Elgin Mayor Price to Run for Congress in District
Elgin mayor Price announces candidacy for congress next spring in the district facing Howard M. Snapp. The decision follows a turbulent political week with prior bids, party shifts, and alleged backroom deals among anti-Snapp factions.
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Clow
Price
Col. Lambert
Col
Copley
Congress
Ase
Cee
King
Blican
Hon
Hopkins
Foss
Lorimer
Crow Forces
Elgin
Bankers Meet as Group Four Holds New Session
The Bankers Association Group Four meeting drew about 150 attendees from Chicago and nearby towns. George Wood was hired as president amid questions of executive board representation and discussion of local banking topics.
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Is Bankers’ Association
Bigin
George Wood
Joliet
Execuive
Chio
May Weather Report Highlights Volatile Month and Extremes
The May weather record notes an earthquake on the 26th at 8 40 lasting a few seconds, a hail storm, snow, and wide temperature swings. The mean was near normal but within three degrees of the coldest May in 30 years, with 8.46 inches rainfall and a 0.40 inch May snow on the 1st.
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F. M. Muhlig
New Two-Cent Stamp Issued for Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo
A new two-cent stamp is on sale at the post office today. The special issue promotes the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in Seattle Washington. It features William H Seward and resembles the ordinary two-cent stamp in color. The design is larger than the common stamp but smaller than the Columbian Expo issue.
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Seattle
Washington
George Washington
William H. Seward
Alaska
Granddaughter Named Principal Heir in Mo kena Will
The will of John May of Mokena dated April 22 leaves practically all his property to granddaughter Karoline Lorenz for her years of care for the aged couple. The widow receives survivorship benefits and Lorenz must pay funeral expenses erect monuments and maintain the estate. George Hacker is named administrator with Maria Mau Charles Mau August Mau Maria Mau Minnie Frueter listed as heirs or beneficiaries.
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Karoline Lorenz
John May
Mokena
Maria Mau
Charles Mau
August
William Mau
Minnie Frueter
George Hacker
Money to Loan Real Estate Security
In any amount Cowling and Young lawyers handle real estate securing loans cutting building for financing needs.
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Cowling & Young
Lawyers Cutting Building
Kidnapped Joliet Girl Zenobia Austin’s Family Ties Revealed
Zenobia Austin, Joliet girl kidnapped 32 years ago, is identified as Mrs. Wm. Scanlan. The piece details her 11 years of marriage, three children, and her husband’s descent into an asylum after a fall while rescuing inmates from a burning flat. It notes pension hopes and the tangled history with the Marshalls and Spangler of Plainfield.
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Zenobia
Austin
Joliet
Elgin Asylum
Woman learns of family ties and ailing father in Chicago mystery
Zenobia Austin now Mrs. William J. Scanlan shares details of kin in Will county and Plainfield. Her husband, Policeman Scanlan, fell into an elevator shaft years ago and is confined as incurable. The story mentions divorce, custody, and a search for a Christian home.
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H. D. Andrews
Lake Avenue
Chicago
Will County
Joseph Spangler
Harry Spangler
Plainfield
Ida F
Zenobia Austin
William J. Scanlan
Loretta
John
Agnes
Scanlan
41St
Boulevard
Elgin
Irene
Mr. Austin
John B. Jeffrey
Zenobia
First Illinois State Convention of Daughters of Liberty Opens
The first state convention of the Daughters of Liberty in Illinois meets at Odd Fellows hall Joliet with about 50 in attendance including Magnolia and Mizpah Councils. National officers J N Maxwell and W W Edkins attend as committees are formed for mileage press resolutions and dinner arrangements. Afternoon sessions proceed behind closed doors with a school of instruction planned in Castle hall at 4:30.
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Illinois
Daughters of Liberty
Odd Fellows Hall
Star Chamber
Mary Brooker
Joliet
Anolia
Mizpah
Indiana State Council
J. N Maxwell
New Jersey
W. W. Edkins
Philadelphia
Tate
Mamile White
John Clifford
Springfield
Clara Beadle
New Lenox
Anna Jackson
Ee James
Cora. Shaffer
Anna Dis
Eva Hinsdale
Helen Berry
Chicago
Magnolia
Castle Hall
Pomona Grange Quarterly Meeting Highlights
Will County Pomona Granges held a Saturday session with six of eight reports read. Attendees enjoyed meals as program features included songs prayers readings and various papers and solos by members while discussing agriculture and school aid topics.
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Satuday
Aps
Will County
Pomona
Odd Fellows
Fie
Wel Jennis Kyrk
Flo Lpyecen
Ou Oh
Jack
Maroney Faces New Charge After Habeas Corpus Bid
A new serious accusation follows Maroney’s bid for habeas corpus. The case centers on a reported altercation over a woman, with sensational charges brought as the proceedings unfold.
Court Hearing on Insanity Defense and Bribe Plot
The article details a Tuesday court hearing over Henry Jenks and Frank Warren case with charges including assault with intent to murder. It recounts jail statements by a defendant who claimed others were crazy and described a bribery plot involving Jenks' lawyer Jno Mahoney and an interpreter J. Struzel. A habeas corpus petition is scheduled for next Tuesday morning.
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John J. Mahoney
Henry Jénks
Grand Jury
Frank Warren
Jenks
Joe Smith
Fear Wilmington
Ian Warren
Smith
Henry Jenks
Jno
J. Mahoney
St. Joseph's Hospital
Warren
Justice Court
Mrs. Warren
Man Held On Sanity Question After Police Pickup
Louis Zupee a man picked up Wednesday night on North Broadway faced a sanity hearing in County court before Doctors Higgins and McRoberts after a prior insane spell. Officials report he partially recovered but claimed he joked with a jailer named Willa as he wandered his cell all night.
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Louis
Zupee
North Broadway
Higgins and McRoberts
Willa
Bread Prices Rise Amid Flour Shortage and Local Market Uncertainty
The article reports rising flour costs and potential loaf price increases as new crop delays and a non bleaching law affect aging of wheat. Local bakers face higher costs, some shops run short, and several small bakers have ceased operations while direct sales to consumers emerge to recapture margins.
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Satarday
H. B. Smith
Chicago
Mike
Deaths and Insurance Note In Local Bank Field
Mary Sanders wife of William Sanders died this morning at age 27. She leaves a husband three children her parents Mr and Mrs Konick of Homer township a sister Mrs Kathryn Watchitky of Chicago and several siblings. The article notes a dramatic insurance reduction by First National Bank from 1.60 to 0.19 per thousand for fire insurance in new structures.
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First National Bank
Postscript Willie Delivers Message For Cake Request
A five year old boy delivers a message from his mother to a lady and, when asked for more, says he was not to ask for cake but may take any offered with thanks. He receives cake.
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Willie
Bank official misappropriation case rocks Dalton State Bank
Ernest W. Balgeman, deposed president, accuses Dr. G H Thomson and Lorenz Ripley of misappropriating 5000 stock dollars from the Dalton State Bank. Bonds of 6000 set for both, warrants issued by William A Bowles. Beecher Bank collateral stock tied to a note, used to defeat Balgeman’s bid for presidency. Proceedings set for June 7 in Cook County Circuit Court. possible indictments and state banking-law action anticipated.
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Chicago Examiner
Dalton State Bank
G. H. Thomson
Lorenz Ripley
Ernest W. Balgeman
Balgeman
McCulloch
William A. Bowles
Joliet
Thomson and Ripley
Justice Redmanski
Chicago Heights
Justice Baumgartner
Riverdale
Bank of Beecher
Bank of Dalton
Beecher Bank
Thomsen
Ripley
Cook County
Redmonski
McKinley interurban line surveys begin from Morris to Joliet
Civil engineers for the McKinley interurban line arrived in Morris to begin surveying the route to Joliet. Condemnation actions are expected as the company negotiates with residents, with four miles of right of way involved. Attorneys J W Rausch and Hanson represent the railroad, while W B McKinley and HL Chubbuck scout sites in St Louis for a new passenger bridge plan.
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Morri
Grundy
Joliet
Morris
Jolie
Bas Benton Street
Hanson
J. W. Rausch
Chicago & Rock Island Railroad Company
Here
S. de Holderman
A. Com
Demnation
J.L O'Donnell
C. G. Sacha
W. B. McKinley
HL BE. Chubbuck
St. Louis
Peoria
McKinley
Chubbuck
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