The Times of Joliet Digest Cracks Down on Local Matters
A Joliet agglomeration of short blurbs recounts theft, rail ties, truancy, pardons, advertising stunts, Masonic lodge meetups, church sewing circles, hotel moves, a Victor phonograph concert, a parolee’s return, and a commerce association vote. Notable names include John Lyons, Miss Ayina Prouty, Edmund Wilcox, F. A. Rauch & Co, L. M. Smith, T. S. Bolstad, W. C. Bullis, and Gertrude Waterhouse. The state pardon meeting runs Oct. 10 to 14 in Springfield, while the Masons convene in Chicago Oct. 11–13. The Times’ readers in Joliet and Chicago are referenced.
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Edmund Wilcox
Times
Chicago
Joliet
F. A. Rauch & Co
Action by U.S. on Ku Klux Klan Postponed
Washington October 9 Federal Justice Department will not pursue action against the Ku Klux Klan at this time. Attorney General Daugherty announced that no indictment or prosecution will be undertaken presently by the Department of Justice.
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Washington
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Waterway Plan Aims to Create Jobs in Clinoig Area
Plans move to ask the State of Clinoig to initiate a deep waterway project in Joliet to relieve unemployment. Mayor urged to act, funds available, legal obstacles cleared, and a state approval could start work soon. Winter work possible. local employment bureau reports steady hiring in area plants and preference for married men with families.
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Clinoig
Joliet
Llewellyn
Rogers
Scott Street
American Steel and Wire Company
Rockdale
Illinois Steel Company
Stove Works
Washer Manufacturing Company
American Brick Company
Armistice Truce Violations Reported Across Ireland
Dublin reports indicate renewed violence as truce breaks surface in both halves of Ireland. In Belfast six or more incidents saw Orangemen and Catholics clash in revolver duels while a Catholic bomb failed to detonate. In Dunmanway Cork County auxiliaries faced mob assault and forces opened fire. Republicans and Sinn Fein dwellings were targeted. Sinn Fein leaders to lodge protest with British authorities.
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Dublin
Ireland
Belfast
Dunmanway
County Cork
Auxiliary Crown
Sinn Fein
Ministers Will Give Hearing To Gideon Movement
Joliet ministers and business leaders discuss the Gideon movement at the Association of Commerce session. A representative will be heard on introducing Gideon’s magazine to churches. Dr J O Engleman notes common aims of church city schools and home in building character. Governor Smail’s itinerary from Aurora to Sterling to Fulton outlined for Saturday.
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Joliet
Association of Commerce
A. L. Martin
J. O. Engleman
Ggg Agee Meng
Aes
Cornelius Miller
Smail
Lincoln Highway
Indiana State Line
Aurora
Sterling
Fulton
Stertford Ha
Giants and Yankees Play-By-Play Slow Classic Baseball Minute
A detailed inning by inning account of a Giants versus Yankees game. Highlights include Rawlings, Meusel, Ruth, Pipp, Ward, Bancroft, Frisch, Nehf, Kelly, McNally and McNally's tag plays. Several instances of walks, stolen bases, and defensive gems. final lines show low offense with scattered hits.
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Giants
Burns
Bancroft
Hey
Pipp
Frisch
Wvard
YANKS
Miller
Peck
Nehf
Kelly
Ruth
Meusel
Rawlings
Young
Ward
McNally
Texas
Smith
Bounder
Schang
Hoyt
Yankes
Banicroft
Firsch
R. H. E Giants
Vanier
Coates
Six British delegates named for Washington conference
Six delegates from London are tentatively chosen at a cabinet meeting to attend the Washington conference. The group will include two delegates for the empire, two for Canada, and two for Australia. Marquis Curzon, Churchill, A. J. Balfour, and HM. A. L. Fisher are reported as four of the picks.
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London
Washington
Canada
Australia
Empire
Whitehall
Marquis Curzon
Churchill
A. J. Balfour
HM. A. L. Fisher
Panama Canal tolls debate sparks world interest
Senator Colt of Rhode Island argued in the Senate that free passage through the Panama Canal for American ships should be settled by diplomacy or arbitration, not by Borah Bill legislation, as the peace of the world hinges on the sanctity of treaties.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Colt
Ublican
Rhode Island
Senate
Mary Pickford Fairbanks Taken Ill With Flu
Paris dispatch reports Mary Pickford Fairbanks American film star taken down with the flu today. While confined to bed no anxiety is felt.
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Paris
Mary Pickford-Fairbanks
The Times Announces New Novel for Week Beginning
The Times announces a new weekly feature starting the week of publication with The Heritage of Cain as a daily serial. The issue promises the colored comic section magazine pages and features from local and foreign fields.
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Cain
Will County Women C T U elects officers at convention
Mrs. Harry Fields was elected president and Mrs. J. A. Freed vice president at the Will County Women's Christian Temperance Union twenty fourth annual convention. Officers include Recording secretary Mrs. Benjamin J. Wheeler and treasurer Mrs. Theodore Clark. The group plans intensified anti liquor action, sheriff raids, and education of youth, with resolutions urging total abstinence and law enforcement.
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Harry Fields
J. A. Freed
Will County Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Benjamin J. Wheeler
Elsie Shear
Theodore Clark
Newkirk
al Lindgren
S. B. Wright
Aurora
Soldiers and Sabor
Will County
Francis Willard
Mary Allen West
Ridgewood
Elwood
White Ribbon
Colored Society
Resolutions
Funeral plans for Joliet veteran Arthur Miller
Preparations are underway for the funeral of Arthur Miller, Joliet veteran, who died Tuesday at Oak Forest sanitarium. Representatives from Joliet Masonic lodges will conduct the service. The rites begin at 224 Cheney Avenue in Homewood and proceed to the Masonic Temple, with burial in Elmhurst.
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A. Miller
Arthur Miller
Joliet
Oak Forest
Masonic Lodges
Cheney Avenue
Homewood
Masonic Temple
Elmhurst
On Their Knees But Prayer Was For Little Joe
Sheriff Newkirk nabbed a boy near Star Peerless Wall Paper Mills after spotting children praying as bones were drawn in a gambling mood. The officer lectured the kid and warned that gambling must stop to avoid arrest and disgrace.
Farming Out Disabled Vets to Be Investigated
Washington Oct 6 Col Charles R Forbes director of the Veterans Bureau reports thousands of ex service men are being exploited rather than rehabilitated in private contract schools of vocational education He urges immediate government take over of the work and ends conditions described as slavery He calls contract hospitals similarly exploitative and criminal in nature.
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Washington
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Forbes
Compromise on Tax Revision Bill Expected in Senate
Washington October 6 Senator Lodge advised President Harding after a conference lasting over an hour that compromises will be needed in the pending tax revision bill to win broader Senate support. He suggested the possibility of adopting a manufacturers sales tax plan while declining to discuss specific proposals.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Harding
Guardian Sought For Four Grosso Children
Margaret Arthur files in county court to appoint a guardian for Victor John Mary and Josephine Grosso children of Theresa Grosso of 108 Francis street. Petition alleges lack of parental care and support amid destitution and unsanitary living quarters. Police and education officials report severe conditions with food deprivation and claimed starvation. The father is deceased and the mother struggles to care for the children.
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Margaret Arthur
Victor
John
Mary
Josephine Grosso
Theresa Grosso
Francis Street
Grosso
England Aims to Treat Ireland Fairly Says Rev Macpherson
Joliet Association of Commerce held a noon luncheon at Universalist auditorium with about 300 members. Rev. Walter Macpherson argued England seeks a square deal for Ireland to bring the Erin Isle closer to the British empire, and warned on the Japanese threat while urging American business leaders to study history and geography. He critiqued Wilson and discussed labor, free speech, and wartime motives. The talk covered geopolitics from Europe to the Pacific, aligning England’s aims with Allied strategy and American interests.
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Joliet
Wilson
Ireland
America
England
Isles
Rev. Macpherson
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
France
Gen. Allenby
Palestine
Germany
Bagdad
Japan
Cence
China
Orient
Macpherson
Local man arrested for double slaying in Prairietown
Harry Lohse, 38, was taken into custody in Prairietown, IL, on October 5 charged with the murder of Albert Wieneke, 45, and his wife Mae Wieneke, 38. Authorities say the shooting followed a quarrel tied to Lohse's attempts to Mrs. Wieneke.
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Prairietown
Harry Lohse
Albert Wieneke
Mae Wieneke
Lohse
Wieneke
Greece refrains from war. seeks democracy and republic
Andrew Blacy, Joliet exporter head, just returned from Greece with views on the present gloom. He reports Greece in poor shape, hopes for an end to unjust wars, and a democratic government led by Venizelos. He predicts a coming republic and notes opportunities for increased commercial exchanges despite wartime weariness.
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Greece
Andrew Blacy
Athens
Venizelos
Turkey
Greera
Republi
Mr. Blancy
Joliet
Aie
Paul Blacy
Ceate Zen
Andrew
Harry Harry Bracyscendants
Ee Ee i People
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Mr. Lyons
State Board of Pardons
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Oriental Consistory
Walton Place
L. M. Smith
T. S. Bolstad
First Presbyterian Church
the Woods Home
Western Avenue
W. C. Bullis
National Hotel
Blid
Dell
Bullis
the National
Daugh
Henry Burr
Billy Murray
Albert ‘Campbell
Frank Croxton
John Meyer
Monroe Silver
Fred, van Eps
Frank Banta
Victor Phonograph Company
James McElevey
Joliet Penitentiary
Gertrude Waterhouse
McElevey
Associa
Carlots
Illinois
U.S
Gideon Movement
Sox Cubs
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Guardian
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