Wealthy Tulsa man accused after Venice classroom attempt
C. W. Lyons and his wife Dick were arrested at the Venice jail after a thwarted kidnapping attempt in a St. Clair county school. Lyons fought teacher Miss Adeline Barnett and was captured following a chaotic carriage chase near East St. Louis stockyards. Barnett suffered bruises and a sprained back. Lyons held on $2,000 bond, charged with kidnapping assault and batter and interrupting school.
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Venice
Pearl
C. W. Lyons
Tulsa
Okla
Adeline Barnett
St. Clair County
Tragedy in Belvidere ends in double tragedy
Morris Bengston, enraged by rival suitor for his fiancée Miss Sigrid Appleholm, shoots her and then commits suicide. The incident follows threats he received after learning another man courted the woman. Police investigate the believd motive and sequence of events.
Deneen Critics Met by Large Kewanee Audience
Governor Deneen defended his administration before a Henry county audience in the opera house at Kewanee. He was met in Galva by Senator Baker Xenogon Caverno and Adam Wendhe of Kewanee and a Genese party led by Otis W. Holt.
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Gov. Deneen
Kewanee
Henry County
Galva
Senator Baker
Xenogon Caverno
Adam Wendhe
Genese
Otis W. Holt
Fire destroys Fox barn. purse worth a thousand stolen
Harrisburg reports a barn owned by John Fox burned while the family fought the blaze. While away, the house was broken into and Fox, treasurer of the United Mine Workers, lost a purse containing about $1,000. The money had been given to him at a union meeting.
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Harrisburg
John Fox
Fox
United Mine Workers’ Union
Probe Rockford Affairs Signals City Corruption Charges
Rockford investigation into city officials reveals offers of money for contracts at the pumping station. The case centers on chain grates and car smoke consumers with two offers alleged to have been made. Aldermen Otto W. Paulson and Patrick H. Reynolds are named as linked to the affair and are said to have admitted guilt and provided evidence to State's Attorney North.
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Rockford
Otto W. Paulson
Patrick H. Reynolds
North
Elevator Death Trap In Merchant’s Loan Building
Mrs Annie Weisman was crushed in a passenger elevator in Chicago’s Merchants’ Loan and Trust building. Two women inside the car struggled to aid her as power failure halted between the tenth and eleventh floors. The operator relayed a call to restart power and the car moved as she attempted to exit.
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Chicago
Annie Weisman
Merchants’ Loan and Trust
Reprieve Granted for Billik on Pulled Gallows Date
Governor Deneen grants Herman Billik a reprieve until June 12 for the Chicago murder of Uzral family members. The stay follows a board of pardons recommendation and hinges on no further orders to alter the date.
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Billik
Herman Billick
Chicago
Uzral
Deneen
State Board of Pardons
Reed Funkhouser Sues Over Damages From Traction Clash
Reed Funkhouser of Brownsburg sues the Indianapolis Crawfords ville and Western Traction company for 10000 dollars alleging he was beaten kicked and thrown from a car after refusing to leave the platform. The suit records a firm disagreement over the incident.
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Danville
Reed Funkhouser
Brownsburg
Indianapolis, Crawfordsville & Western Traction Company
Funkhouser
Swindlers Cupe Fifteen Teachers
Sterling reports fifteen Chadwick area teachers signed what they believed were insurance application papers and now must pay notes of fifty dollars each.
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Cupe
Sterling
Chadwick and Vicinity
Grindstone recollections of youth and mischief
A narrator recalls a grindstone in a back yard and compares his harsher boyhood labor turning tools to two boys who play with the wheel to sharpen knives. He notes the dangers he faced, the motivation of work, and the old memory of character forged by labor in a rural setting.
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May Boshead
New York
Anecdote of King Edward in St James Park
The Gaulois recalls a morning walk by the prince of Wales in St James Park watched by two boys. One boy risks a cap and reveals a bet that Edward VII is heir to the English throne and that his friend is Parisian. The prince smiles and notes the second bet won as well.
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Edward
Edward VII
Wales
St. James’ Park
England
Prince of Wales
Prince
Kaiser Tours Berlin Subway In Majolica Tile Tour
Emperor William of Germany rode the entire length of the Berlin underground with a large suite to inspect the new suburban extension and terminals. He praised the majolica tiling from Cadmen factory and issued an order to the train's motorman in honor of the journey.
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Kaiser
William of Germany
Berlin
Cadmen
Prince Demidoff Leads Six Month Lion Hunt in Africa
Prince Demidoff aged 23 has departed from Khartum for a six month lion hunting expedition in southern Africa. He travels with a doctor a chef and a cinematograph operator. A private steamer costing about £25 daily transports the party toward the French Kongo and the Atlantic coast via Rhodesia Herald notes.
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Demidoff
Khartum
South
Atlantic
Rhodesia
Rose Blooms as He Weds
Milan correspondent reports an unusual wedding moment as Miss Katherine Murphy pins a rosebud to William Dorgan's lapel before the ceremony. The bud swelled into a full rose during the church nuptials of Dorgan and Miss Mabel Shafer.
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William Dorgan
Mabel Shafer
Katherine Murphy
Dorgan
Milan
Indianapolis News
How to test linseed oil for paint quality
The article explains detecting adulteration in linseed oil and white lead. It advises tests for kerosene in oil by color play on black paint, corn and fish oil smell, and using a blow pipe from National Lead Company to identify white lead adulteration, with address for instructions.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Baby's Itching Transforms With Cuticura Healing
Mrs. William Geeding of Attica Indiana reports months of itching sores on her child healed after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She notes no scars or lingering blood issues and endorses the remedies.
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Cutiura
William Geeding
Washington St
Attica
Ind
Woman from Leesburg Praises Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Maude E. Forgie writes from Leesburg Virginia praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and the prescribed treatment. She details months of feminine illness and exhaustion and says she now feels strong and well as ever.
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Maude E. Forgie
Leesburg, Va
Mire. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Facts for Sick Women By Lydia E Pinkham
The advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache and nervous prostration. It invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Ann Arbor
Michigan
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