Kidnapped girl finds her mother after 32 years reunion
Zenobia Austin, kidnapped as a child and raised in Chicago, is located by her uncle Peter W. Spangler of Plainfield. He brings Zenobia to meet her mother Mrs. Ida Lincoln and sister Irene in a tearful reunion rooted near Archer Avenue and 25th Street.
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Zenobia Austin
Ih Joliet Marly
Father i
Chicago
Mother
Joliet
Zenobia
Eacn
Peter W. Spangler
Plainfield
Zen
Ani
Ainfield
Ida F. Spangi
Harry Z. Austin
Spangler
William J. Scanlan
Lake Avenue
Beanlan
Agnes
Archer Avenue
21St Street
Austin
Lincoln
Archer
Mrs. Lincoln
Ida
25Th Street
Marshalls
Scanlan
Loretta
John
Public Hearing Planned on County Abstract System
President A W Flexer sets a public hearing next week on establishing a county record system akin to Decatur's. John Allen of Decatur will discuss indices by land tracts and county abstracts, amid opposition from abstract firms. Allen aims for a full fair discussion without personal gain.
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A. W. Flexer
Decatur
John Allen
Flexer
Chokes Wife Into Insensibility Court Case Heard
Life of Mrs Langworthy made terrible by suffering. She chokes her wife under strain, supporting family with help from children. Court records detail the family’s distress and ongoing legal actions.
Langworthy Faces Disorderly Conduct Charge in Beating Case
Walter Langworthy, 43, was fined ten dollars and costs in Judge Nichols court after a Friday night disturbance in which he choked his wife, Mrs. Langworthy, until she lost consciousness. The couple, long troubled by alcohol, may see a divorce action brought by Mrs. Langworthy on grounds of non-support.
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Walter Andworthy
Judge Nichols Court
Langworthys
South Railroad Street
Langworthy
Balgeman Seeks Continued Hearing in Circuit Court
W Balgeman and attorney William A Bowles appeared in circuit court seeking a continuance. A motion to quash was set to be argued first. State's Attorney Barr opposed a delay and urged trial this term. Judge has not yet ruled on the continuance request.
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RE. W. Balgeman
William A. Bowles
Barr
Manhattan Farm Hand Found Insane
Jas. Lawlor of Manhattan was ordered committed to Kankakee Friday morning after doctors examined his mental condition and found him insane. The lunacy petition was signed by Michael Lawlor, a cousin who had employed him on the farm since last March.
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Jas. Lawlor
Manhattan
Kankakee
Michael Lawlor
Lawlor
Farmhand's Sudden Change Alarmed Employer
A farmworker named Lawlor, about 23, suddenly exhibited aggressive behavior and animalistic eating patterns after years of sobriety. Previously praised for regular attendance and decent manners, his employer cannot find a reasonable cause for the change.
Find queer bones on Rowley Farm near Lockport
The high school reports a valuable find at Willard Rowley’s farm two miles north of Lockport. A complete skeleton of large bones, possibly a buffalo or a pre historic creature, was uncovered five feet below the surface during swamp clearing for tile. The bones are well preserved and feature oversized joints and teeth.
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Willard Rowley
J.a.rowley
Lockport
Clute
Rowley
Joliet County Fair Racing Week Announced at Ingalls Park
Joliet Agricultural Society enters four early closing stakes for the Ingalls Park fair in late August. 2:14 and 2:20 pacers plus 2:45 and 2:26 trotters each offer $1,000 purses with 2 percent entry fees. Secretary Magnus Flaws reports fair offices open at the Fairgrounds and notes new cattle and swine buildings while horse stalls fill.
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Joliet Agricultural Society
Ingalls Park
Magnus Flaws
Dugalls Park
Bryan to Run for U S Senate Seat in Nebraska
William J. Bryan will be a candidate for United States senator from Nebraska at the next election. The Commoner notes the announcement this week and states his name will appear on the ballot under Nebraska law, with the expectation of strong support and a compulsory election by the legislature.
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Wm. J. Bryan Wi
United States
Neb
News Want Ad Promises Best Magazine Deals
In a brief note the newspaper touts News Want ads as the way to find desirable houses and magazines at top prices. It emphasizes that the best options may be found through the classified style listing.
Power conflict stalls fourteen foot waterway plan
A federal report rejects a fourteen foot channel from Chicago to the Gulf as overbuilt, urging an eight to nine foot route. It notes water power would belong to the nation, not Illinois, estimating future commerce and costs between Chicago St Louis and Cairo. General Marshall briefs Congress on revised depth estimates and timelines.
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Lakes
Gulf
Lake Michigan
United States
Canada
Illinois
Washington
Chicago
Gulf of Mexico
Board of Surveys
Board of Review of the Engineers
Ward Department
Congress
F Winois
St. Louis
Cairo
Marshall
Board of Survey
Misissippi River
Mississippi River
St. Touts
Ohio
Postoffice Reverts to Blue Special Delivery Stamp
Washington reports Postmaster General Hitchcock orders discontinuing the new green special delivery stamp and returning to the blue stamp due to confusion with the 1 cent stamp. The mix up caused letters to escape treatment as special delivery in the busy mail flow.
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Postoffice
Washington
Hitchcock
Real estate security case involving Cowing and Young lawyers
In any amount, real estate security case involving Cowing and Young, lawyers, cutting building.
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Cowing & Young
Juvenile trio linked to home robbery staged in saloon
A 17 year old, Harry Hanson, received three months for the Rhine home burglary of last March, with Harry Taylor and Joe Cartwright getting eight and nine months. Prosecutors blame the saloon setting and peer pressure, noting Hanson’s clean record except for this crime and promising harsher action if repeated.
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Harry Hanson
Rhine
Harry Taylor
Joe Cartwright
Han‘son
Kelly and
Kelly
Hanson
Barr
Smuggling Chinese Through Joliet Probe Unfolds
Testimony in a Chicago government trial details Joliet as a transfer point for Chinese smugglers into the United States from Canada. A Rock Island cook described arranging arrivals under diners and ice chests, with a porter tipping off investigators after losing money in a poker game. Detectives later nabbed smugglled Chinamen at El Paso as others faced trial.
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Joliet
United States
Canaday
Jnige Landis
Chicago
Albert Hampton
Rock Island
Anade
Michigan Central
J . R. W. Stephenson
W.H. Clark
John Tatzel
el Paso
Texas
Marriage Licenses and Classified Want Ad Ask
Arthur J Mason of Joliet aged 23 and Ida J Sievert of Lockport aged 21 wedlock license, John D Caldwell of Chicago 27 and Gus Sie Brophy of Wilmington 25 listed. Also a prompt asking readers to place a buy or exchange notice through a News Want column.
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Arthur J. Mason
Joliet
Ida J. Sievert
Lockport
John D. Caldwell
Chicago
Gussie Brophy
Wilmington
White House caste lines obliterated at Taft lunch
The New York Globe reports that under President Taft the White House meals are streamlined with three tables for servants consolidated to one. Mrs. Taft is credited with major savings including staffing cuts and centralizing purchases under Miss Jefferson.
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Taft
White House
Roosevelt
Pinkney
Stewart
Miss Jefferson
Hlouse
Washington Cor
New York Globe
Millionaire's Rare Garden Adorns California Mansion Grounds
H. E Huntington, building a grand West Coast country mansion on the old Sherb Rancho northeast of Los Angeles, amasses a vast 408 acre estate. He plants a massive collection of old oaks and imports 23000 dollars of trees from Asia Africa and South America with weekly shipments from distant lands. Forty gardeners have labored two years and more plants are added weekly including 4000 dollars worth of trees from Asia and Japan and five palms costing thousands each.
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California
H. E B. Ftuntington
Sherb Rancho
Los Angeles
San Gabriel Valley
Asia
Africa
South America
Huntington
Japan
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Ceers
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Balgeman
Manhattan Farm
Queer Bomes
Rowley Farm
Bryan
Senatchship
Raska
Moner
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Ture
Government
IN Waterway Report
Lorimer
THALT
Mrs. Taft
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