Barratt O Hara Visits Risc At Joliet Penitentiary
Lieutenant Governor Barratt O Hara visited the Illinois State Penitentiary in Joliet while the pardons board met to consider more than eighty cases including a major pardon petition for Joshua Tedford manager of a Chicago department store. Also present were Chief Justice R J Burke Ex Senator Joseph Mahoney and former Judge McKenzie Cleland with board members William Colvin and L G Stevenson. Commissioners Coleman Pace and Orr of the Chester Prison Commission joined overnight as the pardon board prepared to continue its session into the night.
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Barratt O’hara
Illinois State Penitentiary
Arde Pidoot
Edmund M. Allen
Springfield
Joliet
R. J. Burke
Superior Court
Joseph Mahoney
McKenzie Cleland
Chicago
Joshua Tedford
Hoyne
Cook County
Olson
Dunne
William Colvin
Political debate over Tice bill and highway reform
In Joliet a meeting at Jenco's hall discussed the Tice highway bill. Highway Commissioner Fred Hedstrom warned the measure acts as a recall tool and urged caution. Attorney Hjalmar Rehn criticized the referendum as petty, while local officials argued over costs and representation.
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Free Press
Highway
Fred Hedstrom
Joliet Township
Hedstrom
Joliet
Mr. Hedstrom
Hjalmar Rehn
Supervisor Walker
Morris
Ernest Johnson
Christmas Toys Parade Delights Joliet Shoppers
The Joliet stores display a wide range of modern toys for Christmas. Fans of miniature trains airships and motor cars mix with dancing dolls and elaborate doll furniture as shoppers, especially children, explore the latest playthings before holiday crowds.
Sudden Death Of Joliet Man On Way To Work
Joseph Kapchak a 35 year old laborer for the E J and E railroad died suddenly on the J viaduct on Jackson street while en route to work. An autopsy by Dr Arthur L Shreffler found hemorrhages caused his instant death. Coroner William Wunderlich will hold an inquest. He had a history in Joliet football teams and later studied dentistry at Northwestern before health failed. He is survived by parents a brother and three sisters.
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Santa Claus
Joliet
Young Generation
Curtis-Wright
Joseph Kapchak
E. J. & E. Railroad
Jackson Street
Arthur L. Shreffler
Kapchak
Silver Grass
William Wunderlich
Kupchak
Tezak & Markewitz
North
Chicago Street
Lewis
Northwestern University
Arthur Lewis Found Dead in His Bed at Brother’s Home
Arthur Lewis 21 popular J T H student was found dead in his bed at his brother John Lewis’s home 205 Cagwin Avenue. Death attributed to heart trouble he had retired Thursday night in good health. He was son of Mr and Mrs William W Lewis of 214 Landau Avenue and active in school athletics.
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Arthur Lewis
John Lewis
Cagwin Avenue
Lewis
William W. Lewis
Landau Ave
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Barratt O'Hara
RISC
Garnsgey
Bil Ze
Ha Seaid
Highway Commission
Edward Duboix
Landis
Duboix
Mattie and
Ruby
John Ramsey
Grand Theatre
Story of Today
Satan
Art’s Bulletin
SFMAS
Lennon & Company Clothiers
Cash Buyer
Strator
Wilkinson Piano Co
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