Ill conceived Christian charity lottery plan aims to raise ten million
Joliet resident Henry F. C. Rokahr promotes a so called Christian Charity Lottery to raise 10,000,000 by selling tickets from 50 cents to 1,000,000 dollars in prizes. He promises 4,401,000 in prizes and a personal gain of 5,599,000 to fund his escape from sin and alleged battle with Satan. The scheme lists a million dollar top prize and a long ladder of smaller awards, with a drawing set for March 7, 1909 in Chicago.
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Satan —Fiist
Rokahr
Chicago
Rokhar
Kokahr
Frank Pagano
Ignazio Pagano
Pagano
Causa
Class of 1908 Graduation at Lockport High School
Address by Howard Myers opens Lockport high school graduation for the class of 1908. He urges loyalty to alma mater, thanks the board of education and teachers, and looks to future opportunities with the town’s township high school rising. The speaker cites Lincoln and Patrick Henry, urges perseverance, and ends with Holmes’s Chambered Nautilus farewell.
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Abraham Lincoln
Patrick Henry
Board of Education
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Incorporation Issued for Commercial Livery and Transfer Co
The secretary of state issued a license to incorporate Commercial Livery and Transfer Co of Joliet. The stock is $15,000 and the object is to conduct a livery stable and black shops. Incorporators listed include EB Clark K H Howard and L Howard.
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Cence
Commercial Livery and Clark Transfer Co
Unscrupulous Patent Medicine Claim Quoted in Ad Rant
Fragmentary OCR text hints at an advertisement or claim about medicine that allegedly cures all ills and makes a healthy person not sick. The snippet references a “mighty cinema” like claim and a warning style line about a sick person taking medicine. No identifiable people, places, or organizations are clear.
Valedictory Address from Lockport High School Graduates
The senior class reflects on yesterday and today shaping tomorrow. It honors the past, notes trials and pride, and pledges to carry lessons into future endeavors as they close four years of study at Lockport High School.
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Honorable Board of Education
Lockport High School
Egypt
Greece
Rome
Highway Commissioners End Quiet Session With Payroll Approval
The Highway Commissioners met this morning and approved a payroll totaling 470.15 dollars. An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia and liver issues, praising its effects on digestion and vitality. Available under guarantee at J. D. Brown & Co., 50 cents. A dance event is noted at Dellwood tonight.
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Frank Conlan
Houston St
New York
J. D. Brown, & Co
Mal Session Concludes Term as Circuit Court Sits
Both branches of the circuit court resume today under Judges Dibell and Marshall with final adjournment planned this afternoon. Bonds posted for William T. Calvin and settlement of the Gaylord Munroe suit are noted, along with two uncontested divorces, cross bills, and foreclosures filed in various cases.
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Gaylord-Munroe
Trwo
John Lambert
E. B. Howard
Thompson
Circuit Court
Sesson
Dibell
Marshall
Wiliam T. Calvin
Howard T. Patterson
Calvin
Robert Gaylord
Chicago
Charles A. Munroe
Economy Light & Power Co
Eugenia Gustat
Joseph Gustat
Anna E. McNerny
Anthony McNerny
Heat Prostration Advice Aimed at Adults For Babies
Health departments issue a bulletin on hot weather impact on babies. Heat prostration often involves preexisting conditions and heat alone is not the sole factor. Those exposed to heat more are affected. lessons from tropical regions apply. Stay cool, drink water, and eat light hot weather guidance.
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Tropics
Summer infant mortality fears and diet advice from TOM On
The text warns that infant deaths will rise in coming weeks, with August expected to peak at three times the current rate unless care improves. It urges mothers to improve babies' milk quality and child care during hot weather, while noting immunity measures by the department to address the issue.
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Tom
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Henry F. C. Rokahr
South
Chicago ST
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Joliet
Salupatory
Howard Myers
Board of
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Alfreda Florindia Ostrom
Dellwood
WM. T. Calvin Free
Master In Chancery Hill
Herman P. Liseberg
Carey T. Seagraves
Anna Laughlin
Mathew Maloney
Emma Adell Vogt
Minnie
George Greger
Bill
Robert T. Kelly
Andrew Bazik
Lambert
Ee Gs
Fred Bennitt
Citizens, National Bank Et al
John D. Thompson
All
Crags
M. A. Allen
Wilcounty National
E. E Howard
AID
Ottawa St
Irartes
Medicina
Norka
van Buren
Desplaines Streets
Dellwood Park
Falls of
Niagara
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