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Newspaper
The Joliet Weekly News
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
6
The notice lists postpaid annual rates: 126 dollars when paid in advance and 1.00 per week, with a 1.55 rate for outside U S territory. It also notes the item was entered at the Joliet Illinois post office as second class matter.
Subscription rates are listed for six months in advance by carrier or mail. Rural subscribers are urged to notify publishers if a copy is missed and carriers now have extra copies for emergencies.
The News Company Joliet Illinois reports that to curb improper mail use, daily papers overdue over three months and weekly papers over one year will be discontinued after notice. Subscribers will receive two reminders before stoppage.
The DC federal judge’s contempt rulings against Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell, and Frank Morrison are portrayed as fueling the labor movement. The Chicago Tribune front page highlights jail terms for labor leaders, Missouri oil actions, and Pittsburgh aldermen corruption amid a wave of reform and exposure.
The text argues that direct popular election of U S senators is not yet secured and remains unsatisfactory. It criticizes the current system and cites the primary law as failing to resolve the tangle, suggesting direct vote by party voters worsened the situation.
Thorada's Daily notes no word from midnight elopers Miss Bird Salisbury and Charles Theobald. They disappeared Sunday midnight after she picked up her gut-case and told colleagues she was married and leaving. Witnesses saw them separate near the Alton at 1 am. Her mother Mrs. Salisbury refuses to talk. Theobald, recently in Joliet, is from Springfield and lived on North Chicago Street opposite the telephone office.
Readers debate essentials for a successful county fair with Jim Patterson urging a chicken pie fundraiser. G W Flagg and John Coldwater discuss Canada thistle spread and seed maturity, asking for explanations and practical control. News letters mention Joliet, Wheatland, Plainfield, and Los Angeles observations from W L Stoll.
A Joliet reader recounts a November train trip from Joliet passing through Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona to California. He notes landscape features, stations at Albuquerque and Las Vegas, sighting Indian ponies and lean cattle, and missing the Grand Canyon due to darkness. He mentions the City of Novede, Ottawa to Chicago streets, and electric lighting at the depot.
The oldest docket item in the circuit court, William Plaggie versus Henry Hoffman, heads to a hearing before Judge Dibell. The dispute concerns the will of Philip Triem probated over fifteen years ago and ongoing provisions, with prior rulings by Judge Olin and others. Plaggie seeks to recover funds tied to a 1892 loan secured by real estate from Rosa Kurtz’s estate, while guardianship of Philip Triem’s children Edward, Amelia, and Rosa remains unresolved. Attorneys Campbell and Dibell defend, Jordans leads Plaggie’s effort.
Ed Triem testified in the Plagge Hoffman case that Carl Kurtze abused him and his sister, treating them as slaves on the Triem farm. He described weeks of beatings, forced labor, and fear that kept him from leaving, with a 1896 letter cited as proof of mistreatment.
Mrs Abba Crawford widow of William Crawford of Peotone died this morning in Florida where she and her children had gone to spend the winter with a colony of Peotone people The message told Judge Cowing of the death and notes Mr Crawford was the second oldest settler in Peotone with Judge Cowing's father being the oldest
The article notes Trem, the third guardian after Henry Roeser and George Boden, sticking to accusations of tortures against the Triem children. Trem cites influence from relatives while defending the story and references prior letters about farm shares and tenants.
Bert S Wallind a 32 year old Navy deserter from Marengo Illinois walked into the Joliet sheriff's office on Christmas day and gave himself up. He enlisted in Pittsburg in 1906 and served on the cruiser Tacoma for about six months before deserting at Brooklyn. He traveled west avoiding detection until deciding to surrender and was transported to Philadelphia by sheriff's officers after a Washington confirmation. He has been held in jail since last Friday and faces federal penalties for desertion.
Mrs. Virginia Chamberlin was granted a divorce from Frank Chamberlin the mineral water dealer by Judge Marshall on Monday. He did not appear in court but was represented by attorney Downey who offered no defense. Mrs. Chamberlin testified to years of cruel treatment and nerve strain while living with the elder Chamberlins on Cass street. Her sister Hazel House corroborated the cruelty. They were married nineteen years and have a son Albert a high school senior.
Trustees report a group broke into a district school house near 94 West of Lockport last night and damaged all furniture. Sheriff deputized and a liberal reward is offered for information leading to arrest of the culprits.
Mr Warwick reports vandalism at a school where windows were brokendown chairs toppled blackboards erased and library books strewn about. Police warn offenders will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law as neighborhood youths dubbed large little boys claim responsibility.
Four men were put to rout by Conductor Charles Latz and Motor man W S Barry at the corner of Cass and Collins streets on a Saturday night. The quartet boarded at Chicago and Clinton and proclaimed they would beat their way. They refused to pay fares claiming payment. The incident escalated as the conductor signaled and the motor man acted to prevent a disturbance on the street car.
A street incident ends with four men under arrest after a trolly clash in which a conductor was bitten and a motorist struck. Docks are filed for disorderly conduct as prosecutors pursue charges. Also reported is a big fish catch near Lacon Illinois with 105000 pounds sold at Peoria. Bryan buys a Texas farm and joins Kane county Democratic colony.
A public notice offers $500 for information leading to conviction in a case involving a gunshot during a chicken theft. Dr. Wm. J. Truitt is named in connection with moving the gunshot away.
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