Leiter of Chicago Aids Civic Progress and Wealth
The article chronicles Levi Zeigler Leiter of Chicago, a founder of Field Palmer & Leiter and later Field, Leiter & Co. His rise alongside Marshall Field transformed Western retail, shipping dry goods to the territory around Chicago. Leiter, active in religion and civic causes, supported the American Sunday School Union and public progress, with children Joseph Tetter, Mary now Lady Curzon, Nancy, and Daisy. His worth is placed near twenty million dollars, largely in Chicago real estate.
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L. Leiter
Chicago
Har Harbor
Ant
Potter Palmer
Field, Palmer & Telter
Fieldlaiter & Co
Prairies
Ficks, Leiter & Co
Leitter
American Sunday Serious Union
Leiter
Joseph Tetter
P. BD. Armour
Mary
Lady Curzon
Indiana
Nancy
Daisy
Theives At Work In Boonsboro Area
Thieves entered Miss Alice Thomas's house while she was away and stole a pocketbook containing between 36 and 7 dollars. Chickens vanished from Mrs. Houpt's yard, resolved by a shot fired at a suspected thief. Trees belonging to John Houpt were stripped of peaches and Miss Amelia Kefanver's potato and cucumber patch was disturbed. A corn patch on Jonas Houpt's property was hit with corn stolen.
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Alice Thomas
Boonsboro
Fox
Edward Oupt
Mr. Houpt
John P. Houpt
Amelia Kefanver
Jonas Houpt
Musician Feidt Lewis Weidt Rescued After Night Fall
Feidt Lewis Weidt, a Fulton County musician, after a Salvation Army meeting near Hancock, attempted to cross Tonolowny Creek at Maxwells. The horse broke the single tree, the wagon tipped, and Weidt remained asleep in darkness until a passerby found him next morning. He is confined to his room with severe injuries while the horse stood nearby.
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Lewis J. Weidt
American Salvation Army
Hancock
Fulton County
Tonolowny Creek
Maxwells
Taking the Business. Ronahue to Take Possession of Saloon
Ronahue will take possession of the saloon at George and High Street on September 1. The establishment, operated by J T Seller, has been repainted and remodeled with new bar and fixtures and will be ready to accommodate everyone.
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Ronahue
George
High Sta
J. T. Seller
Residence On FR Antietam Grows A Handsome Porch
The I. H. Miler home on FR Antietam has been greatly improved by adding a handsome side porch and a side entrance to match the rest of the dwelling.
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I. H. Miler
FR. Antietam
Stole a Trough Reported in Local Theft Incident
Mr Brogunier recounts thefts along the Western wike where a trough used for an alarm of film by Tull & Son was carried away. He notes thieves must be traveling with a heavy team and fears the thief may appear with a fair horse team soon.
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Brogunier
Tull &Son
Broginfer
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Gent's Furnisher
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M. Go Eakile
Halfway, MD
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Hstate
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Washington Connes
Solomon
Givyn Ander Jay Band
Alen Ander Armstrong
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John PL Moore
Isaac V. Moore
Inga
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