City Acts On New Peddler License And Sewer Plan
Joliet council passes hawker and peddler license fees with varied terms and fines for noncompliance. Oil and related traders face $10 licenses and strict truck safety rules. Sewer work and street paving approved. Rock Island Railroad to remove crossings and install bumping post. Senate defers Pindell ambassador to Russia confirmation until after holidays.
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Joliet
Board of Fire
Carlos
Fornango
Geal City
Seeser Street
Wise
Rock Island Railroad
Lafayette Street
Desplaines Streets
South Joliet Street
Berscheid
Board of Local Improvements
Pine Street
Western Avenue
Division Street
Collins
Ottawa Street
Pindell
Senate
Henry M. Pindell
Péoria
Ill
Russia
Cannibals Kill German Scientists in Island Conflict
A report from Brisbane dated December 22 states cannibals on Meumecklenbourg Island in the Bismarck Archipelago killed and ate two German scientists and fourteen native companions. The news follows United States grief over Jack Johnson breaking his arm, with fears it was his neck.
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Brisbane
Australia
Canibals
Meumecklenbourg
Bismark Archipelago
United States
Jack Johnson
Morning Smiles and Saxpences in a Scottish Village
A newspaper fragment recalls a Scottish minister’s stingy parish and the old trick of tacking saxpences to the plate, plus a fruit stand owner vexed by pinching customers and a Georgia quarry drill misadventure. A court scene shows Mrs. Maloney blamed for throwing a stone at Policeman Casey.
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Maj. Jackson
Georgia
Zeb
Zeb Temeerees
Lippincott’s
Maloney
Casey
Aviation industry's stubborn costs and public interest
The fragment features a dialogue about aviation as a paying business and a metaphorical exchange between a shoe and a stocking about wear and durability, reflecting skepticism and consumer tension around air travel. It reads like a satirical sketch on business viability and everyday objects arguing about roles.
Fire Devastates Georgetown Business District
In Georgetown British Guinea a fire destroyed twenty persons burned and many left homeless. The blaze swept the business area today causing extensive damage and disruption across the city.
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Georgetown
British Guinea
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Ordi
Orang i
Jose
Louisville Courier-Journal
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Picayune
Ton Herald
Spot Cash
Minnesota
Michigan
New York
Spot
Sauer Kraut
California Fruit Growers’ Association
Land of Sunshine
Chicago
Gordon & Dillworth’s Delicacies
Diplomat
President Brand
Thomases Best
Sugar Loaf
Waar
O. K
Vienna
Valancia
Malaga
Thompson
Cross and Blackwell’s
Yacht Club
Snider’s
Heintz and Hers
Marechal Neil
Will County Poultry
Attawa
Jefferson Sts. Joliet
Rocery
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