Society Notes Highlight Local Club Activities
Mrs. Charles Swiggart is ill at 1047 W Allen. Kings Daughters entertain. Whatsoever Circle and Euchre party events noted. Masonic Temple hosts Margaret Chapter East ern Star. Guild meets at All Saints' Parish house. Annual essay contest set for high school juniors and seniors. Royal Neighbors elect officers. Pocahontas Rebekahs to initiate class. Orientals to meet. Woodmen of America election upcoming. Tango event at Conservatory hall led by Prof Woods. Sunshine Circle meets at 811 Third Ave. Civil Engineering Club to hear current events. Entertainer Mrs. Cummins hosts at 402 Herkimer St. Various social events and plays in planning. St. Cecelia Choral Club to stage a farce. Miss Barnes leads current events at high school. English Lutheran bazaar attracts many visitors with booths and games. well decorated hall and active fundraiser.
Evening concert features Hindle duo and Joliet Conservatory reading
Music filled the evening with a beautiful duet by Mr and Mrs Albert Hindle and a reading by Mrs Parrot of the Joliet Conservatory. An extensive program is planned for this evening and the bazaar continues through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hindle
Parrot
Joliet. Conservatory
Local residents visit Joliet and surrounding towns
Multiple residents from nearby towns are listed as visitors in Joliet yesterday including Mr. George Asmers of New Lenox William Halt of Minooka and Dennis Lawlor of Manhattan Also noted is Attorney J P Coyne transacting Morris business and E A Francis of Francis Piano Co traveling to Boston for about ten days Mr and Mrs F K Goodspeed and guests returned from Gary after a weekend visit and C E Bigelow with guests plan to attend today’s Chicago stock show
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Asmers
New Lenox
Joliet
E. A. Francis
The
Francis Piano Co
Boston
Mass
F. K. Goodspeed
Fourth Avenue
Gary
F. J. McMichael
C. E. Bigelow
Second Avenue
Mrs. Ricard
Waverly, Ill
Chicago
Lambert Heads 6 A B Post Commander of Grand Army
Colonel John Lambert elected commander of the Baraleson post of the Grand Army of the Republic for a one year term. The post received the monument committee report and trustees were directed to erect two memorials to Civil War soldiers on a Hall of Fame plan with six Bedford stone columns in a circle, to be completed by May 30 next year with dedication services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lambert
Baraleson
Grand Army of the Republic
Hall of Fame
Sale Dates Across Illinois Auctions
Auctioneer F Haley lists numerous sales from December to November across towns including Wilmington Florence Minooka Peotone Joliet Elwood Jackson Wilton and Jackson township. Buyers include estate and horse sales with dates ranging from Nov 22 to Dec 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Cunningham
H. F. Teter
Wilmington
H. Bovee
F. A. Faulkner
Florence
Dan Kennedy
John Wendelsdorff
Will
George Mackender
Wilton
W. J. Watkins
Horse Sale
Manhattan
J. Brandt
Peotone
M. Reeves & Son
Frank Eneix
Channahon
Dr. Brankin
Troy Road
Frank Pike
Minooka
Frank Pierce
Caton Farm
Joliet Motor Car Co
Joliet
Ilinois
Albert Ewen
NaAusay
Lynn Flagg
Mortuary notices and vagrants sentenced in Joliet area
Dated items report deaths of Emma L Schroeder 67 of Peotone and Joseph W Brown 33 at home of his mother in Joliet with funeral details at St Patrick's. Also a vagrancy case in Summerton where William Burns and Charles Lawler were jailed 30 days after arrest by Sheriff Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroeder
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Emma. L. Schroeder
Peotone
Clarence Miller
Petone
Western Casket and Undertaking Establishment
Joseph Teffler
Grace Brown
James
Harry
Joseph
Joliet
William Burns
Charles Lawler
McCulloch
Summerton
Stevenson
Paris Theater Manager Fines Super For Absence
In Paris the Comedie Francaise manager M Claretie fined a theater super two francs for missing a Phedre performance. The worker sold Claretie s letter to an autograph collector for ten francs, profiting from the absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Jules Clarette
National Theater
Comedie Francaise
Phedre
M. Claretie
M Claretie
Philladelphia Ledger
Woman's Triumph as Married Life Reflection
A quip contrasts a woman's pre marriage triumph with finding a husband and after marriage desires his attendance at church. The saying notes a man’s favored country is one where he lives best, attributed to Aristophanes via the Atchison Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aristophanes
Rose Rice Corps Elects New Officers
Kef Corps last night chose officers for the coming year with Mrs. Rice as president, Mrs. Sophia Campbell senior vice, Mrs. Minnie Bees junior vice, Mrs. Nellie Morris treasurer, Mrs. Phoebe Elenders chaplain, Mrs. Lucinda Duhey conductor, Miss Esther Stevens guard, Mrs. Nellie Moody installing officer, and Miss Minnie eil pearling conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kef
Rice
Sophia Campbell
Minnie Bees
Nellie Morris
Phoebe Elenders
Lucinda Duhey
Esther Stevens
Nellie Moody
Minnie Eil
Freshmen Reject Unwritten Law Colors at High School
The Freshmen class opposes the longstanding Unwritten Law requiring burns orange and black as school colors. They refuse to adopt any colors or emblem, challenging a custom never before questioned by a class.
Telegram Mix-Up Aims at Navy Quarterback Nicholls
An attempt to pull Midshipman Nicholls from a Saturday game by telegram claiming his father was seriously ill failed when the sender used the wrong first name. The telegram arrived just before kickoff, causing confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholls
Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Swiggart
W. Allen Street
King’s Daughters
Campbell and Wilcox Streets
George Carey
Miss Messenger
Euchre
Margaret
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Guild
All Saints’ Guild of Christ Episcopal Church
Silver Leaf Camp
Royal Neighbors’ of America
Eagle Hall
Pocahontas Rebekahs
Chicago Street
Joliet Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
Castle Hall
K. C. Ard
Conservatory Hall
Woods
Sunshine Circle
Sunshine Circle of
J. Nichols
Third Ave
Nichols
J. T. Thomas
Geo. Page
Civil Engineering Club of
Elmer Tengdin
Geo. Guthrie
Geo. Sprague
Elmer Vliet
R. C. Cummins
E. T. Brewster
Eastern Avenue Baptist Church
R. C. ‘Cummins
Herkimer Street
Adam Krohn
Frieda Voss
Oscar W. Deutsch
Florence Township
Alma R. Pohlman
Jackson Township
Charles Sanford Rankin
Denis Larrivee
Steve Bere
Barbara Molnar
St. Cecelia
Sisters of St. Francis
Helen Kinsella
Miss Barnes
Grace Donovan
Harold Mowney
Florence Arthurs
Sheaman’s Hats
Beavers
Sheaman's
Chicago and
Jefferson St
Harry J. Sheaman
William Halt
L. E. Kiger
Mattison, Jil
Frank Woods
Elwood
James McEvilly
Dennis Lawlor
Atorney J. P. Coyne
Morris
Mortuary
Florida
Genfi Hine
New York
Baldwin
Is Ex
National Biscuit Co
Kellogg's
Uneedas
Ducker’s Corner
Pappy
Merida
Chic Street
Rose Rice Corps
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