Calico Hop and Temperance Meeting Highlight Joliet Notes
Local items report court house repairs as roof leaks and plaster falls. Bible Society anniversary and Calico Hop planned by Mount Joliet and Matteson Lodges. Dissolution of Meiers I. Goldschmit & Co. and Elgin telephone test line. Notices on poor farm, no complimentary tickets, and a call for public board meetings. Popular candidate McClaughry touted for State Treasurer. Wrestling match preview Ida Alb vs Milo. Streetcar schedule change for Sundays to church services. Boots and shoes sale at Chicago Bankrupt Store.
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Christ Church
Ottawa Street
M. E
N. H. Axtell
God
Mar
Richard Street
Norris
Universalist Church
Mr. Laing
Baptist Church
A. H. Stor
Christ
Central Presbyterian Church
State
Brooklyn
Will County Bible Society
Caitral Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian
Baptist
A. H. Stae
Mock Trial and Theater Topics Highlight Joliet News
The Irving Lyceum staged a Friday mock trial with Judge Barber and a large audience. The acquittal by the jury ended without verdict on durance, while Ben Cotton drew crowds in Aurora for the play Faithful Bob starring his daughter Idalene. Reports from Wilmington, Chicago theater manager John Alle, and local church and civic notices fill a varied page.
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Irving Lyceum
Ed. Barber
H. S. Battles
Fred. Dillman
Will Barber
Chas. Lockard
Joe McRoberts
Wm. Moore
John Shaw
Daniel McEiherne
James Gunn
John Burke
Thos
Durance
Ben Cotton
Auroras
Faithful Bob
Little Idalene
Philadelphia Times
Idalene
Will County Fair changes speed ring to favor local horses
The Will County Fair Association plans to adjust the speed ring next fall to give local horses a fair chance, offering a premium to horses raised in Will County and sixty day residency requirements, while a world open purse remains. Attendance pricing is set to drop to 25 cents with debates and temperance talks scheduled across March, plus a note advertising wholesale priced ladies shoes at the Chicago Bankrupt Store.
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Will County Fair Association
Roadsters
Chicago
Will County
Joliet
The McCarty Case and Local Court Notes
A summary of court events and local notices: Prosecuting Attorney Flanders explains he could not excuse himself from the McCarty case, Judge Millspaugh's handling, and the wider context of recent prosecutions. Other items include a Monticello liquor law fine, Peoria County property taxpayers, Simeon Walker’s death, Pekin duck abundance, Gen. John Cook’s assignment to Rosebud, and local advertisements for goods and trades.
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McCarty
Flanders
Squire Millspaugh
Squire Millspangle
Smith
Monticello
Platt County
Peoria
Simeon Walker
Richview
Washington County
Illinois
Georgia
Pekin
Tazewell County
John Cook
Springfield
Rosebud
Dakota
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T. H. McBride
Masonic Block
Herkimer St
Cass
Court House
Bible Society
A. H. Stote
Mount Joliet and Matteson
Messrs
Puffer and Millar
Meiers
I. Goldschmit & Co
D. Wiener
Elgin
D. F. Chandler
Jefferson Street
Stratton
Flack
Francis
Dillon-Swett Committee
Opera House
Pilcher
Major McClaughry
Joliet Penitentiary
Mejor McClaughry
Inter Ocean
Eorror Sus
the Sun
Board of Trade
Ida Alb
Milo
Marcia
J. 8. Cook
P.P. & J. Railroad
Blue Line
George
Dustin
Geo. H. Greenman
Oakwood
J. ©. Greenman
J.C. Greenman
Kansas City
Lockport
Father Dorney
Kehoe
Gnok County
Irish Relief Fund
Twelve Mile Grove
Father O’gara
John R Alle
John
Will Werner
New York
Werner
R. M. Cust
Solar
Iowa
W. ©. Wood
Buffalo
N. Y
Ottawa
Watcer
Buncil
Stipp
Stansbury & Co
Munroe's
Temperance Alliance
N. H. Axtel
F. M.unn
J. P. Murphy
J. B. Men
A.h.dean
H.S. Smith
Jefferson
Pond’s
Hennessey
Munroe’s
Pond
J. E. Fredrick
Idalen SS
Stein
Dunning
Meriden
Brittania
Marx
Aurora Goods
Peeress
Hyde's
Norton’s
Valencia
Messina
Oysthrs
Baltimore
Yrueyss
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