08 Jun 1894
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Newspaper
The Joliet Daily Times
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1894
Page
1
Our editorial argues prohibition will not stop liquor in Joliet. It cites Joliet’s 72 saloons earning $72,000 last year and warns bans may worsen crime and loss of revenue. It contrasts Iowa’s experience with local option pressures and urges practical, revenue-minded policy. A note announces a Polish society meeting and a shirt sale.
The article traces the Flower Mission movement sparked by a Boston teacher who shared flowers with poor city children. Inspired by Miss Jennie Casseday, the national W C T U Flower Mission expanded across nearly all states, aiding the sick and imprisoned and spreading beauty and purity through flowers. Her legacy endures as flowers bloom above her grave and the Louisville Nights Daughters honor her memory by establishing a free missionary for women.
The Vice President named Vilas Blackburn Smith Gallinger and Patton to a special committee on the existing industrial low mood. Vilas will chair and convene an early meeting to address the issue.
The report notes the U.S. Treasury closing with 116 708 463 dollars in cash and gold reserve of 73 962 205 dollars. Also included are advertisements from Harris Bros DeLeon Texas and Savanna with testimonials for P P P medicine, a Comanche County Texas sworn statement, sprinkler hours for water works, and a sale of bragan underwear and sweaters at Harris Bros. and Feeleys meat market.
A promotional notice extols Paine's Celery Compound as a rapid cure for diseases linked to unhealthy blood and weak nerves, urging readers to try it. It also covers local theater listings including Ten Nights in a Bar Room and East Lynne matinees, with ticket details and upcoming shows.
The Pearl Melville company presented the sensational comedy drama Inside Track to a fair sized theatre audience last night. Willie Cooper won the $20 cash souvenir with the lucky number and will hold a pleasant memory of the show. Tomorrow matinee tickets will be given away soda water and the evening performance offers a chance to win a miler cow with the correct number. Chain of Lakes Waipaca Wisconsin touted as a summer outing spot near the Wisconsin Central line about 200 miles from Chicago with lakes for bass trout pike pickerel and muskellunge and available hotel accommodations. For details contact Jas C Pond Milwaukee Wisconsin. French balbriggan underwear offered at 50c.
A notice states a pack of high quality playing cards can be obtained by sending fifteen cents in postage to P. S Eustis, general passenger agent, Chicago and North Western Railway.
A large handsome map of the United States mounted for home or office use is issued by the Burlington route. Copies available by mailing fifteen cents in postage to P. S. Eustis, general passenger agent. Also notes on straw hats, bids for refreshment stands at a Channa hon picnic, and a June 11 1894 stockholders meeting for Mutual Loan and Building Association in Joliet.
A crowded Joliet page lists fines for drunkenness and disorder, local arrests, shop offers, and upcoming community events. Highlights include Lewis Welday and Ole Johnson fines, a boarding house opening by the McCann sisters, a dancing academy event, and a Memorial Day address by James Flanders.
In Washington the senate debated tariff policy as Mr Carey defended the current law and contrasted it with the Wilson bill. Senator Quay interrupted, objecting to a proposed five minute rule schedule maneuver, then the chamber continued voting on the finance committee amendment setting oatmeal at 15 percent and excluding it from reciprocity, a party line 24 to 23 decision.
The senate debated the attorney general's demand for 15.6 million from Leland Stanford's estate. Hoar argued the government should decide the claim. Blackburn countered questions of ownership and potential implications for other estates. Voorhees praised Stanford's worth as the measure continued.
New York reports ex minister to Germany William Walter Phelps is in critical condition with a complication that defies doctors. He has long suffered from pulmonary weakness and his death may be near.
The Southwestern Traffic association set new grain rates at St Louis for Texas points. Flour 40 to 45 cents per 100 pounds. wheat 35 to 40 cents. corn and oats 33 to 27 cents per 150 pounds. A 40 cent flour rate and 35 cent wheat rate also apply from Denver and intermediate Colorado Kansas lines to Texas on major routes.
Omana Nebraska June 3 The Platte River is rapidly rising with no major damage yet though apprehension grows The five foot wall of water reported to reach up the river has not appeared The flood was seen sixty miles north and should reach Kearney by morning The river’s width southward suggests a gradual extension The canal built at great cost by the Kearney cotton mill and related industries may fail if the rise continues
Wichita dispatch reports sheriff sent armed men to Round Pond Connecticut after a Rock Island telegram. James Gaines commands brigaded officers to expect a fight amid a railway war. In Tacoma calls for repair and losses mounting to about five million dollars as tracks are rebuilt. Meanwhile St Joseph Catholics face factional trouble with arrests after a resignation and new priest appointment.
A messenger from Nelson reports Kaslo British Columbia was nearly wiped out by a Sunday flood and wind. The wharf and stores vanished into the lake and several people are missing. Telegraph wires are down and trains halted.
The secretary of war estimates the Mississippi river improvement from St Paul to Minneapolis at 2,205,159 dollars for four locks and dama. This action aims to extend navigation to the flour mills at Minneapolis.
Eli Buret a West Hoboken hardware dealer and his wife Eliza were found unconscious on the Paterson plank road last night. Each bore a pistol wound in the head and a revolver lay nearby. Authorities suspect attempted murder and self inflicted death.
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