27 Jun 1902
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Newspaper
The Joliet Daily Republican
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
1
Saturday and Monday offer free glass cake stands with one pound of tea or two pounds of coffee or more at GRAND UNION TEA CO. 202 North Chicago Street. The Daily Republican mailing option and contact details for The Electric Flatiron and The Electric Fan appear alongside Economy Light & Power Co. notices.
A Chicago traveler nicknamed Amen Man enters the St Nicholas hotel in a bruising episode. He claims to have licked three men after a brawl sparked by staff and boarders, and he boasts of cash and a flashy wardrobe amid recent misfortune.
Rev. J A J Whipple, pastor of Richards Street M E Church, is praised for his alumni banquet address published June 20 in The Republican. He argues Joliet High School should field a strong football team with proper training, despite criticism that the sport is too brutal.
United States Steel Corporation weighs a new $5,000,000 Joliet tube mill with extensive improvements across Joliet and surrounding plants. Charles M Schwab declined to disclose specific departments or totals, but indicated major site selection and upgrades are under consideration during a West tour. The party traveled from New York to Pittsburg Chicago Joliet and Lorain to inspect plants and potential locations.
Castalia court held a dancing party on the barge Solid Comfort leaving Jefferson street docks at 7:30 pm. Holman’s orchestra provided music for dancing on the trip to Rock Ron park and back. The pavilion at the park drew crowds and the return voyage featured continued dancing. The weather was crisp but ideal for an outdoor event and the affair was deemed a success.
An advertisement touts the Electric Flatiron as a superior aid for comfort and economy, inviting the public to see it in operation at the offices on Itawa and Van Buren Streets. Contact numbers are listed as 536.
A grateful note thanks neighbors and friends for their 80 kind assistance during illness. The author acknowledges support and kindness shown during sickness.
Joseph Woods of Chicago purchased the bay gelding Beach, known to Joliet horsemen, from Edward Ryan of Wilmington for 1500 dollars. Woods was also noted as a buyer in Joliet, having previously purchased the pacing mare Countess De Night from Allen F. Cooper about a year ago.
Clothing cleaning and dye service offered at Joliet Steam Dye House on short notice. Suits cleaned and pressed for $1.50, trousers priced similarly.
The notice recounts Bret Harte’s life and works, noting his birth in Albany in 1830 and death in London in 1902, plus roles as professor and U.S. consul. It then presents a satirical piece about a Stanislaw Society quarrel where Brown brings fossil bones, a vault dispute, and Abner Dean’s injury spark a fossil-fueled brawl culminating in a mammoth skull collision.
The Silver Cross Hospital training school for nurses held its graduation exercises with three graduates, Lulu B. Rogers, Myrtie M. Vance, and Lillian Mitchell Murray, receiving diplomas. Dr. Marion E. Bowler delivered the charge, praising nursing as a noble calling and stressing patient care, adherence to physician orders, and the nurse's responsibility in alleviating suffering.
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