Calumet Drainage District Debate Spurs Joliet Interest
Chicago real estate figures oppose Sanitary District plans for a Calumet canal linking the lake to the Mississippi. Joliet leaders expect economic gain if a Calumet district channels deep water and boosts shipping, water power, and industrial growth in the valley.
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Cicago
Real Estate Board
Calumet
Chi- Rea Estate Board
Thomas PH. Riley
Iegion
Sig
Yanner
Chicago
Chicago River
Joliet
Riley
Missisippi
Indiana
Calnet
Mississippi
Calumet District
Chi
Clark Street
Children’s Day Mission Services M E Church Irving Street
The Union Missionary Children’s Day services planned for next Sunday will be held at Irving Street M E Church at 118. Pastor Lent was unable to get the sound system ready in time. There will be no services in Tabernacle Sunday, as activities unite with Irving Street church for the event.
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Union Missionary Children’s Day
Irving’ Street
M. H. Church
Tabernacle
Irving
Trinity street Sunday school program with Denning talk
Trinity street church invites all to Sunday morning services as Missionary Denning from India gives an address titled Seven Hundred Elephants For Sale. A 3 pm missionary meeting led by Presiding Elder J C Denning invites attendees to hear firsthand about India. Irving Street Sunday school ends with an evening program of song and recitation and Denning speaks again on Children of the Orient.
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Denning
Breakfast for Brides Prepares June Nuptials in Cundiff Home
Mrs J Hi Cundiff and Mrs E A Rollinson host a June 10 breakfast for brides to be Beulah Vance and Lulu Andrus at Mrs Cundiff's Taylor Street home. The Vance-Cummins wedding is set for June 14 in the same house, while Andrus will wed K C Rittenhour of Streator on June 14. Events include dinners and a sewing bee through mid June.
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Cecil Vance
Eulah Fanee
Frances’ T
Ed. T
Vanee
Spenluncheon Fo
Blind Man Lectures On Thorns and Roses
Rev. Schorb of Aurora, a blind orator, spoke at the First Baptist Church on Thorns and Roses or the Fun of Being Blind. He cited curiosity about blindness, highlighted kindness from thoughtful people, and urged sensitivity to a blind person’s feelings. The talk was eloquent and amusing.
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Schorb
Aurora
First Baptist
Hedge
Dinet Clerks Outing at Rock Run Park Delights Group
Dinet's clerks held a pleasant summer outing and dance at Rock Run Park last night. About thirty couples joined after store hours, traveling by barge lit with Chinese lanterns to Joliet, where supper followed. Iversoll's orchestra provided music as dancing and park features drew steady interest. The return voyage took 55 minutes, with both trips arriving in good time.
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Rock Run Park
Dinet
Rock Hun Park
Joliet
Iversoll
Joliet Girl Will Sing At Chicago Musical Recital
Mrs May Wadalen Pry of Manhattan will be a prominent contralto at a Saturday recital in the Fine Arts building Chicago. The Joliet singer known as Mrs Fry has a fine contralto voice and has been receiving musical instruction recently.
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May Wadalen Pry
Manhattan
Chicago Musical College
Fine Arts
Fry
May
Waddell
Joliet
Choir Rehearsal Under New Leader at Eastern Avenue
Prof. W. L. Gilpin of Chicago takes charge of the chorus at Eastern avenue Baptist church and will lead rehearsal at 7 45 Saturday night. He previously played pipe organ at Moody's church and now teaches music at the institute. The choir plans to sing at Children's day exercises next Sunday during morning worship.
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W. L. Gilpin
Chicago
Eastern Avenue Baptist Church
Moody's Church
Institute
Gilpin
May report on crematory and city improvements gains momentum
The May report notes increased throughput at the crematory including more garbage hauled and dogs cremated, with better street care and health impacts. Petitions circulate among South Chicago Street property owners for sewer and asphalt paving, while sewer and water projects advance citywide.
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Catis Os
J. E. Taylor Released In Suspected Burglar Case
J. E. Taylor, arrested as a suspect in the burglary of Thos. Stewart's residence on South Eastern avenue last Tuesday evening, where a diamond pin valued at 140 and $12 in money were taken, has been released as police conclude he was not involved in the theft.
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Taylor
Chicago
Cleveland
J. E. Taylor
Thos. Stewart
South Eastern’ Avenue
Morrison May Resign Over Beef Trust Probe
Sensational report from Chicago on June 9 states U S District Attorney General Pagin plans to resign amid beef trust investigations. Morrison is in Washington conferring with the Justice Department about grand jury work and indictments, seeking broader authority for further inquiry.
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Department For
United States
Pagin
Beef Trust
Department of Justice
Grand Jury
Joliet Men as Walkers at West Baden Springs Race
At West Baden Springs two Joliet figures join a walking match against Cincinnati and Chicago entrants. Naughton of Cincinnati wins the ten mile return race to Paoli with Brown close behind, Barr finished one mile back, others unseen.
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West Baden Springs
John Brown
Chas. Naughton
Magles
Chicago
Paoli
Return
Naughton
Brown
3Arr
Herald employee arrested for disorderly conduct
Charles Keidel a machinist at the Daily Herald press project was arrested after an incident at the Rock Island depot. He faces two warrants for disorderly conduct with a Friday trial set at 10 o clock and bonds of 200 with F H Hall as surety.
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Charles Keidel
Daily Herald
B. 5
Sunshine
Allen
Keidel
F. H. Hall
The
Herald
Rock Island
Justice of the Peace Hawk
Keldel
Congressman Snapp
Malinowski May Appeal Over Fine and Cruelty Charge
Wm Malinowski of Columbia Street saloon appeals a $5 fine plus costs set by Justice of the Peace Hawk for fast driving and cruelty to animals. He says he was wrongly treated and claims the arrest was spiteful.
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Wm. Malinowski
Columbia Street
Justice of the Peace Hawk
New Police Uniforms Adopted By Force
Police force unveils dark blue uniforms with a fine white stripe on the trousers signaling a shift away from plain clothes patrols and a stronger public presence on the streets.
Warrant for August Patreikas Over Bread Weight
In Police Magistrate Allen's court a warrant was issued for August Patreikas, a South Joliet street baker, accused of selling short weight bread. Loaves weighed thirty ounces to the double loaf, about two ounces under weight, with evidence from City Sealer Freeman.
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S. Joliet Street
Inspector Freeman
Lipshitz
Dick” Furlong
Allens Court
August Patreikas
South Joliet Street
City Sealer of Weights and Measures
Freeman
Patreikas
Mgr. Freeman
Allen
Richard
Matinee Saturday at the Grand
Ladies and children admitted for 10 cents while gentlemen pay 2 cents for the matinee at the Grand Theatre.
Roosevelt Takes Rest At Rapidan Farm Visit
President Roosevelt left Washington to spend a weekend at Joseph Wilmer’s home near Rapidan Virginia with Mrs Roosevelt arriving a day earlier. He plans to stay until Sunday or Monday to relax after a week of diplomatic efforts toward easing tensions between Russia and Japan. He will inspect Mrs Roosevelt’s recently purchased farm near Rapidan as part of the trip.
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Scripps-McRae
Washington
D.—C
Joseph Wilmer
Rapidan
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Swedish Prince Arrives as Parliament Called for June 26
Stockholm June 9 The Crown Prince arrived today to a grateful crowd as Sweden’s parliament was summoned for June 26. Christiana June 9 Under state orders the new national emblem was raised on all flags and the colors of Norway flew on ships. Twenty one guns saluted the flag and at Akershus fort the union’s dissolution decree was read to the garrison and allegiance oath administered.
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Christiana
Council of State
Norway
Akershus
Christiana Bay
Storthing
Cattle Barons Nailed in Nebraska Land Case
John and Herman Krause were found guilty in federal court on five of fourteen counts for illegally fencing government land in Nebraska. John Krause also found guilty on two counts for intimidation to block occupation. First conviction of the cattle barons with penalties up to $1,000 or one year in prison. further prosecutions to follow.
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Omaha
John
Herman Krause
Nebraska
John Krause
Settlement Talks Planned Amid Chicago Teamsters Strike
Chicago June 9 A conference was arranged this morning between a teamsters committee and State street merchants to resolve the strike. President Shea will not attend and has offered to withdraw from peace negotiations if Attorney Mayer for the employers joins the talks.
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Scripps-McRae
Chicago
Teamsters
State Street
Shea
Mayer
Weather and sanitation notice from street department
The Weather. Showers tonight and Saturday, cooler Saturday afternoon. The street department notifies citizens without garbage boxes to obtain them now and to keep ashes separate from garbage. Use galvanized iron boxes for best results. C. R. Spears, 1846t Superintendent of Streets.
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C. R. Spears
Russians Interne Warships as Manila Bay Tensions Rise
In St Petersburg on June 9 officials report Russia will inter the Japanese ships in Manila Bay after they failed to leave the harbor within 24 hours. Admiral Train will disable machinery and remove breech blocks. The czar thanks Admiral Rozesvensky for his services while praising courage amid ongoing peace talks.
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St. Petersburg
Washington, D. C
Wright
Manila
War Department
Train
Ohio
Monadnock
Bulingia
Zemstvo
Tsarkoe Selo
Rojestvensky
Gon
Michigan Flood Conditions Improve After Cloud Burst Losses
In Detroit on June 9 the flood situation in Michigan shows improvement. Western Michigan suffered about a million dollars in damage from the recent cloud burst while Grand Rapids reports sixty more blocks flooded. The dyke remains intact and danger is believed past.
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Detroit
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Novelty Dry Goods Co Incorporation In Joliet
Illinois secretary of state grants a license to incorporate the Novelty Dry Goods Co with $40,000 capital to operate a mercantile business. Incorporators are Julius Oppenheimer Lessing Rosenthal and Charles Goodman.
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Springfield
Ill
Novelty Dry Goods Co
Joliet
Julius Oppenheimer
Lessing Rosenthal
Charles Goodman
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