Open School Auditoriums eyed for public meetings countywide
Joliet and area schools may host public meetings as sentiment grows to open school houses for public use. County superintendent Nevans backs using schools in Monce Frankfort and rural towns, noting funds and women’s role in public discourse. Board president Marsh supports political gatherings in schools, with Forest Park A O Marshall and McKinley already equipped. Inspectors Brennan Kiep and Lloyd to frame usage rule.
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Joliet
W. H. Nevens
Lre
Tone
Monce
Frankfort
Nevens
Halla
West Side
F. E. Marsh
A. O. Rshall
Forest Park
McKinley
Marsh
Richards Street
Henderson
Farragut
Brennan, Kiep and
Lloyd
Santa Claus Hears the Sweetest Carols at Rich ards Street Church
Santa Claus arrived at Richards Street M. E. church Christmas night to hear children sing by a brightly lit tree. The program featured recitations and exercises, gifts of candy fruit and nuts, and a notable committee including Prof. J. M. Thompson and Mrs. Oliver Teale.
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Santa Claus
Richards Street
M. E
Kris Kringle
J. M. Thompson
Oliver Teale
Margaret Barret
Erma
J. W. Webster
8. Powell
Polish Catholic church foreclosure case in Chicago area
The Polish Catholic church in the Roda subdivision north of St. Francis filed yesterday for foreclosure on a 1000 dollar note from a series given by the Catholic Bishop of Chicago and delivered to James C. O'Connor.
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Peter Lehmitz
Chicago
James C. O'Connor
Roda Subdivision
St. Francis
Broadway
Business Prospects Good for the Year 1914 Optimistic Outlook
Harry A. Wheeler president of the National Chamber of Commerce and ex Chicago Association leader says 1914 prospects are good with conservative optimism. He credits new tariff and currency laws for improving public sentiment and urges a 5 percent railroad freight-rate rise to boost commerce.
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Harry A. Wheeler
National Chamber,of Commerce
Chicago Association of Commerce
Wheeler
Mr. Wheeler
John Sebastian to Leave the Rock Island Railroad
John Sebastian, third vice president of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway, will sever his connection on New Years. He has served 36 years with the road and in that role for four years, retiring at age 66 due to failing health.
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John Sebastian
Chicago, Rock Island Cffic Railroad
Joliet Man Declines $10 000 Year Offer From Times
Joseph E Ralph director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington has rejected several private offers including a $10 000 a year proposal from Adolph S Ochs of the New York Times. He prefers finish his 20 year tenure and advance plans for a new building with modern equipment and improved worker conditions. He suggested a subway link between his bureau and the treasury for package transmission.
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United States
Joseph E. Ralph
Joliet
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Adolph 8S
Ochs
The
New York Times
Ralph
the Times
Department
Treasury Department
Treasury
Seeks Fortune Gets $50,000 As Heir
Alex E. Johnson, 38, after 20 years chasing a fortune in Montana and Wyoming, returns to his Vilas county area home and finds about $50,000 in gas field royalties owed as an heir. Kansas Natural Gas Co. paid him $49,840 after protracted court litigation.
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Tola
Kan
Montana
Wyoming
Alex. E. Johnson
Scome
Vilas
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Grandsons to Finish Education in America
Marshall Field 3rd and Henry Field, heirs to a vast estate, will stay in the United States for education. Maldwin Drummond, wife of an English captain, says the brothers will be raised in America and pursue business in Chicago.
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Marshall Field
Maldwin Drummond
Henry Field
America
Atridge
Henry
Moore Brothers Co. Holds Five Day School For Traveling Men
Twenty salesmen from the Moore Brothers Co. met at the Joliet plant for five days of product study. The group aims to learn stove and furnace improvements, with new baseburner patterns and cooking goods changes. Officials express optimism for 1914 despite cautious manufacturing timelines.
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Moore Brothers Co
Tollet Concern
Fred W. Phelps
Gitiok
National Children's Day Program At O F Temple
Maurice Lauer announces a strong program for National Children's Day at the O F temple Sunday afternoon with a 2 30 start. The event seeks to aid children affected by labor troubles and will accept a collection with proceeds sent to Calumet for the Christmas Eve disaster victims.
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Maurice Lauer
O. F. Temple
Mr. Er
Calumet
Johnston Takes Command of Confederate Army at Dalton
Fifty years ago today on December 27 General Joseph E. Johnston assumed command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee at Dalton Georgia succeeding General Braxton Bragg Frederick of Augustenburg proclaimed Duke of Schleswig Holstein and twenty five years ago in Paris four thousand bonds of the French Panama canal rot ed confidence in De Lesseps and in the enterprise
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Joseph E. Johnston
Confederate Army of Tennessee
Dalton, Ga
Braxton Bragg
Frederick of Augustenburg
Duke of
Paris
de Lesseps
Dunne To Press Power Water Rights Suit
Governor Dunne vows rapid pursuit of the suit to nullify the Economy Light & Power Co contract controlling water rights for the proposed deep waterway. He retains Elijah N. Zoline to lead the case with John B. Miller & associates, after a Supreme Court skirmish allowed the case to proceed. The fight ties to the $20 million bond issue and deep waterway development.
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Dunne
Economy Light & Power Co
Elijah —N. Zoline
Chicago
Deneen
Durine
United States Supreme Court
Illinois and Michigan Canal Commission
Night school reform on Joliet board agenda
Joliet school officials plan a new push to reach foreign born adults through night school after a report shows under 175 attendees. Superintendent Stoops seeks teachers fluent in foreign languages while noting high school students study commercial courses and many local youths are unsuitable for mill work.
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Stoops
Joliet
George Lloyd
Robbery at Station 15 Overcoat Thefts
At Station 15 a theft occurred near the cell door as Frank McQuade, just released from county jail, was brought in on a charge for taking James Murphy’s overcoat. The coat disappeared as Murphy cleaned the station, McQuade denied wrongdoing, and the case ended as a vagancy sentence of 60 days. Murphy remained without his coat.
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Frank McQuade
Benny
James Murphy
Murphy
McQuade
Bridewell
Matthew Connors
Waukegan Robbery Victim Tied To Christmas Box Theft
Christmas day at St. Joseph’s Church in Waukegan a man was detected after regular services and captured following a struggle. The church poor box had been robbed multiple times, with authorities linking the arrest to prior heists. The suspect identified himself as John Hill, and Father Renee helped detain him.
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Joliet
St. Joseph's
Waukegan
Mass saloon prosecutions yield near $7,500 to county
A Joliet court session sees about 100 saloonkeepers plead guilty to Sunday closing law violations. Fines total $75.85 per person, with nearly $7,500 collected by County Clerk Younger as defendants await further hearings. Some defendants contest or delay, while others pay promptly. Two managers and several officials appear among the cited list.
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George J.-G
Ed.g. Young
Robert W. Martin
George Neaggo
Henry and
Fred Brockman
Bauer & Listlero
H. J. Klein
J. W. Faulkner
Carl Fricke
Metzinger & Cameron
George Meyer
William Metzgar
Charles McGlone
Adam Schick
Oscar Weinbrod
Henry Klein
Joliet Wine and Liquor Company
Nunzi
Joseph Jones
Judge Cowing
Lorenzo
Young
John Kelly
Kelly & Kelley
Chicago
Cass
Fred Bagnell
Tom Banner
The
Buffalo
Paddy Barrett
Barrett & Irwin
Barrett
Mining production values rise in Wyoming in 2011
The United Premed report from Washington highlights Wyoming mine products valued at 11.5 million dollars for 2011, with a breakdown showing about 10.5 million dollars in contributing sectors. The bulletin notes overall U S mineral output and specific state figures.
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United
Washington, D. C
Dee
Wyoming
United States
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National Chamber of Commerce
Rock Island
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Uncle Sam
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Atlantic
Didmond
Moore
Joliet Company
U. S
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John Hill
Renee
Frank Boazich
Louis Bolte Awore
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