Joliet Postman Palmer A Confessed Thief After Test Letters
Robert E. Palmer, long-time Joliet postal worker and president of the Illinois City Letter Carriers’ association, admits 17 years of thefts amid post office probe. Inspectors caught him with marked money in test letters. further investigations traced multiple rifled letters in Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert E. Palmer
Joliet
Post Office
Lewellyn
Elliston
Stuart
Central Police Station
Palmer
Cline
Llewellyn
Elston
Mississippi Avenue
Col. Stuart
United States
City Letter Carriers’ Association of
Illinois
Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages Snapshot
Edward A Dunn transfers 54.44 acres to Herbert A Dunn in Boone township for $1.00. Royal Center area parcels transfer with $1000, Cromer Add lot 32 in city valued at $700, plus minor interests in Eel township. Additional real estate mortgages filed totaling $1 and $70. two mortgage releases filed totaling $125.
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Edward A. Dunn
Herbert A. Dunn
N. W
Boone Twp
van Miller
Geo
Noland
Mary
Washburn
Royal Center
Mary A. Cromer
John A. Newby
Cromer
City
Frank W. Searle
Mary Frary
Barber Trade Training and Railway Mail Clerks Wanted
Advertisement column listing five cents per line. Moler Barber College Chicago offers few weeks to qualify with tools and diplomas. Uncle Sam seeks railway mail clerks and post office positions with a $1,160 yearly salary and examinations on November 18 at Franklin Institute Rochester New York.
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Moler Barber College
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Franklin Institute
Rochester
N.Y
Theatrical Week Ends With Wife in Name Only at Nelson
Dorothy Steck company closes a successful week at Nelson with Wife in Name Only. matinee repeats At Cozy Corners. Baby Moore stars tonight. Gans Nelson Fight Pictures show next Tuesday. Broadway Theatre bills new vaudeville acts including Electro and Sam Barrington.
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Dorothy Steck
Nelson
Baby Moore
Fay St. John
Magna Wimmer
Frank Moore
Electro & Company
Crystal's Big Bill at the Crystal next week
Manager Tom Hardie launches a star packed vaudeville bill at the Crystal featuring Green & Wilson, Jarlinas, The Two Shomers, and Welch Trio in Tim Flanigan's Flirtation. Novel acts, singing, dancing, and stunts promise big nightly laughs and crowd-pleasing novelty.
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Hardie
Green & Wilson
Sfair
Jarlinas
Bill
Tim Flanigan
Welch
Gompers Answers Questions on Injunctions and Labor Rights
Samuel Gompers defends labor unions against Supreme Court rulings that label them as trusts and threaten penalties. He contrasts Republican and Democratic stances, defends Bryan, criticizes Taft, and defends his own political position as a union man. He comments on Jim Watson’s citizenship claims and naturalization papers.
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Supreme Court
United States
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Bryan
Indiana
Republican State Committee
Jim’’ Watson
Republican National Committee
N Tree
Lincoln
Taft
Mitchell
Morrison
Clugston Halstead
Jennings Bryan
Samuel Gompers
Sunny Jim” Sherman
Joe” Cannon
Jim” Watson
Watson
Pumpkin and produce poems fade in a tongue in cheek ode
A Washington Star jab at seasonal verse cites parodic titles for vegetables from pumpkins to lettuce. The column then pivots to practical kitchen tips claiming castor oil reduces stomach pain, ammonia removes floor grease, starch cleans scorched fabrics, and wrapping butter preserves freshness without ice.
The Reporter On Sale At Porter’s Store
The Reporter is available at Porter’s Eigner store located at 324 Market Street for readers in the area.
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Porter’s Eigner
Market Street
Porters Cigar Store
China and Japan Face Potential War Over Korean Border Incident
Severe fighting near Kantaro in northern Korea between Chinese and Japanese troops left casualties on both sides. China refused to allow pursuit of the aggressor detachment, prompting fears Japan may cross the border to protect Korean residents. The Japanese government lodged protests as tensions rose and the crisis threatened broader conflict.
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Seoul
Korea
China
Japan
Kantaoi
Chinese War Office
Kantaro
War Office
Pekin
Boy Frees His Father in Indiana Courtroom
In Columbus Indiana on October 17 a 13 year old boy named Charles Burkhart asked Deputy Sheriff Green to free his father John Burkhart jailed for intoxication. Charles paid the $11.50 fine and costs after Justice Kinney issued the release, restoring his father to freedom.
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Columbus
Ind
Charles Burkhart
Green
John Burkhart
Shelbyville
Justice Kinney
Burkhart
Tragic Misread Letter Sends Lonesome Westward Man
James Guest once prospered in Ironwood but lost fortune on mining ventures. In Clovis New Mexico he wrote a despairing letter to his wife mailed too late, then killed himself near a blacksmith shop. his son returns with the body as the widow pleads for his homecoming.
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Ironwood, Mich
James Guest
New Mexico
Guest
Clovis, N. M
Clovis
N. M
Roosevelt County
Arthur Duke of Connaught as Potential Servia King
The text suggests that if King Peter of Servia abdicates is deposed or assassinated, Arthur Duke of Connaught may be made king. Arthur was Queen Victoria's youngest son and thus a potential royal claimant.
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Peter of
Servia
Arthur
Duke of
Connaught
Victoria
Bridge Carpenter Narrowly Escapes Train Incident
Orlando Lutes of Royal Center son of W F Lutes narrowly escaped death at Hammond last week while working as a bridge carpenter.
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Orlando Lutes
Royal Center
W. F. Lutes
Hammond
Orino Laxative Syrup Promises Gentle Digestive Aid
Health ad declares Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup improves complexion by aiding digestion and liver function. It claims the product does not nauseate or gripe and is mild to take, urging readers to remember the name Orino and buy from W. H. Porter.
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Orino
W. H. Porter
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Letter Carriers’ Asociation
Abstract
S. M. Veisey
Cofforth
Arena
San Francisco
Broadway Theatre
Sam Barrington
Barrington
Lipman & Lewis
Miss Chestnut
Crystal
Tom Hardie
Gompers
Bryan and
William
The
Washington Star
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Clovis Post
the King OF
Prince Arthur, Duke of
Jacob Herz
JOS. S. Bahr
Broadway
Ineriga
W. H. Filley
Miami Ave
Ruth Foster
Sycamore St
MRS. Harris & Malone
Third Street
J. W. Smith
Routh Bros
G. M. Webster
Pearl St
Lutes
Wells
Garpets
John Billinger
12Th St
J.b.kingery
Dykeman
Gc. W. Cogley Insurance and Real Estate
Foley’ S “Grocery
Dorothy Stock CO
Matinee
Joe Gans
Battling Nelson
Wight
Miss Maud Chestnut
Kinetoscope
Moving Pictures
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