The Lost Button
A tale of two Gilfillans in Enlota prison ends with a deadly craving for a button. The elder brother tooted a harmful gift to his sick sibling and faced seven days in a dark cell. The story closes with the button’s mystery and a lingering hunt in the asylum ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enlota Penitentiary
Gilfillan
Enlota
Hell
Medico
Nemesis
Bulstrode
Tomlinson
Night Watch
Dunworth
Save the Wild Birds and Loss to Posterity
A call by President William Dutcher in New York urges action by the National Association of Audubon Societies to stop destruction of insect eating birds. He warns extinction would be a calamity and robs posterity as American crops lose hundreds of millions annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Audubon Societies
Illinois News Briefs Chronicle thefts and indictments across cities
Harrisburg reports Cecil McKinney 18 confesses to a string of burglaries and hold ups implicating a dozen youths including John Greer of St. Louis and Frank Fink of Harrisburg. In Springfield a derail attempt thwarted on the Diamond Southbound. Zeigler notes Joseph Leiter undergoes appendectomy and recovers. Madison recalls Frank Jones repaying a debt after walking 145 miles from Chicago. Chicago juries convict John A. Cross in a hotel licensing challenge. Public notices cover retailers' meeting in Centralia and other local reports across Champaign and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Cecil McKinney
McKinney
John Greer
St. Louis
Frank Fink
Fink
Greer
Sprinefield
Onne Minois Central
East Grand Avenue
Andrew Land
Land
Zeigler
Joseph Leiter
Benedict
Augustana, Hospital
Chicago
St. Peter’s
Frank Jones
Madison
American Car & Foundry Company
John A. Cross
Blake
J. J. Kelley
Centralia
Ilinois Retail Implement and Vehicle Dealers’ Association
East St. Louis
W. C. Mangold
Anna
Robert Seibert
Belleville
C.F. Finke
Nashville
F. W. Gross
Duquoin
W. E. Breuer
Holyleton
John Jerome
Anacore
T. E. Smith
Chicago City Railway Company
Dearborn Avenue
Wasson
W. L. Smith
Smith
Clyde Woody
Woody
Milk Trust
Champaign
George H. Hartwell
Illinois Association of Clay Workers
W. H. Schmidt
Lombard
George J. Walters
Chatsworth
J. M. Mamer
Canton
Alberta Promise From a Washington Merchant to Migrants
A former mercantile man from Western Washington describes his move to Birch Lake near Edmonton Alberta in May 1908. He details starting with little capital, building a farm, expanding to about 98 acres in crops, fifty cattle, and two horses and a cow. He touts favorable winters, strong markets, cheap land from ten to fifteen dollars per acre, and a thriving rural district with schools and roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Western Canada
Ranfurly
Alberta
J. N. Grieve
Spokane
Washington
Edmonton
Birch Lake
Canada
Western
P. S. Austin
Baroness Focused on Self, Not Other Women
In a brief exchange a baroness is described as rarely speaking of other women while constantly discussing herself, sparking commentary on her social presence and private interests.
Where There's a Will and a Plate Turning Lesson
A Delineator quip notes a mother guiding a child to take the piece nearest to them. The child’s reply suggests reorienting the plate to get a larger slice. The wry line ends with a moral about judging people, played for humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
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Ane Choe
James Francis Dwyer
Piorece
Grek Gacarion
Shortstory Pub. Co
Illinois
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