Christmas Services At Joliet Catholic Churches
Christmas observances across Joliet Catholic parishes feature high mass at 5 and 10 30 a m with extensive musical programs. A 30 voice choir performs works by Haydn Millard and Dubois, with soloists and instrumentalists, plus benediction and postlude. The Sacred Heart and St Patrick churches also present notable choral a cappella and instrumental offerings and the 6 and 10 a m masses at Sacred Heart.
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Joliet
Roy McMullen
Kyrie
Haydn
Millard
Adente
Julia McDermott
Benedictus
Frank Zarley
Leona Johnson
Webbe
Rossi
St. Patrick’s Church
Mary Colling
Adéste Fideles
Novello
Gounod
Adam
T. F
Brennan
Henry Odenthal
Chas Lé
Geo
Hausser
Limacher
Blackburn
W. Madden
Church of the Sacred Heart
H. G. van Pelt
Adeaste
Fideles
Et Ren . Wares Borg
Irene Milligan
Xieson
Hilvison
Eduardo Marale
Shoplifting pair caught by merchants in city
A young girl and a married woman were arrested Saturday evening after several merchants accused them of stealing. The pair, known to have prior trouble, obtained cheap jewelry and fur items from Ducker's Calmer's and Stern's. The magistrate imposed a small penalty with charges pressed by consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ducker
Christmas Masses at St Johns and Other Catholic Churches
Readers are informed of Christmas and holiday Catholic services across several churches. St John s Church hosts multiple high masses with various celebrants and sermons, plus vespers and benediction. Other churches including St Francis Academy, Guardian Angels Home, and the Slovak church in Landau Ave offer additional masses and a midnight vernacular service with a mixed choir.
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Father Anselm
St. Francis Academy
Plainfield Road
Dominick
Guardian Angels
Cyril and Methodius
Landau Avenue
Saints Cyril and Methodius
Ivicic
John A. Resek
Canal enlargement estimates near one million dollars
Government engineers report the Illinois and Michigan Canal can be rehabilitated and enlarged to match the Hennepin canal. Total cost under the prior million dollar estimate, with rebuilt locks, concrete aqueducts, reinforced structures, and modern electrical systems. project could begin after appropriation and meet Panama Canal opening traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockport
Ill
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Hennepin
Rosenfield
Sackett and Anderson
Panama Canal
R. Monroe
J. B. Bassett
Government Service
Hennepin Canal
Ottawa
Ilinois ‘and
Michigan Canal
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Illinois
Michigan
United States Canal
Wreck Delays Deneen in Illinois Travel
A telegram from Governor Deneen to Mrs. Deneen reports a train wreck on the return trip from Andersonville Georgia delaying him sixteen hours. The message came from Memphis where he hoped to proceed to Louisville by night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
Deneen
Andersonville
Mempheen
Louis
John Schmeisser Laid To Rest In Joliet
Funeral held at St Peters Lutheran in Joliet for John Schmeisser of North Eastern avenue. Rev Guido Schuessler conducted service in German and English. Born in Bavaria 1836 he came to Joliet in 1869 and ran a shop at 407 North Eastern for forty one years. He leaves wife five children and many friends who mourn his loss.
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St.Peter’s Lutheran Church
John Schmeisser
North Eastern Avenue
Guido Schuessler
Chicago
Schuessler
St. Peter's
Joliet
Mr. Schmeisser
Bavaria
Germany
John Dipbold
Bernard Schmeisser
Evanston
John Oetter
F. J. Schmeisser
William Doerfler
Jonet
Schmeisser
North
Holiday Greetings From Seth Gibler
Seth Gibler of the Joliet News sends a holiday greeting from Jackson dated December 22. The message wishes readers and all connected with the News a merry Christmas a prosperous New Year and expresses peace on earth and goodwill toward men.
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The
Joliet
Jackson
New Year's Eve Firearm Ban Tightens City LID
Police Chief Harry De Miller rejects rumors of a wide open New Year’s Eve. Saloons will close on schedule with no overtime. Anyone discharging a firearm will be arrested and fined at least 100 dollars as ministers seek Mayor Allen’s location amid lid rumors.
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Harry de Miller
Chicago
Allen
Promises 14 More Popular Concerts Begin Sunday
The city of Joliet plans fourteen additional Sunday concerts starting January 5 to raise public musical standards. A Silver Cross hospital benefit concert drew a solid crowd with Universalist church choir. Organist Hiram Converse and a trio featuring Mrs Wilhelm Middelschulte, Miss Leonora Allen, and Bruno Kuehn were listed among past performers.
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Silver Cross Hospital
Universalist Church
W. A. MacPherson
Juliet
Joliet
Thomas Men
Wilhelm Middelschulte
Leonora Allen
Bruno Kuehn
Bessie A ‘Hawking
Vera I. Knott
Roy Ett Rm Schoenste
Eron J
Governe
Hiram Converse
Early Mail Rush Hits Joliet Post Office
Joliet residents were urged to shop early as post office officials report record Christmas mail. Extra carriers on both sides, additional clerks, and two wagons in service speed delivery, with a single citywide delivery planned this morning.
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Joliet
Socal
Concrete Arches Placed In Position On Y Bridge
Two 38 ton concrete arches reinforced with steel beams were set in the Y bridge linking Rock Island and Alton railroads at Washington street. Two 100 ton cranes and two locomotives eased the 152000 pound sections into place over Saturday and Sunday, after offsite construction in Michigan Central yards due to rail business demands.
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Rock Island
Alton Railroad
Washington Street
Newkirk & Powers
Michigan Central
Holiday Spirit Abroad in City Helps Await Season Rush
City volunteers rally to spread holiday spirit as deadlines loom for projects and seasonal events. Organizers urge quick action to finish preparations before celebrations peak. Local groups coordinate with businesses and schools to light displays and host community activities.
Timely Tributes to Daniel Young Smith Pioneer Machinist
The last rites for Daniel Young Smith, pioneer machinist and citizen, were held at the Masonic Temple with Universalist rites. Rev. Walter MacPherson praised his eighty years of effort and service, noting his love for fellow man, church, and progress across mechanical and moral life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Young Smith
Masonic Temple
Walter MacPherson
Universalist Church
Mr. Smith
Ferdinandrs
Yen Horn
Former Newsman's Family Attacked by Ptomaine Poison
Robert M. Wilson former newsman now managing editor of the Grundy County Gazette Morria held an unusual Saturday night family gathering Ptomaine poisoning was the feature Soon after supper two children fell ill then Mr and Mrs Wilson became ill Dr of Morris attended before arrival a vacant name appears in the remedies list and yesterday they sought Morrin sion here.
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Robert M. Wilson
Grundy County Gazette
Morria
of Morris
Wilson
Wtloe
Morrin Sion
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Gloria
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William Austinf
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Howard Trainor
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John Gray
Henry Farmer
Agnus Dei
Trene Haughton
St. John’s Church
St. John's
Father Daniel
Edmund
China
Rampis
Hichstaett
Aloys Rager
Third Order
St. Francis
Walher Liberius
St. Joseph's Church
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Nantionad Am
Legislature
Illinois & Michigan
BCE Bois Ecseceer Neess
Dupage Tivee
Nettle Creek
la Salle
Georgia
Seth Gibler
Demisler
Promises
USA
Union Station
A. MacPherson
Associated Charities
Cass Street
Charities
Maurice Lennon
United Charities
Good Fellows
Josephine
Minnie Lynn
Maple Street
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W. F. Engle
F. J. Trizish Petre
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