Joliet Wealth Rises Nearly a Million in One Year
State Board of Equalization reports Joliet Township wealth increased by 912 753, while Joliet City adds about 500 000. City tax rate rises to 7 80 per 100 of assessed valuation, up from 6 92 in 1913, due to school and road needs. state and county cuts offset some increases.
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Joliet
State Board of Equalization
Ivan R. Rhodes
State Board
Meery
Joliet Township
Joliet Road
Spring Creek
Rockdale
German Airplanes Drop Bombs on Freiberg
Vienna reports from the war office in Berlin that hostile aeroplanes dropped bombs on Freiberg again but caused no damage. German troops drove the aviators away.
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United Press
Vienna
War Office
Berlin
Freiberg
Postponed Action on E J and E Crossing Cases
Negotiations between the Sixth and Seventh Ward Improvement Association and Mayor Wood aim to delay action on the E J and E crossing complaint until after the South Chicago street subway matter is resolved by the State Public Utilities Board. The mayor favors studying the entire crossing situation later, citing multiple crossings and data gathering for informed handling.
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Sixth and Seventh Ward Improvement Association
Chicago Street
State Public Utilities Board
Julius Krause
Improvement Association
Wood
Chicago
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Gardner Street
Highway Commissioners
Electric cross to advertise Ottawa Street M E Church
The Ottawa Street Methodist church installs a tall electric cross on the southwest corner of the building. It stands nearly fifteen feet high and is lit by many bulbs to be visible for a long distance. The upright reads There is a Welcome and the arms M E Church, marking the city’s first use of this modern advertising system.
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Ottawa Street Methodist Church
M. E. Church
Ottawa Street
Christmas charity drive boosts Good Fellows in Juliet
The Good Fellows charity campaign in Juliet gains momentum as many donations arrive. Rev. A J Hoag and Mrs J F McCowan contribute funds and volunteers organize baskets, dolls, canned fruit and jellies to bring a merry Christmas to poor families. Progress Council No 38 members also support with a $10 donation to the charity fund.
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Ated Charities’ Fund
A J. Hoag
Eastern Avenue Baptist
Progress Council No. 38
Order of the White Cross
G Fehowstip Fund
Paris and Berlin Report Mixed World War Front Notes
Paris dispatch says French gains 200 to 600 yards along the center. Aisne duels favor the French while Argonne progress continues. German assaults near Warsaw are reported as fierce with heavy losses during a 50 mile front from Pees Oar to atliwa, per war office statements.
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The
United Press
Paris
L ‘Aisne
Argonne
Petrograd
Warsaw
Pees Oar
Atliwa
Mexican Sentenced to Four Months in Jail
Leno Marino, a Mexican arraigned before Justice McCulloch, was tried and his charge changed from burglary to vagrancy. He received four months in the county jail after being arrested at Brisbane by Deputy Paul Wunder on a complaint by Mrs. Fred Schlackermann of New Lenox.
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Leno Marino
McCulloch
Hastile
Brisbane
Paul Wunder
Fred Schlackermann
New Lenox
Davis to contest congress seat after Springfield win
J McCann Davis of Springfield declares he will contest the seating of W Williams of Pittsfield in congress after defeating a Republican candidate for congressman at large. The state canvassing board later defined the petition for a recount of Cook county votes for the same seat and met to consider senatorial contests on Monday.
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United Press
Springfield
J. McCann Davis
Congress
W. ©. Williams
Pittsfield
Davis
Cook County
Met
Bloodhounds Used to Trail Negro Slayer
Police use bloodhounds to track the suspected slayer Jacob Auer aged 2 a man who allegedly robbed a store in Mo Mon. Mo. on December 10. The hounds follow leads as investigators pursue the suspect who escaped with fifty six dollars.
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United Prese
Monefly
Jacob Auer
Navy Secretary Daniels outlines war lessons and navy build up
Secretary Daniels said the European war horrors may push nations toward disarmament in the future. He warned the United States should not stop building warships for peace and stressed the need for an adequate navy amid risks of potential conflicts with other nations.
Civil War Era Peace Talks and Savannah Siege
Fifty years ago today December 10 North Carolina pursued peace talks with Washington while South Carolina resisted until the Union dissolved. Sherman’s 70 000 strong force reached Savannah with 10 000 garrisoned at the post under General W J Hardee and began a siege. Twenty five years ago today United States Senator W M Boyars introduced a bill naming New Jersey for the Columbian exposition.
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North Carolina
Washington
South Carolina
United States
Sherman
Atlinta
Savannan
W. J. Hardee
W. M. Boyarts
Kaiser Wilhelm III in Grave Condition From Severe Cough
Dispatches report German Emperor Wilhelm II suffered a severe coughing spell early today and was attended by a court physician and the empress. Censorship is blocking news of his illness while Berlin residents feared a demonstration near the palace. Bronchial trouble has troubled the Kaiser for years and orders prohibit public demonstrations.
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United Press Bulletin
London
Wilhelm
Amsterdam
Berlin
Kaiser
Prison Wardens Tighten Prisoner Purchases For Holidays
Warden E M Allen of the Illinois state penitentiary reiterates a rule banning fruit candy tobacco and other merchandise from being delivered to inmates by mail or express to prevent drug concealment. Inmates may buy plain underwear socks and handkerchiefs through the prison store and purchases of fruit candy tobacco and other items will be refused. The move aims to curb outside traffic and ensure more control during the Christmas season.
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E. M. Allen
Illinings State Penitentiary
Allen
Meeting Friday Night To Organize Commerce Committee
President Arthur Leach of the Association of Commerce calls a meeting of the new executive committee for the commission form tomorrow at 7 30 in the association offices. The aim is to organize officers and committees and begin work without delay with all 25 members urged to attend. The News publishes daily extracts from the commission form law, the first appearing this evening on the editorial page.
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Arthur Leach
Association of Commerce
Glock
Association
Sien
Willie Gill Improves After Fall At Davidson Quarry
William Gill, 12 years old, son of Mr and Mrs Sidney Gill of 124 Croghan avenue, is reported convalescing after a 20 foot fall near Davidson quarry on South Raynor avenue last Saturday. Dr Rich attends him and outcome remains uncertain.
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William
Sidney Gill
Croghan Avenue
Davidson Quarry
Raynor Avenue
Rich
American Troops Resting On Arms Along Border
Mexican officials at Juarez protested a dispatch claiming American troops near Naco would fire on Mexican forces if bullets crossed the boundary. Officials feared such shelling could be viewed as an act of war amid ongoing border clashes.
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United Press
Tso
Texas
Juarez
Insurance Money Awaiting Heirs of Old Joliet Resident
Relatives of Andrew H. Smith once head of a Joliet paper concern are asked to help locate heirs. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co suspects Smith is dead and holds a substantial policy payable to legal heirs. Smith lived in Joliet in the 1890s, ran the Adam paper mill, then drifted away. last heard from in Chicago about five years ago.
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Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co
Hartford
Connecticut
Smith
Joliet
Adam
Desplaines
George B. Care
Chicago
New York
Mes G. Bennett
Cattle Disease Largely stamped Out in Illinois County
Galesburg Dec 10 All cattle and hogs infected with foot and mouth disease within a 15 mile radius have been killed. Dr L Brown of the Illinois Live Stock Commission reports after a Springfield meeting that a few cases may appear but the disease is pretty well stamped out.
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The
United Press
Galesburg
Til
L. Brown
Illinois Live Stock Commission
Springfield
Edison Plant Fire in West Orange Claims One Life
A seven million dollar blaze gutted the Thomas Edison mapulac plant in West Orange last night. One worker died and a man and a girl were reported missing as the company announced plans to rebuild at once.
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The
United Press
West Orange
Ni J
Thomas Edison
French Attack Repulsed Near Roeroi and Argonne
Berlin reports French assault on Roeroi and near the Argonne failed under heavy bombardment. French forces suffered heavy losses as their line was broken and repulsed by German artillery yesterday.
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The
United Press
Berlin
Roeroi
Argone
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