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Newspaper
The Joliet Weekly News
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
7
Long write up notes New Lenox supervisors completing a three mile hard road between Joliet area and Manhattan with funds from the county. It cites improvements on Maple Street, concrete culverts, and a steel culvert pole plan. The piece also discusses thistle control and local law limits on destruction efforts.
After eighteen hours of deliberation the jury in Meyer v. Illinois Central returns a verdict for the plaintiff awarding 875 dollars. Meyer claimed 5000 dollars for railroad bias against his grain business in Peotone. Defense witnesses testified that Meyer lost cars due to elevator size and timing rather than favoritism.
The fourth class postmasters east of the Mississippi are shifted to civil service. Eleven Will county offices lose political control including Crete, Beecher, Goodenow, Monee, Frankfort, Mokena, New Lenox, Manhattan, Elwood, Channahan, and Symerton. Two editors, John Conrad and W C Trowbridge, gain autonomy. The piece details postmaster salaries, graft risks, and the Joliet office’s fixed $3,300 salary with $90,000 receipts expected.
Neighbors in the vicinity report a dispute with playful tones as tensions rise over a fence incident. The exchange involves local residents Ogeli g and Mugene along with Ches-Johu Bkgean.
A temporary injunction was granted in a border farm dispute between residents of a town area. A cross bill was subsequently filed by Skgean challenging the injunction as the matter moved to further court action.
Charles Oscar Sveinsson, a former Joliet citizen, died after taking two ounces of acid in his Lowell Michigan home on December 16. He had been bedridden days and feared consumption due to lung trouble. An empty two ounce bottle was found beside him and authorities note family tensions may have influenced the incident.
The Illinois State Board of Health report for the first six months of 1908 records 495 deaths in Will County, with 253 male and 182 female victims. Leading causes include tuberculosis 65 and pneumonia 61, plus infantile enteritis, enteritis in older adults, Bright's disease, and cancer.
The fragment lists various ailments including heart disease fever diphtheria whooping cough infantile convulsions cirrhosis stomach diseases paralysis and appendicitis. It appears as an itemized tally with numbers and partial phrases, lacking full context or coherent narrative.
Miss Hazel Johnston of Joliet accuses arch photographer Archilles Monfort of insult during a studio session over a draped portrait. Monfort and wife describe the incident, noting the dispute over drapery height and payment, and a police warrant issued for Monfort after the session.
The Supreme Court reversed Judge Hooper in the case of Wm Allott versus the American Strawboard Company of Wilmington over water power rights on the Kankakee river. The ruling supports a $5,000 verdict for Edwin Stephen administrator of the estate, with O'Donnell and Donovan as Strawboard attorneys. Local Wilmington figures Joe Ray and others are noted as interested parties.
Fragmentary notes show Alfred Oestry and Joseph involved in a drainage case. The matter was initially taken by Judge Hooper, sent back by the Appellate court, and retried before Judge Dibell.
A Cleveland state hospital report says teacher error in addressing 16 year old Harvey Hazel sparked truancy and rebellion. The boy left home, ran away, and joined bad company, leading to his arrest for patricide.
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