Joliet Pair's Southwest Trip Highlights Growth and Leaders
Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson return from a six month tour across the South visiting Fort Smith Arkansas, Shreveport, Galveston and Roswell irrigation projects. They met Joliet natives in Lawton Oklahoma City and Oklahoma farms while noting large apple orchards, wells, and strawberry grows. The trip ends with plans to spend summer on the lakes as Joliet connections drive business and development in Oklahoma and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Stephenson
Joliet
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Kas
Arcana
Shreeveport
Beau Cat
Port Arthur
Galveston
Texas
Pecos Valley
New Lexic
Well
New Mexico
Hagerman J
J. Btone
Stephenson
Roswell
Stone
Panhandle
Ollahoma
Lawton City
Oklahoma City
Mr. Borden
Duckers
Sph
F. W. Taylor
Rothers
Oklahoma
Ozark Mountains
Est
Ville
Douglas
Associa
Dunlap
Dunip
Kansas
Missouri
Carmelite Fathers Lead Mission at Sacred Heart Church
The Carmelite Fathers conduct a church mission at Sacred Heart Church drawing broad attendance. Clergy sermons address moral truths and social issues, with listeners from diverse denominations inspired by the eloquent preaching. The speaker Bast emphasized certain doctrinal themes and urged reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Church
Urgences
Conrsalled Society
Serlaunai
Illinois Bans Drinking on Trains and Interurban Cars
Governor Deneen signed a bill making drinking intoxicants on trains interurban cars platforms depots and rail right of way a misdemeanor effective after July 1 Buffet and dining cars are exempted. The law targets rowdyism on interurban lines and deputizes motormen conductors as deputies to help enforce the ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deneen
Illinois
Fly awareness drive targets schoolchildren with pest dangers
A North Carolina campaign linked to the American Civic Association promotes a catechism on the fly. It warns students that flies breed in filth and spread typhoid fever and tuberculosis, urging eradication through sanitation and protective measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Civic Association
Washington
R. B. Watrous
Edw. Hatch, Jr
North Carolina
Office of the Board of Health
Disappearance of Mrs Thompson investigated in Wilmington
Officials probe the two year old disappearance of Mrs J C Thompson. Friends see no foul play and believe she left home for an indefinite stay. Dr Thompson was in Chicago. the sheriff and Edward Powers questioned locals while the Will County probe favors a voluntary departure and hiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
J. C. Thompson
Sheff Stevenson
Dr. Thompson
Chicago
Edward Powers
Thompsos
Thompson
Hss
Aly
Hisself
Cyrus ‘Furmén
Chicge
Barr
Kdward Powers
Wikitington
Will County
Swedish Old Folks Home to Add Rooms in Joliet
The Swedish Old Folks Home association executive committee in Joliet awarded Contractor Ahlvin the bid for a Salem Home addition. The project doubles capacity from about forty to seventy five residents, adds kitchen space, a large reception area, library, reading room, and new baths, with remodeling of existing rooms to modern standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Salem
A. A. Jacobson
F. A. Johnson
Messrs. Seedorff
Rockford
Stark
DeKalb
Ahlvin
Landseekers Enthusiastic About Northwest Invest
Fred Parks and his Arcadia party returned from the northwest praising its orchards and soil. L H Sadler shows apples from a cellar, describes rich volcanic ash soil, and the group all invested in land around Deer Park, where a civic club is promoting growth. Attendees include Henry Schoettes W N Parks Mr and Mrs Bingen J R Collins and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Parks
Arcadia
Parks
Northwest
L. H. Sadler
Jefferson Street
Deer Park
J. Birn
Henry Schoettes
W. N. Parks
Mrs. Bingen
Gary
Henry ‘Bausman Offort
Indiana
J. R. Collins
Morris
Joliet Mayors to Adorn Walls with Resident Portraits
Mayor Edmund M. Allen plans a public display of all Joliet's former mayors in the mayoral office and council chambers. He has asked living ex mayors and families for portraits to build a complete collection, honoring those who guided the city since 1852.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund M. Allen
Joliet
C. C. van Horn
Allen
Nicholson Home Destroyed by Fire in Coal City
Coal City June 3 The home of Bert Nicholson and a large portion of its contents were destroyed by fire early Friday. Cause unknown. Night watchman Barney Gatto alerted residents after flames burst from the roof. The fire brigade prevented spread to nearby buildings. furniture damaged or burned. Nicholson was away at the time grading for the Santa Fe. Mrs Nicholson was visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City
Bert Nicholson
Barney Gatto
sNoone
Nicholson
Santa Fe
Chillicothe
Night Ison
White Cross Memorial Service Pays Tribute
White Cross held its annual memorial services in Castlehall with a large turnout of premiers. Twenty six members who have died since 1902 were honored, replacing chairs with a floral emblem. Speeches by John P. Hansen George Arbeiter John Scheldt and John Finney lauded the deceased. Vocal and instrumental selections were performed by John Rezak Bessie Mack and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 1 Council Ordg
White Cross
Castlehall
John P. Hansen
George Arbeiter
John Scheldt
John Finney
John Rezak
Bessie Mack
Gathering Civil War Dead Data at Bartleson Post Cemeteries
Commander E C Fuller and Adjutant E W Willard estimate four hundred Civil War veterans buried in nearby cemeteries. Oakwood holds about three hundred graves with flags on Memorial Day. A Sons of Veterans detail will record name, company, regiment, birth and death dates, then file in a dedicated book for posterity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Fuller
E. W. Willard
Relief
Oakwood
Grand Army of the Republic
Bartleson West
Can a Yellow Hammer Talk in Frankfort
A story from Frankfort describes Levi Doty’s yard where a mounted male yellow hammer alarmed a young woodpecker and then an older one. The birds circled, displayed, and fled, prompting the question Do birds talk with human-like signaling and chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Doty
Frankfort
Pioneer Resident Catherine Barry Dies at 84
Joliet mourns Catherine Barry age 84 long time resident died at the home of her son in law Hon Thomas H Riley 412 Ven Buren street She came to Joliet in 1851 widow of Edward Barry mother of Ella and Edward Barry and Mrs Thomas H Riley Funeral from the Riley home and St Marys Church at 9 o clock Saturday morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Barry
Joliet
Thomas H. Riley
Ven Buren-street
Barry
Edward Barry
Ella
Edward Bargsy
Riley
St. Mary's Church
D of R Convention Set in Aurora on June 9
The sixth district Daughters of Rebekah meeting in Aurora next Friday for annual convention will draw many delegates from Will County. Morning program includes a report from delegates followed by a talk by Mrs. Mae E H Crowell of Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of
Paul to Speak at Welcome Address as Pocahontas Lodge Plans Event
Melissa G. Paul of this city is chosen to deliver the welcome address at the afternoon gathering. In the evening the Pocahontas lodge degree team will perform a exemplification of the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa G. Paul
Pocahontas Lodge
May Plays Hot And Cold Across A Violent Weather Month
May delivered extreme variability with four days above ninety and three days below freezing. The hottest 92 degrees topped the May records, while rainfall reached 3.65 inches, the most clear days Muhlig logged in his weather score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muhlig
May Weather Summary Shows Mixed Conditions and Warm Spells
The month recorded a mean temperature of 64.71 with a high of 92 on the 18th and 26th and a low of 29 on the 5th. Rain totaled 3.65 inches with 1.49 inches in a single day on the 20th. Rainy days reached eight, clear days seventeen, and partly cloudy eight. Wind varied from Ss. w. to n. W. with notable percentages noted.
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Ss. W
N. W
Fischer on Tri to Northern Europe
Herman Fischer of Joliet, a third year midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, will cruise three months starting in June. The voyage from Annapolis to Ireland, Germany, Norway, Gibraltar and the Solomon Islands includes long stops and returns by September. He will be quartered aboard the Iowa and resumes his fourth year in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Fischer
Joliet
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Europe
Fischer
Academy
Iowa
Ireland
Germany
Norway
Gibraltar
Solomon's Island
America
Tightening Up on Saloon Laws Across Illinois
Illinois cities move to curb dram shops with stricter Sunday closings and earlier finishing hours. Rockford Ottawa Peru Elgin Aurora Moline and Joliet tighten ordinances. licenses can be withdrawn for violations. open screens and visible bars are common. some towns move to closed Sundays and heightened police enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Rockford
Ottawa
Peru
Elgin
Aurora
Stockford
Haseen
Moline
Rock Ishkind
Shadewsack
Allen
Joliet
Farms in Wisconsin Face Decline Says Hopkins Warning
Prof Cyril G Hopkins warned that scattered farms in Wisconsin may maintain productivity, but many soils have degenerated. He urged applying science and education to industry and population to avoid national decline and future dark ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Russia
India
United States
America
American
James J. Tiiil
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North Car
Olina Schools
Scout Bat
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Arly'n
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Bartleson Post
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May
TRI
WI County
Cyril G. Hopkins
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