Pollution of Illinois River Getting Worse Says Expert
Professor W. H. Packard of Bradley Polytechnic Institute warns daily pollution in the Illinois River worsens reaching Rome and Peoria Lake. River towns report intolerable smell and sewage visible near Hennepin, with boat dwellers using reeds as health fears grow.
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Illinois River
W. H. Packard
Bradley Polytechnic Institute At
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Rome
Peoria Lake
Packard
Heary
Hennepin
Chicago
Ilinois
Joliet Merchant Shot in Love Quest
Joliet merchant Raney Beach, 42, owner of the largest Joliet department store, was shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff Clay Harrod near Morris while lurking about the home of Jane Remington. Remington, 26, reportedly rejected Beach seven months ago and said he had harassed her since.
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Raney Beach
Joliet
Deead
Jane Remington
Morris
Beach
Clay Harrod
Harrod
Remington
Chicago
Girls Like It Flatter When Talking With Friends
A light, opinionated piece notes that many women appreciate flat, direct conversation. It emphasizes charm and wit over flashy remarks and urges readers to speak plainly to attract attention and goodwill.
Getting Him Placed
Black asks about Watson and White describes him as a reckless risk taker who rides danger and tests limits. The narrator notes no one understands how Watson has survived so long.
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Watson
Black
White
Beasley Banters Over Courtesy In Silly Exchange
A brief dialogue shows a brother chiding his sister for thanking a man who picked up her handbag. He tells her to stop being overly grateful, claiming such politeness is no longer proper. The exchange highlights comic Victorian manners about social behavior.
Man 40 Confesses Killing Stepmother in Buffalo Court
Julius Kessler told Buffalo court he killed his stepmother Pauline after years of abuse claiming she treated him like a boy. He was sentenced to die after confessing aloud that he killed her when she nagged him about being late and scrubbing floors.
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Julius Kessler
Buffalo, N. Y
Kessler
Pauline Kessler
First movie thrills St Kilda children in Scotland
In St Kilda, Scotland, peasant children fled a school when a moving picture show depicted a rushing express train. The crowd believed the scene real and panicked despite assurances, forcing the exhibition to end abruptly on the stormy Atlantic island.
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Glasgow
Scotland
St. Kilde
St. Kilda
Pet Hen and Mistress Buried in Same Coffin
A Virginia woman ordered her pet hen buried with her body. Despite chloroform attempts, the hen survived. At the funeral, the undertaker finally decapitated the hen with an axe to fulfill the request.
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Washington
Virginia
Luckiest Man Despite Broken Neck Narrow Escape
San Antonio resident R L Perry a World War II Rainbow Division veteran survived a broken neck after a pool dive at San Pedro Park and a later car collision. He credits luck, lives on government disability pay, and has endured multiple gas, wound, and injury incidents from service and accidents around Camp Travis and a Christmas fire rescue.
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San Antonio
San Pedro Park
R. L
Jack”) Perry
Jerry
Rainbow
Perry
Camp Travis
Salinas
Man on trial for killing father after alleged attack on wife
In Goldsboro North Carolina Dewey Smith pleads he killed his seventy year old father to stop an attack on his wife, claiming the elderly man struck Mrs Smith four times a young woman. The case is described as a life or death trial.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Dewey Smith
Smith
Mother Peripatus Captivates Night Audience With Creatures
A Mother Peripatus and her young are described to a child as a warm climate insect like creature with a soft body and little legs. The piece recounts a traveling exhibition showing moving pictures of tropical wildlife including a sloth capuchin monkey and various other animals, highlighting the curious reaction of viewers unfamiliar with peripatus.
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Sloth
India
America
Ed Mosher
Women of the Old South and Their Roles
A New York Sun piece notes that antebellum southern wives managed both mansion and servants quarters, oversaw slaves’ food clothing and health, and shaped plantation life. The article adds that emancipation and industrialization left Southern women without their historic occupation.
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New York Sun
Mount Vernon
South
Carry the Milk in Baskets
A Manila milkman delivers foaming carabao milk in tall Spanish wine bottles to customers at dawn. He carries wares in two wicker baskets slung from a bamboo pole across the shoulders with a wooden neck yoke. Carabao milk tastes best in coffee or chocolate and is said to surpass cow and goat milks. The early morning work gives Filipino milkmen strong leg muscles and broad shoulders.
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Manila
Islands
Horseferry Road and the London Horse Ferry Legacy
Visitors recall Horseferry Road behind Westminster Abbey, the site of London’s former horse ferry monopoly granted to the Canterbury archbishops. Westminster Bridge opening shifted traffic, earning the see £11 000 in compensation. James II and the queen crossed to exile in 1688, the king tossing the great seal into the Thames, later recovered by a fisherman for William of Orange.
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Westminster Abbey
Horseferry Road
Thames
Carvings as Guides to Water in the American Southwest
Rock carvings in Saline valley Inyo county California served as water guides for settlers. In eastern Arizona the carvings are linked to the Hopi ancestry and sacred snake worship found near Springerville. Blackfeet tradition recalls a southward delegation to honor Hopi sandstone figures for buffalo return.
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Inyo County
Calif
Arizona
Springerville
Gypsies Wandering Ever Since a Saint’s Curse
A historical note recounts a Turkish saint’s curse on gypsies to wander homeless and poor. The text concedes not all are poor or without wealth, noting some gypsies have good bank accounts while asking who ever saw a gypsy work.
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Turkey
History of Congressional Records and Session Openings
The Congressional Record chronicles daily congressional proceedings since 1799. It notes open regular sessions after that date, with executive sessions exempt from publication, and traces name changes from Annals of Congress to Register of Debates and later titles.
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Proceedings of Congress
Senate
Annals of Congress
Register of Debates
Congres Alona Reyoril
Buck Still Hot on Moonshine Trail
General Thomas and Putnam County Sheriff report a moonshine find near Granville with 21 gallons of brew smelling strong. Steve Mohnick faces a County Court hearing Friday while Joe Razbidowski of Murlake awaits a county jail term but is released after promising reform.
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General Thomas
Putnam County
Granville
Steve Mohnick
Steve
Joe Razbidowski
Murlake
Joe
Fragmented Thought on Human Nature and Ambition
A stark meditation on human nature noting most natures lack solvency to satisfy their desires. It argues people chase outsized ambitions beyond their practical strength, leading to constant striving day and night.
Fatal shooting rocks Earlville farm area
Lu ther Morris, 45, a Kentuckyan farmer, shot and killed Gus Guelde in the Meridan township roadway near Earlville after confrontation over alleged intimacy with Morris's wife. Morris surrendered to the town marshal and was jailed pending further action.
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Gus Guelde
Luther Morris
Tennant
Guelde
Meridan Township
Earlville
Morris
Clarence Dutler
Welter
Forty Varieties of Tobacco Manufacuring Mentioned
The article notes over forty varieties of tobacco with fewer than six used commercially for making smoking mixtures, highlighting the diversity of the plant and limited commercial use.
Mailing Coins Through the Mail
A brief note in Designer Magazine advises sending a small coin by affixing it with a narrow strip of adhesive plaster to the paper so it will arrive safely at its destination.
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Designer Magazine
The Only Way to Longevity Is Not Dying Too Soon
A brief humorous note from the Detroit Free Press quotes a quip that the best path to a long life is simple avoid dying young, framing longevity as an irony of age and death avoidance.
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There Is No Effect Without a Cause in Women’s Minds
Quote fragment notes a proverb about causation and whimsy. It hints that a woman's change of mind may be seen as the closest link to cause and effect in everyday thought, reflecting a wary, satirical tone.
Happiness
Hartley Manners play Happiness centers on Jenny an enthusiastic errand girl who dreams of becoming a dressmaker. Her sincerity and idealism uplift others and bring joy as she pursues her goal. Laurette Taylor starred as Jenny in a year long New York run and a Chicago run before touring.
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Jenny
New York
Laurette Taylor
Chicago
Elias Day
Mr. Manners
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