Graduation Day At Joliet Township High School
Nearly 200 pupils graduated from Joliet township high school in an Orpheum Theater ceremony. Prof J Stanley Brown urged efficiency as the key to education while Superintendent Worst welcomed entrants to the high school and speakers praised the class.
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Orpheum Theater
Joliet Township High
Central School Orchestra
Thompson
George MacAdam
Walter Henry MacPherson
Marsh
J. Stanley Brown
County Prisoners to Crush Rock for Family Support
County board votes to force jail inmates to crush rock and perform other work to raise money for families in hard circumstances. Supervisor Strohm lobbied that fathers in jail harm their families when released after short sentences. A committee is to plan how inmate labor can fund food for dependents.
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Board of Supervisors
Strohm
Joliet
Villisca Murder Expert Invoked in Investigations
William McClaughry a former Joliet bertillion expert now at Leavenworth Federal Prison has been called by Villisca authorities to help unravel the Moore family murders. He suspects the killer was familiar with the house and the family, not a stranger, and notes the Stillinger girls were in a different apartment. A mentally disturbed man was captured river-side eleven miles from the town. state offers 300 dollars, Montgomery county 500 dollars for the killer.
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William McClaughry
Joliet
Leavenworth
Kans
Villisca
Iowa
Moore
Colorado Springs
Iola
Kansas
Stillinger
Montgomery County
Notable guest list for Joliet Jubilee campaign kickoff
Webster Huntington of Cleveland plans to attend Joliet's Home-Coming and Diamond Jubilee the first week of July. Perry's Victory Centennial Commission officials including Huntington and Col Henry Watterson are invited as spokesmen and potential speakers. The Illinois Centennial committee awaits final attendance and campaign speeches may begin in Joliet.
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Henry Watterson
Old Kentucky
South
Joliet
Watterson
Webster P. Huntington
Cleveland
McKensie R. Todd
Frankfort
Kentucky
Chesley R. Perry
Chicago
Illinois
Manor Nation
George D. Benson
The
Home-Coming
California voters weigh Bryan if Roosevelt balks
A. E. Gockley, arriving from Los Angeles, says Californians favor Bryan if Roosevelt is not nominated. He notes a week in the city handling property interests and observes a seven story building being torn down and a twelve story one rising. He represents a Joilet hardware businessman whose firm has doubled in two years.
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Roosevelt
California
Bryan
A. E. Gockley
Los Angeles
Queen of Joliet Home Coming Crowned in Royal Pageantry
Joliet未 Diamond Jubilee will stage a grand queen contest led by T W Allen and Simon Kellerman. The ceremony promises royal accoutrements with four princes, fairy attendants and jeweled regalia, likened to ancient courts and featuring a diamond jewel presentation. The mayor would present city keys to the king and consort in a Durbar like display.
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Jo- Met
T. W. Allen
Simon Kellerman
Allen
Jolet
Illifois
Joliet
Cinity
Oric
al- Ten Ie
India
Kellerman
Mance
Thieves Break Into Saloon Operated by Italian Pleasure Club
A saloon at 916 South Joliet street was burglarized about 1 30 this morning. Thieves stole 12 in change cigars and a revolver and key. Locks and a window were damaged before they fled through the door. A boy who saw the crime spoke to firemen today after fearing to report it earlier.
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South Joliet Street
Theater Safe Defied Thieves in Vain Attempt
Amateur safe-crackers tried to smash the Tavern theater safe last night. They jammed the combination and disturbed the door then rifled the manager’s desk taking a revolver and some trinkets before fleeing. The safe had 9125 dollars? not clear. tools were borrowed from the scene.
Morton Plans Freight Barge Service Expansion
Joy Morton aims to extend salt shipping into a regular freight boat line via the Sanitary district channel and canals, with initial salt consignments to Muscatine Iowa and potential trips to Memphis Tennessee once enough barges are acquired. Agents scour the Erie canal for vessels while the Peerless returns to Chicago after a Muscatine run.
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Joy Morton
Sanitary District
Morton
Erie Canal
Manistee
Chicago
Old Western Cereal Company
Muscatine
Iowa
TROUBLE AT SPRUCE SLIP WELL DELAYS DRILLING
An accident halted operations at the Spruce Slip well this morning as a small piece of apparatus broke, putting the machinery out of condition. The Potedam strata introduced repeated delays, marking the first time trouble occurred after reaching this layer.
Taft Wins Delegates in Mississippi Primary
Chicago June 13 Taf gets delegates from four Mississippi districts the 2nd 4th 6th and 8th creating Taft ten delegates from Mississippi total 145 delegates Roosevelt listed with one delegate from Kentucky and Roosevelt at large delegation seated in Missouri Hadley governor seat question settled by convention seating decision and lack of alarm from state executives.
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Chicago
Ill
Taf
Mississippi
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
Kentucky
Ben B. Lindsay
Roosevelt
Missouri
Gov
Hadley
Joliet Pictures Greeted by Friends
Joliet's fame spreads as Rubens moving pictures tour venues. Tomorrow night Indianapolis city administration is guest of George B. Rubens at the Orpheum theater, marking a first night called Administration Night.
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Joliet
Rubens Moving Pictures
Indianapolis
George B. Rubens
Louis Rubens
Orpheum Theater
Rubens
Minnesota
International Leane
York
Texas
Steand
Sudden Deaths Reported In Will County Grouped in Threes
May figures show twenty sudden deaths in Will County per Coroner William Wunderlich report presented to the county board by Supervisor Braun. Inquests cost $264 for May and parts of April and June. Deaths clustered in threes with three on May 17 and multiple dates around May 8 9 28 80 22 24. Authorities plan fifty new polling booths and a new Logkport precinct. precinct judges and polling places were announced after careful preparation.
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Will County
William Wunderlich
Braun
Logkport
Woodruff Returns From Bankers Meetings With Optimism
Geo. Woodruff is home at the First National Bank after a swing through eight bankers meetings across the state. He says the trip was pleasant, he saw the state, and believes soil, people, and natural resources will be conserved as the country hums along regardless of political conventions and nominations.
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Geo. Woodruff
First National Bank
County Board Debates Auto Purchase in Heated Session
The Joliet area board postponed Sheriff Tom Stevenson’s request for an automobile until the December term after a 20 to 16 vote. Proponents Braun Faulkner and Roche argued it would aid police duties across the county, while opposition cited cost and rural opposition, noting use for Kankakee patients and outsized duties.
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Tom Stevenson
Joliet
Chris Braun
Rockdale
J Faulkner
Jump
Plainfield
Roche
Freese
Braun
Faulkner
Kankakee
Visor Hulburt
Aternoon
Wein
Public drinking fountains added around courthouse site
Doar supervisors approved placing public drinking fountains around the courthouse as part of the new water system. Sup Byrd moved to install them with the court water system plan despite some hesitation from members. The decision aligns with preparations for Home Coming on July 7.
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Court House
Sup Byrd
Unclear Text On City Paddlers, Fees and Owed Sums
Fragmentary report mentions unlicensed paddlers and city records noting another taken out. It references crates, fees, and owed amounts with several garbled terms and names, lacking clear events or dates.
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Grammar School
McClaughry
Cincinnati
Col. Watterson
Perry
Victory
Nial
Webster Huntington
Joseph P
Stevenson
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