Forefathers Supper Reflects on Present and Future
The forty fifth annual Forefathers' Supper at First Presbyterian featured Rev John Timothy Stone of Chicago urging focus on today and tomorrow. George Woodruff urged investing in good deeds for lasting happiness while Mrs Arbeiter and Rev Andrew Clark shared duties and reflections on women’s roles and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
A. J. Hoag
C. M. Brown
Andrew S. C. Clark
Second Presbyterian Church
Evanston
Clark
John Timothy Stone
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Good Fellow Reports Pitiful Case of Poverty
A Joliet News reader letter recounts Christmas Good Fellows aiding a family with five sick children and a mother in tears seeking blankets and food. The writer urges thorough checks to avoid fraud and notes many families risk a poor Christmas without aid.
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Joliet News
Three Children Die From Gas in Chicago Home
Five Ustich children ages two to ten months are found at 828 Ewing Street after a gas leak. Louis and Sophie Ustich are dead. Theodore Anastasia Ida Macherados and another infant are hospitalized in serious condition. A rubber hose to a stove is disconnected.
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Chicago
Ewing Street
Louis Ustich
Theodore Ustich
Ida Macherados
Sophie Ustich
Anastasia Ustich
Randolph Out of Drainage Board Name Change and Reappointments
Lyman E. Cooley named successor to Isham Randolph as consulting engineer while Edward B. Ellicott is reelected electrical engineer in charge of the Lockport power plant. The sinking fund for renewals and depreciation may be diverted to other uses, and Cooley’s appointment signals shifts in deep waterway policy amid river projects and drainage board politics.
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Chicago
Lyman .E. Cooley
Deneen
Isham Randolph
Mr. Randolph
Edward B. Ellicott
Lockport
Electric Trust
Cooley
Wallace G. Clark
Board of Trustes
Randolph
Clark
Calumet and Sag Territory
South
George Paullin
Littleton petition urges government to buy Monticello
Mrs Martin W Littleton and supporters push a congressional bill to authorize government purchase of Monticello Thomas Jefferson's historic home now owned by Representative Jefferson M Levy of New York. Levy resists relinquishing the property three miles from Charlottesville Virginia while Miss Lyra Brown of Joliet gathers petition signatures.
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John
Congress
Lyra Brown
Joliet
Public morals commission formed in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis city council appointed a permanent seven men two women morals commission led by Arthur W. Selovar. The group will investigate city moral conditions focusing on social vice and report findings to the mayor and council at least every three months.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Arthur W. Selovar
Miss Harriman's Mishap Costs Her a Broken Toe
New York dispatch reports Miss Carol Harriman daughter of the late E H Harriman suffered a broken toe while performing as a fancy dancer. The incident twinged energy and caused a setback amid social duties.
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New York
Carol Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Bible History Taught By Movies At Local Church
Rev. Walter MacPherson launches a Saturday Bible study venture using film reels to depict Moses life from bulrushes to leadership. A hundred attended, with free admittance for children and a fee for nonmembers next week. Plan includes comic and educational films to accompany the biblical story.
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Walter MacPherson
Moses
Isra
Beypt
Promised Land
MacPherson
Universalist Sunday School
Oklahoma Land Sale Opens in McAlester
The land sale in McAlester Oklahoma began with George Wright commissioner of the five civilized tribes presiding. Eleven acres of unallotted Indian land were auctioned with the first parcel fetching far above its appraised value.
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Oklahoma
McAlester
Okla
George Wright
The
Five Civilized Tribes
Masons to Lead E H Young Funeral in Joliet
Edward H. Young born February 22 1853 at Brooklyn Michigan died yesterday in Joliet after two years of illness ending in paralysis. Survived by three sons Frank H Arthur H Young of Chicago and Harry C Young of Joliet and brothers in California and Michigan. Funeral by Rev Walter H MacPherson with Masonic rites at Masonite Temple Sunday December 15 at 2 pm. Burial Oakwood family lot.
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Edward H. Young
Brooklyn
Mich
Joliet
Philip Mersinger
Kirk's Soap
Illinois Steel Company
Young
Frank H
Arthur
Chicago
Harry C. Young
California
Michigan
Walter H. MacPherson
Masonite
Oa Kwood
Lennon Seeks Public Help for Christmas Charity Drive
Maurice Lennon, president of Associated Charities, laments apathy as funds lag for a Christmas dinner program. The group plans to serve every needy family, with dinners and baskets funded by donations. assignments and provisions can be arranged through Supervisor Strohm, Mrs. James Clyne, or Lennon. A committee meeting was convened for 3:39 this afternoon.
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Associated Charities
Maurice Lennon
Strohm
James Clyne
Associated Charities Committees
Joliet’s Dr John Krohn Youngest Illinois Physician
Joliet honors its native son Dr John Krohn 22 a registered physician and surgeon now internee at Metropolitan Hospital New York City the second largest hospital in the world. A May graduate of Hahnemann Medical College Chicago he was named senior interne and head physician assistant in June. He will remain on staff a year overseeing at least four hundred patients before pursuing advanced study in surgery in New York.
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Joliet
Illinois
John Krohn
South Stevens Avenue
Metropolitan Hospital
New York City
Hahnemann Medical College
Chicago
Metropolitan
Krohn
New York
Easton Near Wreck After Ice Floe Drifts Off Superior
The Easton steam er, previously grounded on Iroquois reef, drifted for three hours on a heavy ice floe off Port Wing in Thunder Bay with twenty crew and fifteen passengers aboard. A sudden wind shift split the floe, allowing the vessel to escape unscathed.
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Duluth
Minn
Easton
Iroquois Reef
Thunder Bay
Jake ‘Superior
Port Wing
Lhaston
Mothers' club hosts old fashioned spelling bee
The Mothers' club of district 85 in Bloomington Illinois held an old fashioned spelling bee at the school. The event, dated December 14, showcased local families and pupils competing in traditional spelling challenges.
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Bloomington
Ill
the Bee
District
Death of Alexander Disturbs State Politics and Succession
The death of J. H. Alexander shakes up Springfield politics as Republican strength drops to forty-nine in the house. Discussion grows of Henry Alexander, son, running on the Progressive ticket to unite the old party factions. Funeral plans include a special car to Romeoville and services in Lockport.
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Alexander
A. H. Cohlmeyer
Nashville
Forty
Cohlmeyer
Chas. G. Hutesason
House
Hutchinson
Rence Liedits
Forty-First
J. H. Alexander
Moose
ineWill County
Ms McCabe
Kelly
Henné« Bry
Miller
Taft
Wilson
Roosevelt
Heary H. Alexander
Joliet
Lockport High School
Darligg
John Grant
The
Holy Land
George B. Norton
Locksport
Frenk
J Knowles
Lexington Quartet
Mr. Alexander
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DR. Stone
George Woodruff
Mrs. Arbeiter
George MacAdam
Deadwood
Juliet
Drainage Board
Lyman Cooley
Lorimer Deep Waterway
Ellicott
Wisner—Sinking Fund Will
Favors Cooley
W. K. Kavanaugh
Lakes To the Gulf Deep Waterway Association
Mississippi River
Kavanaugh
Miss Littleton
Martin W. Littleton
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Martin W. Little
Commission ON Morals
Minneapolis Council
Masons
E. H. Young
Lennon
Joan Krohn
New York Hospital
Springfield
Henry
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