedication to work, noting his heart lies in his tasks and criticizing a tendency to neglect hands and mind aligned to his duties.
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Johnny
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Fiery Cross in Scottish Highland History
The fiery cross served as an ancient summons to arms in the Scottish Highlands. It was a small light wood cross whose ends burned and then were dipped in goat blood, carried by swift messengers from place to place.
Illlinois News Briefs Touched by Fires and Trials
Miss Clara Kellogg crawled through a window to rescue papers from a burning camp factory near Zion City. The day also reports state bank audits, prison releases, a Christmas tree plan for East St Louis, and multiple local incidents across Illinois including barn fires, forgeries, legal verdicts, and a deputy’s birthday.
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Clara Kellogg
Zion City
Porter M Aiken
Camp Logan
Here
Springfield
James J. Brady
Illinois
East St. Louis
Frank G. Smith
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Louisiana
Arkansas
Chicago
Joliet
James O’connor
Illinois State Penitentiary
Fred Douglas
Chester
Cairo
Dunne
Chamberlain
City Hall
Pana
S. E. Berry
Turae
Quincy
James Robertson
William Sheehan
Adams County Criminal Court
Robertson
Decatur
Levina Drngerish
Arthur
Ilinois
Marion
Missouri
Ulery
Danville
Bert Boone
Grape Creek
Sangamon County
William
Thomas Wanless
Thomas Wilson
William Wanless
Duquoin
Southern Illinois Traction & Power Company
Herrin
West Frankfort
Johnston City
Benton
Greenfield
Hiram McGinnis
Drake
Edwardsville
William B. Johnson
Multiple Illinois Local Murders and Disasters Reported
A sweep of state incidents includes T. L. Shampart dying of blood poisoning on his farm. Horace Balch killed when his car rolled. Harvey Clark shot by his nephew. A daylight jewel theft at Bloch & Meyers. a depot fire in Lincoln destroys the Illinois Central structure.
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Newton
T. L. Shampart
Jacksonville
Horace R. Balch
Springfield
Alton
Harvey Clark
Perry Clark
Chicago
Bloch & Meyers
O. K
Lincoln
Illinois Central
William Long
Lookout Mountain
Aurora
Samuel Robinson
Monmouth
Jennie Miller
Lewistown
Joseph Rose
Charles
Danville
Thomas O'Toole
Westville
William Henry
Richland
Rock Island
Beulah Smith
Lillian
William H. Ballard
Charles City
Oglesby
Felicite Oglesby
O'Fallon
Gladys Bradley
Rock Spring School
Here
Mary Schwartz
Edison J. Reider
Schwartz
Joseph Reider
Reider
Dorothy Schwartz
Dorothy
Criticism Sparks Debate Over Pianist's Style
A Youngstown Telegram excerpt recalls a pianist drawing mixed reactions as one onlooker praises his dreamlike rhapsody while another notes lacking swing. The text then shifts to a quip about yachts and ice selling, contrasting opinions and market quirks.
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Youngstown Telegram
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Boston
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Warner's Safe Remedies Co
Rochester, N. Y
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Starlight
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