Week's Happenings Include Illinois Official Deaths
Gen Howland J Hamlin former Illinois attorney general died in Shelbyville at 59 from Brights disease and pneumonia after a week of illness. Dr N D Hillis of Brooklyn prefers being a preacher to a millionaire and has profited $75 000 from selling a coal property in British Columbia now valued at $5 000 000. William H Robertson American consul at Tangier on leave from New York calls for abolishing his office as unnecessary. The late Mary Crocker Burton Harrison's daughters will each receive about $2 000 000 from her estate. A J Hoskins of Upper Illinois sold to the United States patent rights to a range finder for $300 000. Sherburn M Becker the Milwaukee “boy mayor” buys New York Stock Exchange seat for $96 000 and will move to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howland J. Hamlin
Illinois
Bright
Shelbyville
N. D. Hillis
Brooklyn
British Columbia
Wiliam H. Robertson
Tangier
Morocco
New York
Mary Crocker Burton Harrison
Burton Harrison
jWho
Charles F. Crocker
San Francisco
A. J. Hoskins
Upper Iton
Ill
United Ites
Sherburn M. Becker
Milwaukee
New York Stock Exchange
Read sentenced for blackmail in Denver case and other news
Mrs Ellen F Read, recently convicted of assault with intent to blackmail Mrs Genevieve Chandler Phipps of Denver, was sentenced to not less than one year nor more than 18 years. The piece also notes counterfeit indictments in Ohio, storm losses on Lake Erie with seven sailors dead or missing, and other regional updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen F. Read
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Denver
William Lake
Richwood
Ohio State University
George H. Reed
Bowling Green
Toledo
Put-in-Bay
Buffalo
Los Angeles
Cal
Alexander
George Smith
Susan Stewart
Stewart
South Orange
N. J
Ington
Ada' Andrew Dunlap
Fring
Arlington
New York
St. Mark's Public School
West Orange
William H. Steadnap
Ilinois
Reign of terror in Managua. 500 jailed amid hunger in Nicaragua
Reports from Bluefields Nicaragua describe a terror regime in Managua with at least 500 political detainees chained in prisons. A Catholic society has been ordered to stop feeding the prisoners who face starvation, given only two cents a day for food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Managua
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Secretary of War
Racine
Wis
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Perry
Gerry Driscoll
Erie
Bessemer and Marquette Ferry
Conneaut
Lake Erie
Milwaukee Limited
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Julius Gillemo
Reno
Nev
Shoemaker Mining Company
Johnstown
John Daley
National State Bank of
Maysville
Lexington
Estill County
Kentucky
Steve Moskier
Pontiac
Ancona
United States
Lawrence O Murray
Congress
St. Paul
Cherry
Ill
Washington
Sarah B. MacLay
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
William Tate
Toledo
Har
Wreck Kills 20 on Twentieth Century Limited near Erie
A New York Chicago express collided with local No 10 near Northeast Pennsylvania killing about twenty and injuring as many. Six bodies recovered and sixteen injured on a relief train. fire and wreckage hinder communications amid a winter storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
New York
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cleveland
St Louis
Chicago
Taft nominates Lurton to Supreme Court bench
President Taft announced Horace H. Lurton of Tennessee as associate justice nominee for the U S Supreme Court. Lurton was appointed Sixth Circuit judge by Grover Cleveland in 1893 and is identified as a Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Horace H. Lurton
Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
Lurton
Sixth Circuit
Cleveland
George A. Carpenter
Chicago
United States District Court of
Northern
Ilinois
Bethea
Carpenter
Cook County
Fairy tale of prairie gold rush proves farming yields vast profits
The article touts Central Canada lands in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as ideal for small grains. It cites James Bailey near Regina who bought 640 acres for 18 an acre and, after two years, earned 17 550 from grain plus 10 889 in land value increase, with 19 875 bushels of wheat and 4 750 of oats sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian West
James Bailey
Regina
Bailey
Grand Coulee
Western Canada
Apt of Immigration
Ottawa
Gov’t
Broughton
Quincy
Chicago
Til
W. H. Rogers
Traction Terminal
Indianapolis
Geo. A. Mall
8D St
Milwaukee
Wis
Their Wedding Journey
A humorous bit features a waiter and a diner bickering over timing and payment. The couple's exchange plays on expectations about meals and the bill, ending with a lighthearted quip about clearing the tab.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Guaranteed By Cheney Company
A regional newspaper notes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a cure for catarrh with a claim to cure all stages. It states the remedy is constitutional and taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any case not cured and urge testing testimonials. Also advertised Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Forest of
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Druggista
Woman’s daring drive through Tunis salt marsh desert
Myriam Harry the French novelist crossed the Shott Jerid salt marsh in a small automobile. The treacherous morass, said by De Lesseps to reach depths of 1,200 feet in places, has claimed many caravans and now sees its first automotive passage by a notable female traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis
Shott Jerid
de Lesseps
Myriam Harry
Anti LaGrippe Remedy Promoted by Doctors
Western medical men claim a whiskey mixture from drug stores acts as a preventative and fast cure for bad colds and lagrippe. To prepare, add one ounce of compound fluid balmwort and two ounces of glycerine to a half pint of good whiskey. Dose is a tablespoonful three to six times daily.
Coming to Terms with a Tipping Dinner
A witty exchange plays on appetite and agreement as two speakers debate a fair sample of meals and terms before moving forward. The scene hinges on negotiation and implied settlement of appetite and pace.
First Cooking Mess Turns Into Loss of a Patient
A sister recounts an awkward attempt in the kitchen with a doctor sister noting the incident, then remarks she has lost her first patient. The exchange frames a humorous contrast between domestic mishap and medical responsibility.
Coughing Burst Blood Vessel Warns of Danger
A medical writer claims coughing bursts blood vessels were common and that coughs signal inflammation and poisons. The piece endorses a patent medicine approach with a home remedy and tonic laxative syrup, detailing a five hour treatment and dosages for adults and children.
Tabbed and Filed
Mrs Crawford jokes about saving her husband’s letters while in the country and Mrs Crabshaw plans to keep them for comparison to catch him in a lie, as a judge presides.
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General News
Twentieth Century Limited
Lake Shore
Supreme Bench
Rayner
Zelaya
Grace
Cannon
Maryland
Senate
Spain
Madrid
Bilboa
Barcelona
Malaga
Central
Syren
Elvis
California Fic Syrup Co
Deneen
Vernor Deeneen
Mlinois
Een
Carter
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