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Newspaper
The Joliet Daily Republican
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1908
Page
7
Carrington learns Lord Strathgate abducted the earl’s team and a young companion in a night plan. The coachman and stable boys reveal threats with a pistol while Denial of recognition adds tension. Carrington orders Admiral Kephard and Mistress Slocum summoned to the library.
In a tense library scene the Earl Carrington confronts the lodgekeeper about the flight of Mistress Slocum and suspects treachery among his staff. Jepson and the steward Wilson maneuver to eject all attendants except the rider accompanying him as unrest grows. The Admiral Kephard appears as the mystery deepens.
Advice column notes women should confide in Mrs Pink Vasa Lynn of Lynn Massachusetts about private illness. Her decades of correspondence with sick women are claimed to yield knowledge that can aid cases via confidential letters.
Mrs Norman R Barndt of Allen Town Pa credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her long standing organic derangement and female weakness. The ad touts the remedy as a standard for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors and related pains backed by a thirty year history and numerous cures.
The Joliet City Council considers an ordinance to build a Portland cement concrete sidewalk on the north side of Western Avenue from Bluff Street west 167 feet, four feet from the north property line, five feet wide, with a special tax to cover the cost. The meeting includes an attached cost estimate totaling 189.74 dollars for 895 square feet of surface and related work.
The ordinance prescribes a Portland cement and crushed limestone concrete layer of 3 1/4 inches, mixed with torpedo sand, water, and a five part stone aggregate, followed by a 3/4 inch Portland cement mortar cap. It sets joint panels, specifies cement fineness, and notes datum elevations on Bluff Street. Owners get 40 days to complete, with costs funded by local taxation.
Suits pressed and cleaned with delivery service offered by Albert Valentine at 60 8 Jefferson St NW Chicago. Mrs M E Burkett provides hair dressing and related services at 319 North Chicago Street with electric scalp treatment and manicuring. E A Davis promotes Washington Life insurance for seniors at Tribune Bldg Chicago. Alice Dombrowska offers electro-dermatology skin treatments at Barber Building Chicago. W A Gustafson tests eyes and sells glasses at 627 Cass Street.
The City Clerk announces the ordinance was approved on June 11 1908 by Mayor R Cronin and published on June 16 1908. The notice records official action and publication dates for the city ordinance.
Local notice directs readers to drop want ads at multiple shops across town. Stores include Learnard Vilet Grocers, Washington and Richards streets, J Pahmer Druggist Center and Oneida, B E Burke Grocer 314 Marion, J Crique Grocer 104 West Allen Co, U Peterson Druggist 500 Second Avenue, M H Freeman Grocer 566 South Chicago, and Volz Bros Newsdealers 918 State Lockport Agency.
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