Local social and church notices from nearby towns
The item lists multiple social events and notices including a funeral music quartet from Lexington, a dog shooting incident, school seniors led by Florence Dimick, St John Episcopal church meeting, a grand rally at Shiloh Baptist, a Ladies Aid gathering, and several local residents traveling to and from Ipswich and Chicago. It also notes a wedding at St Marys in Minooka for Elizabeth Coulehan and Patrick Murphy, and various visits among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Dimick
Mise Dimick
St. John’s Episcopal Curch
Arnold
Ipswich
Dakota
Shiloh Baptist Church
Bishop Mack
Ald Society
Elizabeth N. Ayers
George ‘Rowley
Arkansas
Ising
Lockport
Rowley
Bartlett
Bart
Ny Miller Lawrence
M . Paraig
Sjoy
Evanston
Lydia Bartlett
Minooka Community Notes and Upcoming Events
Minooka residents share visits from Chicago and Joliet. baccalaureate address by Rev. L. A. Patrick at M B church last Sunday. commencement exercises set for June 19 at Masonic hall. Local fishing trip to Silver Lake reported as poor. Numerous relatives and townsfolk listed with recent travels and gatherings in Minooka and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka
Leslie Bell
Hvanston
Wm. Bell
James Shepley
John
Minooka M. E
Mae, Shepley
Joliet
C. W. Brown, Jr
C. A.ridge
Silver Lake
Wisconsin
Leslie H. Bell
Chicago
Run
Alex. Bell
L. A.rick
M. B
Masonic Hall
Jarnett Andrews
N. J. Comerford
Bny
George
Niend Dean Comerford
Re Dame
Ind
O’brien
John O’brien
Audubon
Iowa
Eisie Hartmann
John Launch
Troy
Geo
Thayer
Alist
W. A. Thayer
Mira
Mrington
Karl
Mamebe
Kl i Ie
Plainfield Social News Highlights Travelers and Guests
Special to The Republican reports Mrs W B Hawkin traveled to Ottawa for the Alicn Cole and Dr Wilbur Moreland wedding. Howard Smily visited Chicago to stay with Dr E R Stewart. Agnes Torrence of Lake County visits Mrs Rathburn. Mildred Sonntag visited Tuesday. Wilber Fraser leaves Hinsdale for Europe with State University assignment for three months. L Kartin of Minneapolis and Chas Fink of Detroit guest at H H Fink on Main. Herbert Bronk heads to Texas to join parents. Fred Pratt J R Jones U S Blakely join Woodman encampment in Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Herbert Bronk
Jonas Bronk
Texas
Fred Pratt
J. R. Jones
U. Ss. G. Blakely
Peoria
Woodman
Lemont Events and Arrivals Around Town
Special to The Republican notices Field Day at St Viateur College in Kankakee Ill. John Farley Jr and Yamily relocate to Short street. Sheriff Williams and family visit L L Brown and N B Barta households. Lindholm now Joliet visits Lemont. Mrs Walter Chapman and son Spence head to Chicago. Miss Tillie Reid visits Hast ings with parents Thomas and Mrs Reid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Chapman
Spence
Chicago
Tillie Reid
Thomas Reid
Hastings
Dance at Electric Park Two Weekly Evenings
The page notes dances held at Electric Park every Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Outdoor venue events feature music and social recreation for spellbound crowds, with entry details likely posted locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Park
Tuea
Braidwood Roundup Notes Social Activities and Visits
Special to The Republican reports John P. Higgins of Odell visiting locals, Domick Cinotto from Wilmington, and William Pawling from Wilmington conducting business. Fidelity Club social at Mrs. Jacob Miller’s, Flag Day observed at the gospel meeting hall, and households moving to Plano. Dave Oliver family and Dr. Howatt’s visit noted. Dance at Stassney's Hall featured Zoul's Orchestra from Coal City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braidwood
Ill
John P. Higgins
Odell
Domick Cinotto
Wilmington
Wm. Pawling
Jacob Miller
Fidelity Club
W. J. Butler
Gardner
Gospel Meeting Hall
Dave Oliver
South Wilmington
Howatt
Alex. Patterson
Carson Hill
Taxis
Plano
Stassney
Zoul
Coal City
Wheatland Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Movements
Special to The Republican says Mr and Mrs Thos King Sr of Normantown and Mrs Lavinee Irwin of Plainfield depart for England to stay months. Miss Kyle of Monmouth College plans Egypt mission. Field Day at James Clair farm. farmers picnic next Saturday at Geof Smith farm. Herbert Hyland buys New Mexico land and will move from Missouri with his family.
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Wheatland
Thos. King
Normantown
Lavinee
Irwin_of
Plainfield
England
Scotland
Salonka
Chicago
Lizzie McMichen
Mary Barrett
Monmouth College
McLaren
Miss Kyle
Egypt
James Clair
Geof Smith
Herbert Hyland
New Mexico
Missouri
Mrs. Hyland
Caton Farm Wedding in Lockport Unites Fiday and Ward
At St Denis Catholic church in Lockport on June 10 bride Miss Alice Fiday daughter of Joseph Fiday and Mr Stephen Ward of Romeo were married with attendants Miss Henrietta Bartholomew and Howard Ward. After a dinner at the bride’s home the couple will live on the groom’s father’s farm near Romeo. Local notices mention visitors and upcoming school teaching assignment for Metcalf school and various social visits in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caton Farm
Alice Fiday
Joseph Fiday
Stephen Ward
Romeo
St. Denis’ Catholic
Lockport
Henrietta Bartholme
Howard Ward
Ward
William Wwone
Jaele
Witfeld
Ees Hall
Plainfield Area Weekend Social and News Roundup
Local residents attended Plainfield High School graduation exercises at Medtric Park. J W Bronk suffers a slight paralytic stroke and is under doctor care. Visitors from Plainfield and Joliet noted at Electric Park game and various family visits. Frost coated the area Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kennedy
Joliet
Plainfield
Medtric Park
J. W. Bronk
Electric Park
Florence Crayden
Fred Miller
H. B. Harder
William Shaw
Margaret
Clarence van Dyke
Elizabeth Harder
Marley
Charles Hansen
J. P. Brown
John Holthausen
John
William
Manley Dingman
Anna Glasgow
William Drumm
Jacob Risch
Why the wart hog bears its warts and Joliet show
Kipling's tale aside, readers learn how the wart hog acquired its warts and why the mystery endures. The piece notes warts on the nose used for digging, theories about sustenance and soil chemistry, and mentions three wart hogs in Rippling Brothers' circus in Joliet on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
Africa
Joliet
Ripgling Brothers’ Circus
Beecher News Mixes Community News and Local Baseball
Beecher notes memory of Memorial Day observances by Modern Woodmen of America in Beecher Camp 137, lists graduates and attendance in the intermediate room led by Miss Lina Brummond, and reports Beecher defeating Crete 2 to 1 in a pitched and fielded local baseball battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecher
Jaxie
Woodmen of America
E. Hinze
Brage
Snyder
Stade
Crete
Shultz
Ruwaldt
Shults
Steevens
Government seeks injunction against seven railroads over coal shipments
In Philadelphia on June 17 a U S circuit court session opened with Attorney General Bonaparte and other officials arguing for an injunction under the Hepburn act against seven coal carrying railroads Pennsylvania Reading Lehigh Valley Delaware Lackawanna & Western Central Railroad of New Jersey Erie and Delaware & Hudson. The defendants contend mining privileges are state grants not covered by the commodity clause and challenge the clause as confiscatory and unequal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bonaparte
Dallas, Buffington and
Gray
United States Circuit Court
Pennsylvania
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Erie
Delaware & Hudson
L. Alison Wilmer
John G. Johnson
President Baer
Reading Company
Johnson
Philadelphia & Reading
Wilmer
Spelling
Hay and straw prices from M. Truby and Son
Markets report shows producers paid for June 17 with items including baled hay at 4.18 to 4.50 per unit, loose hay at 6.18 to 6.50, oat straw baled 6.00 to 7.99, loose 6.00 to 7.09, and various packing weights, plus classifications for light and lightweight materials. Data compiled by The Republican daily at 1:30 p.m. with notes on price variability and publishing rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Truby & Son
Murderer shoots mother in law over divorce plan
John Blankmeyer, an ex inmate of Sing Sing, went to his West One Hundred Forty-fourth Street home on Tuesday and fatally shot his mother-in-law Mrs Christina Meininger and wounded his wife Edna Blankmeyer when she tried to intervene. Blankmeyer fled and was at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Blankmeyer
Sing Sing Prison
West One Hundred and Forty-fourth Street
Christina Meininger
Edna Blankmeyer
Blankmeyer
Blank=meyer
Bandit Shot in Leg in New Orleans Robbery Attempt
Three men attempted a street car robbery on the outskirts of New Orleans on Tuesday. Bandit Henry O'Dell was shot in the thigh and motorman Ernest Reviere wounded. both were hospitalized or at home with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Henry O’dell
Ernest Reviere
Markets to day in Chicago reveal mixed agricultural trends
Chicago markets report mixed results with grains and livestock showing varied moves. Trading at the Board of Trade on June 17 reflects cautious demand and price adjustments across key commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassidy & Gray
Chicago Board of Trade
Jefferson Street
W. A. Telegraph Co
Chicago
Cash Wheat and Corn Prices in Grain Markets
Cash wheat values vary by grade from No 2 red at 92 to 93, No 3 red at 90 to 91, and No 2 hard winter at 92 to 93. Corn prices show No 2 yellow at 72 and a half, No 3 white at 72, No 4 at 65 to 65.
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Floyd McCowan
de Chris Nielsen
Ole Ae
Jas. Rivett
Roy Reed
Edward Andrews
Bloomer Girls
Elizabeth Coulehan
Patrick J. Murphy
St. Mary’s
Geo, Coulehan
Howard Smily
Dr. E. R. Stewart
Agnes Torrence
Lake Co
Rathburn
Mildred Sonntag
Hinsdale
Wilber Fraser
Europe
Mr. Fraser
The
State University
Sheriff Williams
Jo- Het
L. L. Brown
Charles Lindholm
Lemont
St. Lucas Evangelical Church
Hunter's Grove
Indiana Street
Lina Brummond
Ethel. Wehrhoefer
Elmer Biefeldt
Walter Hinze
Esther Adolph
Elsie Paulsen
Carrie Isling
Catherine Cloidt
Ruth Watson
Mortis van Voorhis
Lorraine Ehrhardt
Edmund Tatge
Wilhelmina Miller
Ethel Wilson
Ethel Wehrhoefer
Sanah Marconett
Charles Steevens
Ruth Matson
Frances
Mabel Morrisey
Albert Bielfeldt
John Boderias
Arthur Margis
Manteno
R. S Salzman
Board of Supervisors
Geo. Goetz
LaPorte
Lizzie Gleason
Arcadia
Wis
D. J. Steevens
Frank Hack
Arthur
Lowell
Henry Stade
John Kammerman
Creston
Albert Kramer
Grant Park
W. Selk
Cub
White Sox
Cubs
Emil Hinze
Heneck
Eagles
Chicago Heights
R.H. PO
A. E. RB
Selk
AB. R. H. PO
A. E. Helme
Baker
Seeeese
True
Currier
Ruppert
Stearman
Brase
Oes
T. 3
Coyne
Adler & CO
Cosereeees
Republican Daily
Elgin Creamery
Secare Venens
Fedderass
Bandit
West Thirty-third Street
Broadway
Slain
Winter Quarters
Utah
George Demetrakopoulis
Steve Clemets
Utah Fuel Company
Guthrie
Okla
Enid
EB. A. Green
George White
Frank Williams
Frank Bailey
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St. Mary’s Hospital
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All Star Vaudeville
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