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Newspaper
The Joliet Weekly News
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
1
The county reports indicate a tight race for congress with Snapp leading in Joliet by 704, while Clow tops Aurora and Elgin, notably Clow’s Aurora majority of 1,533 and Elgin’s Snapp gain of 1,447. Barr wins State’s Attorney mainly due to law and order support. Smith defeats Knapp for Recorder. Wunderlich beats Higgins for Coroner amid a mixed Republican tally in Du Page and nearby townships.
Jacob A. Henry president of Will County National Bank has been in Kenosha sanitariums since last Monday. At 83 he has faced months of illness with sinking spells. his daughter Mrs J A Folk and his wife have been at his side as his condition worsens. Henry helped pioneer Joliet with the first mule drawn street railway and powered the first electric line later sold to McKinley system. He also contributed to Joliet theater and the old fair grounds.
Real estate transfers list numerous transactions across Crete, Lockport, Mokena, Peotone, Beecher, Symerton, and Frankfort. Buyers include Wm Seggebruch, Charles Batterman, Sophia Heitmann, Caroline Braun, and the Pabst Brew Co, with deeds to properties ranging from single lots to large tracts and farm acreage. Notable buyers and sellers include William Klemme, Benjamin Baskerville, Herman Bredemeier, and Henry Deininger, with prices from 5 to 24 thousand dollars. Transportation corridor properties along the Santa Fe and I M & Santa Fe lines feature in several lots and acre deals. Ownership shifts involve widows and trustees, with several parcels described by section, township, and range. Total sums indicate a robust local market activity in early 1909.
A historical notice lists legal firms Cowing and Young offering writing fluids inks tablets memorandum books and postal cards at The News Store and Country Club House, noting available building materials and stationery items across its inventory.
The Chicago Tribune reports Howard M Snapp won the congress nomination over Adam Clow by 613 votes. Snapp carried Will County by 288 of nearly 8,000 votes, DuPage 96, McHenry 418, and Kane 184, with Elgin delivering a decisive 1,459 majority for Snapp.
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