An Old Favorite By William Ross Wallace
Poet William Ross Wallace praised by DUYCKINCK and others for grand thoughts and eloquent verse. Born in 1819 in Lexington Kentucky, died 1881 in New York. Noted works include The Sword of Bunker Hill Keep Step With the Music of the Union and The Liberty Bell. The piece recounts Battle of Bunker Hill June 17 1775 and a soldier’s tribute to the sword and Washington’s hair with lines about liberty and ancestral heroism.
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Duyckinck
William Ross Wallace
Poe
Bryant
Lexington
New York City
Wallace
Bunker Hill
Weather Report Joliet June 22 1904
The Weather note for Joliet reports fair conditions tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures. The thermometer logged a high of 79 and a low of 54 in the past 24 hours.
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Joliet
Rev Gavin Urges Brief Engagements and Early Marriages
The Rev P J Gavin assistant pastor of St Leo s church St Louis discusses courtship urging brief engagements and early marriages warning parents not to let young men burn the family gas without serious intentions toward their daughters He suggests a year as ample for learning a partner and notes many men marry young with little money while the wife often wields influence in the home.
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P. J. Gavin
St. Leo's Church
St. Louis
Gavin
Father Gavin
If A Derby Day Story of a Winning If
Joliet cigar store owner Michael Mulock could have netted 388 dollars by betting ten across the board on Wyeth The Picket and Highball in the Derby, had he acted on his convictions. He recorded his selections in a safe, then watched the race unfold. Mulock shrugged at the missed fortune, noting the question of value in hindsight.
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Joliet
Michael Mulock
Spot Cash Cigar Store
Mulock
Wyeth
Crolius Case Under Advisement
The conspiracy case against Mayor William C Crolius was argued before Judge Garnsey. Defense moves to quash the indictment while State's Attorney Heise and lawyers Donovan and Flanders present for the mayor. Case taken under advisement after noon session.
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Crolius
William C. Croluts
Garnsey
Heise
Donovan
Kankakee
Flanders
Joliet
Alice May Woods Dies in Chicago
Alice May Woods eldest daughter of Major Robert Mann Woods died at her Chicago home 6434 Kimbark Avenue after a year long illness. Her remains will be moved to Joliet and then to 100 Winston Avenue for services at 2 30 pm tomorrow with Rev A Laing officiating and interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Miss Woods born October 7 1870 in Chicago. Fragrance of flowers requested by Woods who urges friends to omit them.
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Alice May Woods
Robert Mann Woods
Kimbark Avenue
Chicago
Miss Woods
Joliet
Winston Avenue
A. Laing
Oakwood Cemetery
Woods
Cardinal Satolli to Visit Chicago on US Tour
Cardinal Francis Satolli will visit Chicago on July 7 as guest of Archbishop Quigley and stay at State street and North avenue. He will tour Holy Trinity Polish Catholic Church and other city churches, joined by Bishop Muldoon and Archbishop Quigley before proceeding to St. Paul to visit Archbishop Ireland.
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United States
Francis Satolli
Chicago
Quigley
State Street
North Avenue
St. Paul
Ireland
Holy Trinity
Noble and Chapin Streets
Muldoon
Cannon Receives Tremendous Ovation At Convention
Delegates cheer as Speaker Cannon presides at the convention hall. Hitt withdraws from the race. Lafollette loses recognition and leaves. Fairbanks will be nominated by acclamation. tariff plank stands firm but adaptable. Activities include credentials and permanent organization reports amid Chicago proceedings.
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Hitt
Fairbanks
Lafollette
Committee On
Cannon
Chicago
Senator Cullom
Illinois
Convention Program Shows Roosevelt Nomination Plans and Speeches
The program outlines sessions starting today at noon with Chairman Root and Cannon, credentials reports, platform review, and state delegations for national committeeman. Thursday features Roosevelt formal nomination by Black, with speeches by Beveridge, Knight, Edwards, Cotton, Cummings, and notices to notify the nominees.
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Root
Thomas E. Cox
Joseph G. Cannon
Iinvis
Republican Party
Cannon
National Committee Adopts Slate for States and Territories
The National Committee announced a unified slate listing members from Alabama to Wyoming and territories, adopted unanimously. John D. Long of Massachusetts and others accompanied Speaker Cannon to the platform amid wild cheering as the convention opened in Chicago.
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Committee On
National Committee
Wisconsin
John D. Long
Massachusetts
Cullom
Illinois
Burton
Ohio
Cannon
Spooner
Auto injures Plainfield farmer as party flees toward Joliet
A milk-wagon driver Fred Landorf of Plainfield township was struck by a car carrying two men and a woman. The vehicle abandoned Landorf after the collision at daybreak, later detained in Lockport then released. the car was later found with license 1293 altered. Neighbors aided Landorf, whose condition was precarious. Authorities tracked the party toward Joliet but no further details were available by afternoon.
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Fred Landorf
Plainfield Township
Landorf
A. P. Lambert
Joliet
Stone
Lockport
Duran
Comport
Fanning
Will Stand Put on the Tariff Revision
The Republican platform on tariff stands puts emphasis on protection with a future revision if needed. Henry Cabot Lodge chairs the resolutions committee and reports a firm stand against broad revision, while Hansbrough Nelson push for changes. The sub committee endorsed a protectionist plank with a caveat that schedules may be revised to meet changing business conditions.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Committee On Resoilutions
Su-Committee
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Knute — Nelson
Minnesota
Lodge
Massachusetts
Gallinger
New Hameshire
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Foraker
Ohio
Hopkins
Illinois
Clark
Wyoming
Nelson
Heyburn
Idaho
Beveridge
Indiana
Edward Lauterbach
New York
John W. Blythe
Iowa
Frank H. Short
California
Blythe
Gov
Cummins
John Dalzell
Pittsburg
Deoenee
Hopins
Will Murphy Wins Oratorical Prize at Cornell
Ithaca N Y June 22 Special to The Republican William A Murphy son of Warden Murphy of Joliet prison read the class prophecy at Cornell class day exercises He recently won the undergraduates oratorical prize the top honor of the student body He has been a popular scholar and is preparing for the law Heise and Dibell firm drafts him in law vacations
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Athaca
N. Y
Cornell University
William A. Murphy
Murphy
Eastern University
Snapp
Heise
Dibell
Joliet and Surrounding Towns Couples Listed in Notices
A sequence of companion notices lists couples from Joliet and nearby towns including Joliet, Lockport, Wheaton, and Chicago. Names such as Joseph Dunda, Mae Strutzel, George Y Paton, Isabella Stevenson, Kety Reitz, Theresa Orwath, Frank Hodgson, Mary Sandiford, William North, Eliz abeth Boyer Paulson, Charles Leimbacher, Cora Smith, William Blakeslee, Ida Nightingale, Frank Erhard, Henrietta Borg, Morris Cary, Janet McNabb, and Charles Rowe appear with various ages and home towns. A final line notes a proverb about friendship.
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Joseph Dunda
Mae Strutzel
Joliet
George Y. Paton
Isabella B. Stevenson
Kety P. Reitz
Theresa Orwath
Frank H. Hodgson
Mary E. Sandiford
William W. North
Elizabeth Boyer Paulson
Lockport
Charles B. Leimbacher
Cora Pearl Smith
William Blakeslee
Ida Nightingale
Wheaton
Frank Erhard
Henrietta Borg
Morris L. Cary
Janet Isabella McNabb
Chicago
Senator Fairbanks Slated for Second Place
Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indianapolis born May 11 1852 on a Unionville Center Ohio farm. He studied at Ohio Wesleyan University, admitted to Ohio bar in 1874, moved to Indianapolis the same year, and pursued law. A prior public office holder, he became United States senator after 1897 and was reelected in 1903.
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Indianapolis
Unionville Center
Union County
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Supreme Court of Ohio
Senate
Indiana
Republican Caucus
United States
Cannon Outlines Issues of the Coming Campaign
Congressman Cannon, addressing the national convention, traces the Republican Party from its origins over slavery to a modern force in American industry. He cites Lincoln era policies, expansion of manufacturing, and post office revenues, urging protection and expansion of markets to sustain growth and labor prosperity.
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Cannon
Republican Party
Republic
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Washington
United States
Amwrteai
Gimlar
Great Britain
Germany
France
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Freedom
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God
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Convention Hall
Bulletin
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Senator McComas
Committee On Credentials
Johnson
Committee On Permanent Organization
Jos. G. Cannon
Scripps-McRae
Madison
W. W. Johnson
the National Committee
Alabama
Charles H. Scott
Arkansas
Powell Clayton
George A. Knight
Colorado
M. Stephenson
Connecticut
Charles F. Brooker
J. Edward Addicks
Florida
Georgia
J.W. Lyons
Weldon B. Heyburn
Frank 0
Lowden
Harry
Newtowa
Ernest EB. Hart
Kansas
D. W. Mulvane
Kentucky
John W. Yerkes
Louisiana
W. L. Cohen
Maine
John F. Hill
Maryland
Winthrop
Murray Crane
Michigan
John W. Blodgett
Frank B. Kellogg
Mississippi
L. B. Moseley
Missouri
Montana
John D. Waite
Nebraska
Charles H. Morrill
Nevada
P. L. Flanigan
New Hampshire
Frank
Streeter
New Jersey
Franklin Murphy
Wm. M. Ward
North Carolina
Levi Ankney
West Virginia
W. B. Scott
Henry C. Payne
George E. Pexton
District of Columbia
John F. Cook
Alaska
John G. Heid
Arizona
W.S. Sturges
Indian Territory
Plincy L. Soper
New Mexico
Solomon Luna
Oklahoma
Cash "M. Cabe
Hawaii
A. G. M. Robertson
Philippine Islands
Henry B. McCoy
Porto Rico
R.H. Todd
Scripps- McRae
Allison
Depew
Platt
Howne
Caymon
Convention
Credentiais Committee
Fred Landors
Plainfield
Will Murphy
Ithaca
Senator Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks
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Daniel W. Voorhees
Post Office
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