Romance and Adventure From a Palm Beach Engagement
Marion Winthrop recalls a Florida visit filled with romance and danger as she recounts a Spanish island tale to friends. The account features a yacht party, smugglers, a dramatic rescue, and a staged Spanish town, culminating in the revelation that the escapade was a playful fabrication.
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Dail
Marion
Marion Winthrop
Florida
Palm Beach
Nell Turner
Jack
Amy Wallace
Typuard
Windsor
Jacksonville
Dr. Brown
Spanishtown
Amy
Senora Gonzalez
Carlotta
Cita
Manuel Sanchez
Vilage
Nino
George
Senorita
Story Pub. Co
Peter Hyde
Peter
Manuel
Mary Moore
Spanish Town
Trolley Wreck Settlement Reaches $41000, Receivership Ends
Central Illinois Traction Company owners paid 41000 to 61 lightants representing killed and maimed in last Augusts wreck near here. Before suits for damages creditors moved to set aside receivership claiming mortgages were fraudulent. Receivership to be terminated soon. Avery placed in charge. claimants withdrew mortgage challenge.
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Charleston
Peter 8S. Grosscup
Central Illinois Traction Company
Here
Traction Company
W. T. Avery
Avery
Five Seized as Bank Robbers in Aldrich Missouri
Five men named C. Ryan Mike Glynn Harvey Wilson John Kelly and Thomas Pearson were arrested in Cairo after allegedly robbing the Aldrich Missouri bank. They possessed substantial cash and are held on $6 700 bonds.
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Cairo
Aldrich
C. Ryan
Mike Glynn
Harvey Wilson
John Kelly
Thomas Pearson
Snowball attack leads to assault in Kankakee
Dr S G Smith threw a snowball at Edward Shelly an 18 year old boy striking him in the eye. Shelly retaliated with a heavy blow from a club leaving the doctor unconscious for a long period. Shelly has been arrested.
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Kankakee
S. G. Smith
Edward Shelly
Shelly
Counterfeiter Caught in Chicago Arrest
Charles McMahon a 44 year old blacksmith believed to head a gang of expert counterfeiters operating in Chicago and other cities was arrested by Detective Sergeants Baldwin and Wertheimer of the Central station.
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Chicago
Charles McMahon
Baldwin and
Wertheimer
Central Station
Dead Fish on Shore and Fires Highlight City News
In LaSalle thousands of dead and dying fish lie along the basin banks as water impurities likely killed them. In Champaign the Delta Tau Delta house at the University of Illinois burned, with a 34 000 loss. Perry Barker of Rochelle was rescued by firemen. In East St. Louis Thomas Simpson, sought for a conductor murder in MaComb, Mo., was arrested, ending a yearlong hunt.
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LaSalle
Champaign
Delta Tau Delta
University of Illinois
Perry Barker
Rochelle
East St. Louis
Thomas Simpson
MaComb
Illinois Central Railroad
Simpson
Endows Fund for Ludlow Town by Charles D. Rodd
Charles D. Rodd the Ludlow born watch millionaire gave $3,000 to the town for a youth fund with conditions on temperance. The principal will be split into three $1,000 awards in 1974, 2174, and 2274 for worthy youths, with $1,000 also going to the village poor at the centennial. He also donated $5,000 to the Congregational church.
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Ludlow
Charles D. Rodd
Steals Shoes All Left Footed In Alton
A thief stole 24 shoes from the Chicago and Alton station, all left footed and in different sizes. The salesman quips he would pay to see the thief try them on his right foot.
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Alton
Chicago & Alton Station
Man Tries Hanging in County Jail Before Christmas Day
Charles W. Hovis attempted suicide by hanging in the county jail after his affianced Jennie Strass would not visit him. Fellow prisoners and the turnkey intervened. he was unconscious when cut down and awaited release on January 5 after prior arrest for concealed weapons. In Carlinville a miner Edward Arnold survived a 2500 pound rock fall with critical injuries including skull fracture and lacerations.
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Pana
Jennie Strass
Charles W. Hovis
Hovis
Carlinvile
Edward Arnold
Carlinville
Lost Eyes Finds Gold in Montana Prospecting Accident
Former Peorian Lewis Schmuck lost both eyes in a powder blast while prospecting in Montana. The blast uncovered a large rich vein of gold ore, promising a fortune for the unlucky miner.
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Peoria
Lewis Schmuck
Montana
Schmuck
Fears Poverty Lead Hermit to Self Inflicted Death Near Redbud
Fred Schotte, a reclusive hermit living in a timber cabin south of Redbud, killed himself citing fear of old age poverty after avoiding society for 25 years following a youth romance. In Taylorville, Roy Andrews, about 20, arrested for stealing a horse and vehicle from Decatur, confessed while jailed. Chief Traylor detained him as he tried to dispose of the outfits to a local stable.
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Self
Redbud
Fred Schotte
Taylorville
Roy Andrews
Decatur
Traylor
Andrews
Violence rocks Fairmont and Peona hospital notes
Samuel Lane was shot through the heart and killed by Bart Godwin after a quarrel in Dr. J H Godwin's office. In Peona, Clara Loeffelbeim, whose husband deserted her and whose child was taken, is described as losing her mind in a local hospital.
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Fairmont
Samuel Lane
Bart Godwin
Lane
Danville
Godwin
J. H. Godwin
Babe
Peona
Clara Loeffelbeim
Fire Loss at Galesburg and London Mills Grain Elevator Burned
Fire at London Mills destroyed the Iowa Central railroad grain elevator two loaded grain cars and two barns with losses estimated at 10000 dollars. Police Captain orders end of cigarette smoking in police quarters in Decatur cigars and pipes tolerated.
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Galesburg
London Mills
Iowa Central Railroad
Decatur
Koeppe
Erie Introduces Vast New Freight and Passenger Equipment
The Erie Railroad reports a major fleet expansion including 3,000 box cars 40 ton capacity 3 000 more coal ore hoppers 60 ton capacity 27 express cars 35 locomotives nine largest engines and 60 new passenger coaches for the New York suburban lines plus an all steel passenger coach prototype and the first Ganz type motor car trial on the Newburg branch.
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Erie Railroad
Hine
Erie
Iie
New York City
Ganz
Newburg
Europe
J. H. Maddy
The Diplomat and the Wisest Man
A classroom exchange where Tommy asks who was the wisest man and woman. The governess answers Solomon, then asks who is the wisest woman, and Tommy jokes that it could be either the governess or himself.
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Tommy—Solomon
Tommy
Suffered Twenty Five Years Healed by Cuticura Remedies
A Montreal woman recounts a long eczema battle lasting 25 years. Doctors offered amputation before Cuticura treatments reduced swelling and restored skin. After two months the leg cured, new skin formed, and she has remained cured for over seven years.
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J. B. Renaud
Montana St
Montreal
Growth of Lutheran Church in membership
The Lutheran church shows remarkable growth over 35 years from 395000 communicants in 1870 to 1850000 members in 1905, now ranking third numerically among Protestant bodies.
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Lutheran Church
Music! Music! Music! Special Four new skeet tunes
Bert S. Elliott promotes four latest music successes from National Capital Music Pub in Washington DC. The set includes Clementine serenade Ivah waltz Wapt ta march Reuben Brown comic song Gingerme two step. Each song priced seven cents.
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Ivah
Reuben Brown
Bert S. Elliott
National Capital Music Pub
Que Se
WN. W
Washington, D. C
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Bloomington
C. D. Myers
McIntyre
Kilbourne
Henry Wulff
State of
Illinois
Robert Burns Hospital
Washington Boulevard
Garfield Park
Wulff
Endows Fund For Town
Diplomat
Eczema
Cutiura
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