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Newspaper
The Joliet Weekly News
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
11
Thanksgiving injuries travel notes and family visits fill Channahon and nearby towns. Residents like Mrs. George Fips of Mazon and Sadie Davis of Joliet spend holidays with relatives while Stella Donaldson and Ella Kipp host gatherings. A gate wire accident injures a student and several visitors join family dinners across Joliet Lockport and Elwood.
A reader from Southville, Me reports a five year psor iasis case cured after using D. D. D. Prescription wintergreen oil formula with thymo glycerine and other ingredients. The letter notes quick relief, facial outbreak disappearance, and a druggist reaction calling it almost a miracle.
Residents note events and visits during Thanksgiving week. Services will be held at M E church from Monday night to Friday night. Farm moves, livestock shipments to Chicago, and numerous visits among families in Joliet and neighboring towns are recorded along with illness recovery and hospitality.
Elwood reports varied town news from farm to market with names like Mrs Anna Blatt and Henry Buckman. Local visits include Rev Aaron Solenbarger and Joseph Tehle while Elwood school children staged a Thanksgiving program with recitations songs and a play. John Eaton and others hosted a Jackson Grange surprise event as the community shares holiday scenes.
In New Lenox on Thanksgiving morning Milton Pearson and Lee Jones, both 7 young men, collided after dark, scattering occupants but leaving all uninjured. The town also notes F L Evans leaving the creamery, a bazar, and a temperance meeting postponed by rain, plus assorted Thanksgiving visits and local happenings.
Blodgett December 1 notes James Riley serving on Joliet petit jury this week. Henry Testin of Chicago visited family here. Mr and Mrs M F Riley and son James visited relatives in Minooka. John Martin started at St Bede's college Peru. Thanksgiving visitors included Misses Martin Ottawa Minnie Esther lly Joseph Kelly and Mrs Dona hue of Chicago and Mr and Mrs Arthur of Joliet.
Carl Kittleson was taken to Joliet Hospital for an appendectomy. Thanksgiving services at Ridge church drew few attendees. Mrs. Sylvia Platt remains ill. Farmers finished husking and begin plowing. First church chicken pie supper raised about twenty dollars. Nettie and Clara Falkenberg visited Chicago with Mrs. John Hein. Bert Rivett plans a Dec 3 public auction and will move to Oklahoma. Mrs. Gus Bush of Wilmington visits relatives nearby. Mr and Mrs Tot Holmes and children stayed with Fr Bedford.
Custer Park reports Leon Brent linger recovering from illness amid a quiet week with few quail and rabbits spotted. Rev Davis led Baptist services. stormy weather kept attendance down. Buckwheat sells at five dollars per hundred as farmers shell new corn for Chicago trade. Residents mingle with visitors from Chicago and Kankakee while local thefts and farm sales are noted. A sale is advertised for Thursday near December hei.
Newborn son blessed to Mr and Mrs Wm Holzer. Visitors include Miss Laura Alford and Edward Southcombe. Community chatter covers travel, visits to Plainfield Aurora La Grange Joliet and Nausau-say. Epworth League plans a dinner paid social at the parsonage Friday night.
A musical and literary program will be presented in the Du Page church in Romeo on Tuesday December 8 at 8 pm by the Young Men's Bible class. Admission is 25 cents. Children are welcome. Committee invites all to attend.
An advertisement urges locals to hunt the town for bargains in stores, hardware, tools, and novel ties at Barrett's. It notes Barrett's is on the west end of Van Buren Street and promises readers can always find what they want there.
Incomplete fragments show Coving and Teung lawyers tied to a loan matter. The text is garbled with unclear names and actions, preventing full reconstruction of the events.
The report covers local movements and visits including Theodore Wright traveling to attend his mother’s funeral and return home Saturday. Others noted are Fred Skinner helping on a cousin's farm, Randall Christian visiting Minnesota, and multiple Thanksgiving gatherings. Alvin Christian bought a team of mules, Iver Schulstadt plans a return to Norway, and corn husking winds down as farmers switch to plowing while carpenters enlarge Walter O’Brien's barn.
Wilton Center residents share a week of visits and illness news. Guests include John Jones and son Marshall from Joliet and Milton Flatt with Willie Jones visiting in Custer Park. Mrs. Ingram visits St. Louis. Barr family at Joliet. Mrs. Flatt recovering from appendicitis. Elbert Woodward improving from typhoid. Mackender to Joliet for surgery. Taber moves to Baptist parsonage. A W Lawrence and Moses in Chicago. Mrs. Vroom of Manteno with Edwin French’s family. Lowe family returning to Utah.
Miss Gaton from Oregon travels to New York en route, spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. McCloskey. Misses O Neill of Chicago spent the holiday at the McCloskey home. Maude McGowan of Manteno visited aunt Mrs. J Malone. Mrs. KE Flatt improves after appendicitis. Mrs. M Lawlor visited daughter Mrs. W Barry in Florence. Misses Mary Quigley and Sara Donahue at St Mary's Academy spent Thanksgiving at home. Will Clarke of Chicago visits friends. Mrs. W Brandt of Peotone visited her mother Mrs Kennedy. Catholic bazaar in session this week with varied programs each evening.
Mrs. P Kramer is seriously ill after a paralytic stroke. Agnes Gongerman enjoys a ten week visit in Chicago. Hans Kruspe plans to reopen the nickel plating outfit in A Kruspe hall next week. Mrs. Allen Cleveland visits Grand Rapids with family. Local youths play tricks with fire alarms. Dr. McGinnis now practices in Englewood. a Chicago doctor will take his place. Thanksgiving in Chicago with John Burkhardt J Witt and Elizabeth Schmedake. they attend Stubborn Cinderella. C Kruspe becomes Orland section foreman. Miss Kate Steffens works for Mr McKenz ie at Palos Park. Mitchell suspended two weeks over wreck at McClaughrey crossing. Louis of Orland recovering from wreck injuries. Mrs Kate Yonker’s house now occupied by Chicago residents. Hr Cox to build ice house next week. Ice ponds ready for cold weather. L Arnold and son Edward plan a trip to North Dakota. Rev Pollock preparing for a grand entertainment at Or Park M E church during Christmas week.
Farmers held a meeting and may inspect cows if necessary. They will withhold milk shipments to Chicago since butter prices are good. A German choir rehearses each Tuesday and Thursday at Mrs. August Witt's for Christmas Eve. Mrs Lemont Kettering hosted Mr and Mrs Bush, and Mrs Sanches and daughter Angla of Chicago, last week. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Herman De Weese last Thursday. both mother and child are well, Anna Kott caring for them. Edward Gongerman has returned to work after a week’s vacation.
DuPage notes record Miss Cora Streblow of Santa Cruz California plans departure for the Philippine Islands on January 23 for at least a year. Other items include Truman Royce shipping steers to Chicago, births and sales of stock, and Mrs Mary Smith selling stock and farming tools before moving to Aurora. Irving Royce visits the old home while Mrs Charlotte Royce suffers serious heart trouble and paralysis with little hope offered by her doctor.
A group from Troy attended the Sacred Heart parish Thanksgiving party at D Arcy and Hammond hall in Joliet. Miss Agnes O Brien returned to Chicago after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Thos O Brien. Mr and Mrs Thos Oaks of Mr- (text ends).
Nooka spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Talbot. Misses Anna and Hazel Paul spent weekend in Joliet with John Hickey visiting friends in Michigan. Mrs John Nugent of Kansas visits her parents Mr and Mrs Wm Mahoney. Marguerite Cronine and Alice Crumby attending school in Joliet spent Thanksgiving at home. Wm Martin of Chicago spent past week with Thos Lyman Gaskill has been seriously ill but improving.
December entries list individuals with dates and towns like Custer Park Ritchey Peotone Manhattan Wilmington and Green Garden. Names include M J Clark Irwin Goodwin Patrick Higgins John Hansen Henry Shrader J A Baker John Cann and Laurence Leslie with December dates.
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