Joliet Daily Sun Apr 24 1879 Local News Roundup
Blooming ton election yields small Republican win. Plainfield adds two doctors Charles Cowell and Dr Jackson. John Thompson Co. travels to Streator for a game. Chicago & Aston depot at Brail wood to be rebuilt after fire. Rev Dixs farewell words documented. Damon and Pythias tickets selling at Gorman's. Streetcar to Oakwood Cemetery to start Sunday. Owl Club hosts social at Munroes Hall with music by Keen and Kendall. Catarrh Remedy recommended by college professor.
Attempt to assassinate Edwin Booth at McVickers Theater
Chicago theater scene echoes with a bold attempt on Edwin Booth during Richard II. Mark Gray of St. Louis fired twice. first shot misfired, second hole opened in the flat. Booth remained calm and signaled his safety as officers detained the assailant amid a panicked crowd.
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the Tribune
Edwin Booth
Richard II
Mark Gray
St. Louis
Curtin
Pomfret Castle
Richard
Booth
Mr. Booth
Villian
John
Lancaster
Ohio
Joseph Merger
Merger
Hocking Valley Railroad
Canal Trades Active As Tharp Handles Busy Day
Canal items report lock tender Tharp guiding several vessels including the canal boat Elizabeth from Lockport with 800 barrels of flour for La Salle. Steamer Fearless towing Brilliant bound for Morris carries 15 000 feet of lumber. W A Steel Morris to Lockport carries 123 tons of coal. Rosencrans Morris to Chicago carries 140 tons of coal. Peerless towing Tempest from Chicago to Utica carries 125 000 feet of lumber. Phanix from Lockport to Carpenter Marsh carries 6000 bushels of corn.
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Tharp
Elizabeth
Lockport
la Salle
Fearless
Brilliant
Chicago
Morris
W. A. Steel
Rosencrans
Clark
Peerless
Utica
Phanix
Carpenter & Marsh
Slippery swindler dupes Alton townsfolk with soap plan
A con artist sold sole rights to manufacture soap in Alton to a prominent citizen for ten dollars and then hawked the same rights to other prominent citizens for fifty cents. He netted about twenty five dollars before skipping town as the “prominent citizens” mourn. Also note Mrs. Rachael Lawrence 77 dies at Lockport. Braidwood plans water works. Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer praised by Massachusetts State Assayer as pure and effective. advertised for sale by druggists per Record Red Oak Iowa.
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Alton Democrat
Alton
New Fagland
Massachusetts
Hall
Red Oak
Iowa
To Sell or Exchange and Local Notices in Joliet
An advertisement list offers Joliet and Morris residence property for sale or exchange for farming land. Includes Joliet Street Railroad office move to Will County National Bank, and ticket sales by J A Henry. Also notices for a German girl, trees for sale, nursery stock along Joliet Plainfield road, and infant photographs by Rawlins near the river.
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Joliet
Morris
Mrs Deans Operetta Heads To Two Evening Shows
Bloomington Leader notes the operetta to be staged on the 29th and 30th with a mammoth program and promises of fine entertainment. It also mentions Gen J C Smith returning $5000 stolen from the treasury, leaving little for his term, plus details on W S Gilbert and Lieut J N Buchanan and a counterfeit dollars warning from Dr Weerndle.
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J.C. Smith
Advertising notice on silk stock and cashmere sale
The ad promotes steady price advances and urges immediate call to view a large stock bought at low prices. It highlights an elegant line of Black Dress and Trimming Silks and Cashmere Melino at 1.25 to 1.50, inviting customers to visit.
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Masonic Block
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Fred L. Ailes
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Bloomington
Plainfield
Charles Cowell
Jackson
John Thompson
Streator
Chicago & Aston
Braidwood
Gen. Dix
God
Christ
China
America
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Mr. Speer
F. J. Rapple
Tom Riley
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Temperance People
Temperance
Akin’s Block
Ladies’ Industrial Society of
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Cass Street
J. W. Phelps
Rauch School House
du Page
Damon and Pythias
Gorman’s
Oakwood Cemetery
Fanning
St. Paul Free Press
Cope
W.H. Pennington
Kankakee County
Kankakee
Monee
Peotone
D. P. Hendricks
Frank Frey
John Lambert
Frank
Owl Club
Munroe’s Hall
Isaac Keen
Oscar Kendall
Dr. Sage
Actor
McVicker’s Theatre
T. ¢. Lord's
T. C. Lord
Key Stone Manufacturing Co
Sterling, Lll
T. A
Check Rovers
Henry Leichtenwalter
G. H. Gurney
Gus Durca
M. Meyer
John Bana
Frank Fuhrman
Rockey’s Mill
Johna Rutledge
Harriet Beecher Stowe
W. L. Thompson & Co
East Liverpool
Davis
A. V. Hutchens
Jefferson Street
Ottawa Street
M. E
Mre
Robt, Jones
Mr. Skinner
Joel George
McVabe & Converse
Joliet Turnverein
Werner Hall
Wert Band
McCabe & Converse
Jones’ Nurseries
Plainfield and
Joliet Road
Old Shields Farm
McCarse & Convense
Creevy
Joliet Street Railway Co
McCabe & Convense
Kansas
E. B. Mason
Agt
Geo, H. Wade & Co
Rachael Lawrence
Bens. Olin
South
Rawlins
Fairy Land
Opera House
Til
Carrie A. Dean
Irene Koon
Forrestere
Nymphe of the Woods
Hyra
Cupida
Butterflies
Buttercape
Rare
Bim Amblebee
Jue Belle
Werner’s Hall
Boston
Gilbert
J. N. Buchanan
Illinois National Guards
A” Co
Cor
Chicago & Jefferson Sts
Dyer
Cash House
Jefferson St
N. D. Dyer
Joliet, Illinois
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