Milk Sickness Alarm Spreads in Grundy County
Morris reports multiple milk sickness cases among local families. William Thompson’s kin show symptoms, the Pyle family also affected by the cattle butter source. An 18 year old Aux Sable youth remains gravely ill but responds to a new treatment. a prior attack suggested partial recovery before a relapse.
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Morris
William Thompson
Pyle
Tom Johnson
Bud Pyle
Aux Sable Township
Seward Social News Highlights Share Dinners and Outings
Seward report of residents hosting gatherings and social events. Mrs. John Wyer entertained guests with a card night. prizes went to Miss Lulu Wyeth and Ernest Falkenberg. The Y F G C group visited Miss Flor nee Crydern. Several locals travel or visit relatives in Chicago and Aurora. Community members report health updates and local activities through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flornee Cryder
Bert Hampson
Aurora
Eene
Canada
George Baker
Chicago
Frank Baker
Yorkle
Charlie Hall
Charlie Darling
Mazon
Frednders
John Henderson
Thomas Hanna
Hattie Perkins
Avin
rélas+es
New Lenox
Clint Mann
Henry Cryder
Bert “Ap
Fred Thompson
Custer Park News Notes Winter Moves and Local Happenings
Custer Park reports several residents moving about for winter. Mr. and Mrs. Coyle depart for Arkansas. Mike McDermott becomes hotel proprietor in their absence. W D Steward and wife visit from Chicago. Mrs. Nellie Ryan greets her parents in town. Charles Aultz relocates from Joliet to sell oil nearby. Miss Cynthia Hendricks from Joliet visits her sister Mia. A birthday party for Ruth at the Sword home ends with lunch. Winter arrives as the river freezes. Tilden district 44 reopens after diphtheria scare. Loolyn Aldrich leaves Wilmington for Fairbury. Maury Linton visits from Plainfield. Mrs. Bush of Missouri visits Smillie home.
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Custer Park
T.palmer
M.—J. Clark
Palmer
California
Clark
Arkansas
Tilden
Loolyn Aldrich
Steinhart & Whitmore
Wilmington
Fairbury
Map- 42 Brothers
Maury Linton
Plainfield
Custer
Wilton Catholic bazaar recaps week of events and funds
A Wilton fair last week drew crowds with home talent an illustrated lecture and dancing par ks. Chicago visitors Miss James sang solos and vendors sold supper while Joliet Peotone and Manhattan men donated aid. Proceeds reportedly near 40,000 in local currency.
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Wilton
Father Burke
Chicago
Chiwank
Jmgain
Missy
James
Joliet
Peotone
Man Manhattam
Dno
Cuddy
Cooper
Iowa
Kinsella
Wilton Visit Notes and Farm Auction Announced
A visitor from Hope North Dakota plans to return home after a stay in Wilton. Ottawa residents Connors and Whalen visited T Carey’s home last week. Joliet’s J Vandyne and Wilton friends share time together. Wm Mackender ill at St Joseph's hospital shows improvement. Mrs Lanigan travels to Chicago to see son Terrie recovering with operation. Campbell Bros announce sale of 183 cows east of Manhattan on Friday December 11.
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Ele
Seale
Donahue
Wilton
Hope
N. Dakota
Connors
Whalen
Ottawa
T. Carey
J.vandyne
Joliet
Wm. Mackender
Art. Joseph's Hospital
Campbell Bros
Manhattan
C.A. Bernard
Walter Lauin
the National Bank
A. Tennyson
N. Lynk
Lucy Rohrback
Daniel W. Miller
North Dakota
Knapp
B. W.hallenback
Thomas Patton
A. Walthausen
Elsie Eyrick
Alma Mast
William Kuhn
West Baden
Ind
Cunningham
T. J. Cunningham
Plattville Briefs Highlight Visits and Local Events
Mrs. Lora Hampson visits Elgin to see relatives and meet her mother Mrs. Weese, who returns from Canada with daughter Mrs. Jay Mc Cloud. James Wesley dies in Montgomery at age 82. Barron and Scofield attend the fat stock show. Mrs. George Cress visits Yorkville. church events and meetings scheduled. Plattsville Gun club hunts rabbits in a sides contest, Howell’s team wins with 60 to 43.
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Plattville
Lora Hampson
Elgin
Weese
Jay McCloud
Canada
Wm. Armbruster
Chicago
James Wesley
Lisbon Township
Montgomery
Eben
Watsey
California
Wm. Barron
Dean Scofield
George Cress
Yorkville
Emma Alford
Charles Clayton
Watley Beane
David Boyer
Tom Newsam
Penne
Epworth League
Claud Parkhurst
George Munson
Muncie
Ind
George Churchill
Dewitt Wilson
Pontiac
Wm. Heinstein
Charles Howell
Manhattan Auld Lang Syne spell and box social
Manhattan reports a guild event on December 9 1908 at Manhattan Centre school house with an Auld Lang Syne spelling school and box social and prizes. Proceeds benefit the Lutheran church. Local notes include a 12 pound boy birth and upcoming auction sales with details and community notices.
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Manhattan
St. Agatha's Guild of the Episcopal Church
Manhattan Centre School House
Fred Krapf
Lutheran Church
C. Truby
A. Schauman
Maggie Lawlor
Chicago
Band of Thieves Break Into Knickerbocker’s in New Lenox
Paper strewn floor indicates a burglary at the Knickerbocker's store in New Lenox. Entry appears recent with valuables possibly taken, police investigating the nearby area for suspects and surveillance footage.
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Band OF Thieves
Er’s
New Lenox
Knickerbocker
New Len
Burglary Ring Believed Active Across Joliet Area
A wave of robberies strikes Lockport New Lenox Joliet and nearby towns. Burglars pried depots and stores opened safes dumped papers rifled express packages and stole jewelry cigars and small cash amounts. Investigators suspect a band operating by freight lines with Joliet as a possible base.
Morris S making eyes at Fisher and McKinley franchise
Morris residents skeptical of the McKinley Syndicate welcome Sam Reynolds from Ottawa seeking a one year extension on a $5,000 bond. H A Fisher says he supports McKinley and predicts a Joliet Seneca line in spring. If McKinley stalls, a Northern Eastern Syndicate might push north and south.
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Morris
McKinley Syndicate
H. A. Fisher
McKinley
Sam Reynolds
Ottawa
Joliet
Joliet Interurban Magnate,” Says the Morris Herald
Fisher
Mr. Fisher
Jo- Het
Seneca
Springs
Fastern
Reynolds
Italian Consul Files Damages in Will County Court
The Italian Consul in Chicago via Attorney John Downey files two $10,000 damage suits in Will County circuit court. The actions include a case brought by administrator Will Clare for Filippo Miceli who was killed while employed by the sanitary district near Joliet. The Santa Fe road is also named as a defendant in the northern tragedy involving Donato Dibartolino.
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Chicago
Will Clare
Filippo ‘Miceli
Deaths. Catherine Flaherty
Catherine Flaherty died at 1 50 p m at her home 1320 Coll Street She was the mother of Mrs Peter Whalen Mrs Wg Conine and Mrs James Corcoran burial notice later expected
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Flaherty
Catherine
Coll Street
Peter Whalen
Wg. Conine
James ‘Corcoran
Buneal
The Story of Two Farmers in Sangamon County
A comparison of two neighboring farms shows the benefits of crop rotation and manure use. One farmer after college guidance raises corn yields from 40 to 70 bushels per acre on 80 acres, contracts 6 000 bushels at 70c, and expects high profits. The other farmer, without modern methods, averages 40 bushels per acre, yielding far less profit despite similar land. Seth Gibler notes the boy will leave for Cincinnati after ten days due to school resistance.
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The
Hil Linois
Sangamon County
Seth Gibler
Parole Bid Aims to Free Yeager's Son Held in St. Charles
H Yeager seeks parole for his son French who was sent to St. Charles about six months ago. Yeager, now employed in Cincinnati, wishes the boy returned to care for his mother and sisters this winter. A petition was presented to the court but W H Hart superintendent of the institution denied jurisdiction to release the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeager
French
St. Charles
Cincinnati
W. Hart
Seton
Queer illness in Orland family linked to butter
In Orland Illinois on December 8 a sudden illness in Mathias Jungles family sparked local concern. A physician concluded the ailment stemmed from food, with examination of the freshly purchased butter revealing peculiar green spots.
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Orland, Ill
Mathias Jungles
Mrs Chaney in Critical Condition to End Comes
Mrs Chaney has lapsed into a coma and may end at any time. Relatives were sent for as doctors and nurses tended her through a difficult night. Her thoughts were on the Settlement kindergarten project and its welfare despite the grave illness.
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Theore Falkenberg
Andrew Munson
Lockport
New
Lenox
Mary
Haywood
Tati
Say
Leek
Roe
Braid
Alton Station
Rock Island
Alton
Ting
As¢At Lockport
Max
Knickerbocker's
President Roosevelt
Fishers
John
Downey
Circuit Court of Will
Sani
Santa Fe
Donato di
Bartolino
Illinois
W. C. Young
Fancy Prairie
Ill
Sangamon Co
Fam
Ily
Andy
Swift
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