City Officials Move to Repair Collins Street Pavement
Officials plan a joint arrangement with Conway Asphalt Co. of Chicago and Chicago & Joliet Electric Ry Co. to repair Collins Street after repealing an ordinance favoring city contractors. A conference will be arranged with City Attorney Martin. J J McCarthy of the paying concern will visit the city late next week. The event ties to Odd Fellows gathering June 10–13 and other local matters including repairs and street improvements.
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Conway Asphalt Co
Chicago & Joliet Electric Railway Co
Collins Street
Central Presbyterian Church
Men’s League
Hearaymond Robbins
Chicago
van Buren
Barber
Elfin Shoe Co
Western Ted Gas & Electric Co
Mat
Committee On Ith
Peotone Man Joel Conklin Dies in County Jail
Joel Conklin of Peotone died at the county jail after arrival for a mental examination. He was 41 and had become violent the day before, threatening family and firing a shotgun. An inquest was planned. cause unknown though possible trauma from a fall or being kicked by a horse.
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Nance
Joel Conklin
Peotone
Conklin
Crosswalk Ordered At Desplaines Allen Intersection
The superintendent of streets was ordered to raise a cross walk at the intersection of Desplaines and Allen streets, located on an avenue between Fourth and Fifth avenues.
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Desplaines
Allen Streets
Parents Are Cruel Cases Heard In First Ward
Two troubling cases of alleged parental cruelty were heard. Arabian wants to imitate other girls and was taken into custody. she claims abuse by her mother and Mrs. A Nehas but was later returned to her parents. Santo Rigoni, 13, Italian American, suffered a severe arm abscess after parents refused medical help and harshly treated the wound, prompting police and charity aid and possible removal to Glenwood under attorney Harvey Woods.
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Anna Nehas
Anna
Santo Rigoni
Roland
Rigoni
School For Boys
Glenwood
Harvey Woods
Parade details for Spanish American War Veterans convention
Col R J Shand of Rockford commands four companies H and K of Rockford and D and I of Aurora to participate in the June parade. The units will march here on the twentieth and then proceed to Springfield for a week of encampment with the Third Regiment I N G.
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R. J. Shand
Rockford
Aurora
Springfield
UAD Ordinance Accepted As City Receives Bonus Payment
Western United Gas and Electric Co accepted the city gas ordinance in full following council passage. City Clerk Berscheidt received a letter with a $5,000 first payment on the bonus and noted an additional $10,000 due in sixty days.
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Berscheidt
Western United Gas & Electric Co
Duck King Sues over $12.25 in Pelty Proceedings
Duck King of the West files suit against Joseph Luhosz Mary Luhosz and W Polcyn seeking $12.25 in damages or settlement. The case names the defendants and targets a monetary recovery in a civil matter.
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George M. Fish
The
West
Joseph Luhosz
Mary Luhosz
W. Polcyn
Mains Under Channel To Be Laid Tomorrow
After a Spring Creek Drainage Board meeting with Mayor Cronin the city will begin laying new water mains across the Washington street channel tomorrow morning. The drainage board will rush the bridge construction to be open by morning, aiming for completion the same day. George H. Munroe noted street closures cause inconvenience but necessary for major improvements.
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Spring Creek Drainage Board
Cronin
Washington Street
Drainage Board
George H. Munroe
Thieves Repented Clothes Returned In Ohio Street Theft
Olsen Brothers and a young companion questioned by detectives admitted no guilt. Three arrests were made for the Richards clothing theft in Collins street, but officers concluded the suspects were innocent and the stolen garments were returned to the Richards home.
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Gilbert
Frank Olsef
Axel Peterson
Jackson Street
Excavation on Campbell Street Begins for Asphalt Paving
Work started this morning on Campbell Street to be paved with asphalt by the Metropolitan Engineering and Construction Co. of Chicago. The excavation crew will be increased later as work progresses.
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Campbell Street
Nicholson Street
Metropolitan Engineering & Construction Co
Chicago
Beecher Man Found Insane and Committed to State Asylum
Otho L. Jones once a Beecher commission merchant was arraigned in Probate court and judged insane. He claimed he could predict his death hour and blamed relatives for imagined wrongs. He was ordered removed to the state asylum at Kankakee.
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Fithian
Kankakee
S J Vaughn Resigns From City Manual Training Post
S J Vaughn, who has led the city schools manual training department for a year, resigns to take a position in DeKalb Illinois. No applicants for the vacancy have been heard from yet.
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S. J. Vaughn
DeKalb, Ill
Merchants Vote to Close City Stores on Memorial Day
The Merchants' Association met to close all principal city stores at noon Saturday Memorial Day with Friday night openings for public convenience. A second resolution keeps stores closed all day July 4th since it also falls on a Saturday, prompting Friday night trading.
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Merchants’ Association
Sohager
Mushfield Sues City Over Fatal Fall From Cart
Mrs. Christine Mushfield administratrix of August Mushfield's estate sues the City of Joliet in circuit court alleging fatal injuries from a fall on Columbia Street near Collins. She seeks $10,000 with the city contending the street was in a safe condition and will defend accordingly.
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Christine Mushfield
August Mushfield Tenmd
Jo-liet Ave
Marshall
Operator in Duel With Three Thugs in Plainfield
Ernest Lockwood, telegraph operator at Walker, battled three armed men during an attempted robbery of the Elgin Joliet & Listern freight station near Plainfield. One assailant was shot and wounded. Lockwood escaped unharmed, and a manhunt by railroad detectives continues. Police detained William Wright and Martin Brough as possible accomplices, with a third man unlocated.
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Beau Brummel
Ernest Lockwood
Plainford
Walker
William Wright
Martin Brough
Chicago
Ruby Street
Lockwood
Plainfield
Elgin, Joliet & Listern
W&jh
Phillip Reith
Joliet
Wood
Peter OBrien Wins Judgment in Circuit Court
The Circuit Court yesterday entered a judgment in favor of Peter O'Brien for 24 dollars plus court costs.
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Peter O’brien
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First Ward
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Olsen Brothers and A Beargless Youth
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