Local notes from Crawfordsville and surrounding towns
A collection of city vists and arrivals includes J. B. Crooks, Roy Andrews, Herman Twinam, J. J. Wilson heading to Des Moines, and arrivals for Graham shows. Mentions of Inter national Heater Co promoter, bank building work in Keota, and engagements of Hasty and Palmer. Also notes licenses to wed for Hasty and Palmer, travel by Firefly and Milwaukee, Daly's Big Co Ten Nights in a Bar-room with Sosman & Landis scenery, and a church preaching notice from Clinton Records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Crooks
Crawfordsville
Roy Andrews
Burlington
Herman Twinam
J. J. Wilson
Des Moines
John Simpson
Bank
Keota
Celia Warner
Laura Dupuis
Graham
Harry Ferguson
Kansas City
A. Mason
Gladwin
Milwaukee
Lettie Dewey Mohr
Fairfield
R. Dewey
Charles Frederick Hasty
Edna Palmer
Wellman
W. H. Rhodes
Zoe Myrtle Hall
W. H. Hughes
Cotter
Daly
Big Co
Fred Pilcher
Daly’s Big Co
Sosman & Landis
Indiana
Booth Tarkington
Chicago Church Safety Inspections Begin
The Chicago city building department starts inspections of churches, beginning with the First Methodist in the downtown district, to ensure compliance with life safety ordinances and safeguarding of occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
City Building Department
First Methodist
Court reverses case against Canfield in gambling charges
Supreme Court Justice Sewell dismissed all indictments against Richard A. Canfield after a rebuff to District Attorney Jerome in New York. The charges had accused Canfield of operating gambling houses in New York Saratoga and Providence despite protests from Assistant District Attorney Rand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Binghamton
N. Y
New York
Richard A. Canfield
Supreme Court
Sewell
Rand
Canfield
Saratoga
Providence
Mayor Critically Ill After Trichina Pork
Elgin January 18. Mayor Hubbard is in a critical condition after eating pork found to be infested with trichina. Doctors have remained at his bedside since Saturday night. Health officials say the meat dealer may face prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Hubbard
Mysterious woman ejected from Chicago court
A woman calling herself Miss Schroeder, seen at the car barn bandit trial, was ordered from the courtroom by Judge Kerstens and told not to return. A file was found by the police matron during a search of the woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Miss Schroeder
Kerstens
Tug and barges on the river bridge parable
A philosopher husband and his action minded wife watch a tug hauling a long line of barges upriver. He contrasts the tug with the barges as life goes on, but she cuts in with the line that the tug blows while the barges bear the burden.
Hugging a Delusion in a Family Talk
Father and son discuss a belief about Clara in a dialog revealing a mistaken age. The exchange highlights a family pattern of clinging to a comforting but false idea. The line given shows humor and a small domestic moment.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Puritan
J. Albert Williams & Co
Dougherty Bros
West Side
the Journal
Evening Journal
Conner
Schilling
J. L. Downs
Brighton
Mr. Jamison
International Heater Co
Vm. Trotter
Ainsworth
W. R. Beamer
Warren Eddy
Rock Island
Columbus Junction
Howard Crawford
City
Rhodes
Kentucky
Henry
Myrtle Hall
J. Cocklin
David Gordon
Charles Stuart
Col
Ottum
Clinton
Willie
Mr. Strong
Clara
Washington, Iowa
C. E. Beyerle
T. S. Arthur
Daly’s Theatre
H. A. Baxter
Samson & Livingston
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