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Illinois Briefs Roundup of Dying, Escapes and Legal Motley
A compilation reports deaths including Alice Deltmitter in Milan Italy and two miners from the Pana mine blast, plus an escape of Ben Gardner from Joliet penitentiary. It notes jailers foiling a planned 60-prison breakout, a war memorial tablet dedication in Chicago, and river canalization surveys near Duquoin. A hotel collapse at Evanston injures workers. LaGrange Park fights loss of territory. marriages in Chicago and New York. Northwestern marks 70th anniversary. and legal actions from Illinois Supreme Court decisions and municipal fines for fraud-influenced police pension funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Deltmitter
Milan
Italy
Bath
Peter Mitchell
Pana
William Broskey
Ben Gardner
Joliet
Chicago
Northwestern
Kinzie
Rockwell Street
Lake County
Liberty
Edwin Ahlstrom
Michigan Avenue Armory
John Gotwals
War Department
Big Muddy
Duquoin
John Evans
Hinman Avenue
Davis Street
Evanston
Edgar Lee Masters
James Edward Fitzgerald
Hyde Park
St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church
Dorothy Holmes O’ryan
John F. O’ryan
Darwin Curtis
Augustus D. Curtis
New York City
Curtis
Northwestern University
Havanston
Walter Dill Scott
Cook County
County Safety Commission
George A. Quinlan
Quinlan
State Supreme Court
Springfield
Illinois
Tony Brush
Assumption
Christian County Court
Supreme Court
John Looney
Rock Island
Looney
N A. Larson
Rock Island Ciruit Court
Julius V. Balz
Waukegan
Fire Departments
Benjamin J. Barrett
Barrett
Balz
Police