Illinois News Briefs Tells Diverse Local Scandals and Accidents
A compilation from Illinois towns reports a verdict awarding Fred Rose 4000 in a suit against Miss Helen Morton for injuries from a horse incident in Waukegan. Other items cite robberies, public fights, pensions, school closures, fires, and accidents across Danville Dixon Joliet and Bloomington with multiple fatalities and legal actions.
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Waukegan
Fred Rose
Helen Morton
Chicago
Rose
Miss Morton
Lake Forest
Miss
Lindsey Lindloff found guilty of murder in Cook County
Crystal gazer Louise Lindloff is convicted of poisoning her son Arthur Lindloff to claim a $3,500 life insurance. The jury fixed her punishment at 25 years in prison. The trial revealed testimony of five additional murders connected to the sitter, though verdict covers one count.
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Chicago
Louise Lindloff
Arthur Lindloff
Cook County
Cooper
Windes
Lindloff
Felix Kalb
Thomas Lavin
Wolgast in Draw Fight With Mandot in New Orleans
Lightweight Champion Ad Wolgast and challenger Joe Mandot fought to a probable draw before a large New Orleans crowd. Mandot rallied after a rough start, outboxed in the final rounds, with referee Ed Smith not declaring a winner. Gate receipts surpassed $20,000.
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New Orleans
Ad Wolgast
Joe Mandot
Mandot
Ed Smith
New Orleana
Wolgast
Lev
Smith
Narrow Escape As Freight Crashes Into Joliet Trolley
Sixty passengers on a Joliet and Southern interurban car escaped death when a Belt Line freight train struck the trolley at a crossing east of Joliet on Monday. Several were injured in the collision.
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Joliet, I
Joliet & Southern
Kissed Her Often Told in Dialogue
A brief dialogue exchange reveals Carrye confessing that he kissed her often, while her mother notes Carrye’s audacity and the girl's indignation in response to his behavior.
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W. H. Strange
Elmwood Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Sloan
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advertiser Testimony
Five year battle with itchy body and dandruff ends after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Patient Charles Judlin reports rapid relief and hair regrowth, noting no sleep loss since use, and recommends the products for shaving. Advertisement notes global sale and free samples with 82 page Skin Book, Boston address.
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Cass St
St. Louis
Charles Judlin
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Fond Memories
A dialogue features a narrator and Miss Prettyface remarking on Bages as an unattractive man while noting his dogged expression and pug nose evokes the speaker’s pet terrier. The exchange centers on attraction amid humorous physical comparisons.
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Bages
Miss Prettyface
Bridge Scandal
Dialogue exchange shows a flirtatious bluff during a bridge game with a playful misplay and a suggestive innuendo about diamonds as the best hand. The conversation mirrors social tensions at a card table and hints at romantic interest amid a competitive setting.
Cole's Carbon Salve Eases Itching Skin Conditions
An old advertisement touts Cole's Carbon salve to stop itching and smooth the skin with 25 and 60 cent sizes, available at all druggists. The page also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets as a sugar coated stomach liver and bowels regulator, and ends with a reflective quip about self perception.
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Dr. Pierce
Ady
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Danville
Cheneyville
Hoopeston
Cheneyville Bank
C. C. Harlan
John Berkstrom
Goodwine & Hickman
Harlan
Dixon
North
North Side
Murphy
Parker
Bokoff
Owens
Afton
Louisa C. Kis- See
Kissee
Art McCormick
Tom Shepard
Vermillion County
Tony Caponi
Harrisburg
W. C. Kane
Moneyhan
John Woodruff
George H. Mugge
Mugge
Here
Woodruff
Virgil Chafin
Scott Irvin
Eldorado
Freeport
Willard Hance
Freeport Huntsmen
British Columbia
Jacksonville
Roo Stoops
Joliet
E. F. Worst
Bloomington
Illinois
Effingham
Clay B. Langford
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Relief Association
Quincy
William H. Hade
Fire Department
Jackson
F. M. Muhlig
Will County
Rockford
William Leber
John Jackson
Mattie Robinson
W. J. Halls
New Lenox
Joseph Mattes
Champaign
Alexander Thompson
Cook
Illinois Central
St. Augustine
Belleville
Nichola Rapps
William Woodward
Decatur
Worden
Clyde Smith
J. R. Dorris
J. N. Schmidt
Rudolph Streiger
Springfield
J. Dunn
Chisago
Lincoln
Aldred Whitaker
Crystal Gazer
Joe
Olt
Samuel Pitcher
Aix Senna
Rochelle
Lartonats
Alfred Sugar
Sadergreen
the Centaur Company
New York
Sho Nts
Bears
Castoria
Dean
Lowa
Dusty
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Albert W. Price
Fredonia
Kan
Maa. L. Brewer
Modello, Fla
Earl S. Sloan
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