Tragic Death After Night of Pleasure at Clark Street Resort
Miss Mabel Powell 22, a Drexel Boulevard resident, died at 441 Clark Street after consuming morphine or opium during a night of dancing and drinking with Mrs. C. H. Wells. Powell had argued with her mother over staying out, and her last act was a toast to a mother's love before she collapsed and died hours later.
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Clark Street
Chicago
Mabel Powell
Drexel Boulevard
Mrs. Wells
Miss Powell
Clark Street Place
C. H. Wells
Great Northern
Ahms
Walnut Hill
Cincinnati
Harrison Street Station
Mabel
Auditorium Annex
al Austin
Social
Mabel Powell's Mysterious Death At Wisconsin Ball
In Hurley Wisconsin Miss Mabel Powell died after a night of dancing at 441 Clark street with friends. Police found no poison evidence though detectives Herman and Welch supported the account of a self administered toxin at the Auditorium Annex. The ball scene included a toast to mothers before her sudden collapse and death. Lester Rieble was injured in a separate theater incident in Klondike theatre quarrel with Nelson in custody.
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Auditorium Annex
Mabel
Clark Street
Herman and Welch
Hartnett
Miss Powell
Hurley, Wis
Klondike Theatre
Lester Rieble
Nelson
Bessemer
Mich
Rieble
Trustees Fail To Pick Site For Western Normal
Springfield Ohio Dec 23 The trustees of the Western Normal School have made no progress in choosing a location. The article reports the stalled decision and lack of a firm site for the school’s future.
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Springfield
I.s
The
Western Normal School
Indian Father pursues court action in Longtail murder
In Wisconsin at Black River Falls the father of Will Blow-Snake turns the case against Thomas Longtail over to civil authorities. Longtail murdered Blow-Snake during a tribal dispute as crowds celebrated the annual spree at the reservation.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Dee
Will Blow-Snake
Thomas Longtail
Longtail
Wittenburg
Big Hawk
Black River
Reservation
Blow Snake
Miner killed after sleeper on tracks near Queen mine
Negaunee Michigan December 23 Richard Carlson a miner was killed when he dozed on a railroad track near the Queen mine and a switch engine ran over him while intoxicated authorities reported the accident occurred late last night with Carlson fatally injured at the scene and the cause attributed to intoxication and accidental death
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Negaunee, Mich
Richard Carlson
Queen Mine
Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices Across Regions
Chicago hogs receipts 29 000 with pigs at 3.50 4.20, light 3.90 4.07, mixed 4.00, heavy 4.20. Cattle receipts 4.00 with steers 4.10 6.90, cows 2.00 4.85, bulls and oxen 2.80 4.25, veal calves 4.00 7.00. Sheep receipts 7.000 with westerns 3.30 4.50, natives 2.75 4.65, lambs 4.00 5.80. Buffalo market steady to easier on cattle and hogs, lambs 5.50 5.60. St. Louis wheat and corn mixed lower to steady. Milwaukee wheat dull. Detroit and Buffalo notes on various cash and futures.
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Chicago
Texas
Akist Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
East Buffalo
Wethers
St. Louis Grain
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Chicago Board of Trade
Owen
Illinois
Cape Cod
Moody Evangelist Dwight L Moody Dies at Northfield
Dwight L Moody died at noon in Northfield Massachusetts after a long breakdown from overwork. The renowned evangelist, once a Kansas City revivalist, had suffered heart weakness and nervous strain, with physicians noting a steady decline since his western meetings last month. Moody voiced pride in work over wealth and left a trailing legacy of Moody Institute in Chicago and Mount Hermon School. he leaves a wife Emma C Revell of Chicago and several children.
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Kansas City
East Northfield
Masa
Dwight L. oMody
Moody
West
Northfield
N. P. Wood
A. P. Fitt
Wood
Moody’s eldest son recalls urging care for his school
The article recounts Moody’s final days in Northfield and his urging his sons and son in law to protect the schools at East Northfield Mount Hermon and the Chicago Institute. It notes Moody’s birth in 1837 and his rise from a Northfield farm family to a famed revivalist with the North Market Hall Mission.
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Moody
Will R. Moody
Dr. Wood
Fitt
East Northfield
Mount Hermon
Chicago Institute
A. P. Vitt
Northfield
Mass
Boston
Chicago
North Market Hall Misson
Moody Institute
Governor weighs steps in military board case
Governor Pingree said he has not decided on further action in the military board matter. He believes General Case is innocent of offenses beyond possible negligence and may condone. If not, a public trial on detailed charges would be required before removal. Proceedings will start, possibly against Quartermaster General White and Illinois Supply Co. members.
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Nuye
Quincy
Macomb
Monmouth
Rushville
Aledo
Lansing
Mich
Dee
Pingree
Military Board
Oren
White
Illinois Supply Company
Mandamus Fight Over Swamp Lands in Woodbury County
Des Moines reports a mandamus action to compel Governor Shaw to urge a federal patent for lands in Woodbury County claimed as swamp lands. If confirmed, ownership shifts to the county. Governor Shaw disputes the swamp status. Case tests state versus county ownership of dried lake regions. Speculators profited from these lands. Cass City notes a resident burned to death. Mrs Trathen, 56, died with her daughter nearby. Indianapolis reports a $25,000 Indiana Life Insurance deposit moved to American Central Life, completing the transfer of business from Indiana Life to American Central.
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Des Moines
Wilson L. Ogden
Woodbury County
Shaw
Ogden
Cass City
Mich
John Trathen
Indianapolis
Auditor of State
Indiana Life Insurance Company
American Central Life of Indianapolis
Indiana
Amariagn Monteal
Sanderson murder case heads to jury after long hearings
In Marshall Michigan on December 23 prosecutors opened the Sanderson glass poisoning case arguing before a jury. Four attorneys will share two hour blocks as witnesses for the defenses and prosecutors present nurses from the University Hospital at Ann Arbor to challenge Mrs. Sanderson’s conduct and reputation. A Pullman conductor testified to seeing the respondent on a train after her husband’s death while she claims she was in Chicago.
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Marshall
Mich
Hatch
Sanderson
Clark
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
van Buren County
Franklin Keerner
O. B. Blake
Pullman
Denver
Colorado Springs
Chicago
Nerve and Coolness Save Man and Child on Trestle
Lawrenceburg Indiana December 23 strong nerves and presence of mind saved Frank Gaines and his little child from death Thursday afternoon as they faced an oncoming train on a 200 foot Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern trestle. Gaines stood on the beam beyond the rail with the child while the locomotive swept past and he barely reached firm ground exhausted but alive.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Frank Gaines
Gaines
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Terra Firma
Sol Smith Russell to pause stage work for health break
Sol Smith Russell will retire from the stage for a year or more after his Chicago engagement to seek health. William McCollum died after being crushed between two freight cars in Illinois Central yards at Burnside yesterday. Colonel Henry M. Kidder of Evans ton Ills gave a $25 000 site for the Kings Daughters home where Chicago working girls will have summer outings. Bishop Henry M Turner of the African Methodist church was refused a sleeping car berth on the Georgia Central railroad.
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Sol Smith Russell
Chicago
William McCollum
Burnside
Henry M. Kidder
Evanston
Henry M. Turner
African Methodist Church
Georgia Central Railroad
Rockslide at Amalfi Destroys Hotels and Monastery
Rome reports a massive rock slipped from a cliff at Amalfi into the sea crushing the Cappuccini hotel the Capuchin monastery and several villas. Four ships were sunk with crews lost and many monks and guests presumed dead. Rescue efforts begin as terror grips the town of Aswald and surrounding area.
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Rome
Amalfi
Gulf of Salerno
Cappuccini
Aswald
Pietro Capuano
Toss
News From The Boer War And Other Far Regions
London reports from South Africa say Winston Churchill escaped Boer territory via Lorenzo Marquez, while a Ladysmith sortie left seven British dead and fourteen wounded. Methuen aims to link Kimberley with searchlights as Free Staters consider returning home. British position remains strong. In Duluth a missing barge 115 was found grounded near Middleton, Ontario. crew safe. In San Francisco a two year Folsom term for counterfeit tools ends with a demand to pay a fine, the convict declining the oath.
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London
South Africa
Lady Randolph Churchill
Winston
Lorenzo Marquez
Ladysmith
Cape Town
Methuen
Modder River
Kimberley
San Francisco
Dinglieano
Folsom
Dinglienno
Lawton Fund Grows with Four Thousand Dollar Christmas Offering
A committee collecting for the widow and four children of late Major General Henry W. Lawton reports strong public support. A Christmas offering is urged and remittances go to Riggs National Bank, designated depository. In Kansas City, ex Governor Thomas T. Crittenden joins a group of 100 aiming to raise one thousand dollars for the widow’s fund.
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Washington
Henry W. Lawton
Kansas City
Thomas T. Crittenden
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Wisconsin
Joliet, Ills
Small
Circuit Court
Mokena
Manitowoc, Wis
Edward Drum
Jacob Drum
Brown's Corner
Holy Family Hospital
Tond du Lac
Fond du Lac, Wis
Stewart Jellen
Ripon
Chicago Grain and Produce
Milwaukee
Detroit Grain
Detroit
Dwight L. Moody
Evangelist
Mount Hermon School
Sumter
Fi Boy
Congregational Tndnistry
Emma C. Revell
England
America
Michigan Military Board
Mandamus
Gulf of
Salerno
Sons of Life
Winston Churchill
Duluth
Tie River
Middleton
Ont
Zenith
Superior
Marquette
Lawton Fund
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
Presipen
CHAS
H. Keck
Casater
Frank Stewart
M. Keck
J. M. Sproull
Casey Bros
Feed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
R E. M. McConaughy
Orrice
Klein's Clothing Store
P. W. McElwain
J. R. Burroughs
Orrick
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Warhlinton
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's Clothing
Washington, Lowa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
First National Bank
Erty
Marsh W. Bailey
Iowa
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
W. H. Butterfield
Crafl's
Jos. Pollard, JR
Washington, IA
C. S. Lemmon
L. D. Robinson
East Side
C. 8. Lemmon
Mr. Lemmon
Rocky Mountain
Burlington
Ac Li
New York
Philadelphia
Fox
H. Sanford
Feed and Sale
Priox
Selephone
T. J. Dempsey
Side Square
National Bank
Capital
Burplus
W. BR. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
Weweel
Dts Bee
J.T. Anderson
Washington County Savings Bank
Sogeniie
Don
Jon. Kron
A. Write
Onahier
H. Kon
V. P
M. Kron
Ass't
First National
BANK
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
0. H. Keck
J. ¥. Henderson
E. C. Keck
P. O
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
City Feed Store and Feed Yard
Mason
Pore No. 1
Frank Rogers
R. F. Riley
Emoure
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