Robbery at Mason Temple jeweler’s strongbox
David Freedman a Chicago jeweler with offices on the sixteenth floor of the Mason Temple building was robbed in broad daylight by two men who threatened death and forced him to open his safe and the display case. They escaped with $4310 in cash jewelry and watches as a curtain dropped before the rotunda window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Freedman
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Freedman
Nod
Masonic ‘Temple
Fixing the Blame at the Iroquois Fire Inquest
Hundreds of witnesses to be examined as the Iroquois theater fire inquest begins in Chicago. Coroner Bucks leads a detailed inquiry into careless fire precautions and negligent management that caused 51 deaths. Over two weeks, authorities aim to identify responsibility among theater officials, construction crews, and staff as Powers and Unis testify under oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urier
Broquois
Chienga
Maursday
Voronee
Olelock
Fifty Connell
Grand Jury
Pauls
Toxtand
Lins
Criminal Court
Sunday Dinner and Fire Investigation Findings at Theater
The inquiry reports skylights and the fire vent were closed during the blaze and later opened by Fuller Construction Company workers after the fire. Theater staff largely abandoned duties, with questions about drill, organization, and public safety. Attorney Fulkerson notes ongoing questions on responsibility, crowded aisles, locked doors, and exits amid hearsay evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller Construction Company
Fulkerson
Fire Safety Failures Cited In Theater Tragedy Inquiry
Attorney Monroe Maikerson released findings on the theater fire last Wednesday detailing that overheated lighting, obstructed vents, and locked doors created a deadly draught. He noted stage skylights closed and a large auditorium vent open, allowing heat and smoke to sweep the audience of 1 008 people with about 600 standing. The inquiry concluded safeguards and emergency exits, if used properly, would likely have saved lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Maikerson
Saul
Fulkerson
Probaly 16
Lewis
Frequoix ‘Theater Company
George A. Fuller
Thins Tarax
Nore
Noonan
What was required and given at the Iroquois Theater
A concise report notes the requirements and provisions connected to the Iroquois Theater event. It summarizes the key conditions, responsibilities, and outcomes associated with attendees and organizers during the theater affair.
Medical Miracle Near Prague A Typhoid Recovery Tale
Ithaca girl Leona Ireland, once struck by a typhoid fever epidemic, shows remarkable recovery after a year of illness. Doctors note almost all complications have subsided, her weight halved earlier, and she now can move and feed herself as hope for full recovery grows.
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Ithaca
Leona Ireland
Neter
Whaling
Jan
Notable Deaths and Careers Highlighted in Local Notices
The item records Horace Boies of Lown with 4 retired life on a farm near Eldora after rapid aging following his son's death. It notes philosopher Kuno Fischer resigning six chairs at Heidelberg at 80 after thirty one years there. It mentions Jones moving from Kentucky to Dade County Missouri with a large family, and 1019 descendants gathering recently. It also notes Marie Bigram Hareivon, a famed Rex performer, and Major W H Garland's death at the Soldiers Home in Johnson City Tennessee, who had shaken hands with every U.S. president except Washington.
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Pine
United States
Horace Boies
Lown
Eldora
Kuno Fischer
Hidde
Hastien
Heidelberg
Jones
Kentucky
Dade County
X. Marie Bigram Hareivon
Acklyn
Rho
George TL. Allis
Mentons Station
Nebraska
W. H. Garland
Johnson City
Tenn
Trauda
Washington
Bandits Face Court In Chicago City Hall Murder Trial
A crowded Chicago Criminal Court hears the case of Van Dine Niedermeier and Marx known as the car barn bandits. The three defendents face murder charges related to the death of Frank W. Stewart during a City Trailway robbery era.
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Chicago
Keesten Noor
Xage
Moan
Niedermeier
Vin Dine
Marx
Quinn
Lim
Tie
Frank W. Stewart
Chicago City
Raoeski
Chicago Car Barn Bandits
St Louis Exposition Buildings Show Vast Construction Scale
A historical note details the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis with vast material totals. It cites 76,000,000 feet of lumber and 98,000,000 pounds of plaster as part of the fourteen main buildings. The figures illustrate the enormous scale of the fair’s primary structures and the broader, larger construction activity across many ancillary buildings.
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St. ‘Louis
Puri
Twenty Killed In Wreck At Willard Station
A head on collision near Willard Topeka destroyed the Transcontinental expre ss train. Twenty persons died and all aboard were injured some from Oklahoma homesteaders excursion cars. Lights failed in darkness as the coaches telescoped and a waiter’s union section involving Toronto, Can., was noted in dispatches.
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Kannay
Willard, I
Topeka
Oklahoma
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Labor unrest and arbitration talk across North America
A fragmented digest notes wage fights and strikes from Quebec to Boston, Montreal to Spokane. It cites Great Western railway pay petitions, cotton mill layoffs impacting thousands in New England, and urban railway clerk unions forming in San Francisco and Lawrence. A national arbitration tribunal bill is headed to Congress, with charters issued for railway clerk units in San Francisco and Lawrence.
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Pall River
Mass
Quebec
Can
Boston
Mars
Montreal
Great Western
New England
Cook County
Cbim
Cullom
Minolta
San Francisco
Cal
Lawrence
Spokane
Wash
Western Australia
Hocking Valley
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Denver
Enid
Hig
Dun's Chicago Review Highlights Mixed Trade After Christmas Demand
Dun's New York weekly review of trade notes favorable developments in distribu tion of footwear and improving iron prospects. Demand for foodstuffs remains strong while retail sales show a cautious recovery after the holiday period. Coal, lard, and cotton markets display mixed movements as warehouses prepare inventories and inland orders reappear from interior trades.
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Dun’s
Chicago
Sate
Jinex
Chieaga
G. Dun & Co
New York
Chicago Cattle Hog and Grain Prices Mixed Across Markets
A range of 1904 era commodity quotes appears, listing Chicago cattle hogs and scores from hogs to grain. Prices jump between regions and commodities, with notes on shipping grades and assorted ad hoc figures. A second item mentions Perham of Chicago killed and Thomas Peterson injured in a derrick breakin at Sayre Pennsylvania. Additional brief notes cover a St Louis bride elect, a derailment near Colorado Springs, a Montana shooting, and a Bible Society centennial observance in March 1904.
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UL Perham
Chicago
Thomas Peterson
Glee
Sayre
Mary Helen Smiley
St Louis
Harry V. Whelpa
Nittayama
Fock Islant
Colorado Springs
Colo
Charles Hilleon
Mattie Lee
Uss Joon
Phillipsburg
Mont
Dibson
British and Foreign Bible Society
American Bible’ Society
British Society
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Greely Expedition
Indianapolis
Indays
Julius Frederick
Frederick
Tou
Doora
Meriden
Conn
G. A. Allworth
Aed
Alice Il. Flint
Ley
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Rohan County
John Anderson
Michigan City
Ind
Gen. Black
Civil Service
Coley and
Geene
Con. John €. Black
John St. Proctor
Kilten
Hef Roe
Londn
Ont
Sterling Bros
Maonnic
Temple Theatre
Wort Way
Tad
Viola Allen
Bpoletn
Rome
Tower
Spoleto
Fra Filippo Lippe
Standard Ol
Standard Oil Company
Princeton
Mexican ‘Central Railroad
American Locomotive Company
Sydney
N.S. W
Cleveland
Ruth Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
N. J
Malzah Cecelia Eerl
The
Chicago Tribune
Iroquois ‘Theater
AL L. Stodilall
Norwich Coun
Aminin KO Manag Finkerson
Hurey
Powers
Phely
Iroquois. Org
Iroquois
Prague
Wales
Harvey van Dine
O Buteier
St.louis Fair
International
Alliance and Startenders’ League
Toronto, Can
Detroit
Milwaukee
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