Warden Murphy Openly Reviews State Penitentiary
In a detailed session with visiting reporters, Warden Murphy explains prison management, coal contracts, and profit from industries. He discusses discipline, parole changes, staff trust, and opposition to a central purchasing board while highlighting strong earnings from the shoe factory and other outputs.
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Arket
Litee
Murphy
Kotier
Chicago
Ste
Ken Murphy
Maye Shirts
Reliance Company
Joliet
Lockport Bank
Altgeld
Tuel Engineering Co
Marquette
Springfield
Hartshorn Co
John J. McLaughlin
Pontiac
Soliary
Pardon Board
John J. Mein
McLaughlin
Hill
Central Board of Control
Damage suits overflows flood Sanitary District of Chicago
Legal action seeks about 5 million dollars for land losses after the Illinois river overflow since the drainage canal was redirected. More than sixty suits filed in Bureau Putnam and La Salle counties with Bureau County totaling around 2 million. Attorneys from Joliet Ottawa and Princeton represent landowners. State Rep B M Chipperfield leads the district defense.
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Sanitary District of
Chicago
Circuit Court
Princeton
Illinois River
Bureau
Putnam
la Salle
Sanitary District
Bureau County
John O'Donnell
Joliet
Vincent J. Duncan
Ottawa
Cairo A. Trimble
B. M. Chipperfield
Illnois
Peoria
Ilinois Valley
LaBalle
Burea
Putnam Counties
The Hearts of Men as Books and Tutors of Action
A reflective line asserts that men’s minds are shaped by books and events serve as teachers. It frames great deeds as the finest form of speaking, suggesting study and experience forge eloquence and character.
Township vote tallies show minor changes in official counts
Official tally confirms Weber elected trustee by a small margin and local option results at wet 5653 dry 3188 with a 2518 lead for the west. Detailed ward results list Supervisor and other local offices, while obituaries note Doig Sarah C. of New Lenox township dying aged 65 with funeral details.
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Weber
van ‘Clyde
West
Herald
Anderson
Carlson
Westphal
Stephenson
Ross
Baker
Listlero
Man Shot in Back on Lockport Car
Stanley Zentarsky a laborer was shot twice in the back during a drunken incident on a Lockport car returning to Joliet. The unknown bar keeper fled after firing. Zentarsky identified no accomplice, saying the other man was a close friend. He received medical help from Dr. Bullen.
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Lockport
Stanley Zentarsky
Joliet
Zenstarsky
Zentarsky
Dunn Dies in Logansport Woman Lydia Ashley Dunn
At Logansport Indiana Lydia Ashley Dunn widow of Edward Dunn died Friday April 16 1908. She was the youngest daughter of the late Almon P Ashley of Kendall county and wife of Edward Dunn son of John Dunn of Yorkville. She leaves her husband and two sons. Surviving siblings are Stephen Ashley of Kendall county Mrs Ellen Pratt of Yorkville Mrs Albert Pietcher of Hoopeston and Prof Myron Ashley of the University of Chicago.
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Dunn
Logansport
Ind
Lydia
Ashley Dunn
Edward Dunn
Almon P. Ashley
Kendall County
John Dunn
Yorkville
We Will Buy Beans That Break Down for Digestive Ease
A promotional copy explains Van Camp's baked beans. It claims current beans fail to break down fiber, causing gas, and praises steam baking at 245 degrees for ninety minutes to render beans whole and mealy with a nutty, digestible texture. It notes 47 years of development and promises tastier, more beans.
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van Camp
Van Camp’s beans claim superior flavor and value
The ad promotes a free one ten cent can as fresh and savory, urging tomorrow purchase with a coupon to cover the cost. It asserts beans prove quality beyond any other ready baked beans and declares Van Camp’s superior to competitors.
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van Camp
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