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Newspaper
The Joliet Daily Republican
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1908
Page
3
A speaker urges graduates to value the soul as the whole person in relation to God, law, and environment. He argues education should elevate thought will and feeling, warning against substituting life’s means for life itself and stressing personality as the core of human worth.
Seventeen motor-cyclists arrived in Joliet between 9 and 10 Saturday for an endurance run including Aurora Elgin and Algonquin. The hot dusty road slowed the party with riders lagging on arrival. Members listed include J A Turner W R Bell W P White Leo Gal ezkip J H Salvo H W Holck and others.
Evelyn and George tease each other about compliments claiming only one person in fifteen has perfect eyes. George insists there is one in a million, while Evelyn counters with playful sarcasm about flattering others.
Walter and Baker of Peotone both aged 25 obtain a license to wed, with Sense Ez. Se of Peotone noted in the record and a fee of two dollars recorded as paid.
George F Payne of George F Payne & Co builders of the new state capitol at Harrisburg died at his Philadelphia home Sunday aged 68. Death followed a complication of diseases. He was a well known contractor and, with partner Charles G Wetter, under indictment for conspiracy to defraud in Capitol painting and decorating contracts.
Six men are dead and eight others in danger after toxic air in the Gold King mine near Gladstone Colorado. Thirty six to thirty more confined at home from weakness, while others suffer effects from exposure to poisoned air. Bandits loot three railroad stations around Alton Illinois after abandoning a handcar.
Patron reports failing vision for small objects as wait staff negotiate a steak order and a large meal request. Service notes describe a cautious dining experience with emphasis on portion size and clarity of instruction.
The June issue highlights color portraits and articles on Gilbert Stuart portraits and Denver’s rise, along with fiction by Lowndes and Oskison, poems by Cather and Roberts, a Bohemian photo feature, and a Recreation vacation number with trips and camping guides. National Magazine covers New York’s growth and a transcontinental railroad.
Alfred J. Fligeltaub transfers life estate in east 100 feet of lot 14 to Richard M. Martin in Joliet area. John O Connor and William Sterner deeds involve Columbia Heights and Caseday subd. in Joliet with values 2 4 1 000. Henry Seehausen and wife gain Crete land parcels totaling 74 acres for 1500. Bartholomew McGuinn transfers 80 acres in Manhattan for 1200.
Health experts extol chocolate as a nutritious food and promote chocolate pies as popular and tempting. The ad touts ease with a ready mix named OUR PIE, instructions on the package, and grocer price of 10 cents. Order today.
Governor Robert B. Glenn of North Carolina and Representative W. Sims of Tennessee address a Confederate Memorial Day gathering in Arlington National Cemetery. They praise Gen Robert E Lee and Gen Ulysses Grant, saying southern respect for Grant should outlast past conflicts and wishing Confederate memory extend across the nation including Maine and California.
Mrs Henpeck asks about their marriage while Henpeck bitterly wishes to be in heaven. The exchange hints at strain in their relationship and unresolved feelings.
An old advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills promising fast headache relief with 45 000 U S users. A package costs 25 cents and one tablet is said to stop a headache without after effects.
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