A Woman's Wit Aims at Ridley Case and Love
Levi Duryea the Rossville sheriff pursues a world traveler partner of Mark Ridley. Vesta Burrows devises a plan sending Miss Marsh as a deputy to serve papers, exposing Ridley, winning his case, and changing fates for all. Miss Ridley forgives, Ridley stays, and Vesta gains a fortune and a future.
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Levi Duryea
Rossville
Mattie Byres
Mattie
Vesta
Levi
Woodville
Mark Ridley
Ridley
Don
Letitia Ridley
Miss Marsh
Mark
Pye
Miss Ridley
Letitia
Mr. Ridley
Burrows
Vesta Burrows
Od Peltons Elect at Springfield Amid Changes in Officers
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows held final sessions in Springfield with officer elections. J. W. Birney of Bloomington named junior warden. Mrs. Ida Sherman of Chicago named warden of the Rebekah assembly, noting stepping stones to higher offices.
Illinois items span crime to farming in state roundup
A Chicago official issued 5 908 saloon licenses for November 1. Federal agents probe a 100 pound dynamite cache near a suburban roadhouse. Henry Ladislois, a janitor, is arrested amid espionage ties. School transfers for welfare court issues may be blocked. Tommy the cat faces execution at Camp Grant along with quarantined animals. A gang suspect, Claude McGillicuddy, is wounded after a botched robbery. Whiteside farmers cash large sums for fall hogs. Yorkville creates a home guard unit. An accident near Rushville kills Jessie Harris and injures Paul James. Odd Fellows declare war support in Springfield. Kankakee fires erase $100,000 in property. Restoration trials and politics mix as figures like William Becker and Frank Reid appear in court and at hearings. Plans for Billy Sunday drive in Chicago unfold. Monuments rise in DeKalb, Russia notes, and Hinckley foundation work proceeds. Thanksgiving warning, Camp Grant targets readied. Peoria arrests for Express robbery. Lane pilots flights and a farmer institutes tour lay out dates across Stephenson county.
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Independent Order of
Od Peltons
Springfield
Foreman
Carlyle
J. W. Birney
Bloomington
Grand Lodge
Ida Sherman
Chicago
Rebekah Assembly
Chicago, Wilmington & Southern
Thayer
Camp Grant
Camp Taylor
Louisville
E. J. Brundage
Frank Dewey
Dewey
James D. Banta
Rock Island
Peoria
Evans
Leavenworth
Russel
Marion A. Lough
American Express Company
United States District Court
East St. Louis
Belleville
Richard Brockway
East
Circuit Court
Roy
John Goll
Garfield School
Streator
United States
C. L. Buchanan
Urbana
Mary Renfrew
Eddie Henderson
United States Army
Danville
Rantoul
Jesse Williamson
Douglas County
Fred Pooch
Will County
Illinois
Williamson
Pooch
Germany
France
W. W. Johnson
University Place Church of Christ, Champaign
Moline
Rockford
Gavin Harvey
Piper
Charles J. Forsberg
Jack
Henry Ladislois
Department of Justice
Ladislois
St. Charles Schoous
Geneva School
Department of Public Welfare
Tommy
Twenty-first Engineers
Claude McGillicuddy
McGillicuddy
Twohig
Rushville
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Wilson
Kankakee
William Becker
Havana
Lawyers’ Association of Hindis
Orin N. Carter
Supreme Court
Robert W. Earle
Washington
Frank R. Reid
Aurora
Frank Lannoe
Worden
Edwardsville
Hinckley
DeKalb County
Frank Billings
Russia
George R. Nichols
Illinois Odd Fellows
Frank GC. Lowden
Robert Cappock
Harry Spring
Adams Express Company
Seymour Morris
Frank S. Dickson
Robert J. Thorne
Montgomery Ward & Co
Laura Fellheimer
Macomb
Isaac Fellheimer
Edna Fellheimer
Farmers Institutes
Stephenson County
Pearl City
German Valley
Iridott
Winslow
Orangeville
Treeport
French and British Troops Reach Battle Front After Long March
Rome reports allied reinforcements arriving at the Italian front after an eight day march, with French Italian infantry and artillery seen near the northern lines. The official bulletin details Italian Alpini resisting heavy attacks between the Brenta and Piave with several engagements and prisoners taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Brenta
Piave
Tasson
Monte Rosa
Monte Pertica
Alpini
Monte Casonet
Col del L'Orso
Monte San Lardlo
Monte Swinonix
Monte Montenera
Italy
U. S. May Operate Roads In Near Future
Washington reports government ownership of railways is not imminent but discussed in war transportation talks. A pooling plan will be tried first with an Eastern roads committee of vice presidents including Thompson B&O chair, Gray Western Maryland, Rice Philadelphia Reading, Crowley New York Central, Lee Pennsylvanian lines West, and Peck Pennsylvanian lines West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Railroad War Board
Eastern Roads
Thompson
C. R. Gray
Western Maryland
A. T. Rice
Philadelphia & Reading
P. I. Crowley
New York Central
Elisha Lee
Pennsylvania Lines West
G. E L. Peck
Pennsylvanian Lines West
System Irygs Stone
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Odee
By Victor Redcliffe
Spyright
Western Newspapers Union
Chase
Fellows
Profita
ODD Fellows Elect
Llinois
Teutons
Brenta’' and
U. S
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