Johnstown fears flood risk from Joliet water plan
Attorney C E B Cutler for Michael Handlen filed for an injunction to stop Robert Gaylord from diverting Hickory creek into an 80 foot wide channel to feed a Des Plaines river dam. Handlen claims flood risk endangers homes on Ferdinand and Gardner streets and urges compliance with natural outlets to prevent repeats of past disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord
Hickory Creek
Cutler Paints
C. E. B. Cutlery
Michael Handlen
Ferdinand Street
Schlunts
Robert Gaylord
Patterson’s Island
Ted
Hickory Creete
Handlen
Mr. Handlon
Nane
Cook County
Rice
Johnstown
Gardner and Ferdinand Streets
Desplaines River
Desplaines
Cutler
Gaylord Syndicate
Joliet
Hickory Creeks
Sanitary
Mr. Handlen
Juliet
Disorderly court drama in state street home case
Julia Keller and Caspar Mealey face disorderly conduct charges after a police raid on State street. The judge fines Keller ten dollars plus costs amid heated exchanges, with Keller insulting the court and claiming persecution. Caspar Mealey, a chocolate colored waiter, is fined along with a pair of foreign gentlemen for drunkenness and carrying concealed weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Péllee
Cameron
Julia Keller
Caspar Mealey
State Street
Love
Julia
Julian
Caspar
Lockport
J. J. Wills
Mike and
Melo Korwitze
Third Ward
Rock Run Boats Return from Morris After Outing
The steamer Angler and the barge Solid Comfort returned from Morris yesterday afternoon after a three day absence. The Morris Presbyterian church and Sunday school went to Marseilles for their annual outing, about 400 people attended. An accident left a young man with a badly smashed thumb while saving his pail as the Angler went high and dry in the mud near Seneca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solid Comfort
Morris
Morris Presbyterian Church
Marseilles
Seneca
Injunction Aims to Halt Mine Strike Activities
Federal judge Keller issued a temporary restraining order against John Mitchell W B Wilson and United Mine Workers of America leaders and 150 members. The bill alleges a secret union orchestrates mine walkouts and intimidation to disrupt coal deliveries and occupancy of company housing and coke plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller
Charleston
Wa. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio Coal Agency Company
GW. Purcell
W. B. Wilson
John Mitchell
J. W. Carroll
J. A. Richards
United Mine Workers of ‘America
United States
United Mine Workers of America
G. W. Purcell
Jo W. Carroll
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Joner Stove Works
Strong, Bush & Handwork
J. A. Doolittle & Co
van Buren Street
Reitz
Caspar Menley
August Bartz
Lida Keuhn
Rockey’s Theater
Antonia
Conchita Martinez
Conchita
Robinson Sisters
Chicago St
L. Stern & Sons
Chicago
London
Liverpool
Ena York
By Joseph Rodman Drake
Joseph Rodman Drake
New Yor City
Drake
Fitz Greene Halleck
Mitchell
Scripps-McRaet
New York
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