City finances and street works updates in Lockport
The May water receipts reached 212 dollars with a 2.80 fine total from the police. Bids to supply coal for the city were opened and sent to the public improvement committee. Talks on removing stone from State street and sewer plans continue with mayor Hoff and committee members weighing costs and funding. Professor Worst plans a Europe educational inspection for Chicago teachers this autumn, with expenses covered and honors to be announced.
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Mr. Co
Hoffman
Oarh
State Street
Foster
Hoffs
Enz
16Th
11Th Street
Edward Worst
Chicago
Europe
Worst
Plainfield Track Meet at Electric's Park Wednesday
Plainfield's high school and grammar room schedule a track and field meet at Electric's Park for Wednesday June 3. Prizes awarded to top three in each event with a silver cup for the class scoring most points. Kenneth Owens of 1908 leads as track manager with entries announced for numerous events and participants from multiple grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolyn Spangler
Leroy Spangler
Minnie Wilcox
Aurora
Estella Hatch
Heath
Joliet
Grief
Mrs. Arnold
A. Pinney
Ray Englemire
Chicago
R. H. Pennington
Mr. Lennon
St. Louis
Grace Mottinger
Electric’s Park
Kenneth Owens
Walter Luce
J. van Dyke
J. Morgan
Jones
King
Knopp
Thoerpson
Tuttle
Smiley
Smith
Andrass
Loudon
Gates
Horton
Thompson
van Dyke
A. McMicken
C. Smith
H. DeMerritt
J. Owens
Boughton
Mather
Everton
Morgan
Picton
Owens
Fungo
Wilbur Luce
C. Smith H. DeMerritt
Grammar Room
H.de Merritt
W. Luce
van , Dyke
Blodgett Event Notes From Lemont and Bloomington
Special to The Miss Nellis Nooman recounts a visit with cousins in Lemont Wis and a Graig School closure due to illness. Mary McDonald led a day of games and luncheon with a schoolhouse evening event. John O'Brien is listed as sick. Mitzies Satie and Mary Mahoney visited Jo Fitzpatrick in Bloomington. Bunday left for the Hibernian meeting, with Hon. F. Martin of Joliet visiting family.
Chronicle case drags on 15 years later and more costs
A lengthy chronicle of a case extends 15 years since the incident and reveals ongoing legal expenses. Prosecutors and defense teams argue over evidence while the saga continues to unfold in court records.
Social notes from Homer on June 2
Miss Clara Johnson of Joliet visited her sister Mrs. Horatio Collins. Miss Louise Elithorpe of Chicago spent Sunday with Mrs. Elizabeth Burch and family. Charles White hosted Sunday visitors. Fred West visited Frank Paddock in Joliet. Several Homer residents hosted or visited relatives in Chicago and East St. Louis.
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Homer
Clara Johnson
Joliet
Horatio Collins
Misa Louise Elithorpe
Chicago
Elizabeth Burch
William Lambe, &Sr
Will J
Charles White
Fred West
Frank Paddock
Charles, Elien
Fred Koppleman
LeMar
Nathen Guettle
Lemont
Reis
Fred Reid
Joe Finnegan
James Finnegan
Max Czecky
Tillie Reid
Hastings
Bert Bracken
Charlie. Reedholm
Holden's
Harry Barton
Wm. Burkhardt
Canal Street
Kathryn Neil
Elizabeth Wend
Lemonts
Lockports Tor
Lemont Basebash Grounds
Erick Larson
Batavia IL
Ward Anderson
Skarra
Frank Starsback
Winnie
Englewood
John
Gust Carlson
Hazel
Roseland
Hit
Carlson
J.A. Neil
Jamies Moss Hosts Visitors From Tinley and Local Family
Miss Laura Austin and her sister Mrs. Will Moore hosted day visitors in Tinley on Sunday. The article notes Guy Bump, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Nelson Bump, suffered a serious cut to a limb after a fall.
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Jamies Moss
Tinley
Laura Austin
Will Moore
Guy
Nelson Bump
Lemont Notes Highlight Local Visits and Baseball Win
Special to The Republican reports John Graf attending the St Alphonsus society convention in Rock Island as Lemont’s delegate. The town hosted visitors from Chicago and Batavia, hosted a large memorial service in Crete, and the Lemonts beat Lockports 7 to 2 at the Lemont Basebash grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemont, Tl
John Graf
Rock Island, Ill
St. Alphonsus Catholic Society
Lemont
Crete Notes Report Cemetery Work and Local News
Crete June 2 special to the Republican reports the cemetery overseen by superintendent Jno C Doescher since days, grass cut and yards tidied. Old woven wire fence replaced. Chicago visitors Elliott Sproul and family hosted by George Cox. Local students Hather Starr and Dorothy Hinman gain musical recognition. Rev Oscar B McLaughlin held extra church services. Clara Horn hosted guests. Decoration Day weather ideal and event program satisfactory.
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Crete
Phe. Republican
Jno
Henrietta
Walee Patten
Gertrude Schter
Chicago
Mia
George Cox
North Main Street
Hather Starr
Dorothy Hinman
Bloom Township High School
Glee Club
Oscar B. Mclaughliin
Real estate transfers in Joliet and surrounding towns
A series of property transfers recorded in Joliet and nearby areas includes Ephraim Bayard and wife selling to Mary E. Martin of Joliet for 3000 dollars in Canal Trail subdivision block 28. Jas S. Draper and wife selling to Ruth Puhl for 488 dollars in Fairmount Park. Townsend W. Kahler and wife selling to Clarence H. Kahler for 5000 dollars in Wesley. Edward Dowling and wife selling to John Gunger for 400 dollars in Wilmington. John O'Brien Sr. to Mary O'Brien Feelan for 1 dollar in Wilmington. John M. Thompson to Helen T. Fish and Vera Thompson for 1 dollar in New Lenox. John D. Thompson and wife to the same parties for 1 dollar. Edward Corlett, Tr. to Christopher Hennebry for 2000 dollars in Wesley. Arthur B. McCord to John D. Thompson for 10000 dollars in New Lenox.
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Ephraim Bayard
Pittsburg
Mary BE. Martin
Joliet
Jas. S. Draper
Ruth
Puhl
Fairmount Park
Peotone News Roundup Highlights Elementary Program and Local Sports
The article recalls Diane and Slee leading a school program at the Presbyterian grove and a cemetery decoration for soldiers. Peotone High beat Bourbonnais Junior College 9 8 in a late ninth inning rally. Grays topple Reds 3 2 while Stars defeat Grays 10 2. A village muzzle order warns dogs off streets after June 1. Dick Meyer and Anna Dethlefs wed quietly at a relative’s home.
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Diane
Slee
Presbyterian Grove
Milner
Herman Hartwig
Peter Conrad
Chicago
Peotone High School
Bourbonnias College
Peotone Fair Grounds
Peotone
Chester Kruger
Peotone Boys
Kruger
Barton
John Lockie
Kankakee
Harvey Schafer
Schafer
Manteno
Grays
West Peotone Reds
Diamond
Reds
Prost
William Schlauder
Kankakee Stars
Eugene Schlauder
Dick Meyer
Anna Dethlefs
Louis Pfeil
Man from Lebanon credits Dr. Detchon’s Relief Rheumatism
Morton Ix Hill testifies his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in every muscle and joint with a terrible preas and swelling. After six weeks in bed and eight physicians with no benefit she tried Dr. Detchon’s Relief and gained immediate relief, able to walk within days, and he believes it saved her.
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Morton Ix Hill
Lebanon
Ind
Owife
Detchon
Tramp Tales Echo Yale Poet Allen Updegraff in Baltimore
Yale poet and ex janitor Allen Updegraff, once at Upton Sinclair’s Helicon Hall, speaks in Baltimore about a Fiji expedition. He recalls a witty New Haven tramp and a penny-pinching loaf tale ending with a humorous twist about two days and a half without beer.
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Allen Updegraff
Yale
Upton Sinclair
Helicon Hall
Baltimore
Fiji Islands
Mr.Updegraff
New Haven
Local Cure Named for Foot Sore Using Arnica Salve
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cochran Ga credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with a perfect cure for a persistent instep sore. He bought the 26 cent box at J D Brown Co's drug store under guarantee.
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Tom Moore
Cochran
Bucklen
J. D. Brown & Co
The Ache Victim Seeks Headache Relief
A terse fragment shows a patient asking a doctor about headache relief with unclear context and dates. The note mentions December and a request for treatment but provides minimal details.
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Dec
Market prices from The Republican list June market rates
The Republican daily provides current prices for corn oats hay potatoes butter lard hogs cattle and sheep. Prices cover No 8 yellow corn mixed corn oats straw feed cracked corn and dairy products with live poultry included. Values reflect 1:80 p m reading and note changes may occur after 1:30 p m.
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T. J
Markets Today Aimed by Cassidy & Gray Report
Chicago June 2. The markets today reported by Cassidy and Gray members of the Chicago Board of Trade at g27 Jefferson Street over Western Union Telegraph Company.
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Cassidy & Gray
Chicago Board of Trade
Jefferson Street
W. A. Telegraph Co
Chicago
Grain price quotes for cash wheat corn and oats
Cash Wheat prices show No 2 red 9 101 No 3 red 97 99 No 2 hard winter 100 108 No 3 hard winter 97 99 No 1 northern spring 109 111 No 3 spring 99 107 Cash Corn No 3 73 73 75 78 No 4 68 71 Cash Oats No 3 white 52 53 No 4 white 61
Chicago Markets Grain and Provisions Report
Grain markets show weakness in flour with spring wheat prices around 5.90 for high grade Minnesota hard patent. Jute prices range 4.90 to 6.10 for export quality. Market notes reflect Chicago trading on June 1 with provisions and eto activity unnamed.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Dressmakers Face Yearly Strain and Health Toll
An old excerpt notes the toll of yearly dressmaking work on women. It mentions nervous prostration dizziness fainting spells sleeplessness and general exhaustion as common complaints among those in the trade seeking relief through a traditional remedy.
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A. L. Cooper
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway
Crete
Charles Pease
Plum Creek
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ends Suffering
An old advertisement-style item highlights Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. It cites testimonials from Ella Griffin of Parkton AY and claims to cure weakness backache pains in side and headaches. The piece promotes contacting Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice and mentions widespread reported cures.
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Ella Griffin
Parkton AY
Pukhees
Lydia E. Pinkham
Myth
Anne
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Wheat and commodity prices mixed in latest market report
Prices for wheat corn oats butter eggs potatoes and live poultry show varied moves in New York and Chicago trading. Wheat rallied July and September bids while corn and oats fluctuated with steady spot quotes. dairy eggs and potatoes displayed firm or mixed values across grades and packaging.
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Dass
Sthebe
New York
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Missionary Society of the Cow
Irs
James Milne
Onera
J. We Bloom
Lawn
Mra
Wm. Gooding
Arnold
Jack Arnold
Wees
Township Board of Eduction
Young
W. W. North
Bruce
W. C. Goodale
Sprague
Young Rs
J. F. Courtney
Charles Waterman
East Tenth
Huli
Bird
Jes Wateorfian
Plainfield
Carrie Hyland
Frank Barthelme
St. Joseph's Hospital
Albert Rehm
Naperville
Ora Tuttle
Chas. Hallock
Lockport Street
Ernest Goodson
Flora Oldman
John Fredericks
Frank Carey
Blodgett
Kittie Goeble
Mame
Nellie Hannigan
A. A. Mable
Roy
New Mexico
Edward Deigman
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Galesburg
Dalis
Thomas Lynch
Town
C. Lynch
H. New
Henry Croger
Miss Edal
Emil Wend
D. L
Grand Army
offChicago Heights
Theodore F. Moore
Adams
Lutheran
Myron E. Quackenbush
John C. Drescher
John Dodge
G. A. R. Post
Chicago Heights
Crete’ Cemetery Association
Samuel Rose
North Street
John C. Doescher
Rollin A. Hewes
Myron B. Quackenbush
David 8. Bordwell
Rollin A. ‘Hewes
Samuel “Sgose
Jennie H. Caldwell
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
la Salle
Ill
Caldwell
Round Table
Clarence Helme
Wesley
Townsend W. Kahler
Clarence H. Kahler
Wilmington
Edward Dowling
John Gunker
Wilming
John O'Brien
Mary O’brien Feelan
Grantor
Kankakee River
New Lenox
John M. Thompson
Helen T. Fish
Vera Thompson
Wagon Road
John D. Thompson
Edward Corlett
Christopher
Hennebry
Arthur B. McCord
Swoke
Nw Sec
Arnica Salve
Ducers
M. Truby & Son
J. O. Adler
Elgin Creamery
Republican Daily
Live
Springs
Cash Markets
Chicago & Alton
Additio
Alton
P. H. Cates, P. T
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