Joliet Vaccination Effort Halts Smallpox Spread
Joliet reports no new smallpox cases in 24 hours and Health Commissioner Higgins calls the situation most encouraging. Mayor Wood predicts about 90 percent vaccinated by tonight as doctors vaccinate students and families. two quarantines are raised and rumors of vaccination-related injuries are debunked.
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Joliet
Higgins
Wood
Chicago
Spaulding
J. F. Nacheur
Asape Ton
Partagor. Wood
Babarinthe
Will Gounty Medical Society
Health Department
Pleasant Street
Rockdale
Op Paterson
Rock Island
Wes ‘Gener
Morris
Joliet Ranks Fourth in Illinois Postal Savings Deposits
Postmaster General Burleson reports June 30 figures showing Illinois with 24,390 depositors and 8.09 million dollars in postal savings, ranking fourth nationwide after New York, California, and Ohio. The country totals 931,006 depositors with 41.7 million dollars in deposits. average deposit is 102 dollars.
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Joliet
Tlinois
Burleson
Congress
Illinois
New York
California
Ohio
Indiana
Michigans
Humane Officer Plans Monthly Horse Market Visits
Humane Officer F O Wood announced he will continue visiting Joliet's horse market on the last Wednesday each month. Backed by the Joliet Humane Association he aims to curb emaciated horses and the sale of distressed stock while promoting better market standards and farm produce.
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F. O. Wood
Humane Association of
Lewes Labor Meeting Praised for Fair News Coverage
Secretary H. Hanson praised The News for printing a clear and fair report of the Monday night smoker at the Prades and Labor Assembly. He said there was no misrepresentation and credited the paper with printing criticisms of labor unions rather than suppressing them.
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Prades and Labor Assembly
H. Hanson
County farm plans Holstein cattle purchase
The poor farm committee led by Clinton R. Hulbert dabbles in buying three Holstein cattle to form a nucleus herd for the county farm. They expect to pay over 600 dollars for registered thoroughbreds and aim to stop reselling cattle to butchers. Hogs and chickens raised will be consumed by inmates as part of a new plan mirroring Dupage County.
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Poor Farm Committee
Clinton R. Hulbert
Hulbert
Dupage
Steel Works Club to Host Exhibition Tonight
The Steel Works club will present an evening program by members of class 6 including drills marches folk dances and athletic acts. The event was planned for two nights but will occur only this evening due to changes.
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Steel Works Club
Panta
Hearing on Protone sewer case continued to Saturday
Legal objections to the $60,000 Protone sewer improvement were continued as Judge Cowing adjourned the matter until Saturday morning.
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Cowing
Dog to Protect Mrs Vanderbilt from Society Leader
New York Mrs Wm K Van derbilt Jr engages Carl F Baer famed for his German wolf dogs to train a police dog as a personal bodyguard. Baer teaches the canine at Gedney Farm Kensels with Mrs Vanderbilt observing duties.
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New York
Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Carl F. Baer
Vanderbilt
Beer
Gedney Farm Kensels
Joliet Swedish Weekly Planned For Local Readers
The Nord Stjernan group approves a plan to publish a Swedish weekly in Joliet next year. Officers elected include President N C Leander and Treasurer Charles Leaders. The paper aims to serve about 10 000 Swedish residents in Joliet township with 4 000 to 5 000 dollars in treasury and no plant purchase planned. The first meeting to launch the project is set for the first Wednesday in January.
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Joliet
Nord Stjernan
N. C. Leander
C. C. Erickson
Victor Christianson
Ben Anderson
Charles Leaders
Guardian
August Nordstedt
Charles Erickson
Frank A. Johnson
Ernest Anderson
H. A. Hanson
Alberto Swanson
Hanson
Red Cross Seals Placed for Sale in Plage Stores
Miss Marie Strasser, active for Dr Bowles, places Red Cross seals in city stores this afternoon. The Public Service Company of Joliet ordered 1000 seals for its mail. Seals will be distributed to banks, drug stores, and dry goods stores this afternoon with a post office booth planned next Monday or Tuesday.
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Red Cross
Marie Strasser
Dr. Bowles
Fifty Years Ago Today December Four In Coal Prices
The column notes coal prices in eastern markets at 10.50 to 11 dollars per ton and delivered price of 5 dollars for 2240 pounds on board cars. It mentions four railroads monopolizing coal transport from Pennsylvania fields and recalls historic events linked to General Longstreet and the explorer Stanley with last reports dating to July.
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Pennsylvania
Longstreet
Knoxville
Virginia
Frederick Will Cases Settled After Lengthy Battle
The settlement ends a twelve year dispute over the estates of Joseph and Sarah Frederick, Joliet pioneers. The case appeared before the Supreme Court for a construction of a will clause and was remanded for a new trial before a final decree. Attornies Benjamin Olin Edward Akin McNaughton Barr and Conley Anderson guided the decree as relatives including Charles Frederick William Frederick Josephine Frederick Oswald Frederick and Leonard Frederick attend. The dispute centers on a clause aiming to equalize possible inequities in the widow’s shares.
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Cne Frederick
Joseph
Sarah Frederick
Joliet
Will County
Supreme Court
Joseph Frederick
Gras Dard Balk Park
Chik Os
Dorrance Dibell
Benjamin Olin
Edward Akin
Coll McNaughton
Barr
McNaughton & Barr
Conley & Anderson
Chas. A. Frederick
William Frederick
Josephine
Frederick Frank FE
Frederick
Oswald J. Frederick
Sarah Bossom
Leonard Frederick
Herold Frederick
Big Corps Begins to Extend Tax Figures
Ivan Rhodes deputy county clerk with assistants has begun extending the taxes. The work will take several weeks and the Board of Review quarters are in use. Assistants include Louise Paulsen Joliet Estella Maurer Joliet Mabel Wolfrum Joliet Emily Wilke Beecher and Thomas Van Auken.
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Ivan Rhodes
Board of Review
Rhodes
Louise Paulsen
Lockport
Estella Maurer
Joliet
Mabel Wolfrum
Emily Wilke
Beecher
Thomas van Auken
Joliet Steel Plant Visited by U S Steel Chief James Farrell
James Farrell head of the United States Steel Corporation visited Joliet to inspect the Joliet plant and subsidiaries. E J Buffington and A F Banks accompanied him with additional officers from American Steel and Wire Co. The group toured mills, noted the J belt line's role, and anticipated improved activity after year start. Farrell praised local conditions before returning to Chicago.
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James Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Joliet
Rock Island
E. J. Buffington
Illinois Steel Co
A. F. Banks
American Stes and Wire Co
Chicago
Farrell
Gay
SONS SUE FOR INSURANCE ON JOHN CRONIN POLICY
John R. Cronin Jr and Robert Cronin a minor through Catharine Cronin sue the Supreme Conclave Improved Order Hepta for assumpsit over an insurance policy. The action stems from the death of R Cronin twice mayor Gilet. Corlett & Clare represent the Cronin heirs.
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John R. Cronin, Jr
Robert Cronin
Catharine Cronin
Assumpsit
Supreme Conclave
Order Hepta
Ies R. Cronin
Gilet
Corlett & Clare
Cronin
Bridge Inquiry Delays Fourth Avenue Traffic
Streetcar service halted over the Fourth avenue bridge for two days awaiting city engineer review. City Engineer O'Callaghan remains in Washington as highway commissioners plan to reopen the investigation Saturday. Citizens press Aldermen Leach and Brown to push a new wider longer concrete bridge within 30 days for an upcoming appropriation next month.
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Fourth Avenue
City Engineering
O'Callaghan
Washington
Highway Commissioners
Leach
Brown
Tax Burdens Talk by William Holly at Forum
Men are invited to the Thursday Evening Forum in the Auditor ium to hear Attorney William Holly of Chicago discuss taxation and the state land. He will explain the Single Tax and answer questions, with admission free to all attendees.
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William Holly
Chicago
Hedstrom Justifies Hiring Attorneys for Highway Board
Highway Commissioner Fred Hedstrom issued a statement defending the hiring of attorneys for the highway commissioners. He noted Garnsey Wood Lennon handle the Brandon road case and that John Finney was hired later, while defending the three-commissioner plan and stating Joliet roads are among the best. He indicated readiness to explain at a Ridgewood Educational League meeting tomorrow evening.
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Fred Hedstrom
John Finney
Garnsey, Wood & Lennon
Hedstrom
Brandon Road
Garnsey, Wood and Lennon
Finney
Joliet
Pln
Ridgewood Educational League
Bedford heirs file bill over unclear county land deed
Elizabeth Bedford Albert Bedford and Sarah McCullum of Lockport with Walter Bedford of Sherburne Minn filed a bill seeking quiet title to property descended from John Bedford who died at Plainfield in 1890. The deed failed to specify the land was in Illinois.
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Elizabeth Bedford
Albert Bedford
Sarah McCullum
Lockport
Walter 8. Bedford
Sherburne
Minn
John Bedford
Plainfield
Iinols
Alfalfa Club Formed With 73 Members Planned Growth
The county forms the Big Alfalfa Club with 73 enrolled farmers from Channahon Crete DuPage Florence Green Garden Homer Joliet Lockport Monee Manhattan New Lenox Plainfield Troy Mimooka Wilmington and more. The aim is to double alfalfa acreage next spring as a $100 per acre crop. The soil advisor notes 140 farms visited and 41 remain, with 40 township meetings and 16 seed corn meetings conducted in six months.
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Frank C. Inis
Channahon
Fred Dirst
Frank Beith
Wm.Bell
Charles Connell
P. W. Smith
W. B. Davis
C. S. Lewis
Crete
Charles Blim
Ferris Gaines
D. P. Wallace
Dupage
M. J. Patterson
Henry Leach
T. J. Ireland
Florence
Thos. Lacey
Royal Cor
Kias Brown
Joliet
R. J. Barr
Hess Lockport
Frank Sprague
H. H. Alexander
J. A. Milne
H. R. Phelps
Monee
Henry Bode
William Deutsche
Aug. Deutsche
Arno Pauling
Manhattan
Harry Hendrixson
Mimooka
John Brannick
James MecEvilly
New Lenox
George L. Francis
Charles Francis
Will County Activity Praised at Chicago Lincoln Highway Event
At a Chicago gathering Monday evening a speaker lauded the national Lincoln highway movement and highlighted Joliet and Will county for their vigorous organization. He noted the Will County auxiliary association and said local work serves as a model for other cities.
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Chicago
Joliet
Will County
Final arguments heard in Grundy County case
Judge Campbell heard final arguments in the dispute brought by George W. Houston former Grundy County judge against the Loan and Homestead Association of Jor Iet Houston over transfer of stock certificates once owned by Ply Stamm. Matilda Stamm asserts the stock rights and the Loan and Homestead claims focus on ownership and transfer legitimacy.
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Campbell
George W. Houston
Grundy County
Loan & Homestead Association of
Jor Iet
Houston
Ply Stamm
Matilda
Loan and Homestead
Thas
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Wm.’K. Vanderbilt, JR
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Feild
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CROSS
Seal Stores
Public Service Company
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Stanley
Niger
Fredrick
Range
BIG Corps
John Cronin
Forth Avenue Bridge
Holly
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