Dr Laing Attacks Joliet Government as Extravagant and Inefficient
Dr Laing told Joliet high school students that Illinois ranks among the worst governed states due to favored office holders. He criticized township boards and canal patronage, urged a businesslike government, and warned against anti foreign bias in politics. He used parables of highway commissioners and a deacon to illustrate moral courage in citizenship.
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Chicago
Joliet
Dr. Laing
Laing
Board of Highway Commissioners
Dr. Lame
Illinois
Towa
Iowa
Ilinois
Sadler Funeral Honors Beloved Joliet Matron
The funeral for Mrs. Eliza Sadler was held at 504 Mississippi avenue with Rev. Whipple of Richards Street M E church officiating. Burial followed at Oakwood. Born December 1833 near Belfast Ireland, she died June 9 1890 at age 67 years 6 months and 8 days. She married T J Sadler October 5 1854 and had nine children.
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T. J. Sadler
Will County
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oliver B
Joliet
William B
Coal City
Ella Mc Weese
Dwight
Henry
Fred E
Joseph F
Los Angeles
Cal
Edward T
Rupert J
Sadi M. Muff
Sarah Drew
Mary Nobles
Kansas
Robert Johnson
Channahen
Circus day detentions at the police station
Police detain several vagrants and unknowns during circus day. Andraww Downey James Walsh Albert Engers Charles Locks Harry Morgan and a young stranger with metal knuckles are held. A man named Iam Smith is fined 525 for assault on John Costello. Samuel Goltfe, jailed for assault on the Johnsons, awaits grand jury action under 150 bail.
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Andraww Downey
James Walsh
Albert Engers
Charles
Locks
Harry Morgan
Iam Smith
John Costello
Smith
Costello
Samuel Goltfe
Johnsons
St. Louis Street
Elizabeth Flagler Weds Dr George McKean in Washington
Elizabeth Flagler daughter of the late Chief Ordinance Flagler married Dr George McKean in Washington. Five years earlier she shot and killed a negro boy who stole fruit in the Flagler yard. Police guarded the church to prevent demonstrations by some colored residents.
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Washington
Elizabeth Flagler
Ordinance Flagler
George McKean
Decapitated Woman Found Near Chelmsford Identified
The body of a decapitated woman found in woods near Chelmsford is identified as Mrs. Frederick Blondin of Boston. The head was found the previous day. A physician notes decapitation as the sole mark of violence on the body.
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Lowell
Mass
Chelmsford
Frederick Blondin
Boston
agitation to renew the Chinese exclusion act discussed
Washington June 12 agitation to renew the Chinese exclusion act set to expire in May 1902 has begun. Labor organizations linked to the American Federation are preparing a strong fight against Chinese free labor and an appeal to Congress to amend the law has been sent.
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Scripps-McRae
Washington
American Federation
Congress
Boer refugees death toll at Pretoria race course rises
The Daily News reports 3100 refugees at the Pretoria race course with eighty deaths in three weeks, highlighting a dire mortality rate among Boer refugees.
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Scripps-McRae
London
The
Daily News
Pretoria Race Course
Army Supply Scam Claims Arrests in San Francisco
Louis Abrams and his son George were arrested for allegedly illegally selling army supplies in San Francisco. The incident is expected to unleash a major army scandal with broad fallout.
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San Francisco
Louis Abrams
George
Port Royal mine disaster death toll holds at twenty
McKeesport June 12 The Port Royal mine disaster death list remains at twenty with one injured miner in the hospital expected to die.
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McKeesport
Port Royal
Flood Sweeps Nan ders Tyrol Drowning 28
A flood hit Nan ders Tyrol and claimed twenty eight lives as the village in Vienna region faced rising waters. Rescue teams searched for missing residents and assessed the damage across the flooded area.
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Vienna
Nanders
Tyrol
Supervisors Enjoy Rock Run Park Outing With Fireworks And Dancing
The city board and guests spent a June afternoon and evening at Rock Run Park arranged by the executive committee. Harvey Shaw won the silk hat in bowling while others tried the chutes and enjoyed barbecue, dancing, and fireworks as perfect picnic weather prevailed.
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Grounds of
Harvey Shaw
Cbrity Board
Supervisors
Rock Run Park
E. Woodruff
C. A. Noble
Rock Run Park Company
Lem Northam
Seaver
Giant tarantula found in bananas on delivery
Goman & Company captured a giant tarantula found in a banana bunch this morning. A clerk unloaded a new shipment and carefully sealed the five inch gray spider in a glass jar for display, attracting notable attention in the area.
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Goman & Company
Unclear Names Prompt Localities in Mixed Ages
The fragment lists several individuals with ages and hometowns including Manhattan Pomeroy Washington Valparaiso Ind and Braidwood. No events or actions are described.
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John T. Ledgerwood
Pomeroy
Washington
Mary L. Culp
Valparaiso
Ind
George O'Neil
Sophie Bast
Braidwood
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Moore's
William C. Crolius
Milmine, Bodman & Co
Chicago Board of Trade
New-York Stock Exchange
New York
Travagant
Assembly Hall
Union
Bea
England
France
Sadler
Haid
Lowell, Mass
Holmin
Stillman’s Coin
Witsax
Carriage Repository
Cass and
Desplaines Streets
Chicago and
van Buren Streets
Walter D. Stevens
Juliet and
Ment
George J. Genther
Helen Claassen
Manhattan
G. A. Brock
North
Chicago Street
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