Hopkins Keeps Waterway Plan Alive For Illinois
Senator Hopkins has prepped for strong action on the Illinois waterway linking the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Representative Lorimer pushes a million dollar start while Chairman Burton resists. Hopkins’s commerce committee seat aids unbiased support andarousal for Chicago and the Mississippi valley.
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Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Hopkins
Committee On Commerce
Lorimer
Ilinois
Congress
House
Harber
Burton
Committee of Commerce
Illinois
Chicago
Mississippi Valley
House Committee
Senate
Steel meeting of steel corporation heads in New York
At 71 Broadway New York today a conference of steel company heads and mill superintendents will discuss opening all plants to full capacity. President Corey who recently returned from Europe organized the meeting and postponed plans for Pittsburg.
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Broadway
New York
Corey
Europe
Pittsburg
Primary law primer outlines August 8 primary voting rules
Voters may participate in the August 8 primaries with no new registration required. Movants since March 17 qualify if resident for 30 days in precinct, 90 days in county, and one year in state. Polls open 6 am to 5 pm at regular booths. Voters select precinct committeeman by writing or attaching a name. Cross marks indicate chosen state and senatorial committeemen. Absent work two hours to vote allowed with prior notice.
Steel Mills Face Fight Over 40 Percent Capacity
The conference outcome will shape the iron and steel industry. The Steel Corporation says its mills run at 60 percent of full capacity and the key issue is whether the remaining 40 percent will be utilized.
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The
Steel Corporation
German American Republican Club Meets Sunday at Lasser's Hall
The German American Republican club invites all members to its Sunday afternoon meeting at 2 o'clock in Lasser's hall on North Bluff Street. Attendance is urged.
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Lasser’s Hall
North Bluff Street
Liquor bill sparks legal clash over contested debt
Judge Otbell issues restraining order against ex justice Charles Barker and liquor dealers William O'Hara and H D Stearns. Bernard Grien, a laborer at the steel plant earning 1.74 daily, alleges a 15.75 debt from seven years ago was settled but no receipt given. Barker, Stearns, and others pursue garnishee actions, while Grien denies service of summons and claims harassment to force settlement or job loss.
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William O’hara
O'Hara
Charles Flynn
Barker
Stearns
Steel
Grien
Frank Kness
Adjudged Delinquent Woman Sent to Geneva
In County court Judge Cowing adjudged Ethel A Harp 17 a delinquent and ordered removal to the Geneva state school for juvenile offenders. She will be held there until 21 unless paroled. Ophelia Amegh named guardian. Harp, once of DeKalb, Ill, was taken into custody yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Danti and transported to Geneva. The information was filed by her mother, a professional nurse.
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Nis
Cowing
Ethel A Harp
Geneva
Ophelia Amegh
Tendent
Doctor MacCoy Notices Tax Assessment Omission
Dr James MacCoy of Joliet Illinois informs the Board of Tax Review that he was overlooked on personal property tax, proposing a $150 assessment for office furniture. The board had not yet acted but said it would consider the physician's suggestion.
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Board of Review
James MacCoy
South
Chicago
Hoon
MacCoy
Joliet, Tr
Board of Tax Review
Wire Thieves Raid Two Miles Of Chicago & Alton Wires
Thieves stripped two miles of copper wire from the Chicago & Alton Railway line north of Lemont. Detectives in Chicago and Alton search for the gang believed to be organized with Chicago headquarters. Companies plan to push legislation for severe penalties and cooperate with junk dealers to curb the theft.
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Chicago
Alton
Chicago & Alton Railway Co
Lemont
Trainor Held for Lunacy Hearing After Father's Filing
Information filed by Thomas Trainor's father Mathew Trainor 903 Clay Street alleges insanity. Police took him into custody last night and he was delivered to the sheriff this morning for jail before a lunacy commission in Judge Cowing's court tomorrow at 1 30 in the afternoon. Excessive liquor use cited as cause.
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Thomas Trainor
Mathew Trainor
Clay Street
Fire Threat to Barn Sparks Brief Alarm
A fire likely from spontaneous combustion broke out in a rubbish heap behind a barn owned by former Alderman Atkinson Harris on Oneida Street yesterday afternoon. Neighbors spotted it quickly and prevented major damage. the fire department arrived after the flames were extinguished.
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Atkinson Harris
Oneida Street
Outing Planned for Guardian Angels and Swedish Orphans
An upcoming Dellwood Chautauqua day aims to entertain Guardian Angels and Swedish Orphans with help from the Commercial club Industrial committee. Volunteers supply sandwiches cakes ice cream bologna and spoons as tickets fund fruit and popcorn. veterans receive free Thursday July 4 tickets from Herald and News offices.
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Industrial Committee
Commercial Club
Philip LeSage
Ladies’ Visitation and Aid Society
Neal Wilcox
Holly Club
Dorcas Society
Chautauqua
Herald
News
U. S
Jealous cousin accused in attempted poisoning of mother and baby
Mrs Marie Tarilo says Pasco Mikolova dropped poison in her coffee to kill her and her eight month old baby in Ottawa Street. She was found unconscious and rushed to Saint Joseph's Hospital where doctors fought to save her life and the infant remained in precarious condition.
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Pasco Mikolova
Ord
Mrs. Tar
Son Otawa
Seph
Mar Delli
Water Street
Baby
Mikolova
Th Hospital
Oldest Chicago & Alton rail worker retires from yard service
Chicago July 23. Joseph Boynton, a longtime engineer in the switch yard at Brighton Park, is identified as the oldest in the Chicago & Alton system. He began as a messenger boy in 1858 at age fifteen, rose to engine service in 1864, and has logged thirty four years in yard duty since transferring in 1874.
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Chicago
Chicago & A Railway
Joseph Boyton
Brighton Park
Boynton
North End
Alton
Br Park
All Offices Open for Civic Holiday Observance
Government offices and departments will remain open or observe closures as statutes dictate the Civic Holiday plan. Officials announce holiday timing for county operations and public services.
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Iellinois
New Man
Board of Equalization
United States
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Joliet, Il
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Ders
Kane
Willow Springs
the Guardian Angels
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Dellwood Chautauqua
Hodgdon
American Ice Cream Co
RE. E. Henry
F. H Fritz
South Joliet
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Babe
Posson
Maria Tarlio
Child Magill
Marie Tarlio
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Joseph Boynton
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