01 Jun 1894
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Newspaper
The Joliet Daily Times
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1894
Page
1
A Joliet editorial savages Mayor Stassen for political posturing and inconsistent policies. It criticizes his veto of street funds while proposing large, job-creating improvements and ridicules his administration as a wasteful, hypocritical misdirection.
Zelia Nichlaus and Al Rhuman, once separated after alleged elopement with her sister, are back together and registered as Mr and Mrs A Stewart in New York. They were seen in Mascatine and Chicago hotels moving belongings to the Normandie. W A Nicholaus petitions for divorce on desertion and adultery, to be heard in June.
The Chicago First Union Band will perform at Saengerbund Park in Joliet. The program includes Manhattan Beach Overture, Poet and Peas, Milaucher's co ene, Mein Teurngen Walzer, American Overture, and Sousa March. Tickets for the June 6 concert are sold at Stillman’s Pharmacy and the choir boys’ land.
Local notices and gossip feature arrests for disorder and fines for drunkenness. Community events include concerts at Saengerbund park and the penitentiary chapel with proceeds aiding church funds. Other items mention property sales, prison transport, and a funeral in Joliet.
The American Contract Co of Chicago offers gilt edged investments via monthly installments or contracts and loans of $1,000 plus. Agents D L Dean and H C Cullom operate in Kane DeKalb Will Grundy counties with support from Title Guarantee and Trust. Notable directors include R S Tuthill Morse Hutchins Ketcham and Jones.
Joliet Illinois May 26 94 L Metterhausen replies to Joliet Times critique in German Volksblatt denying anarchist labeling. He argues public figures used anti anarchist scare to scare wealth, defends equal treatment before law, and addresses license denial and political stance. He urges focusing on the core issue over side claims.
Advertises northwest resorts along Wisconsin Central lines with scenic beauty health benefits and easy travel. Promotes hotels accommodations and reasonable rates and directs readers to James C. Pend for rates maps and timetables. Also notes Second Ward Aldermanic Caucus to nominate a candidate at Beskerville's livery stable Ottawa street on June 4 between 5 and 7 pm to fill the unexpired term of ex Alderman M. Busten Jr.
A ragbag of curiosities notes President Diaz opens a seven mile tunnel with a silver pick while King Humbert limits meals to one daily. Senators born abroad include McMillan in Canada Pasco in England and Walsh in Ireland. Rosa Young writes Pitcairn history. Baron de Horn robbed in Singapore with 500000 in jewels and a 10 percent reward offered. Rose Coghlan patents a safe exploding burglars. Sandow’s physique via simple dumbbells. duchess of York opera glasses worth 600. princess of Wales platinum jewelry valued at 12000. Eugene Murphy of San Francisco dies in Paris. titled Marquis by Pope, still known as Eugene. New York funds epileptic colony named for Oscar Craig. Medal to Cecil Clay one armed as DC National Guard marksman. Nellie Grant Sartoris happier, son schooling in England toward Oxford.
Notices report plans to organize charitable societies in France for convicts whose terms have expired. Other items describe a Hull boy’s lung removal and recovery, Mecca pilgrimages, theft from an Armenian church, a dog's odd feeding habit, a Ballarat rescue, and a Turkish bath collapse with no injuries.
Artificial ear drums are a success. California has forty Chinese temples. The alligator is becoming extinct as are the golden eagle and the white whale. William is the most common Christian name among distinguished persons. The German mile today is 24 318 feet in length. It is estimated that 40 000 000 to 50 000 000 dollars flow in this country annually.
An earl, a burlesque dancer, a burlesque actress and a music hall star are at the center of a jewelry dispute. The dancer once held family heirlooms said to belong to the earl, lent to the actress, with the music hall man reportedly using the jewels as security for a large loan. The earl, away, learned of the issue on his return and seeks legal redress, though a quiet settlement is possible.
The article details top production in a Pennsylvania town with over 200 workers, noting materials boxwood maple and lignum vitae. It compares wood preferences, explains Jersey Lily peg tops with no head, and observes rising Jersey Lily sales largely in New York City while other peg tops gain removable heads.
Boston police find a distillery blazing in the city amid a roundup of odd items. The column notes civil verdicts, a hog weight, a London Spectator reference, New York offices, penal colonies, climate data, a Berlin professor’s comet warning, and US town name pronunciation efforts.
In the Bradshaw mountains on Hassayampa creek the Duppa detachment of Dr. Alsap's party faced a band of Tonto Apaches. A white woman, dressed in Apache gear, was found killed by Duppa after a suspected Indian shot him. No trace of her prior whereabouts was recovered.
Fragmentary note cites a stone business lagging due to demand and references Be W McGuffin’s office and Bray’s drug store at 104 Jefferson Street. Context and entities are incomplete.
A collection of short, disparate vignettes including Sir Joshua Reynolds on painting ugly portraits, a Catholic bishop's catechism misfire with a boy's clever reply, a Boston kitchen tale contrasting color descriptions, and a Missouri story of Col Stephenson meeting Henry Clay admirer James Smith who requests ritual courtesy when pronouncing the name.
A large handsome map of the United States suitable for office use is issued. Copies mailed to address on receipt of fifteen cents in postage by P. S. Eustis, general passenger agent, C. B. & Q. Railway.
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