Pinkerton Detectives In City Stir Political Intrigue
Chicago agency agents have been sent to the city on quiet investigations tied to local politics. Police report several Pinkertons are missing or unaccounted for after handling sensitive matters, with officials unsure of the purpose and seeking information from Chicago.
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Chicago
Pinkertons
W. C. Crosius
Howe Detective Agency
Howe
Woodruff
Fifth
Crollus
Chautauqua Campers Fill Forest Avenue Lots
Forest avenue will host a busy Chautauqua with over half of country home sites taken and 4000 programs being mailed for children’s day on July 17. Campers include Miss Florence Murray, C C Wilcox, Miss Anna Gaskill, Rev. Geo McGinnis, and groups like Woman's Study Club and Knights of Pythias. Season tickets and remaining Chautauqua shares are available through C C Wilcox at Joliet Warehouse.
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Forest Avenue
Chautauqua
McCroskey
C. C. Wilcox
Wm. J. Cummings
J. C. Hunt
Ida Smith
Chicago
Florence HE
Murray
Anna Gaskill
Helen Vance
Baby Pilcher
A. E. Vance
A. Brewster
A. L. Hungerford
Fred. Grohne
Frank Hiler
H. W. Spencer
Jas
M. Michaels
Woman's Study Club
Rev. Geo. McGinnis
Luther Sadler
Royal League
Knights of Pythias
Wm. H. Cryder
Art Club
Joliet News
Joliet
Republican
Florence Murray
Rock Run
Joliet Warehouse Company
Inside tips and alleged arrests spark police questioning
The paper claimed inside information on a recount and alleged advance tips. Officials question how deeply involved management was in obtaining these facts and seek an explanation from Dr. Sunshine about the case.
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Dr. Sunshine
Whistle Reflector Proposed to Cut Train Noise
Richard Zintzsch proposes hood shaped reflectors on locomotive whistles tested by Baldwin Locomotive Works to project sound forward and reduce nuisance. He claims sound would travel twice as far, improving crossing safety and cutting noise for nearby residents.
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Richard Zintzsch
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Zintzsch
Silver Cross card party at Fargo Flats Oneida Street
The Silver Cross card party will be held Friday afternoon at the Fargo Flats on Oneida Street. Some confusion existed about the location, but the event takes place at Fargo Flats starting Friday at 2 30 in the afternoon.
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Fargo Flats
Oneida Street
Fargo Building
Louise Ackert Weds Robert Pohl at Christchurch Rectory
Louise Ackert and Robert Pohl were quietly married yesterday at Christchurch rectory with Dr. Thos W MacLean officiating. Both are well known in the city and Mr Pohl is chief clerk at the steel mills. St Mary's picnic at Shooting Park is the big home celebration of the fourth this year.
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Louise Ackert
Robert Pohl
Christchurch
Thos. W. MacLean
Pohl
St. Mary’s
Shooting Park
City hall needs fireproof safes for papers
The city faces urgent need for larger and more secure vaults to protect valuable city maps contracts and records. The board discussed storage risks after officials warned current vaults are inadequate and a fire could wipe out irreplaceable documents. Work on Richards street paving contracts and bonds were approved with Conway Asphalt Co. to begin around July 1.
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New City Hall
Conway Asphalt Co
Richards Street
Board of Local Improvements
Stevens
Conway Asphalt Company
Barr
American Fidelitys Company
Chicago
Night session in county court on Spring Creek Drainage case
The county court spent the night session examining signatures for the abandonment petition as petitioners lacked affidavits. Judge Haven adjourned to Friday after attending Judge Hirscher's funeral in Watseka. Condemnation cases resume tomorrow with an additional night session at 7 PM to decide the Spring Creek matter.
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Spring Creek
Judge Haven
Hirscher
Watseka
Civil suit over overdue rent for Washington street shop
Joseph Stanton owner of a Washington street building now used as a carpenter shop by J. W. Love seeks possession on grounds Love has not paid $15 overdue rent. The case moved from Justice Hawk to Police Magistrate Allen on change of venue and came up for a hearing.
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Mr. Love
Stanton
Love
Reynolds
Blatt
Allen
Joseph Stanton
Washington Street
J. W. Love
Justice of the Peace Hawk
Mutiny Battleships Fire on Odessa Harbor Riots
The mutinous crew of the Kniaz Potemkin began bombarding Odessa this morning. Rioters set five steamers at the wharves ablaze and destroyed merchandise. losses exceed 2 million dollars. Casualties are reported in the thousands as troops fire on rioters. The unrest prompts martial law, with authorities threatening further actions. The Lodz and Marmusoff assassination add to the chaos.
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Odessa
Vienna
Lodz
Pingree Held in Lima Child Abandonment Case
At the request of Lima Ohio police Wm H Pingree was taken into custody here and held at headquarters awaiting transfer to answer charges in Lima He had deserted his family of several small children and was arrested while working with laborers dismantling the Seventh Ward bowling alley recently sold for Electric park use Chief Emery made the arrest He spent time in Plainfield and Lima and worked for a street car company and later a contractor named Prescott.
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Seventh Ward
JoHet & Plainfield Electric Railway
Electric Park
Emery
Lima
Plainfield
Prescott
St Marys Parish to Celebrate Fourth at Shooting Park
The Fourth of July will be celebrated by St Marys parish at Shooting Park with elaborate arrangements by multiple committees aimed at surpassing previous years celebrations. Variable winds and a chance of showers are noted for tonight or Friday.
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St. Mary’s Parish
Study of geography and language in seventh grade reform
Teachers at a state institute advocate objective geography with real materials and stereoscopic aids to spark interest. They urge delaying formal grammar to seventh grade and using language activities tied to current projects, while stressing physiology, hygiene, and self respect to curb alcohol and narcotics.
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Campbell
Teachers’ Institute
Eight Men Lynched by a Georgia Mob
At Watkinsville seven miles from Athens a mob of about one hundred masked men freed the jailer and hanged a white man and seven Black men for the Holbrook double murder and an attempted assault. Victims strung in the public square were identified as Lon Aycock white and seven Black men named Lewis Robertson Sandy Price Rob Harris Claude Elder Joe Patterson Jim Yearty plus Lon Aycock. State authorities were notified but unlikely to intervene. Four Black men faced murder charges in the Holbrook killings. others suspected in the Weldon Dooley assault.
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Lewis Robertson
Rich Robertson
Sandy Price
Rob Harris
Claude Elder
Joe Patterson
Jim Yearty
Lon Aycock
Honors to Harvard in Yale Harvard regatta on Thames
Thousands gathered in New London to watch Yale and Harvard compete for aquatic supremacy on the Thames. Harvard won the four oared race in 11 minutes 22 seconds to Yale 11 minutes 27 seconds and captured the eight oared freshman race in 9 minutes 59 seconds to Yale 10 minutes 04 seconds.
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Scripps-McRae
New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Miss Oesterle Surprised By Youth Party At Home
Miss Rose Oesterle was surprised by a group of young friends at her Van Buren street home. The evening featured games and music with refreshments. Attending were Misses Rose Oesterle Aurelia Siddon Lillie Beckwith Maud Beckwith May Nussbaum Grace Snodgrass Lillian Bayliss Vera Knott Jennie Chase Sydnie Smith Marguerite Oesterle and Messrs Leon De Garmo Leonard Fredericks Walter Bott Will Dobbleday Harry Turvey Eugene Grady Harry Whitgrove Waldo Poehner Clarence Oesterle Albert Oesterle. Great baby show announced for St Marys picnic July 4 at Shooting Park.
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Rose Oesterle
van Buren Street
Misses Rose Oesterle
Aurelia Siddon
Lillie Beckwith
Maud Beckwith
May Nussbaum
Grace Snodgrass
Lillian Bayliss
Vera Knott
Jennie Chase
Sydnie Smith
Marguerite Oesterle
Messrs
Leon de Garmo
Leonard Fredericks
Walter Bott
Will Doubleday
Harry Turvey
Eugene Grady
Harry Whitgrove
Waldo Poehner
Clarence Oesterle
Albert Oesterle
Three Hundred Eastern Stars Gala Reception
Marguerite chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star hosted its annual reception and banquet with about three hundred attendees. Grand officers led formal ceremonies, the hall featured marguerites ferns and palms, and a six course dinner was served. Many out of town guests attended the event and a wagonette ride was planned for today.
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Eastern Star
Kate Aul Heath
Heath
James Smith
Chester
Wiley
Signet
The
Eastern Stars
Miss Myer to Entertain for Miss Cecile Vance
Miss Clara Mygre hosts a card party for Miss Cecile Vance tomorrow afternoon at Fourth Avenue home. Miss Myers is a bride‑elect to wed Burton Shutts of Pennsylvania, formerly of the city, and will depart Joliet for Canton in September to wed there. She recently said farewell to her Kindergarten pupils after a lawn party and received gifts from mothers and children.
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Clara Mygre
Cecile Vance
Fourth Avenue
Miss Myers
Burton Shutts
Pennsylvania
Jolitt
Canton
Mise Myers
Married couple from Chicago wed at Christ Church
Mrs. E. Meinhard and J. Forbes of Chicago were quietly married Tuesday afternoon at Christ Church rectory by Rev. MacLean. They are guests of Mr and Mrs R B Russell on Benton Street and will proceed to their Fox Lake summer home.
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E. Meinhard
J. Forbes
Chicago
Christ. Episcopal Church
MacLean
Interchangeable Mileage Books Offered by Several Rail Lines
The notice announces mileage books good over the Chicago and Joliet Electric, Joliet Plainfield and Aurora, Aurora and Southern Traction, and Aurora Higin and Chicago railways with third rail. On sale at all ticket offices. Price five dollars. Minor typographical errors noted in the document.
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Chicago
Aurora, Higin
Chicago Ry
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