Town Notes and Local Social News
Local items report church gathering at 2:30 PM and visits from Rosen of Chicago. Chicago guests and Lockport residents feature in family visits, theater outings, and urban trips. A June 6 piano recital hosted by Mrs. Leon McDonald appears with names of students and teachers. A city bid for drainage work and new basins near Lockport is noted, promising work and population growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Arnold, Jr
Lattanooga
Tennace
Chicago
Lockport
Sanitary District
Nts
Summit
Leon McDonald
Helen K
Sager
L. N
Arienal Stainfield
Guriitt
Catharine Kinsella
Garnsey Gates McDonald
Esther McDonald
Baying
Adams
Bite Fair
Local Social News From Braidwood
Community visits and family updates as residents travel to Wilmington Coal City Odell and Chicago. Funeral arrangements announced for Timothy Rooney with services at Immaculate Conception Church in Eureka. Mrs. Nugent of Reddick noted as passing with many local friends mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braidwood
A. C. Jeffrey
Nellie McKinley
Byrd Youngs
Mary Anderson
Coal City
John Higgins
Harold
Odell
Braid ‘Wood
Father Spellman
Chicago
Steinburg
Maud
Dave Steinburg
Istreet
Chilcago
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
N. C. Keyes
Fidelity Club
A. Maltby
Office Street
Union Cottage
Josiah Coxton
Timothy Rooney
Wilmington Social Notes Quietly Buzz in June
Clinton Cromwell of Manhattan visited friends in Wilmington yesterday. Mrs. Phil Carey did Joliet business Monday. Mrs. E. W. Steinhart was a Joliet visitor Monday. A smallpox scare turned out to be chickenpox with Ed Boyd's child affected. Emma Markett leaves for Kansas to visit Mrs. Stoll. Blanch Holmes visits from Chicago for an over Sunday. Mrs. M. F. Fullerton and daughter of Chicago visit Mrs. Mart Taylor and her sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Clinton Cromwell
Manhattan
Phil Carey
Joliet
E. W. Steinhart
P. I. Cromwell
Henry
Ed. Boyd
Emma Markett
Kansas
Stoll
Blanch Holmes
Chicago
M. F. Fullerton
Mart Taylor
W. A. Clark
Rose Nielsen
Minooka
F. L. Barber
Morris
F. C. Miller
Cecelia Walsh
John Hennebry
Symerton Local News Roundup
Johna Brassel recovers from illness while George Oberlin visits family. Mr and Mrs Ben Winker hosted Morris visitors. Mrs Wm Wickman ill. Thus, Dunn sold a horse Monday. Mary Wallin visited Viola Singleton Sunday. Mrs Mae Genford and son Russell returned home after a week with W J Singleton in Wilmington. Jas Donahue had been visiting elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symerton
Johna Brassel
George Oberlin
Ben Winker
Morris
Wm. Wickman
Dunn
Mary Wallin
Viola Singleton
Mae Genford
Russell
W. J. Singleton
Wilmington
Jas. Donahue
Wheatland U P church orchestra and local notices
The U P church at Wheatland lists orchestra members including J Owens and J Van Dyke on violins, Grant King on bass, Otis Keene on cornet, Lester Margeen on flute, Prestley Wood and A Schreffler on trombone, with H Darling as Sept. 8 contact. Mr and Mrs Clarence Van Dyke are upbeat about weather. a ten pound boy born Monday. Plainfield high school baseball traveled to Dellwood to face Lockport H S. Mrs Thayer of Joliet is widow to Mr and Mrs Judson Davis. Mrs Ellen Platt hosted Mrs Chas Clayton, Leone Clayton, and Mrs Heald of Yorkville. Mr and Mrs Daniel Anniss moved to Arter cottage on Naperville road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P
Wheatland
J. Owens
J. van Dyke
G. Kersten
H. Smiley
Grant King
Otis Keene
Flite
Lester Margeen
Prestley Wood
A. Schreffler
H. Darling
K. H. Owens
Clarence van Dyke
Plainfield High School
Dellwood
Lockport H. 8
Thayer
Joliet
Judson Davis
Ellen Platt
Chas., Clayton
Leone
Heald
Yorkville
Daniel Anniss
Arter
Naperville Road
Caton Farm Notes and Local Updates
Caton Farm news for June highlights visits from Plainfield and Joliet, school closure, and local weather effects. Oats and corn market quotes noted. many residents travel to Joliet or Chicago. Decoration Day events and a storm bring damage. community life centers on families, schooling, and farm work.
Minooka Socials Highlight Piano Pavilion Dance
Mrs. J. B. Watson and Miss Lottie Watson visited friends in Chicago. A dance at the pavilion last Friday drew a good crowd despite unfavorable weather, with attendees enjoying a peaceful, social evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka
J. B. Watson
Lottie Watson
Chicago
Minooka social notes span visitors and engagements
Minooka residents hosted and visited over Decoration week with Joliet Morris and Chicago friends including Hennebry Walsh Templeton Dahlem and Coulehan family ties. engagements announced Elizabeth Coulehan to Patrick Murphy June 17. Teachers re hired S J Eakle and Isabelle Kinney. Mrs Stratton resigns.
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J Joliet
Minooka
Luella Templeton
Nettie Dahlem
Mae Shepley
Margarett Brady
Founqains - Johnson
Katie
Messrs
Chas
Tinder
Elmer Crossen
Eugene McCraney
Hllis Fitch
Austin
Ill
Chas. Parmenter
L. A. Ward
Earl
Joliet
Elizabeth Coulehan
Patrick J. Murphy
Chicago
John Kaffer
John McEvilly
Morris
Alma Bell
Mae McEvilly
Myrtle Bell
Merrs
Robert Halloran
Wm. J. Nolan
G.I. Bell
J. Murphy
Wm. Glaser
Geneseo
Hatte Carroll
Dero Seneca
Chas. Foster
Clarence Churchill
James
Merton Shepley
Elizabeth Carroll
Geo. Kite
Lee Dix
Harry Mack
John Mitchell
Clarence Carney
Harrison Bagley
Mazon
J. H. Murphy
Curtis
Clem Curtis
Ecklund
Frances Curtis
C. A. Trowbridge
Leon
Alberta
David Boyer
Plattville
J. Eakle
Helen Coulehan
Stratton
Isabelle Kinney
Harry A.thayer
Rock Island
Prince David Kalanianadle Dies in San Francisco
Prince David Kalanianadle of Hawaii dies in San Francisco pneumonia at Saw Hotel Stewart on Tuesday. He is brother to Hawaiian Delegate Prince Cupid Kalanianacle and nephew of former Queen Lilonkalani.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Prince David Kalanianadle
Hawaii
Cupid” Kalanianacle
Lilonkalani
Stewart
Markets Local Markets June 3 Prices and Readouts
Prices from Cassidy Gray on June 3 cover cash wheat corn oats and dairy meats hogs cattle and poultry. Quoted ranges include No 2 red wheat 99 to 100 percent No 2 yellow corn 77 percent and No 3 oats 52 to 54 percent with diverse livestock values across hogs cattle veal and lambs.
Chicago Markets Grain and Provisions Report June 2
Flour market weak with spring wheat at 5.80 to 5.95 and Minnesota hard patent around 4.90 to 6.10. Winter wheat patent 4.30 to 4.40. rye flour 4.15 to 4.35. Potatoes 5 to 63 cents. live poultry prices listed for turkeys chickens fowls roosters geese ducks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minnesota
Smagetic
Hobo Tale About Dinner Table Improvised Gambit
A hobo recalls telling a woman he beat his way around the world. She asks if he is interested, and she produces a rug inviting him to “beat his way to the dinner table.”
Wilton Center Notes Civil War Vets and Weather Riot
Wilton Center recalls Civil War veterans at the local cemetery where nineteen soldiers are buried as living comrades dwindle and flags mark graves. A recent storm damaged trees and buildings, with Mrs Warren and family narrowly escaping falling debris. The town flags patriotism for corn planting as the Fourth of July passes without local coin collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Wm. H. Warren
South Wilton
Ehrhrdt
Ethel Bradwick
Manhattan
New Lenox
Dean's Kidney Pills Victorious Over Kidney Troubles
A Joliet woman testifies that after fall 1906 kidney pain backache and nervousness faded following Doan's Kidney Pills. She used three boxes and felt no trace of trouble. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Wm. O. Hogreff
Clay St
Joliet
Inl
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Albert's Little Dinner Pill Promises Digestive Cure
Stomach troubles quickly cured by Albert's Little Dinner Pill. The ad claims relief for dyspepsia indigestion sick headache and constipation with a money back guarantee after half a package if no benefit. Free trial package offered to prove the claim addressed to Albert Chem Co Oakland Me. Sold through Palace Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Albert Chem. Co
Oakland, Me
Palace Pharmacy
Spot Cash Block
Electric closet light saves time and prevents fumbling
A guide urges installing automatic electric lighting in closets to avoid searching blindly. The safety tip warns against open-frame lights near clothing and promotes wiring that switches on when a closet door opens and off when closed. Install electric lights in dark corners of the home.
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James Ine
EB. B. Reed
Rosen
Sidney Cheneys
Gelt
Martin
Seeboeck
Beatrice Orrell
ma-Louise
Gaynor ‘Catharine Kinsella
Helen Kinsella
Cora Cassard
L. N. Sager
Terese Brown
Orrin Dowse
Gurilitts Box
Sese
Berghs
Mildred Baum
Durand ' Hollaender
Ruth Dow
Guy D'Hardelot
C. W. Sager
Oseetewess
Mozart
Jungmann
Frances Mathis
Merkel
Merkel Marie Hasterty
Este
W. Sager
Reese
Mabel Sager
D'Ourville
Mathis
Marie
Wiliam
Vester Brown
Roy
New Mexico
Gallagher
A. A. Mahie
G. Hogan
Tuscola
New
Kittie Smallen
Helen Lynch
Here
Gertrude MacDonald
Harry J. New
George Dillman
Wm. Nelson
John O’brien
Maggie Delfus
J. McCarthy
John Farley
Wm. Hester
Nellie O'Brien
James Sullivan
St. Bridget's Church
Kittie O’brien
D. Sulivan
Caton Farm
Bertha Shilk
Plainfield
H. B. Harder
Iowa
Ernest Town
Mokenn
Jerome Smith
Willard T. Brown
Iss Florence Drauden
St John’s School
J. F. Drauden
Woodmen
Joseph Dano
J. Ira Brown
Anita McKenna
Felton Crayden
Michael Rich
William Glasgow
John Upton
J. F. Crayden
Susie
George Glasgow
Albert Glasgow
Robert Glasgow
William McKenna
Charles .MecKenna
Henry Holthausen
Seward
Samuel Glasgow
Tomn
Anna
Glasgow
Manley Dingman
Electric
Dellwood Parish
W. T. Smith
L. P. Scheel
George Scott
John’ Troxel
C. M. Reeves
Samuel Goodson
Gard
Reinhart Reiter
Moline
Frank Hennebry
Maurice Walsh
Little Gladys Coop
Arthur Coop
White Willow
Thos. Watts
Baby
Clyde Reed
Marseilles
Boone
St. Joseph
James B. Cox
Cox
California
Daniel Boone
Memphis
Tenn
Henry Weissenbach
Supreme Court
Black Mercantile Company
Ducers
M. Truby & Son
Colne
Adler & CO
Elgin Creamery
Lave Poultry
Live Springs
Cseyesree
Secee Sas
Cossa
Republian
Cassidy & Gray
Chicago Board of Trade
Jefferson Street
W. A. Telegraph Co
Cash Markets
Wilton Center
Cenegawin
Twelve Mile Grove
Manhattan Post G. A. R
Chicago & Alton
Alton
P. H. Cates, P. T. A
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