Ninety-Six Joliet Pupils Never Missed a Day in School
In Joliet the 1902 school year saw ninety six pupils avoid absences across a total enrollment of 5,500. Hickory Street School led in punctuality with eleven daily attendees under Miss Mary McPartlin, while Miss Glennie Harratt supervised the most consistently present scholars. The list details numerous individual pupils by school and street, with multiple entries across Hickory Street Broadway Sheridan and other schools, and notes several birth announcements from area families.
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Joliet
Hickory Street
Mary McPartlin
Glennie Harratt
Red Mill Wagon Bridge Needs Funds After Flood
The Red Mill wagon bridge over Hickory creek, washed away by the June flood, lies ruined and unusable. The town faces about 12 000 in repairs, must wait for next year’s taxes for funding, and the auditing board will decide next week on authorization. Kelthe Stone Co. won the Woodruff hill improvement bid at 35 cents per cubic yard for excavation and filling, with a total payroll of 453.10 for the past week.
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Hickory Creek
Red Mill
Highway Commissioners
Auditing Board
Woodruff Hill
Kelthe Stone Co
John L. Overholser
C. E. Kercheval
Keltie Stone Co
Joliet Tropical Plantation Co. Elects Directors
At a stockholders meeting in Fargo block last evening the Joliet Tropical Plantation Co. unanimously chose its board of directors: John O. Barrett, T. A. Mason, J. Allison, C. E. Antram, George B. Carey, J. F. Skeel.
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Joliet Tropical Plantation Co
Fargo Block
John O. Barrett
T. A. Mason
IJ. Allison
C. E. Antram
George B. Carey
Bids Sought for Riverview Park Race Meet Pavilions
Bids will be received by T. H. Riley Joliet Tr for privileges for the race meet on July 4 at Riverview park dancing pavilions and for refreshments and minor sports up to 10 p m Saturday June 28.
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T. H. Riley
Joliet, Tr
Riverview Park
Electric Flatiron Demonstration at Ottawa and Van Buren
The Economy Light and Power Co advertises the Electric Flatiron as a superior aid to comfort and economy, inviting the public to view its operation at offices on Ottawa and Van Buren Streets.
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Economy Light & Power Co
Ottawa
van Buren Sts
Library to be built of local stone at Ottawa and Clinton
A library board member told a Republican representative that the new public library will use home materials if possible, arguing local stone will cut costs by about half and reflect city energy, enterprise, and culture. The project aims for economic use of local resources with quality construction and civic pride.
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Ottawa and
Clinton Streets
Burnham
Brary
Juliet
Richards Street M. E. Church Vespers Replace Evening Service
Five o clock vesper services will be held at Richards Street M E Church in place of the regular evening service. The program features organ preludes hymns anthems solos and an address by Isaac Watts and His Hymns. Pastor J A J Whipple will deliver A Herdsman's Message in the morning along with the usual musical program.
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Richards Street M. E
Barthold
Peres
Soto
Forrest Russell
Wea
Johnson
Isaac Watts
Judith
Godard H. G. Thayer
Peepee
Nellie I. Young
J. A. J. Whipple
San Marco Venetian Society formed in Joliet
Last night a new Italian society named San Marco Venetian was organized on South Chicago street. Sixty members joined, naming Ciprian Garbin as president and a six member board plus a six member trustees and sanitary committee led by Christiano Benetti. The meeting praised Italian community harmony and anticipated future welfare in Joliet.
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Chicago Street
San Marco
Trento
Trieste
Ciprian Garbin
John M. Danti
Fausino Lazaro
Vincenzo Quass
Giovanni Mangiat
Christiano Benetti
Joliet
Favored Priest of Mercy: Goldsmith Poem Portrait
Oliver Goldsmith born in 1738 in Pallas Ireland died in London. The poem portrays a country preacher who shelters the poor, relieves wanderers, and devotes his life to charity. his pious zeal leads others to faith and comfort, ending with a image of the preacher as an eternal beacon.
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Oliver Goldsmith
Pallas
County Ireland
London
Trinity College
Dublin
Edinburgh
Henry
Illinois Steel plant to shut for Fourth of July rest
All departments except blast furnaces at the Illinois Steel Co plant will close next week for the Fourth of July and reopen the following Monday. Officials aim to give workers in the common labor class a rest after long hours and recent wage gains of about 10 cents per day. Concerns rise over potential broader cuts if holiday closures extend.
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Illinois Steel Company
Labor Rates and Skilled Workmen Under Contract
Fragmentary report notes common labor demand and earnings around one to two dollars per day. It cites a proposed advance affecting unskilled workers while skilled BI tradesmen operate under contract not subject to the same immediate changes.
Weather Prophet Paige Predicts Unusual Summer Pattern
A local forecaster predicts a rare eleven year cycle in weather with cool spells and hot days. He recalls a past summer with sporadic heat, delayed warmth, and scant crops, warning energy and agriculture may suffer if the cycle holds true.
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Paige
Chicago
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Lidia Butzke
Libbie Fisher
Alice Nitz
Eddie Schmidt
Charles Zitake
Alma Arndt
Eddie Hiller
Loretta Bartz
Frank Lemke
Arthur Arndt
Lena Jaster
Broadway
Harold Johnson
Mary Mur
Lauretta Schedler
Margaret Schmidt
Sheridan
Allie Arnold
Cora Boos
MccKinley
Frances Brown
Abbie Carroll
Hazel Brown
Eliza Kelly
Albert Hornecke
James McSherry
Freddie Weber
Nellie Murphy
Emma Patch
Raymond Brown
Nettie Parker
Joseph Shea
Ferdinand Fisher
August Lippert
Margaret McNiff
Willie Parson
Logan
John Balleria
Rosella Pink
Margaret Kasch
Rebecca Dishman
Ambrose O’connor
Arzzella Adams
Johanna Balleria
George Boucher
Sabina Foster
Ernest Semper
Katie Shéa
Thalia Dishman
Daisy Richardson
Nathan Richardson
Longfellow
Mabel Ku
George Clinton
Abe Street
Romiéd Dubrawski
Jere Dubrawski
Water Street
Annie Maria Sievert
Ernest Sievert
Rockdale
Laura Nordenberg
Otto Nordenberg
Il Oneida
Ervin Kasek
Toni Kasek
Agnes Stephangig
Thomas Stephangig
Scott Street
Ranghil
Josephine Holmquist
Chas. Holmquist
Virginia Street
Raymond
Edward. Rappal
William Paul
Rappal
Troy Road
Dee TL. Dennis
West Washington Street
Plainfield
Matheo Chergota
Herman Chergota
Braidwood
Loretta Catherine Touval
Touval
Archie Steen Brown
Thomas Brown
Agnes Kilpatrick
Jand
Alexander Kilpatrick
Florence—Evelyn Baskerville
Land
Thomas L. Baskerville
Wimnington
Margaret Spurr
Don
A. Spurr
Will—Arthur Smith
Henry F. Smith
Washington
Emma Boecker
Gustaf Boecker
Jackson
Alvin Lund
Peter Lund
Alma Lund
Kport
Marie Andel
Wenceslas Andel
Lockport
Rachel Helen Cabeen
James Wallace Cabeen
Elliot William James
William James
Homer
Fred E. Blodgett
Wm. Merge
William Myron Westfall
Charles Westfall
Anna
May— —Thompson
Charles Elsworth Thompson
Ella_ Floris Gustavson
Ca Alfred Gustavson
Frank Winston
Red Mill Wagon Bridge
Hickory
Tse
Keliie Stone Co
AISA
Gordon and Dillworth'’s
Saratoga
Libby
Ned
Java
Barrett
Ramblers
Barrett Hardware Co
Joliet, Ill
Clinton Street
J. A. Doolittle & Co
Tabourettes
Jardiniere
van Buren Street
STOWE
Richards Street
M. E
NEW Italian Society
Perry Davis
Midway
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