Fire at Murray restaurant injures 20 in Connors building
Fire broke out at Murray restaurant on the first floor of the Connors building at Jefferson and Joliet Streets. Detective Mason and Officer Parker rescued twenty sleeping occupants amid smoke and flames, with total loss estimated at 17 000 dollars including 10 000 to the building and 7 000 to contents.
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Connors
Jefferson and
Joliet Streets
Thomas Connors
Henry Murray
Cneirety
Peter Schwertl
M. T. Cahill
J. T. Connors
A. J. Klinek
George Thuot
GH. Lowden
Anna Hunpert
J. Sens
Connors Hall
Teamsters
Charles Long
Peter Wall
Rene Christene
A. Miller
Charlies Long
George Mason
Roy Parker
Murray
Charles Meyer
Langdon
Jefferson Street
Joe
Cahill
Parker
Mason
Leo Thuot
Bridewell
Joe Stukel
Gonnors
Four women and gunmen arrested in raid near Franklin Street
Police raided Indiana Street area and Louis Cagni saloon in the Sixth ward. Weapons were dumped on the floor as officers entered. Suspects Minnie Thompson, Bessie Wright, Lou Dell Miller, and Claudie Minor were fined after signing waivers. Also fined were Jake Martinello and Domenick Castileano for carrying guns, Charles Mancuso for a knife, while German Di Masi and Achille Chillano were released. The incident signal flags a local crackdown on concealed weapons.
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Indiana Street
Franklin
Louis” Cagni
Minnie Thompson
Bessie Wright
Lou Dell Miller
Claudie Minor
Lou del
Banks of Joliet Loans Reach New Highs in year-end Report
Joliet financial institutions show record totals from year-end reports. The Joliet National and state banks post loans and discounts at 1.466 million, cash and exchanges at 1.941 million, with total resources up to 9.501 million.
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Juliet
Liet
Illinois
Will County
Nat'l Joliet Trust
Bank Bank Nat'l Bank Bank
Enn Ee
Senna Wenn
Slugs column prank targets George Selinger in newsroom dispute
Howard Bateman complains that George Selinger jealously schemed to write him up in Slugs. Bateman recounts a prank involving mistaken police calls to a girlfriend and a staged arrest scare, leading to a shaky reconciliation and a demand to publish Selinger’s supposed charm details.
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George Selinger
Howard Bateman
Bateman
Howard
Ma Connors
Police
Connors
Selinger
Eight Vessels Missing in Upper Lakes Storm
Eight vessels still unreported after last week’s fierce storm on the upper lakes. The steamer Haston, after grounding near Troquois reef, reached Duluth late at night, with captain and passengers recounting their ordeal. Two other ships also arrived, but details remain sparse.
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Duluth
Minn
Upper Lakes
Haston
Troquois Reef
Ginnaing
Fee
Tuck
Foreign in court test for second papers sparks Taft joke
In a circuit court session echoes of the campaign surfaced as a dozen foreigners were examined for naturalization. Matej Spiley amused officials with a chain of who made Roosevelt president while he admitted Taft, but struggled to name the maker of Roosevelt. Two applicants were denied for poor English and knowledge of U S government. Judge Campbell urged language learning. Dr Welch faced a paper correction delay.
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Circuit Court Room
Matej Spiley
Roosevelt
Taft
Spiley
United States
George Laphuska
Deneen
Will County
John Jenco
Wilmington
Aged Pioneer Died in Michigan Town
Roland B Heiss a long time Will county resident died yesterday in Detroit at 84. He was born August 11 1828 in Lancaster PA lived in Plainfield Aurora Joliet and retired from farming in 1894. Survived by four sons and three daughters with funeral plans noted for Joliet and Plainfield.
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Will County
Roland B. Heiss
Detroit
Mich
Joliet
Heise
Joss
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Plainfield
Aurora
Calvin W
Pittsburg
Henry
New Carlisle
Ind
George
Charley A
Urgent appeal to boost Joliet Sunday concerts reach
Promoters urge 200 more patrons for Joliet Auditorium Sunday concerts. With receipts barely covering costs, options include higher 15 cent tickets or fewer musicians. pledge cards signed, volunteers to boost and sell tickets. ten cent seats sold out, balcony seats remain.
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Joliet
Forty Five Petitions For New Plan Out In Rock Island
Secretary Schager reports forty five petitions issued for a commission government plan in Rock Island with fifteen signed so far and many more expected. Circulators urged to return completed petitions to room 414 Joliet National Bank building by Wednesday morning. A public meeting at the Steel Works Club on Wednesday December 11, led by Mr. Searle of Rock Island, will discuss the plan and its implications.
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Commission
Schager
Joliet National Bank Building
Steel Works Club
Searle
Rock Island
Merchants
School for Parents Theme of Sermon by Rev George MacAdam
Rev George MacAdam argued that substitutes for the home fail to address social ills and vice. He urged improving the home itself as the root solution, noting many youths go astray due to home failure rather than neighborhood amenities. He criticized the carnival like streets of Joliet and called for parent schooling to guide modern family life.
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Joliet
Mes
Ture
Tengiment
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