Peotone Fire Threatens Village in Massive Conflagration
A devastating blaze broke out near Peotone yesterday afternoon sparked by an engine, threatening twelve buildings including the Wm Brandt & Co elevator. Fire chief Conrad led a heroic effort with local bucket brigades as Monee and Kankakee departments offered help. losses totaled thousands with Emphasis on the grain house stock and flour building fully/partially insured.
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William Brandt & Co
D. Stassen & Son
Arnold Harten & Co
Peotone
F. P. Conrad
Monee
Kankakee
Illinois Central
Wm. Brandt & Co
Railroda Street
Conrad
Arnold Harten& Co
Reception Planned for Reverend A. J. Laing
Reverend A. H. Laing nears departure after a long pastorate here. Friends plan an informal reception next Friday evening before he leaves for Clinton Illinois to take charge of the Universalist church and resume active pastoral work.
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Joliet
Mr. Laing
Universalist Church
Laing
Offirge
Parson Lainga
A. H. Laing
Juliet
Universalist
Clinton, IL
Blue Monday at Camp Meeting Brightened by Transport Changes
Attendance yesterday at the New Lenox camp meeting was unusually good for a weekday as new transportation boosts arrive. Joliet travelers enjoy hourly streetcar service to the grounds, easing access and keeping spirits high amid ongoing district changes over the past six years.
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New Lenox
Joliet
Board Abolishes Training School and Hires Cadets
The city school board voted to abolish the training school for teachers, with all inspectors supporting the move except President Lyons. New hires include W. S. Cornell as assistant in manual training and several graduates added to the cadet list. plans for an East Washington Street school were abandoned due to low pupil numbers.
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Higinbotham
Cornell
Sugar Grove
Tni
DeKalb
Flossie Viener
Clara Wright
Mima Ream
Ora Mitchell
Florence Kaffer
Frances Devine
Velma Clark
Beulah Bently
Alice Badger
Margaret Petsch
Subscribing to The Republican Promises a Chance at an Auto
A brief tease urges readers to recruit subscribers for Joliet's The Republican, promising a prize auto with emphasis on the slim odds of winning.
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Republican
Joliet
Auto
Part of Boston store wall falls with crash
Four men working in the alley near the new Boston store on Jefferson street escaped serious injury when a wall section collapsed. Four layers of brick from the upper story fell, a brick struck a worker but caused no serious harm as crews repaired broken Chicago Telephone wires and restored service later in the day.
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New Boston
Jefferson Street
Chicago Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Short Mayoral Session Sets Three Minute Record
City council held a three minute meeting with Mayor John J. Nicholson presiding and no major business. Mayor Cronin will be away while serving on a committee that notified J W Kern of his Democratic nomination. he will visit Mt Clemens Michigan after Indianapolis proceedings.
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Kern
Nomi
John J. Nicholson
Cronin
J. W. Kern
Indianapolis
Mt. Clemens
Michigan
Mayor Nicholson
Engagement announced for Margaret Mack to James J. Kelly
Mr and Mrs Jerome Mack of 109 Hickory street announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret to James J Kelly. The marriage ceremony will be held Wednesday September 2 at St Patrick s Church.
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Jerome Mack
Hickory Street
Margaret
James J. Kelly
St. Patrick's Church
Refuses Officer Invitation At Downtown Hotel
Charles Gardner resisted Officer Mandell after being invited to the station. He refused to pay for dinner at Hotel Duncan, was arrested, and damaged the officer’s watch and chain. Gardner faced drunken and disorderly charges, marking a second arrest in two weeks with 36 cents on hand, previously nearly $40.
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Gardner
Hotel Duncan
Charity worker brings deserting husband to terms
Mrs Katherine Briggs of the Chicago Bureau of Charities, with Mrs Kozak, secured an agreement from George Kozak after a police station meeting. He must send $200 immediately and $15 monthly until he provides a suitable home, to support his wife and four children deserted two months earlier.
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Englena
Chicago Breau of Charities
City
Kozak
Geor
Joliet
Kozaks
Chicago
Briggs
Spaldings Coming to Joliet for Donahue Duel
The Spaldings, a top Chicago semifinal team, head to Joliet next Sunday for a Cap Anson venue meeting. Joe Donahue, who played Joliet last year, will pitch for a cage aggregation in a warm duel against Harry Kane.
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Spaldings
Chicago
Joliet
Cap Anson
Joe Donahue
Harry Kane
Electric line talks for Chicago excursionists
The Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway seeks a deal to handle 35 000 excursionists for a metropolitan paper. The A B C company of Aurora has engineered a similar agreement. The matter awaits manager Blackhall return on September 5.
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Chicago & Joliet Electric Railway Company
Chicago
A. B. & C. Company
Aurora
Ager Blackhall
Hig Tion
Brightest Joliet paper declares busy news focus
The Joliet newspaper proclaims itself as the brightest and freshest source of local news, promising fast coverage and up-to-date reporting for readers seeking quick, reliable updates.
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