Man Invader Hides in Closet During Jones Residence Break In
An unknown intruder entered the Jones home on the corner ofite and Coster streets last night, hid in a closet, and escaped before discovery. Police searched unsuccessfully. The Jones sisters, returning from church after 10, alerted neighbors as the prowler vanished, with robbery suspected.
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Poice
Jones
Ite
Coster
Mr May
Maria Jones
Misses Jones
Grape Nuts Praised for Balanced Nourishment and Energy
A reader extols Grape Nuts as perfectly balanced food that supports all life stages from infant to old age. They cite improved nerve and brain power and memory after two years of use with milk, sometimes cream, and note meals rely on vegetables and fruit with Grape Nuts at tea. The letter mentions the product offered by Postum Co. and references Battle Creek, Michigan.
City in Brief Adds Local Notices and Ads
Prof Said Md LeLaine clairvoyant palmist and card reader at 20 % address 20 percent. Patents and pensions obtained by F A Hoover at 523 Young building Joliet Il. Plain sewing and children's sewing specialty at 603 South Center street. Plymouth Standard Binder Twine 9 cents a pound at Chas S Culver 120 Jefferson Joliet Illinois.
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LeLaine
Scott Street
F. A. Hoover
Young Building
Jo- Het
South Center Street
N. W
Chas. S Culver’s
Jefferson Street
Joliet, Il
New trial granted in Kosicek estate case in Stern and Lindblad suit
Joseph Stakel administrator of Kosicek estate gets a new trial against Stern owner of Stern's block on North Chicago street and Lindblad contractor after Kosicek drowned in construction excavation. Judge Marshall ordered the retrial amid two prior verdicts for plaintiff, damages once set at 1706 and then one cent. A memory requiem high mass is set for Brother Charles Sitar at St Joseph's Austrian church. The Venice mainland railroad bridge spans 12,500 feet.
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Joseph Stakel
Joseph Kosicek
Ludwig Stern
Stern
Chicago Street
Emil Lindblad
Kosicek
Stukes
Marshall
St. Joseph's Austrian Church
Charles Sitar
Giffin to Represent Chicago Athletic Association at Olympics
Merrit A. Giffin, interscholastic champion discus hurler, will compete in the Olympic games for the Chicago Athletic Association. He has sailed to New York with his teammates under the New York Athletic Association banner. The delegation includes eighty six men and plans to sail from New York tomorrow.
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Merrit A .Giffin
Chicago Athletic Association
Giffin
New York
A. B. Shaw
John Bliss Shaw
New York Athletic Association
Smallpox scare at city hall as lineman Cornelius Douglass is isolated
Cornelius Douglass a lineman visiting the city health department to learn about facial eruptions turned out to have smallpox. A guard prevented entry to the office while the isolation hospital was prepared and fumigation completed. He had been staying on South Ottawa Street for about a month.
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Cornelius Douglass
Health Department
Ottawa Street
City
Pythian Parade Called For U R E of P Members
Members ordered to appear at Armory Rink Saturday at 10 30 a m in full uniform with white gloves. Report to Captain F W Pearson.
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Armory Rink
Pythian
F. W. Pearson
Advocates City Control of Railroad Flagmen
George H. Munroe urges a city ordinance to place all crossing flagmen under municipal control. He says this would end daily street blockades and allow trains to open gates after a set time, enabling relief from delays. Munroe discussed the idea with Mayor Cronin this morning, and a draft ordinance may be prepared for the council.
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George H. Munroe
Two Policemen Clash as Scully Arrests Nolan for Disorderly Conduct
Sergeant Arthur Scully arrested merchant policeman Lawrence Nolan on disorderly conduct charges after a chat with Patrolman Corbley. Nolan seeks to prove Scully has prior misconduct while Scully accuses Nolan of being a busybody. A hearing in Justice Nichols's court is scheduled for tomorrow with a venue change requested by Nolan.
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Arthur Scully
Lawrence Nolan
Nolan
Chicago
Clinton
Corbley
McMasters
Scully
Peddler Ike Cohn Faces Jail Over $300 Judgment
Ike Cohn alias Ike Brady, a peddler, must pay $300 or go to jail after a Circuit court ruling for misrepresentation in a potato sale to Rudolph Gottlieb of Chicago. Gottlieb originally won $475 damages, later remitted $175, leaving $300. Judge Marshall denied a new trial.
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Ike Cohn
Cohn
Rudolph Gottlieb
Chicago Commission
Gottleb
Marshall
New Trial Granted in Channahon Auto Case
Judge Marshall granted a new trial to the village of Channahon after the plaintiff refused to remit 174 dollars from an 874 dollar verdict in circuit court. The suit involved damages from a car accident near the village when the vehicle reportedly went off the road. Roumani is said to hold illiteracy. Two thirds of the population can neither read nor write.
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Marshall
Channahon
Lawrence
Roumani
Five-room cottage for sale on Joliet Street
For sale a five room cottage on Joliet Street with city water and sewer. Includes a good lot. Price listed at 1500 dollars. Contact Chas. A. Noble at 151-31.
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Joliet Street
City Water and Sewer
Chas. A. Noble
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Gauntlet Lodge No
Pythian Sisters
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Postum Co
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Venice
Sal
Ike Brady
Edward Lawrence
Wilson & Cornish
East Side Grocers
Washington St
Eastern
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P. Kiepy
Cicg
Sie
Dr. J. MacCoy
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R. W. Pool
East Main Street
Streator
Ill
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Quartette
Mister
Serid
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Home of
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Stillman
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Rick A. Hill
Wilk County
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