Peotone Chautauqua in session with community notices
Peotone hosts the Lincoln Chautauqua with two sessions daily and a slate of speakers and musicians including Dr Vibbert the Mekieley quartet Frank Regan Moezicks Nicholls and the Nevin quartet. Local notes report travel and visits from residents to Chicago Grand Rapids and Colorado Springs with family updates and a Cubs Oak Park game recap ending in a forfeiture.
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Peotone
Peotoné
Dr. Vibbert
Mekieley
Beecher George Barr Aims for State's Attorney Post
Beecher George Barr, a product of Will owhty, aims to become State's attorney and seeks his friends help to nominate him. Next Saturday details and mentions Miss Lizzle Mulhey of Braidwood visiting Mrs. A. Struve. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Werner returned recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Barr
Wm. H. Rohe
Brookston
Ind
Goodenow and Barr Hotly Contested for State’s Attorney
The notice suggests the state’s attorney post may move to a salary basis and gain public support. Barr is described as progressive and would strive to honor himself and his party if nominated. Local social notices mention visits, travel, and community events in Aug and early August, including gatherings at river camps and interactions with friends and relatives across Sandwich, Chicago Heights, and Grant Park, with several residents reporting on heat and crop conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barr
Goodenow
J. H. Bahlman
Charles Bahlman
John Wilkening
Brands
Eflen €. Smith
Columbia
Missouri
Sandwich
Ellen Graham
Harry Dewey
Grant Park
Herman Mathias
Ed. E. Smith
Ernest Belke
Chicago
H. 8S
Graham
Ed. Gridley
Charles Pease
W. W. Smith
Chicago’ Heights
Mary Keeper
Chicago Heights
Albert Eeper
Oenth
Shont
Geo. Barr
160 Acre Farm at Auction in Will Go Township
Chas Karch offers for sale at auction his 160 acre farm in the south east quarter of section 36 township and range in Will County Iowa on Wednesday August 12 1903 at 2 pm. The property is well drained with a good house barn and other buildings a fine orchard a well and windmill shade trees and country club house postal cards available at The News Store The latest thing is the Lucky Bug Postal Card The News Store.
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Chas, Karch
Orankfort
Crete voters eyed in tight Republican primary
Crete Aug 3 The Republican primary nears its end with Palgeman favored by many as the best campaigner while Balgemann’s bid is questioned for strain and spending. Local opinion stresses conservative farmers and businessmen as decisive voters and notes a close race ahead. Burglary reports in Chicago Heights and a Gretna Green note from St Joe are also mentioned amid heat waves and record prices at Crete Market.
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Crete
Crete Township
W. Palgeman
Balgemann
Ant
Wedding at Piepenbrink Home Ends in Joyful Union
Helene Piepenbrink wed Louis Koelling of Chicago Heights with Rev F Bravery officiating. A large guest list and open air Crete Concert preceding the ceremony highlighted a calm week in Crete. The village board discussed East street settlement for years, while pickpockets plagued the Steger picnic. The Crete Lutheran Missionfest is set for Aug 9 at the village park. Oat yields surprised farmers, averaging about 30 bushels per acre this season.
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Conrad Piepenbrink
Helen
Louis Koelling
Chicago Heights
F. Bravery
Crete
Monee News Highlights Local Social and Civic Updates
Monee notes reflect political sentiment around Geo Barr and state attorney canvass. Social items cover visits, weddings, vacations, and rentals in Thorn Grove and nearby towns. Upcoming Oakdell Park picnic on August 9 with a special car service. fair concessions bids due August 10 for the September district event.
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Monee
Wm. Cellarius
Monee, Ill
Modern Mummies in Industry Claims Wealth Fuels Vanity
George R. Laird argues at Plainfield Chautauqua that modern fortunes rival ancient pharaohs in creating pyramids of wealth while child labor drains the nation. He cites Roosevelt's call for graduated inheritance tax and warns against elite accumulation, urging action to curb such power.
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Metropolitan Museum
Egypt
Pyramid of
Cheops
Great Britain
France
Uncle Sam
Laird
White House
Roosevelt
England
Deneen Urges Voters To Cast Ballot Saturday
A fragmented political item notes Deneen urging Republican voters to vote on Saturday. Mentions direct options, local measures, and election materials like writing fluids inks tablets and memorandum books. Source text is garbled.
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S. Deneen
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Til
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Lombard
J. B. Lewis
August Schlauder
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Henry Harken
Colorado Springs
Colorado
C. E. Dunning
Washburn
Paxton
Walter Kruger
Henry Baird
Chas. Rocce
Danville
Ill
John Baird
N. Taylor
Elizabeth Cosgrove
Olive Schroeder
Harvard
Geo. Renkert
Joseph Imhottz
H. Stassen
Frank Gross
St.Louis
Mra. D. Williams
Alice Parton
Rochelle
St. Charles
Mra
Joan Daly
Bruce Hanmer
Farmers City
Russell Morrison
Hemmer
Rock Creek
James An
Minnesota
Katherine Althof
Wm. Bu 'Aveau
Morris
Techny
Emma
Emma. Witke
van Voorhis
Mr. Wehrley
J. H. Wehrley
Fred Cloidt
John
Nettie Werner
Hans Heuck
Nebraska
Carl’ Ehrhardt
Vivian
Edna and
Mildred Roche
Englewood
Henry Block
Frank Hunte
Frank Hack
Arthur
Henry
Oak Park
Cubs
Hinze
Beecher
Country Club House
News Store
Balgeman
Old Guard
St. Joe, Mich
St. Joe
Gretna Green
Meenek
Germany
Wihom
Koelling-Piepenbrink
Will County State Bank
Anna Ruchols of
Steger
John John
Winnie Noon
Adam Rudhet
Bertha Bohlander
August Toepper
Green Garden
Herman Petersen
Christ Sass
Schultz
Evelyn’ Voight
Preston
Iowa
Paul Toepper
New East
Philip Bischmann
Bert Thomas
F.C. Lehmann
Harry’ Kylé
Cincinnati, Ohio
Selma ‘Wieherts
Hell
Fred Toepper
Ed Englehardt
Michigan City
August Hansbruch
Olive Herbst
George Froehner
Emma Herbert
Perry Gaines
Arl
Monce
Albert Gaines
Frank Gaines
Mabel Ruder
Adam Ruder
Thorn Grove
Arthur Boeh
Oakdell Park
Monte Amusement Club
Miss Emmert
Piente
Monee Amypsement Club
Scored
Prof
George Laird
Plainfield
George R. Laird
North Western College
Naperville
Mr. Laird
Weil
TK News Store
Country Club “House Postal Combi the News Store
Deneen
Country Old House
the News Store
Eastern
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County of Will
George S. Miller
Arthur C. Albers
Will County
John Kolstedt
Geo. Sonneborn
Geo. S. Miller
Cashier
Henry J. Schluntz
J. Scheidt
P. Glaeser
F. Nagel
N. Fortmiller
A. P. Lilley
Jefferson Street
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