The City Council and Local Elections Update
The eight reform aldermen met but made no major decisions. Payrolls totaled 945.68 with bills allowed except Economy Light & Power Co. which went to street lighting committee. Kennedy of Second Ward was elected alderman. August Erickson’s 1007.62 bill for Third Ward school works was approved. The council planned sewer inspections and invited attendance at closing exercises at the Athenaeum.
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Reform
Adam
Claims
Economy Light & Power Co’s
August Erickson
Third Ward
Whitemore
Second Ward
Walker
Patterson
Oth
Sess
Verte
Ae Ee
Kennedy
Jefferson Street
Baker
Park Avenue
Athenaeum
First Baptist Church
C. Oesterle
Chicago St
Channahon
Owen W. Curtis
Will Co
L. A. Kennedy
Larry
Sixth Ward School Closes With Notable Progress and Talent
The Sixth ward closing exercises showcased strong educational leadership and progressive training. Visitors enjoyed a lengthy program featuring recitations, dialects, songs, a cantata, an essay, and a school drama, with numerous pupils named for performances and special mentions highlighting Elcie Ettlinger and Lottie Hebert among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrissey
Barns
Welch
E. Connolly
T. Graham
J. Schnie- Sewing
E. Williams
W. Smith
DL Sescamm
L. St. Ange
E. Berry
Aed Ange
J. Wineman
BeinGiay Airyeer
Neey Sui SE Therese Hebert
Gypsy Sophy
Katie McCraney
Laura Hebert
Cora Kehn
Hibernian Soldiers Rally and Foreign-born Regiments
The Chicago Post lauds the First and Seventh Regiments for swift response to the governor on four hours notice. The Seventh, largely foreign-born and laborers, shows readiness to defend state laws. Listed are train routes and fares to Denver Buffalo Jamestown with Santa Fe ticket office contact.
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Chicsgo
Mount Olive
Fiue
Map of the United States Offers Burlington Route Oklahoma Prospect
A large map of the United States promoted by the Burlington route offers a mailed copy for fifteen cents. The notice invites inquiry about opening Kickapoo Wichita and Comanche reservations to settlement and fertile lands in Oklahoma with favorable climate and profitable crops. G T Nicholson, G P A Santa Fe Route Topeka, offers a free illustrated Oklahoma folder.
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United States
Burlington
P. S. Is
General
Kickapoo
Wichita
Sam
Oklahoma
G.T. Nicholson
G. P. A. Santa Fe
Topeka
Joliet area notices and school events listed
A collection of local items includes Dr. McGuffin’s stolen watch dog report, a two year sentence for Joseph Kincaid, and Gorman & Co watermelons. School and church events cover Joliet high and St Mary’s academy commencements, closing exercises, and picnics at Channahon. Community notices mention tax delinquents, a no license stance, and local business appeals while Henry Newkirk wood sales offer cheap stove and cord wood.
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Achenbach
Ae Block
Gorman& Co
Dr. McGuffin
E. Porter Brewing Co
Creevy
Joseph Kincaid
Geo. Norton
Chicago
Channahon
Joliet High School
Joliet Theater
St. Francis Academy
Academy
St. Mary's Academy
Joliet Opera House
Stillman’s
Joliet Theatre
Opera House
Ladies of Loretto
Henry Newkirk
Richards Street
M. Bolig
Jefferson
Joliet Streets
Spangler
Joliet
Illinois Street
J. M. Thompson
Edward L. Powers
Bertha Balensiefer
Annie Collins
Stassen
Patterson
St Marys Academy Joliet Commencement at Joliet Theatre
The fourteenth annual St Marys Academy commencement will be held at Joliet theatre tomorrow evening at 7 30. Joliet graduates include Harriet Dwyer Regina Ulm Winifred Lennon Elizabeth McGrath Harriet Bannon Margaret Duffy Genevieve Robinson Mary Connors and Braidwood. The program features a salutatory instrumental duets essays recitations and a cantata with senior elocution and the valedictory.
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St. Mary's Academy
Joliet Theatre
Harriet Dwyer
Regina Ulm
Winifred Lennon
Elizabeth McGrath
Harriet Bannon
Margaret Duffy
Genevieve Robinson
Joliet
Mary Connors
Braidwood
Joliet Courts Hearments and Estate Proceedings
June 18 court actions include approval of estate appraisals and widows’ awards for Pat Boyle and others. city petitions for assessment of improvement costs on Cass and Morgan streets with tax levies. withdrawals granted for several respondents. default entered. bonds and appeals noted. proofs closed or taken under advisement for Chicago street projects. guardianship, inventories, and final reports for several estates approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Boyle
City of
M. Murphy
P. Dillon
Mary Jenkins
Ann Kelly
Supreme Court
Will County
Jennie Corcoran
Thos. Cook
Chas Hoffer
Edmund Tully
Court Dates Set After Series of City Arrests
Frank Lotske was arrested for disturbing the peace and pleads not guilty with a trial set for today at eight. Thos Conway, arrested by Officer Gorey on a malicious mischief charge, pleads not guilty and faces a trial tomorrow morning. W P Overholtz, a switchman, charged with impersonating an officer, pleads not guilty and has a hearing tomorrow at nine. Ww Nurse is jailed for disorderly conduct with a 3 p.m. trial today. Wm Leonard held on vagrancy charges at the bridewell as North Western offers excursion fares to Denver Pueblo and Colorado Springs for late June return by July 27. Gorman & Co advertise first-season watermelons.
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Frank Lotske
Thos. Conway
Gorey
Thos. H. Riley
Conway
W. P. Overholtz
Nurse
Leonard
Bridewell
Half Rates to Cleveland For Christian Endeavor Convention
Northwestern line offers excursion tickets to Cleveland Ohio at one fare for round trip due to the convention. Tickets on sale July 9 and 10, valid for return by July 31. Details via agents. Chicago and North-Western Ry.
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Colorado
North- Western Line
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Spria
Chicago and North-Western R’y
Paris Partner in Greentown Bank Embezzlement Case
Frankfort Ind June 20 The first witness in the Greentown bank embezzlement trial was George Taylor a Chicago expert bookkeeper who testified on Zimri Dwiggins and Paris indebtedness to the Columbia National Bank of Chicago The prosecution claims Dwiggins and Paris were partners in the crime and that Dwiggins staged many small Indiana banks with Greentown as a leading example Taylor said Dwiggins owed Columbia $64000 unpaid C W Outland receiver for Greentown bank testified assets turned over were 20900 and he paid depositors about 20 cents on the dollar
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Frankfort
Ind
Greentown
George Taylor
Columbian National Bank of Chicago
Zimri Dwiggins
Paris
Dwiggins
Indiana
Greentown Concern
Columbia National
Taylor
Columbia
C. W. Outland
Greentown Bank
Drowned Party of Seventy In River Jek Tragedy
A Saturday fete excursion on the River Jek near Bugalme ends in disaster as a leaky overcrowded boat sinks. Forty five of about seventy youths drown while struggling to stay afloat. The incident occurred near Befurm on June 20 in Samara government.
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Befurm
Samara
Jek
Bugalme
Chicago Board of Trade Quotations Range Today
Caicaso June 19 data shows the range of quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade for the day. No specific prices or commodity details are provided in the readable lines.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Caicaso
Opposition to Kelleys Army Moves Through Indiana
Gov. Matthews denounces Kelleys Industrial army marching up the Ohio River landing at major Indiana towns demanding money. He says he would summon militia if called upon, after receiving telegrams from New Albany and Jeffersonville requesting aid to block landings.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Matthews
Kelley
Ohio River
Indiana
New Albany
Jeffersonville
St Francis Academy Holds Nineteenth Commencement
The nineteenth annual commencement of St. Francis Academy on Plainfield Road occurs tomorrow at 2 PM. Graduates include Julia Isabelle Collings of Chicago and Adaline Stephen of Joliet. Student performances feature instrumental duos and vocal and choral numbers, with honors and distributions to follow and school exhibits open today and tomorrow.
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St. Francis
Academy
Plainfield Road
Julia Isabelle. Collings
Chicago
Adaline Stephen
Joliet
Mother's Way
Miss Manning
Aung By
Miss Daley
St.rancis Academy
Adelmann
Carroll
Daley
Suepien
Sebelheidt
Kohne
Smith
Scheidt
Alliance unions plot independent political action in United States
CuricaGo reports one million Farmers Alliance members prepared to ally with Knights of Labor and American Railway Union. T B McGuire met Debs in Chicago to discuss a tripartite pact totaling 1.5 million by year end. Springfield convention July 2 3 4 to endorse a platform backed by the Federation. Proposals include compulsory education and nationalization of key industries.
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CuricaGo
Farmers’ Alliance
Knights of Labor
T. B McGuire
Knights
Chicago
Debs
American Railway
Unio
United States
American Railway Union
Capitol Building
Springfield
American Federation
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Ansonia
Geo. E. Feagans, Jeweler
Caligraph Typewriter
Caligraph
Aligraph
Mes
The
AmericanWriting Machine Co
Hartford, Conn
Wolf
the Hatter
O'Brian
Liberty Street
H. F. Duck
Barber
Joan Francis
Hersey Alexander
Exias Brows
Ozias McGovner
Hersert W. Srencen
M.A. Flack
Committee
Fall Base
POL Palll & Sale
Randol Street
State Street
Oks BA South Por Sale—Candy and Cigar Store
Math
Thos Lawlor
Tatiana
Clay
Columbia Streets
Moe
Ed. Talbot
Iltinus
John McPierre
Will
Minois
the City Council
Miss Krapf
Pennsylvania
Little Miss Kkapf
Charles A. Krapf
West Broad Street
Hazelton
Penn
Susan Bartram
Tulip Street
Philadelphia
Illinois
C.a.snow & Co
U.S
Washington
D. C
M. Ailman
Benton
C. A. Anderson
Lynn Center
S. S. Crompton
Moline
T. Drummond
Alton
H. Fette
Goodenow
A. F. Foster
A.H. Parker
Evanston
Pert H. Ridings
Morris
H. W. Schoff
B. Finkel
F. E.probert
Oak Park
W.B. Warren
Peoria
Young
Mount Morris
Asene E. Ettlinger
G. Watkins
A. Bannon
Cora Kahn
M. McSherry
M. Ballentine
Reichart
Lottie Hebert
Theresa Hebert
John Schniedew
Myrtle Ettlinger
Elsie Ettlinger
Goldie Watkins
Louis St. Ange
Very Fing
Santa Fe Excursions
Colorado Springs
Jamestown
New York
Buffalo
Santa Fe Ticket Office
H. C. Knowl Ton
Free Farms
Park Avenue School
Juliet
Caeson Street
Will County Bankfinder
Ulm
Asures
W. Lennon
Scharwenka Eis Dwyer
A. i. Robinson
Robinson Wecitetions. Co
Beee Eeeee
Tennyson
Keter Beia T. Donahoe
J. Mahar
N. Hiwood
K. Kelly
M. Gleason
L. Dallace
H. Bannon
Wonors
L Leaton
Loretto
Prison Congress
Nicholson
Congress
Probate Court
Gorman & Co
Cleveland
Eters - Daly
Misses Scheidt
Mise Anselm
Brodowski
Powers
Miss Kohne
Chas Tibetts
Will W. White
Lewistown
Mortana
John Ward
Lockport
Ers
Sacred Heart Academy
J. W. Reynolds
Nelson Morris & Co
Packers of
Lemont
Teilay
Mr. Reynolds
Hotel Royal
Egan
James Egan
Naval Veterans Association
Ilinois
Geo’ C. Paige
Ottawa
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