Navigability Bill Sparks Ohio River Waterway Debate
Proceedings appear to start in Will County Circuit Court over a quetionable dam obstruction on the Dresden Heights Des Plaines waterway. Governor Deneen and McCormick push deep waterway plans while notices of leases and state bonds loom, with legality hinging on navigability and public ownership.
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Will County
Dresden
Illinois
Ei Ures
Shurtleff
Se of Representatives
Ator
Gener- 1
Stead
Ermey
Tribune
Y. bin
Nes
M. Etta
Flora
Armor Daneen
Lake Michigan
Gulf
Legiss
Utica
Lockport
Dresden Heights
Congress
Drainage Board
Chicago
Summit
No Action Verdict Over Drainage District Suit
A county circuit court ruling dismissed John Severe's claim against Union Drainage District Wesley and Florence. Severe contracted in 1904 to deepen an old ditch for 2700 dollars but the court found the district prevailed on the key profile dispute over the ditch surface versus depth.
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John ‘Severe
Kankakee
Union Drainage District
Wesley and
Florence
Will County
Severe
Yarley
Johnson
Kennedy
William Nugent
Zarley
Ceftérea
Missing money package sparks Peru Chicago chase
A Chicago to Peru money package of 27000 dollars disappears after a messenger loses a waybill on a Q train. Authorities and the Illinois Zinc company race to locate the missing parcel, with trains dispatched to Peru and Walnut as officials investigate the mistaken claim of a theft.
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Peru
Chicago
Tllinois Zing Company
Caldwell
Adams
Walnut
Sete
W C T U Convention Opens in Nashville Day of Prayer
Mrs. Lillian Stevens opened the National W C T U convention in Nashville with an address at the First Presbyterian Church and remarks on temperance, women’s rights, and social reform. The Nashville gathering featured Ryman Hall’s electric Welcome W C T U sign, music led by Frances M. Graham, and a strong emphasis on purity and anti saloon advocacy.
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Nashville
First Presbyterian Church
Ryman Hall
Ryman
Sam Jones
Buldings
Joliet
Frances
Willard
Pencnants
Cleveland
Lillian © Stevens
Illinois
Stevens
Metcalf
America
Georgia
Ilinois
St. Louis
Business Men's League
Frances M. Graham
Peoria man jailed after forged prison release check case
A Peoria man released from Joliet Penitentiary used a check drawn in a name he had used before to attempt cash at a local bank. Judge Clemmons presided as officials investigated a chain of events involving a forged penitentiary release and a draft signed by a prominent local figure.
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Joliet
Bac Town
Peoria Star
Clemmons
Peoria
Central
Ajias
Plate
National ‘Bank
Anier
Joliet Penphotta
Peniteni
Tiim
New Cemetery on Rowell Farm in Joliet Plans
A citizen-led effort aims to establish a modern, people owned cemetery on the Rowell farm east of the Rowell gravel pit. Subscriptions up to 1000 dollars support landscaped grounds designed by J Kelly and Edwin Munroe. W N Rudd, a noted carnation grower and Greenwood Cemetery leader, is among early subscribers.
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Joliet
Edwin
Munroe
J. Kelly
Lloyd Eberhardt
Eberhardt
W.N. Rudd
Island
Ridd
Greenwood Cemetery
Rowell Farm
Rowell
Simon
Graceland Cemetery
Chicago
New Lenox Road
Ilinois
New Hard Road for Lockport Delayed by Snow
Work on the new Lockport road between Joliet Bridge and Iron Company and Dellwood Park, planned to begin Monday, is postponed indefinitely due to snow. The state highway commission will supervise the improvement with local labor and quarry stone, while awaiting clearer conditions.
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Lockport
Joliet
Auy. Commission
Wil Furnisty Ite Gtearn
Nimans
Money to Loan on Real Estate by Cowing and Young
Real estate loans offered in any amount by Cowing and Young lawyers located in Cup ting building.
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Cowing & Young, Lawyers
Cupting Building
New Highways and Wildlife Report From Territory
The morning session of highway commissioners approved the payroll and reported ten miles of road built this summer. Five miles of private crushed gravel and five miles of pit gravel were laid with careful finishing and no sharp stones left. A hunter in the territory states he and his party killed a bear, six wild turkeys, and a deer, with some game packed but not carried out.
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Hanting
Jamen Ba
Ty Non
Tadian
Boydie
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Patterson
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Tenne
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