Boston Pinafore troupe and city notices in Joliet
The Daily Sun notes the Boston Pinafore troupe at the Opera House tonight and lists local business, social events, and civic notes. Governor Cullom offers a $200 reward for Larkin F. Shepard’s capture after the Hodges murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. McBride
Masonic Block
Herkimer St
Cass
Boston
Opera House
Cullom
Larkin F. Shepard
Hodges
Cobden
Union County
Pinafore at the Opera House Earns Rave Reviews
Welch and Rennie's Pinafore delighted Joliet audiences drawing praise for Esther Butler as Josephine and Edward Dexter as Ralph Rackstraw. Ada Somers and Tilly McHenry earned applause as Hebe and Little Buttercup. The School Board elected Charles A. Hill president and C. W. Staehle clerk. A baby syrup ad concludes the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch and Rennie
Gilbert and Sullivan
Esther Butler
Josephine
Edward Dexter
Ralph Rackstraw
Ralph
Mr. Randolph
Capt. Corcoran
Pinafore
Sir Joseph
Hebe
Ada Somers
Miss Butler
Dick Deadeye
Mr. E. M. Knight
Buttercup
Tilly McHenry
Annie Rennie
Chas. A. Hill
C. W. Staehle
Capt
Egbert Phelps
Joliet
Phelps
Temperance meeting elects officers and hosts Latham address
At the Court House, E. B. Mason is named president and a four-person executive committee is chosen for three months. Latham, a C. and A. railroad conductor, delivers a lengthy talk on temperance, urging rectitude, education, and public sentiment to curb saloons. A May 28 Ottawa Street Church event and a Joliet pedestrian challenge are also noted.
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Court House
E. B. Mason
BE. Daly
A. Hunting
O. Hardy
A. H. State
G. L. Vance
T. H. Patterson
0. Hardy
E. P. Sans
L. P. Latham, Esq
C. & A. Railroad
Latham
W. H. Glocs
Ottawa Street
Jutken
Kankakee
Ellis
Ottawa
Phelps
Plainfield
Norris
Wilmington
Needham
Peotone
Messrs
Campbell
Joliet, Dale
Frances
New Lenox
John Garrity
Sun Office
Garrity
Morris
Joliet
Mendota
Plainfield Man Suffers Severe Leg Break After Cow Incident
Mr G N Chittenden of Plainfield was badly injured while driving a vicious cow from a lot. The animal toppled him, gored and trampled him, leaving him unconscious with a broken leg. He remained unconscious through the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. N. Chittenden
Plainfield
Goring
Grand Pacific praised amid social sins and judges talk
A Joliet column extols the Grand Pacific hotel as a premier hostelry while surveying Chicago social scandals. It critiques modern murder trials, judges, and legal ethics, citing Stevens Young Weber and others, with local notes on events, prices, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Pacific
Pete Stevens
Weber
Iowa
Adam
Caesar
Cesar
Unsolicited subscriber offer targets readers
A dubious mail solicitation promises a great offer from Shine Publishing and a list of papers including Sunshine For Little Children and Jon WexKay Suw. The notice seeks to enroll readers as subscribers, claiming vast prior expenditures and appealing to local neighbors.
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J. Henry Smythe
Phi Pa
Sonsmixg
Little Caild
Aneshine Publishing Company
Jon WexKay Suw
Sunshine Por Little Children
Luxeur Fox Library Offer and Sunshine for Little Children
An advertisement touts a library bundle including Chambers' Encyclopedia at a steep price, plus a premium offer on Luxeur Fox editions. It highlights Sunshine for Little Children, a widely illustrated U S publication with 960 pages and 400 stories for children, aiming to attract readers through bold claims and monthly tested content.
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Chambers
House of
J. P. En
Publica
Luxeur & Fox
United States
Sige
Joliet
Sun
Corres Tienen Rtion
Veka Nauk Journal
Shakspere Works Offered at Reduced Price in Joliet Sun
An advertisement lists Shakspere’s Works priced at 9.60 after a 26.75 list price. The two volume octavo edition by Charles Knight features 340 wood cuts 36 full page plates and steel engravings by European artists. Estimations include import costs from Germany and part-by-part pricing details.
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Shakspere
Charles Knight
London
John ‘Ribert
Europe
Germany
Estes & Lauriut
Boston
Joliet
Worcester's Dictionary and Wit and Humor Offer
Advertises Worcester's Dictionary 1,854 pages illustrated edition priced at $5.10 on receipt from $14.75. Includes praise from major papers and library binding. Also offers World of Wit and Humor 500 pages octavo edition at $4.12 from $8.25 with 460 engravings and full plates.
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Worcester
Tribune
N. Y. Herald
Standard Dictionary of America
Philadephia Press
Standard of America
Evening Post
Joliet Weekly Sun
Joliet
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the Daily Sun
C. B. Hayward
Wisconsin
Munroe’s
Chicago
W.8. Pierce
Verona
St. Nicholas
Frank Stewart
Schubert Opera Company
St. Nicholas Hotel
E. K. Hubbard
City
L. E. Ingalls
Wm. Evans
Herkimer Street
Ottawa Street M.E. Church
Robertson
Caswell
Johnson House
8. N. Ruggles
Winona
W. B. Caswell
Rt. Nicholas
Reuben Kercheval
California
H. Snapp
Hon
Tax Sun
Lafountain
Swarthout
Brooklyn
Alex. Frothingham & Co
Wall Street
New York
St. Paul R. R
Dummermoth
Woodruff
L. V. H. Crosby
Crosby
H. M. Kinsley
Bert Crosby
Illinois Penitentiaries
Chester
W. H. Ryder
D. D
The
Universalist
Brotherhood of the Head
Pansa
the School Board
Conductor Lathamds
Temperance
Helen Q. Brown
Bloomington
Miss Brown
Chicago Letter
Curiaco
Tos Sin
Cook County
Dickey
John Doe
Richard Roe
Doe
Roe
Elijah W. Sprague
Thomas Kelly
Jefferson Street
M. E. Bannon
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Va
Jersey
J. C. Gorman's
Bert E. Crosby
U. S. Express
People’s Loan and Homestead Association
Sec
Twe Sun
James Bruton
R. Bruton
Beng. Olin
J. O. Gorman’s
Oakwood
J. G. Enwoop
Scheidt
Knights Templar
Joliet Commandry No.4
K. T
Red Cross
E. C. Jno
B. Frruran
Tak Son
H. M.S. Pinafore
Campbell’s Comic Opera Co
Gorman’s
Shaksperes
the Weekly Sun
Chambers’ Encyclopedia
Linois
Geper
Dickens
Bulwer
Prescott
Cooper
Irving
Thackery
Marryat
Chicago Street
Joliet, Minois
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