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Newspaper
The Joliet Weekly News
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
11
A Republican profile extols J McCan Davis of Springfield as a self made Illinois lawyer writer and Lincoln authority. The piece lauds his service record honesty and fairness and urges voters to support him as the country candidate for Clerk of the Supreme Court on August 8.
The Will County annual school report for the year ending June 30 earned high praise from the state superintendent at Springfield. R Nevens received a commendation letter noting the document’s flawless accuracy and detailed statistics across financial and general matters for all Will county schools.
Jas H Alexander calls on voters to use the new primary law wisely. He endorses candidates from district committees, urges farmers to take August 8 as a election day, and argues for merit over partisanship to benefit the public. The piece reflects on state politics and civic duty.
Telegrams circulated about a miraculous cure for Miss Monica Lanigan of 1531 Pine Street Ottawa at Saint Anne near Kankakee. The Ottawa Republic Times reports the cure claim is false and Miss Lanigan remains in her long standing condition, able only to speak a few words. The sister Anna Lanigan says there is no truth in the article.
Edwin Stanley Shaffner died at 3 10 this morning at his sister Mrs James Barber’s home on Mound Street after a five year illness. He was a young man of estimated promise and was educated in.
The obituary notes a man long identified with his father in coal, later with National Packing, who moved to Texas seeking a transfer. Funeral from his sister Mrs Barber's home Thursday at 3 p m, Paul Revere lodge leads services, interment at Oakwood family lot. He leaves a father, mother, Ben, and sister Clara Belle.
A thirteen year old boy, Charles Krieger, fled a three mile from Joliet to avoid a threatened cistern punishment. He said foster parents Fo Lyman and his wife mistreated him, keeping him hungry and half clothed while forcing him to work. The boy was taken in by Andrew Saxon and later turned over to Supervisor John Herath for care. Lyman is to appear soon as authorities decide his fate.
The article notes strong and cordial support for Geo. A. Barr in Joliet and throughout Will County. It highlights his lack of prior public office experience contrasted with a modest city attorney salary of about 155 dollars monthly and emphasizes his Democratic, worker-friendly approach shaping his run for state attorney.
A major Chicago fire started near the C. B. and Q. freight houses around 1 PM and threatened the downtown district. Firefighters saved the Rock Island elevator on Twelfth Street, keeping the blaze from spreading toward the riverfront as Joliet traffic was halted. losses exceeded a million dollars.
Charles Schillinger of Wheatland township fell from a ladder while descending a threshing stack. He shattered both legs and two ribs after the ladder slipped, was taken to Charles hospital in Aurora in serious condition, and will be out several months.
Mrs. Marriett Lewis files in circuit court for divorce on grounds of cruelty to herself and children. She alleges William Lewis earns $280 a month from Illinois Steel but withholds support. She previously withdrew a suit after he promised to reform.
L A Smith, deputy health commissioner, after a week in Michigan, says the peach crop will be a failure this season. He notes small fruit and barren trees in many areas, though pears are expected to yield well in Michigan.
An old village tale recalls a hungry preacher who received a welcome dinner after an afternoon service. The stranger preacher was hosted in good faith, illustrating hospitality in the rural Scottish community long ago.
Congressman George E Foss announces his candidacy for United States senator in Illinois. He cites support from Republicans statewide and from the Tenth district convention endorsing his record, including naval construction and the naval training station. Foss details his career, platform, and call to organize for the August primaries.
A wife, startled by an unexpected visitor, clouts her husband with a Bible who had washed at the family sink. She intends to defend hospitality to itinerant preachers, but the pair realize a comedic mistake as they face the intruder and his guest.
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