Rock Run Opens Next Sunday for Big Picnic Season
Lemuel Northem, manager, will launch Rock Run park season with a Welcome ship trip for painters and paperhangers. The park fleet, barge, and dance hall are prepared as Joliet and Chicago picnics head for a summer of escapes and large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lem, Northem
Chicago
Rock Run Park
Lemuel Northem
Joliet
Rock Run
Electric Park
DeHwood
Union School
A 1908 Lockport High Class History Revealed in Odd Parchment
In Bowlder Colorado a traveler finds a worn manuscript labeled the Lockport High School class of 1908. It recounts a playful yet serious senior year with names such as Freda Ostrom, Howard Myers, Lucy Van Horn, Casilda Yost, and Edith Goss. The document ends with Freda crowned valedictorian and hints at Professor Myers’ deciphering uncertainties.
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Lockport High School
Howard Myers
Howard
Lockport
Freda
Ostrom
Lucy
Yea
van Horn
Casilda
Philip
Frances
Yost
Marello
Evelyn
McDonald
Violet
Scotland
Helen
Murray
Edith
Charles
Goss
Myers
James
Romeo
Harold
Snapp
David
Frank
Sally
Milne
Jay
Kazer
Rising Sun
Clarence
Wagner
Abraham Lincoln
Leney
Engagement Framed by Pink and White Luncheon
Miss Helen Taylor announces her engagement to John Kenyon Bush of Joliet at a Bloomington Country Club luncheon hosted by Mrs. Lucy W. Lucas. The event featured pink and white decorations, heart motifs, and raised plans for the couple to wed. Bush, son of J E Bush of South Chicago Street, is a Joliet high school instructor and Phi Gamma Delta member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Bush
Joliett Township
Mr. Bush
J. E. Bush
South Chicago
Bloomington
Lucy W. Lucas
Helen Taylor
Miss Taylor
John Kenyon Bush
Joliet
Bush
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Taylor
Class Prophecy Fragment From Lockport 1908
The readable lines present a class prophecy featuring Miss Murella Yost and Frank Milne in a witch scene, with Howard Myers and others named. It blends verses honoring deceased classmates like Violet McDonald and James Richard Farrell and recalls Ellsie and Jay with brief biographical flourishes and playful tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murella Yost
Frank Milne
Howard Myers
Address to Juniors by the Class of 1903
An early 20th century address urges juniors to work honestly and bravely in 1904. The class warns against vanity and shortcut appeals, advising steady effort, fairness, and persistence to reach success. It concludes with a welcoming note from the Class of Truthfulness.
Kankakee County Sells Railroad For Unpaid Taxes
Kankakee Illinois June 25 The Illinois Iowa and Minnesota railway was sold for unpaid taxes in the county the amount paid 2125 43 W J Brock representing C H Smith of Aurora was the purchaser The sale was conducted by the county treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Illinois, Iowa & Minnesota Railway
W. J. Brock
C. H. Smith
Aurora
Brock
Reed
Noted specialist Dr Appleman offers free consultations
Those with serious ailments are urged to consult Dr Appleman whose fifteen years of practice in the area have yielded phenomenal success. He has built a large patient base and continues to provide his services to the sick with free consultations.
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Appleman
Illinois Police association holds eighth convention in Elgin
About 100 delegates attended the Illinois Police Association convention in Elgin with officers elected: President A B Little Rockford Vice Presidents Thomas H Brennan Ottawa John McAvoy Blue Island Secretary Ben De Jaeger Moline Treasurer Archie Morenau Aurora Sergeant at arms James Downs Belvidere. Delegates included fifty two Chicago officers and Joliet participants.
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Elgin
Illinois Police Association
A. B. Little
Rockford
Thomas H. Brennan
Ottawa
John McAvoy
Blue Island
Ben de Jaeger
Moline
Archie Morenau
Aurora
Chicago
Price
Frank Gahan
Fox River
M. B. Little
Uring
Martin Murphy
William Hennessy
Matt Conners
James McCraney
Joliet
Louis Webber
Charles Stolp
Archie Moreau
John Kaiser
Peter Stanton
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Roge
Seigel-Coop
Helen Murray
Colorado
Bowlder
State University
Professor Myers
da. Gush
Uates
Northwestern University
Mureilla Yost
Frank Lalley
Sphinx
Olks
Hercules
Greece
Srass
Howard Meyers
Olympia
Miss Murray
Donald
Elsie
James Richard Farrell
Tiltziola
Northwestern University Law School
Henpeck
Iarantoni
Ee Ee bin
Peck
Marella Marie
Reid
Marella Maria
Lucy van Horn
Mars
Jones
Earth
Jay Kazer
First National Bank
Harold Snapp
Violet MacDonald
Mr.Snapp
Kankakee County
J. Brock
Wisi
Dr. King
B. F. Ayscue
Ams
James Downs
Belvidere
Hobbs
Ottawa Street
Eab
G. E. Jarvis
the Good Goods
Nobby Fi
Elijah
Joliet Oratorio Society
Central Presbyterian Church
W. W. Kimball CO
Jefferson St
J. F. Wilkinson
Mgrl
the Daily Republican
van Buren
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