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Newspaper
The Joliet Weekly News
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
15
Local notices discuss political candidates with street names and machine politics, plus community events in Marley. Items include oat harvest, milk plant talks, visits by Amos Savage and others, a fatal self-inflicted gunshot by Tommy O'Brien in Chicago, farm threshing updates, and social visits.
The article discusses a potential salary-based state’s attorney office, praising Barr as progressive if nominated. It also reports Miss Iona Haynes’s return from a week with her sister in Dyer Inn, a Polo yards foreman Broncho injured in a Sunday auto accident near Joliet, and Spencer streets being recently repaved or reopened after maintenance.
Local Plattville notes report Barr for state's attorney campaign as a call for fair treatment. Mr and Mrs George Churchill rush to Munice Ind for their daughter Mrs Henry Munsons health. WCTU meeting at Lora Hampson home with supper raised 5. Ed and Eugene Cryder visit Grandpa Smith in poor health. Marié Munson visits Yorkville Friends. Minooka visitors Mrs L A Hamrick and daughters. Young people enjoyed a Friday hall dancing. Threshing teams active and grain good for threshing.
Seth Gibler announces his Democratic bid for the state legislature. He aligns with Bryan and Roosevelt and promotes reform. he appeals to voters who support a progressive program and broad backing from all sides.
Traveling salesman G C Kennedy loses a suitcase containing a new suit, umbrella, and items on Wabash train No 13 en route from Chicago to St Louis. A young woman recalls a stranger taking the parcel and leaving at Custer. Secret agent hired to identify the thief. Local notices urge supporting George Baty for State's Attorney. Community updates on sermons, marriages, and local business advertise equipment.
SE WARD July events and social notices list Mrs. Dwyer’s hospital visit and operation at St Joseph’s Joliet. W U Witt Silver Medal contest at Seward Center church on Aug 8 invites all. Ardell Andrews visits Rance Myers. Lizzie Newsams hosts sister Betty from Chicago. Sixty attend W C T U meeting at Bert Hampson’s. Laura Ramford visits Mrs Will Heap. Pert Heap welcomes a newborn Tuesday July 28. L T L met with Otto Heap. ice cream and cake served. Little Lila Sanders stayed with Grandma Scho field. Threshing begins across area and oat crop is expected light.
In Frankfort August 4 the notice promotes Barr as a broad minded candidate for state’s attorney urging voters to support him in the August 8 primaries. Also reports a birth at M and Mrs Chas Pfeifer July 26 and various social notes on local residents and visits.
In Channahon on August 3, discussions center on a possible Republican nomination for state’s attorney next Saturday. George Barr pledges a vigorous canvass and defense of GOP principles to earn the party’s respect and goodwill. The town also reports local social news, threshing, and farm conditions.
In Minooka August attendance was small due to heat and Chau tduqua travel. Rev James Rowe spoke on missions and two baptisms occurred at the M E church infant of Mr and Mrs Bimer Campbell and Miss Addie May Bailey. Mrs Lewis Hamrick and daughters Myrtle and Rutty returned from Plattville visit. James Carrying sustained injury from a bad horse while attending Sunday activities.
Mr and Mrs James Brady of Morris visited Richard Brady. Miss Elizabeth Carroll spent a few days with relatives in Chicago. Mr and Mrs Richard Coop left Friday for Victoria Illinois to visit Dr Richard Bedford.
Barr for state's attorney is portrayed as capable and conservative. Various local residents, including Charles Barron and Miss Kathryn Browne, are noted visiting relatives and returning from trips. The community reflects on W. H. Flagg’s funeral and school board plans a fire escape before September.
Albert Beckwith of Mazon and William Graves of Missouri visit relatives in town. Mrs Neitz returns from Naperville trip. G F Kersten reports extended Eastern travels as Marietta Graves hosts visiting relatives.
A political notice asks Republican voters to back Governor Charles S. Deneen on Saturday August 8, praising his support for the direct primary law and the local option measure.
Wilmington August 5. Henty Ward and his daughter Miss Mary depart for Alma Michigan to visit his daughter Mrs Klettida and stay two or three weeks. Barney Kangley of Florence made a business trip to Joliet yesterday.
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