Dellwood Hosts Eleventh Annual Railroad Picnic
The Enigin Joliet & Eastern railroad held its eleventh annual picnic at Dellwood with hundreds of employees and families. A special five-coach train from Waukegan carried attendees who enjoyed sports events, a baby show, and multiple contests led by I. B. Cummings and a committee. Dwight McNally featured in athletic events amid a day of games, prizes, and group revelry.
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Enigin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad
Dellwood
Waukegan
I. B. Cummings
E. Abraham
H. Grady
E. J. Moore
C. H. Emerson
W. C. Sapp
E. F. Foley
T. H. Speth
Fred Carpenter
Dan Nicholson
Mattie Trainor
Michael Trainor
Thomas Pendleton
Virginia Street
Fourteen Graduates at St Marys Academy Exercises
The annual graduating exercises of St Marys Academy were held last evening at St Marys hall under the direction of the Sisters of Loretta. Fourteen young ladies were conferred honors, with a program featuring piano pieces, plays, readings, and scenes including wedding festivities and the death of the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Academy
St. Mary's Hall
Sisters of Loretta
Pauline Ingoldsby
Henritta M. Braun
Anna F. Carroll
Isabel M. Dunne
Bessie W. Feely
Cecilia M. Gibbons
Pauline C. Ingoldsby
Charlotte M. Johnson
Viola C. Kelly
Evelyn E. Kinsella
Genevieve M. Lennon
Mary G. Martin
Viola M. Meers
Mae J. Sullivan
Genevieve M. Wall
Denza
Lovely Rose
Vincent
Hoesley
Isabel Dunne
Keler Bela
Rosemary Shaeren
Helen Condon
Viola Meers
Genevieve Casey
Senator Money Recalls Civil War Neck Injury and Osteopathic Rescue
The story recalls Senator Money’s 1863 Franklin battle cavalry accident in which a bullet and a fall led to a broken neck. After decades of neuralgia and near blindness, he sought osteopathic help in New York where the vertebra was snapped back into place, eliciting his noted remark that his neck had just been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Money
Mr. Money
Franklin
Money
Mone
Senate
Senator Foraker
New York
Pipa
Mamma
Papa Billus
Bessie
New York Telegraph
Midnight elopement scene at Billus house
A dramatic tempest of fear and passion unfolds as Arthur Chugwater and Bessie Billus plan a midnight elopement. They climb a rain slick ladder to a window, fearing their indulgent father and a social scandal while a discreet motorist waits nearby under a sleepy moon.
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Billus
Dancing Last Team Races and Evening Skating Event
Martin took turns at hurling to Mc Keand of the Coal City team Dancing Last. Following the roller skating race, the dancing began. The committee in charge consisted of C Weinebrod Al Hart C ODay and F Finnegan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
McKeand
Coal City
C. Weinebrod
al. Hart
C. O'Day
F. Finnegan
Praised Parks Visitor Praises Joliet Parks
California visitor H M Mayberry of Alhambra praised Joliet’s parks during his visit with J R Hobbs. He called the scenery magnificent and noted it surpassed many California parks he has seen before returning home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Joliet’s
H. M. Mayberry
Alhambra
Cal
J. R. Hobbs
Mr. Mayberry
Trolley Pole Pulls Off Car At Chicago Clinton Corner
A trolley pole detached from a southbound Dellwood park car at the Chicago and Clinton streets corner at 11 45 last night causing excitement among passengers but no damage. The car was pushed to the barns by another car.
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Dellwood Park
Chicago and
Clinton Streets
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McNally
James Reed
D. McNally
Gleason
Kodak
Cooley
Larkin
Steth
Ethel Larking
Verna_Long
Arleny
Smith
Soda
S._A. Byman
Annie Lucas
Mattie Gast
Reed-McNaly
Speth-Roe
Sepp
Stream
Garron and Wilkins
Up Transportation Department
E. J
W Nelson
Reed
Speth
Ray
McCain
Wilkins
Car Center
Peel
Bosler
C I
O'Day
McConnelley
Sitphen
ST. Mary's School
Stanley Schell
Mrs. Hemans
Ianthis
Charlotte Johnson
Eudora
Anna Carol
Genevieve. Wall
Cecilia Gibbons
Genevieve Lennon
Rose Maiden
Cowen
Marsch
Tannhauser
Wagner
Marie Cosgrove
Henrietta Braun
Cecelia Gibbons
Edith Wordsworth
Exile of the Gael
John Boyle O’reilly
Viola Kelly
Bessie Feely
Isabel. Dunne
Evelyn— Kinsella
Columbia
Erin
May Sullivan
Ava Maria Loretta
Rieger
Bessie Billus
Arthur
Darling
Papa
Parks
Rollo
ICES
Hobbs
Ottawa Street
Rocky Ford
G. E. Jarvis
Nobby- Furnivhinge
New York Central Lines
Chicago
Michigan Central
St. Louis
VIA
Canada
Adirondack Mountaing
St. Lawrence River
Warren J. Lynch
Mgr
India
Ceylon
ALL Grocers
The
India and Ceylon
Elijah
Joliet
Oratorio Society
Witt
van Burem
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