Joliet Celebrates The Republican Christmas Number
Readers flood The Republican office praising Joliet’s Christmas edition as the finest and most enterprising paper printed here. Officials, merchants, clergy and residents laud its quality, breadth, and hometown booster role with dozens of anonymous and named endorsements.
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Joliet
Republican
Chicago
Boosters
Harry Humphrey
Humphrey & Sons
B. F. Martin
First Baptist Church
Central Church Society Holds Monthly Session
The Woman's Missionary Society of Central Presbyterian Church met at 409 Herkimer Street in an eventful session. President Mrs Nash opened with remarks on work among southern colored people. Miss Alice Barber spoke on The East with Syria as a theme, and Mrs Howard M Snapp presented a map and paper on Mountain Whites urging patriotism and religion for a neglected group. Mrs Mary Speer Barr sang The Holy City amid light refreshments.
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Woman's Missionary Society of the
Central Presbyteriani Church
Herkimer Street
Nash
South
Milner
Alice Barber
Syria
East
Howard M. Snapp
Mary Speer Barr
Henderson Avenue School Christmas Celebration
A Joliet public school held a unique Christmas event at Henderson Avenue where students led a candlelit tree procession in the lower hall. Miss Larkin’s class opened with carols as the parade moved through two floors, distributing handmade presents to parents and friends.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Gougar
Henderson Avenue
Joliet
Miss Larkin
Joliet Girls Fall In Narrow Loss To Calumet
Joliet Township High School girls basketball team lost to Calumet High School 7 to 22. Coach Hollinger of Calumet drew points during calls, while Joliet girls played strong defense and outplayed the opponent at times, leaving a heart hurting narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Girls
Calumet High Shool
Joliet Dtieh School
Calumet High School
Joliet Township
Christmas Present Giveaway at the Dinet Store
A promotional offer states that children holding punched tickets on January 1 will receive a present. Purchases of boys and girls items between now and January 1 earn a ticket punched with the purchase amount, redeemable in January for a present based on the amount. The ad promotes Mrs. Austin's Pancake flour and Spot Cash candy displays.
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Jan. L
Judge Marshall Attacks Joliet Doctors At Sanitation Meeting
Judge Marshall ridiculed local physicians and debated school sanitation at a Joliet sanitation society session. He praised Superintendent Allison, defended Joliet schools, and joked about inspectors and church-goers while critiquing medical inspectors.
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Marshall
Sanitation Society
Walker
Jolet
Joliet
Allison
Bowles
School Board
Vanderbilt's Condition Improves After Night
Vanderbilt passed a comfortable night and his condition this morning is favorable. A brief update notes steady progress, with no further details provided beyond the hopeful phrasing in the Scripps-McRae dispatch.
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Scripps-McRae
New York
Vanderbilt
McDonald Granted Short Release Before Christmas
C B McDonald, via a court stay to January 5, will be released to spend Christmas with his Chicago family. He recently served a county jail term after completing a prior sentence in DuPage county. Bail set at 300 dollars. Partner Marks remains jailed with term due to end by December 24. Divorce suit Carlisle versus Carlistes dismissed at complainant's costs.
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C. B. McDonald
Chicago
Diamond Contract Company
McDonald
Wheaton
Dupage County
Marks
Diamond
Eastern Avenue Christmas Program At Eastern Avenue Baptist
Readable text notes Christmas program at Eastern Avenue Baptist with a 10 30 service and musical selections by Carrie J McPherson G W Bush LHR Ant Emmanuel solo Maurice Mitchell Mary I Cheeseman and Arthur Page. Ottawa Street M E church plan includes Praise Ye the Lord Angels From the Realms of Glory and Babe of Light and Glory among others.
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Eastern Avenue
Charles. Vincent
Carrie J. McPherson
God
Old_Judea
Awes Davison
Awes Davison)—Mrs. G. W. Bush. Anthem, “Q—Little Town of Bethlehem’ —Adolf Frey
Babe Divine
L. A
LHR
Ant “Emmanuel
Maurice Mitchell
Mary I. Cheeseman
Arthur Page
Ottawa Street
M. E
Intadebro Asai
Fine concert at Central Church delights Joliet audience
Four Chicago performers impressed the Joliet crowd at Central Presbyterian Church last night. Organist Jeffords played Batiste Offertoire in C minor, bass D H Roberts drew applause, and violinist Louis Magnus delivered Gavl iere Rusticana. Nelson impressed with My Old Sweetheart and The Soul of the Violin.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Jeffords
Batiste
D. H. Nelson
Joliet
Eugene Fields
Louis Magnus
Gavaliere Rusticana
Chicago
Messrs
Roberts
Nelson
Rumor of Coal Disposal in Joliet Debunked
Town rumor claimed Joliet coal dealers shipped coal to Chicago. Investigation found the stories baseless and the alleged accusers over anxious. A dealer noted all coal billed locally is distributed to Joliet patrons and none sold outside Joliet.
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Chicago
Joliet
Meilitz Gertrude Diphtheria Remedy Advised
A fragment notes Gertrude Meilitz daughter of Andrew Meilitz of Shields and Center streets with diphtheria. It recommends Perry Lavis Painkiller in warm water or milk after exposure to cold to quicken circulation and prevent illness.
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Meilitz
Gertrude
Andrew
Shields and
Center Street
Roosevelt and Venezuela Arbitration Debate Casts Doubt
Scripps-McRae reports Roosevelt may decline arbitration favoring Hague terms. London dispatch notes a formal blockade proclamation for Venezuela's coast from La Guayra to the Orinoco mouth, with penalties for violators and small hope for arbitration in informed circles.
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Scripps-McRae
Washington
Venezuela
Roosevelt
London
Th la Guayra
Carengio
Guante
Railway Men Ask Wage Increase Across Forty Railroads
Chicago December demands call for a 20 percent wage rise for passenger and freight train workers. The request from brakemen and other crews was presented to management of forty railroads. The answer is due January 5.
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Scripps-in
McRae
Chicago
Wagemsenger
Non-Union Men Tell Story to Communal Readers in Scranton
Scranton reports more men heard on the strike subjects including cuttings and assaults by strikers. The strike commission met in Scranton, likely its last session, after a three hour adjournment. The text notes the panel previously met in Philadelphia on January 6.
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Scripps-McRae
Scranton
Avere
Philadelphia
Funeral Services for Mrs Grant Held in Washington
Funeral services were held this morning in Washington for Mrs. Grant with cabinet members in full uniforms and Grand Army delegates in attendance. Pallbearers included Secretary Wilson and Senators Cullom, and the body was later placed on a train to New York for burial in Grant tomb. The session of Congress adjourned today without reconvening until January 5.
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Scripps-McRae
Washington
Grant
Grant Public
New York
Robbers Raid Loogootee Hardward and Restaurants
In Loogootee Indiana robbers entered the city at dawn and raided a hardware store and two restaurants. They overpowered the keepers after a brief struggle and then attempted to rob a private bank but fled before securing any money.
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Scripps-McRae
Loogootee
Ind
Humberts Involved in Noted Paris Swindle Case
Paris dispatch reports Humberts, a figure tied to a major scandal, borrowed 12 million dollars on a legacy claim. The alleged swindle concerns financiers and creditors in Paris over several years.
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Paris
Aberts
Graiers
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