Illinois Murder Near Centralia Leaves Brother-in-Law Flee
Carl Phelps a Romaine Township farmer six miles south of Iuka is shot and killed by his brother-in-law Font Martin after a quarrel aboard a buggy with his wife present. Martin escaped on horseback and was not apprehended. The news notes other Illinois incidents and society events from Peoria to Rockford, including coal operators elected officers in Chicago and an Illinois equal suffrage convention closing in Galesburg.
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Carl Phelps
Romaine Township
Centralia
cCurl Phelps
Iuka
Font Martin
Phelps
Martin
Galesburg
Jwulinois
James &. Quan
Glencoe
G. H. Wilson
Guhney
Ella S. Steward
Chicago
F. E. R. Miller
Peoria
Ilinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
George W. Trout
Oak Park
Janes Addams
Joseph T. Bowen
Virginia Brooks
West Hammond
Mabel Sippy
Jennie F. W. Johnson
J. W. McGraw
A. L. Keeler
Alton
Illinois Retail Implement and Vehicle Dealers’ Association
James Ryan
New Holland
C. A. Harrah
Bushnell
Joseph Baker
el Paso
Keeler
Implement Dealers
W. L. Derry
Vermont
Western Dealers’ Association
Kansas City
Julius Caesar
Winter wrap designs feature dramatic collars and reversible fabrics
Julia Bottomley notes bold winter wraps with oversized collars designed to roll up around the neck. She describes two faced fabrics, satin and velvet drapes, brocaded linings, and fur accents, urging grown up styling over youthful looks.
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Julia Bottomley
Babies Dress In Style With Elaborate Finery
Baby clothing mirrors adult fashion with velvet coats hats and matching accessories. Delicate chinchilla coats and wee dresses with pannier effects showcase lavish detailing. Millinery for babies rivals the regular hat department with ostrich feathers lace and other trimmings.
Fur fashions teased in stores for coming season
The article notes that despite summery weather large shops already display fur garments for fall and winter. It reports little new in the fur line with one notable novelty, the chinchilla squirrel.
Echoes of Fashion in Bust-Forward Gowns and Pannier Effects
The latest coat styles in black taffeta and satin feature sharp bust cuts with long pointed backs. Sheer fabrics use a bouffant over-skirt echoing pannier, while tunics skim from the waist with a rounded knee-length edge. Silk fringe and lace trim emphasize fullness away from the hips.
The Chiffon Pannier Delicate Contrasting Frock Feature
The chiffon pannier is here to stay with a pale primrose chiffon pannier over pale blue charmeuse. It drapes at the back with the tunic formed by the chiffon and a lace front finished with tiny blue bows.
Bag for Shoes from Stockings Tops
A woman crafts small stocking bags from the tops of worn silk stockings to store shoes and slippers. When damaged, the tops are cut mid leg and sewn with a French seam. Each bag holds one shoe, takes no space, costs nothing, and absorbs dust. Sometimes the hem is marked to distinguish pairs.
Howlers of the Westminster Gazette School Note
A list of humorous misstatements and wordplay labeled as schoolboy errors. Examples mix misused phrases about Salic law Caesar and zodiac lore with odd definitions and misapplied terms, reflecting playful errors in spelling and logic.
Youngest Woman Pastor Serves in New England
Rev Miss Ina L Morgan leads the Georgetown and Arrowsic Methodist church in Maine. In her early twenties she is the region’s youngest woman pastor, with about four years of church work since receiving her license in 1908 from Bishop John W Hamilton of Worcester.
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Ina L. Morgan
The
Methodist Church of
Georgetown and
Arrowsic, Me
New England
John W. Hamilton
Worcester
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George Wallis
Gill Martin
Joseph West
Frank Schoeffler
Freeport
John White
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Virden
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Herrin
Oliver Fraser
Gilberts
Emma Block
Charles Block
Rantoul
J. $. Coon
Staunton
Charles Franz, Sr
Galena
Burlington
Aurora
Harold Johnson
Ashkum—M. Henderson
Eureka
Lynn Devore
Eureka College
Bloomington
Cassie Shortridge
Grant Park
William van Dyke
Greenup
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Limited
Joliet
Charles Asper
South Joliet
Peru
Lafferty
Police
Eliah
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Charles Winger
George Adney
Roscoe
George Atwood
Baumgartner
Stockton
John Weigand
Troy
Roy Mantle
Charles Mantle
Geneva
Neil Albin
Glen Carbon
Thomas Patterson
St. Louis Mullanphy Hospital
Elgin
Strawn
Henry Wurzberger
Basi
Christopher Strattemeyer
St. Louis
Belleville
Woodford County
Young Woman’s Woman’s Christian Association
United States
Quincy
Charles Pfanschmidt
Emma Kaempen
Pfanschmidt
Springfield
Supreme Court
Harry M. Kemp
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Street and Electric Railway
Rockford
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Albany
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