Illinois soldier bonus claims average $220 per case
Discovery that Illinois soldier bonus claims averaged $220 early on suggests total payouts may exceed $71 million for about 325000 claims. The Service Recognition board holds 230000 applications. funds and timing remain uncertain but payments could start by July 1.
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Illinois
Service Recognition Board
William MacCauley
Department of American Legion
Legion
Palmer D. Edmunds
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Cure for Local Man
Spring Valley resident Mark A. Coyne of 120 Cornelia Street reports severe back pain and dizziness from kidney trouble. He bought Doan's Kidney Pills at Rathbun's Pharmacy and was entirely cured, with no further trouble since. Price 50 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Spring Valley
Mark A. Coyne
Cornelia Street
Doan
Rathbun’s
Mr. Coyne
Foster-Milburn Co
Milrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Medical Advert: Haley D E N D Peoria Illinois
A vintage medical advertisement lists numerous ailments including stomach liver kidneys bowels diabetes rheumatism and deafness. It promotes non surgical treatments for fistula eyes lenses and avoids operations and invites patients to consult Dr D E Be Haley in Peoria Illinois.
Slayer Murders Family Over Hat Theft Suspicion
A farm labourer named Bonnefemme killed four members of the Ducasse family near Toulouse after discovering the bodies and claiming he shot them all with a gun because he suspected one of the victims stole his hat. The killer showed no remorse when confronted with the scene.
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London
Bonnefemme
Ducasse
Toulouse
Paris
London Daily Express
Tragic spy tale: Magdalene Frisch chained to rock
Berlin reports a chilling find in Hotin Bessarabia where Magdalene Frisch daughter of a Polish Jewish chemist and fiancée of a Russian airman connected to the German and Bolshevist spy nets was found buried in a cavern. A notebook dated October 23 1921 narrates her capture and betrayal.
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London
Hotin
Bessarabia
Berlin
London Daily Express
Magdalene Frisch
Petracow
Poland
Savrov
Deniken
Wrangell
Magdalena
Savro
Wrangel
Petlura
Finds Husband's Dead Body in Brooklyn Tin Shop
In Brooklyn, the body of Charles G. Service was found in a four by two by two foot wooden box behind the counter of his tin smithing shop. His wife Mary Carden Service and Louis Struttwolf reported the discovery after the box was opened. autopsy to determine cause and time of death is pending.
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New York
Charles G. Service
Brooklyn
Mary Carden Service
Louis Struttwelf
Struttwolf
Service
Match in Pants Triggers Fatal Fire in New York
John Wilson aged forty five died after a lighted match was dropped into the cuff of his trousers. He ran to the sidewalk where he collapsed as flames spread. Police found broken bottle pieces in his pocket suggesting alcohol saturation caused the rapid fire.
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New York
John Wilson
Wilson
Mother Avenges Son in School Whipping Case
Mrs. Elizabeth Kiebach is charged with assault and battery after beating school teacher Miss Katherine Koeppel following her son's complaint of being whipped at school. The incident occurred in Peoria, Illinois, and Koeppel did not paddle the boy.
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Wells
Peoria
Snl
Elizabeth Kiebach
Katherine Koeppel
Man Fined For Burning Hay Load In Medford
James L. Campbell started a costly prank by lighting a match and setting fire to hay in Medford New Jersey. He must repay the destroyed property with a 50 dollar fine and faces possible loss of his motor vehicle license tied to the act.
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Medford
N. J
James L. Campbell
Eleven true bills in La Salle County grand jury
The June grand jury returned eleven true bills indicting fourteen individuals for crimes in the past three months. Names include Nick Koucoulas and Joseph Coughington of Chicago, Manuel Garcia of Ottawa, and others from La Salle, Streator, and Princeton. Indictments cover burglary, larceny, and violations of search and seizure laws.
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LA Salle County
Nick Koucoulas
Ottawa
Joseph Coughington
Chicago
Joliet
Metzger
Manuel Garcia
Garvia
Stanton Specialty
William G. Bozeman
Sam Lamore
Lee Novitsky
Streator
Tazewell Coal Co
Pekin and Peoria
LeRoy Hopkins
Princeton
John Thompson
la Salle
Essel
Hopkins
Mr. Thompson
Welter
John Lovrin
Lovrin
Martin Gaube
Robert Gara
Robert Garcia
G. B. Blakely & Co
Floyd Beers
Andrew Kurinjan
Susie the Rock Island janitress retires on life pension
After 27 years cleaning the Rock Island Lines executive offices, Susie, Mrs. Stephen Fake of La Salix Station, is honoured by the Rock Island Board of Pensions with a lifelong pension. President Gorman himself announced the retirement as colleagues watched her polishing his desk.
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Rock Island Lines
Chicago
Susie
Rock Island
Rock Islan Board of Pensions
Gorman
la Salix
Stephen Fake
Susie’s long Rock Island life spans Hungarian roots to grand motherhood
A Chicago woman born in 1873 in Tura Luka Hungary recalls immigrating in 1895 and working exclusively for the Rock Island railroad. She describes a life from a 23 year old worker with a husband and baby daughter Anna to a grandmother of six with a smiling, aging appearance and a Hungarian song in her memory while ironing for granddaughter Lorene.
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West Twentieth Street
Chicago
Tura Luka
Hungary
Rock Island
Rock Island Railroad
Susie
la Salle
van Buren
Anna
Lorene
Anna Hazula
Tife
Susie’s Dreamer Son Born and Bred in City Office
John Fake, 25, son of Susie, grew up while Susie reported to the custodian’s office at La Salle Street station. Now he holds a responsible downtown position and Susie always smiled through her daydreams.
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John Fake
Susie
la Salle Street Station
La Salle Girl Weds Charles Gates In Quiet Friday Evening
Miss Alice Cook of La Salle and Charles M. Gates of Tiskilwa wed at 8 o'clock Friday evening at the bride’s brother Roy Cook’s home on Marquette Street. Rev. George officiated in a small ceremony witnessed by close relatives. The bride wore pink crepe de chine, carried pink rose buds, and the couple plan a three month western trip before settling on a farm near Tiskilwa.
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Alice Cook
la Salle
Charles M. Gates
Tiskilwa
George
Roy Cook
Marquette Street
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Doctor Haley
DR. Knowles
MILES
LA Salle, Illinois
D. E. BE. Haley
M. D. Peoria, Illinois
Red
Match
Pants
Man
George F. Cook
B. D. Gates
Amy
Ava
Buffalo, N
B. P. Dalley Company Inc
Willys-Overland
Willys-Knights
Overland
Willys- Knight
O.b. Toledo
Henry Knauf
Ladd, Illinois
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