The Fairy Prince's Visit to Mary Mahaney's Shower
An Irish tale recounts Mary Mahaney's bridal china shower on St Patrick's Eve. A handsome stranger arriving unannounced captivates Mary and friends, then reveals himself as Terence Mulhaly while a playful robbery scare roils Petunia Place.
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Mary Mahaney
St. Patrick's Day
Terence Mulhaly
St. Patrick's
Ireland
Mary
Bridget O'Reilly
Sheila
Rosie
Mahaney
County
Galway
Biddy Winn
Jack Robinson
Mary Poundin
Iverywan
Petunia Place
Sheila Mooney
Nora Grady
Tim
Anny
Nora
Hen Lays Colored Eggs in Easter Folly
Hiram Stilings tells friends about a hen dubbed the Easter egg hen for laying colored eggs. After a broken leg, it became a household pet and learned to lay eggs dyed with onion skins indigo and cloth prints, each with a different design, though the author notes the hen may not lay hard boiled eggs.
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Hiram Stilings
Mrs. Stillings
Mr. Stillings
Philadelphia
Education costs across states per capita in year
A historic list shows per capita education costs by state with Michigan at 4.30 dollars and the national average at 3.62. States range from 11.85 in North Dakota to 0.08 in Alabama with many values in between.
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Michigan
United States
North Dakota
Washington
Idaho
Colorado
Nevada
California
New Jersey
New York
Montana
South Dakota
Oregon
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Utah
Ilinois
Rhode Island
Nebraska
Wyoming
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ohio
Connecticut
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Missouri
West Virginia
Vermont
Maine
Maryland
Delaware
Texas
Florida
Louisiana
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Virginia
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Grace Throws Clarence In Roller Skating Incident
Grace threw Clarence over during roller skating. Clarence required three stitches and a court plaster. Reported by the Chicago Daily News.
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Pearl
Clarence
Grace
Ruby
Chicago Daily News
Mother of Twenty Two Birth Near Easter England
The wife of a farm laborer near Easter England has given birth to her twenty second child all the family are alive and well.
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Easter
England
Man's Proposal at Woman's Disposal from Stevenson
A stylized poem fragment praises vows of romance with gifts and a dream palace. The speaker promises brooches toys, a green forest kitchen, and seaside days as music for a loved one. The couple’s private world is framed as a shared future, ending with a reflexive line about control and desire.
New State Normal Edifice Ready September First
The new manual arts science and assembly hall for State Normal university at Normal will be ready by September 1 under a $100 000 contract with J L Simmons of Chicago. The building will house manual training and domestic science on opposite ends with a 1600 seat auditorium. Fireproof construction and multiple rooms for art, class exhibits, book binding, laundry, pottery and printing are included.
United Christian party nominating Turney for president
In Rock Island the United Christian party nominated Rev. Daniel B. Turney of Decatur for president and L. B. Coffin of Fort Dodge for vice president. The convention reaffirmed the 1900 platform and aimed to secure a smooth ticket. W. R. Bennet of Davenport was re elected national chairman, with Mrs. Laura Fixen of Chicago chosen as convention chair and recording secretary.
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Rock Island
United Christian Party
Daniel B. Turney
Decatur
United States
Gasoline Blast Kills Man in Chicago Plant Fire
A massive explosion at Chicago Reduction company on Thirty-Ninth and Iron streets killed one man, left eight missing, and five injured as naphtha released from large tanks formed an 80 foot lake before bursting into flames.
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Chicago
Chicago Reduction Company
Iron
Death robs wife of fortune in Waukegan
Paralyzed and memory gone, P S Williams, a Waukegan railroad man, died at home before revealing to his wife where he kept his savings and the name of a coffee plantation in which he invested. He trusted no bank and died without confiding his secret. A clairvoyant failed to help.
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Waukegan
P. S. Williams
Williams
Blow at Republican Planks in Freeport Platform
The Freeport Presbytery church and lay bodies condemned the personal liberty plank added to the Republican state platform. Conference members unanimously passed a resolution denouncing the action irrespective of party.
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Freeport
Hopkins Will Preside Over Mock National Convention
Champaign reports United States Senator Hopkins will preside at a university mock national political convention. Delegates have been chosen from over 40 university organizations, signaling broad campus participation and organizational support.
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Hopkins
Champaign
United States
Local option question ends in tie until mayor breaks
The local option vote and village election both went to a tie. Mayor Scott cast the deciding vote in favor of a higher license, causing the council to reach a climax. No saloons opened as a result.
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Scott
Liquor Men Are Fined in Chicago on Election Day
Chicago saloonkeepers arrested on Law and Order League complaints pleaded guilty before Judge Beitle on Harrison Street. Each was fined $25 and costs for keeping a saloon open during election day.
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Chicago
Arthur Burrage Farwell
Law and Order League
Jude Beitle
Harrison Street
Rayhill Detained After Inquest Finds Knife Wounds
A coroner's jury in Pana concluded Asa Cheney died from knife wounds inflicted by Edward Rayhill and recommended Rayhill be held to the grand jury without bond.
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Rayhill
Pana
Asa Cheney
Edward Rayhil
Church Blocks Made By Sterling Methodist Group
Sterling Reverend W. W. Diehl and his congregation have cast concrete blocks for a new church seating 1,100, measuring 150 by 100 feet. Construction by contract would have cost about $85,000.
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Sterling
W. W. Diehl
Methodist Church
Randolph County Teacher Drops Dead After Dinner
Mr J F Blair aged 78 collapsed and died in his wife’s arms after a hearty dinner. Blair was a noted Randolph County school teacher and community figure.
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Spana
J. F. Blair
Mr. Mair
Randolph County
Yrohi
Preacher Pledger Fined in Warrensburg Sermon Incident
Rev C P Pledger Billy Sunday aide fined ten dollars and costs by a Warrensburg jury for unbecoming language and disturbance of the peace. The charge stemmed from a pulpit remark about not trusting Charles Batchelder across the street.
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Warrensburg
C. P. Pledger
Billy Sunday
Charles Batchelder
Woman Roots Bandits at Rockdale General Store
Four armed masked men entered the general store of Felix Berkovitz but were driven out at gunpoint by his wife Mrs. Berkovitz. One bandit was severely wounded during the encounter. In Decatur canned corn illness sickened Mrs. A. B. Francis and her daughter Miss Katie Francis.
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Rockdale
Felix Berkovitz
Berkovitz
Decatur
A. KB. Francis
Katie Francis
William Street
Chadwick Monument Fund Seeks One-Cent Donations
In Chicago a fund for a suitable Henry Chadwick monument, creator of baseball, accepts one cent donations from the public to honor the father of baseball.
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Chadwick
Chicago
Henry Chadwick
Baseball
Blaze in Iron Works at Decatur Damages Engine Room
Fire of mysterious origin caused an estimated 2000 to 6000 dollars in damage to the engine com and pattern rear of the Union works in Decatur. Local officials investigate the blaze as a potential spread from nearby facilities.
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Iron Works
Decatur
Union
Ren Works
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Terrence Mulhaly
Roman Hinnessey
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Tim Hogan
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Hampshire
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