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Newspaper
Joliet Free Press
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
2
An editorial urging safety and vaccination as a precaution. It stresses using water to fight fires, keeping a positive outlook, and choosing vaccination to prevent smallpox or chickenpox. It links health and happiness, endorsing vaccination if possible and noting fashion as a morale booster.
In Rochdale a massive funeral for John Dernule, a leading citizen and saloon keeper on Moon Avenue, is described as the largest in village history. The procession, headed by a band, traveled from St Joseph's church to the cemetery after services at the Adrian church.
In Chicago Miss Elsie De Wolf former New York actress files suit challenging the constitutionality of the federal income tax law. She lists income under 20000 dollars and is described as a friend of Miss Antonette Morgan sister of J P Morgan. The case aims for U S Supreme Court review drawing attention from the national attorney general.
The excerpt describes a Walnut Loaf Cake recipe with butter sugar and ground walnuts plus baking soda and cream of tartar, then details decorating a cooked turkey with paper frills and red ribbons. It includes a humorous London Telegraph quip about two cousins and a sixpence as a peace aside.
A Chicago News report notes a woman was arrested downstairs this morning after being caught concealing four hand mirrors. The bystanders remark the arrest came from overindulgence, hinting at moral policing of the era.
The ERS ccon Educational League plans an evening at Ridgewood schoolhouse with Superintendent of Schools coes and Professor Mottinger delivering addresses. A local speaker is set for each monthly meeting, with a Chicago speaker on suffrage planned for the next session. Noted participants include Judge sete acta Representative William R County Superintendent Nevins, Prof. F. H. Hall, and others.
Shelbyville Indiana December 3 witness Harry B Hasskett testified he could not positively identify Dr William B Craig as the man he saw near the Knabe flat the day before her body was found He said Craig resembled the man he saw but would not swear Craig is the one police sought to place at the scene The man had a black moustache a plush hat and a long gray coat as described by Hasskett
Two Joliet Township high school alumni Albert Knowlton and Charles Roberts serve on U S battleships in Mexican waters. Knowlton sails on the Birmingham while Roberts is on the Virginia near Vera Cruz. Their letters suggest navy sailors and officers are eager for action as cruisers patrol the Gulf of Mexico.
A fragment from the Roston Transcript shows Mrs. Patleigh and Mrs. Slim arguing about affection and perceptions of Tam’s absence. The exchange hints at tensions over marital devotion and self-image.
A quotation quoted from Rob ert Ly Stevenson urges keeping personal fears hidden while openly sharing courage with others, reflecting a calm stance on emotional restraint and communal encouragement.
Annie Bosarak was granted a decree of divorce from her husband George by default in a Joliet proceeding heard by a local judge. The report notes several other court actions and community notices across Joliet including lectures, school matters, and public safety updates.
Dr Turner of Oxford Observatory and Prof H Plummer of Ireland propose the sun and planets form a single unit within a vast star system. Stars share a common gravity center and move in unison like a giant machine. The sun's orbit is elongated and takes about 400 million years to complete. It recently passed near the center within 300000 to 1000000 years and now moves outward.
South Africa journal recounts Sutton Vane praising Barney Barnato as a lively amateur actor. He played Claude Frollo in Esmeralda and Quasimodo in the hump scene, reportedly grabbing the hump from a monk with a sponge bag and quipping about killing a policeman as the crowd applauded.
W Scully recalls witnessing the final large east to west trek of springboks across the Bushmanland desert in 1892. He notes fencing population growth and arms distribution nearly exterminated the once huge herds and describes the Jewel Surface of plains dotted with resting springboks.
The Dundee Advertiser notes travelers claim nervous strain in China stems from soft shoes while hard creaking footwear causes fatigue in the West. It advises a warm sea salt foot bath, gentle movement, thorough drying, and fresh stockings for relief.
The passage describes Persian native bread baked in ground masonry ovens about the size of a barrel. Dough is rolled into long thin sheets and slapped onto the oven walls, baking in minutes before cooling. The ovens have often been in use for a century, highlighting long standing culinary methods.
A witty exchange in a satirical fragment shows a respondent joking about how to spend $20,000 if a verdict were reached. The quoted speaker asks what to do with the money while the other effusively notes needing a lawyer to manage the vast sum.
Report notes extreme working depths for Bohemian miners with some dwellings located more than 2000 feet below sea level. The piece contrasts peril and endurance as workers labor in deep pits beneath the surface.
A fragmented OCR excerpt discusses voting for women and societal virtue, with stray quotes from Detroit Free Press style satire and Horace. It references training a hired girl and a remark attributed to Sir Humphry Davy about failure guiding discoveries.
A terse remark suggests a man should not delay actions or respond to a cat’s mischief. The line implies caution about timing and decision making in everyday events.
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