Calendar men come with big advance orders for Gerlach-Barklow
More than one hundred salesmen gather at the Gerlach-Barklow Company annual convention and report advance calendar orders surpassing 17 000 dollars, led by Springfield Massachusetts with 3 406 dollars. The event, opened by Col John Lambert, notes wartime hardships but optimism for next year, as Ed wards predicts 26 000 dollars and prizes for slogans spark competition.
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Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company
Springfield
Mass
A. E.gerlach
Chicago Territory
Ww. M. Edwards
Portland
Ore
R.gerlach
Joliet
Norman B. Smith
Christ Church
New Zealand
Col
John Lambert
Europe
Chicago
Crity
Italian Night Illustrated Lecture at Steel Works Club
The Steel Works club hosts an Italian Night with an illustrated address by Prof. H. F. Kling from Chicago on From Milan to Venice. Hand colored pictures, Mattei Brothers Orchestra, and Italian song performances enhance a free public event open to all. Hugo Mattel and Elvira Lewis perform, with Italian residents specially invited.
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Steel Works Club
H. F. Kling
John Creaver
Chicago
Milan
Venice
Maggiore
Lugune
Como
Verona
Mattei Brothers’ Orchestra
Joliet
Berkshire
Richards Street Methodist Church
Elvira Lewis
Hugo Mattel
Special Election Gate as Christmas Present in Joliet
County Judge Cowing will fix a date after January 28 for the commission form of government special election. Expected Tuesday or soon after February 2 with petitions for 800 valid voters, Murphy to lead the campaign from Adam Arcade headquarters. An executive committee of five men and five women to be chosen to organize campaigns citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Cowing
Commission
William A. Murphy
Adam Arcade
Murphy
Mattel Orchestra to Play at Steel Works Club Evening
The Mattel Orchestra valued at $1,500 provides music for an evening reception and illustrated lecture at the Steel Works Club. The event opens to the general public with both men and women invited. Prof. H F Kling, head of a local school, will present the illustrated talk on From Milan club to the audience.
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Milan
H. F. Kling
Jan
Ch Leace
Secretaries plan conference on sending ships to Panama
Washington December 14 by United Press the secretaries of state war and navy will meet to decide if warships should be sent to Panama to enforce neutrality in response to Col Goethals request for two destroyers Goethals argues radio misuse in canal waters endangers supply lines requiring swift ships in canal waters.
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United Press
Washington
D. C
War
End
Navy
Panama
Géethal
Garrisin
Cor. Goethals
Goethal
Illinois editor jailed for contempt in temperance case
G W Gilbert editor of a weekly in Belvidere was sentenced to one day in jail and fined 150 dollars for contempt of court after criticising County Judge DeWolf in a wet and dry case. His paper, taking the saloon side, called the judge’s decision grandstand play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Belvidere
G.W. Gilbert
DeWolf
Gilbert
Pastor Sermon Declares Sin Most Common Thing In Joliet
Rev Mr Smithson of Central Christian church preached that sin is the commonest thing in Joliet. He used charts to illustrate his remarks and promised another chart next Sunday about who are the saved. Mrs John R Hill sang last night with a vocal duet by the Misses Schimmell.
Dresden Eludes English Foes in South Atlantic
German cruiser Dresden reportedly passed Punta Arenas uninjured after a battle involving two British dreadnoughts and six cruisers. The wireless dispatch says Dresden is at high sea with a brief account of the engagement, though earlier reports claimed Dresden was sunk.
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Dresden
Requiem Mass Held for Little Leona Cody
Requiem Mass was celebrated in the Guardian Angels chapel Saturday morning over the body of Little Leona Cody. The St Francis Academy choir of nuns provided music. Interment took place at St Johns Cemetery. Sisters bitterly disputed a report that the funeral originated from the rooms of an un merkying company.
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the Guardian Angels
Leona Cody
St. Francis Academy
St. John’s
Court Corrects Name Mix in Chicken Stealing Case
The court last week dismissed the charges in a case involving chicken stealing but misnamed William McVerry as William McSherry in the records. The correction confirms McVerry as the defendant and notes a clean record for him.
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William McVerry
William McSherry
Sne News
Fifty Years Ago Today Attacks and Surrenders Sketched
The article recalls events from December 14 fifty years ago with fields of ice thawing enabling a dawn charge on Nashville siege lines while Sherman pressed Savannah surrender demands and Dix ordered pursuit of Confederate raiders across the Canada border. It also notes a twenty five years ago influenza outbreak in Paris.
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Thomas Frm
Nashville
Atlantic
Sherman
Savannah
Dix
Canada
Pars
Italian Warship Push for Demand on Turkey
London dispatch says Italy will press Germany over Turkey for reparation after a hostile demonstration at the Italian consulate in Hodod?da where the British consul was dragged from the consulate. An Italian cruiser reportedly heads to an Arabian port to back the demand and halt Italy joining the Allies.
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United
London
Italy
Turkey
Hoderda
Germany
Arabian
Repetto Case Faces Supreme Court Writ of Error
Judge Hooper reviewed the bill of exceptions in the Frank Repetto case and signed the certified record. Attorneys Lennon and Blatt plan to file in Springfield for a writ of error, seeking to stay the Will County Circuit Court judgment and halt execution if the court grants relief. If the bill is deemed insufficient, Repetto faces December 18.
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Frank Hooper
Frank ‘Repetto
Maurice Lennon
George Blatt
Springfeld
Supreme Court
Supreme Clerk
Circuit Court
Gorge M. Scholl
Will
Will County
Frank Repetto
The Quaker Coming An Early Luncheon
Visiting Friends plan an early luncheon at the Business Women's club at 5 30 with Quaker descendants invited. They aim to depart for Chicago on the evening train and request names to Mrs H M Crosbie so plates can be prepared.
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Chicago
Business Women’s Club
H. M. Crosbie
Homeless Boy and Unhappy Girl Helped by Knobel
Rev. Dr. C Knobel, field secretary of the Minois Children's Home and Aid Society in Chicago, visits children formerly in its care. The piece notes judge Cowling sentenced eight children to the school, describes its charitable, nonsectarian history and local support, and mentions Potomac Illinois and the University of Illinois contributions.
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Dr. C. Knobel
The
Minois Children’s Home and Aid Society
Chicago
Knobel
Potomac
University of Ilinois
Safeguards Urged at Dangers of City Stone Quarries
City council to discuss protecting pedestrians at south Fifth ward stone quarries after a boy fell twenty feet and was injured. Residents petition for fences and barriers at dangerous quays and high sidewalks on Clinton Street and Cass Street. Discussion also to continue on track elevation ordinance and subways for pedestrian use.
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Fifth Ward
Clinton Street
Arch Court Neary
Eastern Avenue
Lucy Kelly
Cass Street
Thanksgiving Turkey Order From Massachusetts
Joliet reports an order for a Thanksgiving turkey sent by parcel post from Massachusetts. The ad appears exclusively in The News and signals a cross state parcel delivery.
Joliet Revival to Unite Churches in 5000-Seat Tabernacle
Joliet plans a united revival with all Protestant churches forming the United Church Movement. Dr. Robert E L Jarvis of the Evangelistic Extension Department will lead sessions in January and February, in a 5000-seat tabernacle modeled after Billy Sunday. Committees and lay leaders are organized to handle site, construction, music, finance, publicity, and prayer as the plan progresses.
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Ottawa Street
M. EB
Robert E.L. Jarvis
Evangelistic Extension Department
Stony Brook Assembly
J.wilbur Chapman
Philadelphia
Jarvis
Joliet
Billy Sunday
F. E. Marsh
C. E. Antram
A. C. Johnston
T. A. Bruce
H. A. Thompson
Cone
A. N. Porter
M. E
John B. Mecham
George T&t Relyea
Richards Street
Wm. J. Berger
E. J. Smith
Chas. Lund
Olaf Haglund
Axel Larson
Salvation Army
A. M. Miles
Eastern
Avenue Baptist
F. W. Witwer
J. Stanley Brown
O. Eddy
F. BE. Marsh
Se Brown
Jacob
Oneal
E. J
Bansien
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Gerlach-Barklow
John Lam
Bert
Matte Bros
WM. A. Murphy
Mattel Orchestra
Caesar Mattei
Baritone
Saxaphone
Riccardo
Matte
Guido -Mattet
Hugo Mattei
French Horn
Otto Mattei
Alto’ Saxaphone
Panama ‘Hi
Illinois
Day
Tinited Press
Jernice Ayres
Punta Arnes
Today
High Sea
McVerry
McSherry
Repetto
C. Knobel
Judge Cowing
Robert E. L. Jarvis
Gelist
Obs
Banize
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