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Newspaper
Joliet Free Press
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1913
Page
2
Funeral toll from Christmas Eve panic rises to sixty
From Cala Mich to Hancock Mich the Christmas Eve panic results in 59 dead out of 74 victims. Thousands attend in mourning as six funeral recessions end at Lakeview Cemetery. Coroner Fisher to open death inquiries. miner leaders plan grand jury action. Charles H. Moyer remains in critical condition in St. Louis after a bullet wound near the spine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cala Mich
Lakeview Cemetery
Fisher
M. Hilton
Denver
Federation of Miners
Hancock
Grand
Claude C. Taylor
Michigan Federation of Labor
Moyer
Chicago
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Hancock, Michian
St. Louis Hospital
Hunt Bandit Here
Police seek Charles Clifford a negro wanted in La Fayette Indiana for burglary and believed headed to Joliet where he has a brother with the Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway. Clifford allegedly choked Mrs Ralph Wilkinson in Joliet and rifled the home, taking valuables near $1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clifford
la Fayette
Ind
Joliet
Chicago
Lawyer Couch Case Sparks Will Hunt and Secrecy
Monticello December report outlines Adelaide Branch in jail amid a wide charity flood while Dr. James Curlette and his wife search for a will tied to Melvin Couch. Miss Branch may travel west after two mortgages named in the signed will, found by Mrs. Couch and her daughter Louise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Adelaide M. Branch
Melvin H. Couch
James F. Curlette
Curlette
Couch
Miss Branch
H. O. Branch
Hartwick
Eagles Hold First Concert Tonight in Joliet
Joliet hosts the newly organized Eagles Fife and Drum Corps leading a parade at 7 30 pm from the club rooms to the Grand theater for a show and banquet. The 48 piece unit, led by Thomas Onan, aims to become state champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tme
Ottawa Street
Herald and Free Press
River Bridge
Jefferson Street
Chicago
Jefferson Streets
Grand Theater
Grand
Eagle Fife and Drum
Thomas Onan
Hundred Banks Seek Entry to New Currency System
Washington, Dec 28. More than a hundred banks nationwide have pledged to join the new currency system. By last night 436 national banks and 32 state banks and trust companies had submitted declarations of intent to enter the system, signaling broad support and expected prompt adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Department
Rschony
Oetase
Refugees Brought On Sumner After Tampico Bombardment
The Sumner arrived at Galveston with 25 American refugees from Tampico, most destitute, aided by a state department representative with clothing money and transport home. They reported worsening conditions along the Gulf coast after the bombardment by Constitutionalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galverston
Texas
United States
Sumner
Tampico
Mexico
State Department
Sea Coast
Trink Man Killed Found Safe on Rails
G A Carlson the night watchman reported a man struck by a freight train near the Ashley Wire Mills on Rock Island tracks. Police found Jack McDonald in a drunken stupor on the rails. He faces a police court arraignment for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ashley
G. A. Carlson
Jack McDonald
McDonald
O McDonald
Carlson
City Brevities and Local Notes Circulate
City Brevities: Eagle Fife and Drum corps No. 877 to hold first dance in Adam hall with Eagles orchestra. Salesmen Convene: Moore Stove Manufacturing men meet three days at the general offices. banquet Wednesday night. Choose Joliet Boys: Harry Abell and James Smith tasked to value Terre Haute water works plant in Indiana. Refuse Splendid Offer: Joseph Ralph of Joliet declines $10 salary bid from a New York paper. Robbery In Station: Fr. McQuade to spend 30 days in equity jail after attempting to steal an overcoat from a lodger’s possession. Train Ditched: Arkansas Western engine derailed by a 150-pound hog injuring two men and scattering 14 freight cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Fife and Drum Corps
Order of Eagles
Adam Hall
Eagles
Moore Stove Manufacturing Company
Joliet
Harry Abell
James Smith
Terre Haute Waterworks Company
Indiana
Fr. McQuade
Equity
James Murphy
Heaffer
Ark
Arkansas Western Railroad
Parker
Nine and a half pound baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Murphy
A fine nine and a half pound baby boy arrived yesterday morning at 613 N Broadway to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. P A Murphy Both mother and child are doing fine. Several locals are noted as visiting guests and travelers over the holidays with trips to Chicago Chicago Heights Milwaukee Joliet and Adams Wis referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Murphy
N. Broadway
George Garden
Washington weighs future Comptroller appointment
Washington discusses the vacant office of the Comptroller of the Currency after the new currency bill and the Comptroller joining the Federal Reserve Board as an ex officio member. Deputy Kane is filling the post while Williams, assistant secretary of the treasury, may be named to balance the board with McAdoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Thomas B. Kane
John Skelton Williams
Williams
Reserve Board
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Mills To Re Open
Several thousand workers at steel tin plate and wire mills in Sharon and Farrell will return to work Monday morning after the holiday shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News
Cleveland
Sharon
Farell
Boat murder in Linton leaves man dead over fifteen cents
In Linton Indiana Frank Scott a former St Louis policeman was shot to death by Robert Griffith aboard a boat after Griffith paid his board and Scott owed him a fifteen cent debt. Griffith fled and has not been captured.
Conservatism Guides Study of the New Law in Averages
A fragment notes study groups examine the new law and its alignment with the usual conservative conduct within the average system.
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J. Hopkins
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Bank of the People
First National Bank
Golier’s
Bank
Will
Selvin
Arrow Melvin H.couch
James Curlette
U.S
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Mexico City
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Federal Army
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Ojanina
Ojinda
Torridio Ortegas
Salazar
Djanina
Splendid
Ofer
Joseph Ralph
United States Bureau of Engraving
Big York
Ettelson
Ettelson & Co
Clothiers
Elmer Pritz
Michigan Central Railroad
Jack Price
Chicago Heights
Maurice Doran
Fort
Iowa
Eliza Green
Cagwin Avenue
Edwin Staehle
Louis
Edna
East
F. W. Werner
South Eastern Avenue
Maria O’brien
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Camper Street
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Henry Koch
Adams
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Bernard L’ Kelly
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Robert Davidson
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Paramout Knitting Company
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F. A. Lindgren
Oak Park
C. G. Tongue
Edward Bisthman
Suidee Eopany
J A. Bighman
Akin Avenue
Elizateth Petanne
Panegit Anos Eee
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Ames A Yhess Arsociation
Mortimer Snow & Co
THE
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