St Marys graduation staged by parochial pupils in Joliet
Splendid entertainment at St Marys parochial school graduation in Joliet theater drew a full house. Rev H P Smyth of Evanston spoke on the public schools while supporting Christian schooling. Diplomas were presented to Loretta Murphy May Broderick Robert Martin Anna Boucher George Lennon Mazie Gibbons Arthur Barry Stella Coyne Edw Feeley Agnes Collins Frank Doyle Anna Doyle Thomas Martin Mary Murphy.
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Joliet Theater
St. Mary’s Parochial School
H. P. Smyth
Evanston
Smyth
Father McNamee
Geo. A. Brewster
Hauser
McNamee
Daniel Murphy
Tom
Dolly
John Sheridan
Connemaugh
Alfred Scott
Marseilles
Brewster
McNamée
Loretta Murphy
May Broderick
Robert Martin
Anna Boucher
George Lennon
Mazie Gibbons
Arthur Barry
Stella Coyne
Edw
Feeley
Agnes Collins
Frank Doyle
Anna Doyle
Thomas Martin
Mary Murphy
Reed School Pupils Delighted Gann Chapel Audience
Reed school pupils under Miss Adeline Stephen presented a large program in Gann chapel. The event featured songs, recitations, readings, essays, Delsarte drill, and diploma presentations by the eighth grade graduates Irene Brayton and Raymond Stephen, ending with Stars and Stripes Forever. A furniture ad promotes J A Doolittle and Co. at 914 316 Van Buren Street.
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Reed School
Gann Chapel
Adeline Stephen
Isveseese
Lenora Stephen
Esther Reed
May Thurston
McLain
Elsie Grohne
Frieda Hoefer
Eddie Boughner
Biddy
Imphima
Nellie Harris
Alex Pope
Irene Brayton
Elnora
Emerson
Raymond Stephen
Lily and
Rose
Mabel Faulkner
Delsarte Drill
Thurston
Revel of the Naiads
Gustie Anderson
Buttlefty
Caprice Galop
Melnette
Stephen
Irene
Clara Brayton
Stars and Stripes Forever
J. A. Doolittle & Co
van Buren Street
Public Library
St Joseph's Hospital Carnival Plans Discussed At Meeting
Joliet citizens push a carnival week to aid St Joseph's hospital. A general committee is to be formed at Trades and Labor hall tonight. Labor groups and railroads may support with excursions. Letter Carriers' picnic set for Sunday June 23 with special trains.
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Joliet
St. Joseph's Hospital
Trades and Labor Hall
Jefferson and
Ottawa Streets
General Committee
Santa Fe Park
Lockport
Park
Heggie Brothers Plant Keeps Busy in Prosperous Times
Heggie Brothers on East Jackson Street report full orders and strong demand. James G says times are good for manufacturers with contracts pending including boilers for McKenna, oe W Coal, American Cereal, Aeton Coal, and tanks for Sulzberger Schwarzschild. Also noting golf straw hats sold at $1 to $1.50 at Wolf on Chicago Street.
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Heggie Brothers
East Jackson Street
James G
Heggie
McKenna Company
Tremly Point
N. Y
Oe ¥. & W. Coal Company
South Wilmington
American Cereal Company
Morris
Aeton Coal Company
Mexico
Sulzberger & Schwarzschild
Chicago
Engravers and Plate Printers Leaders Tour Joliet
Harry Szegedy National President and Thomas Roache National Secretary, both from Washington D C, visited Joliet with Ed R Smith and John Clyne. They toured the penitentiary and Lockport power works after attending a Chicago convention and planned further inspection of the plant on Jackson Street.
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Harry Szegedy
Engravers’ and Printing Union
Thomas Roache
Plate Printers’ Union
Washington, D. C
Ed. R. Smith J
John Clyne
Chicago
Joseph E. Ralph
Joliet
Lockport
Messrs. Szegedy and
Roache
Jackson Street
Sunday School Program Shines at Gunn Chapel
At Gunn Chapel Sunday school presented a well received entertainment Monday evening in the Sunday school rooms. A large crowd of parents and friends attended and praised the well trained children led by Thella Smith Leland Frederick Irene Miller Edna Campbell Ruth Reynolds Dorothy Reynolds Ollie Lewis and Winnifred Harris.
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Gunn Chapel
Rev. Reynolds
Thella Smith
Leland Frederick
Irene Miller
Edna Campbell
Ruth
Dorothy Reynolds
Ollie Lewis
Winnifred Harris
Elopement tale rocks a suburban family
Olive Walters speaks of her father Joseph Walters who left his wife and two daughters to elope with Bertha Lorenz the 16 year old hired girl. Walters went to Chicago then Kansas City with Lorenz and wrote his wife he loved her but could not explain his act.
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Olive Walters
Joseph Walters
Bertha Lorenz
Walters
Higinbotham
Mamma
Papa
May
Lorenz
Olive
Essex
Kankakee County
Mokena
Chicago
Ida Hoffman
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Dinet
Reliab
Ss . On ‘al
RJ Joliet RY
Tomes
Moore's
Barrett Harpware Co
Paruner & Dittman
Joliet Stove
Strong, Bush & Handwork
Mack’s Shoe Store
Mack
ST. Marys
Graduation
Father Smyth
Doran
Bat
That Pee It Rae Am
Pig-Tails
Arstin“Giee
John Moran
Edith Abbott
Arthur McCracken
ST. Joseph’s Hospital
WOLF
Chicago Street
Washington
J. E. Ralph
Bares
Pretty Olive Walters
Kansas
J. A. Sattile & Co
Baren Street
Flo Library
Speen Sane
Bugsy
Carriage Repository
Coiner Cass and
Desplaines Streets
Chicago and
van Buren Streets
Walter D. Stevens
Joliet and
Square Jcwciees
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