Good Roads Debate Shapes Will County Highway Plan
The Will County Auto and Good Roads Association met at the Steel Works club to argue road policy. State Engineer Johnson urged eliminating township units, boosting concrete and crushed stone use, and improving signs for public cooperation. discussion highlighted bridge needs and the cost of hard roads, with plans for state aid legislation and future summer activity.
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Will County
Steel Works Club
Johnson
Petrson
Kendall
Ke Yhnson
State
Springfield
Wilt County
Manhattan
Mud Creek
Barr
Joliet
Cage
St: Ls
Starved Rock
Lockport
Lockport Road
Young
Mr. Johnson
H. W. Spencer
Lockport Pioneer Named In Queer Probate Tangled Affairs
In Chicago Probate Court Judge Cutting ruled against Laura Marbaumgartner Neidholdt’s claim to William Neidholdt’s estate share, finding she was never divorced from Charles Baumgartner. The long-ago separation and multiple marriages left descendants in a legal bind tied to an aunt’s $30,000 bequest.
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Lockport
Chicago
Cuting
Laura Mar- Baumgartner Neidholdt
William Neidholdt
Niedholdt
Charles Baumgartner
Robert Hamilton
Jefferson Street
Baumgartner
Laura
Stephen Dowse
Neidholdt
Herman Lindner
Charles Neidholdt
Cleveland Avenue
Joliet
St. Louis
Cutting
Dowse
Willam F. Meyer
Laura Mar
Meyers
Joliet Shippers Seek Injunction Over Freight Rates
Joliet shippers favor federal action to stop rate increases by 23 rail roads in the Western Association. Judge David P. Dyer issued the injunction in Hannibal Missouri as Taft and Wickersham coordinated the federal response. Local Will County lines affected include Rock Island Santa Fe Illinois Central Alton Wabash and others via Frisco.
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Joliet
Western Association
Hannibal, Mo
David P. Dyer
United States Circuit Court
Will County
Taft
Wickersham
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Illinois Central
Alton
Wabash
Chicago
Eastern Illinois
Frisco
Michigan Central
Beach
L. F. Beach
L. F. Beach &O
Merchants” Association
George H. Munroe
Munroe Bros
Ilinois
Florida
L. M. Rubens
Illinois
C. E. Woodruff
Joliet Pure Tee Company
Heggie Company
Joliet Iron Products Company
Dyer
Edwin P. Grosvenor
Washington
United States
Frederick N. Judson
St. Louis
George W
Farmers seek relief from Canada thistle threat in Joliet meeting
Plainfield thistle commissioner Jr. Mather urged county supervisors to back a stronger law and convene a joint meeting of Canada thistle commissioners in Joliet on Wednesday June 16. He warned the weed endangers farmland and cited Urbana station praise for a single season extermination method.
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Board of Supervisors
Jr. Mather
Plainfield
Mather
Canada Thistle Commissioners
Supervisors
Joliet
Bedlock
Pest
J. T. Burrill
Urbana
Court House
Jim
J. EE Amather
Western Freight Rates Tie to Midwestern Shippers Appeal
The new rates took effect at midnight and target a carrier combine. The Justice Department delegated special counsel in St Louis. An appeal was filed by a delegation of midwest shippers, backed by 20 plus congress members. W H Hosmer led the filing under power of attorney from participant carriers.
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Attorney General’s
Middle West
Congress
Department of Justice
St. Louis
W. H. Hosmer
Western Trunk Line Committee
Citizens Help in Graft Fight Urges Cold Cash Backing
The Tribune offers 5000 to any man revealing graft sources that aided the nomination of United States Senator Wil Lorimer of Illinois. The appeal urges citizens to fund the campaign against corruption, calling for immediate practical aid and a decisive stand by honest men in Will County and the state.
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The
Tribune
Wil Lorimer
United States
Illinois
Will County
Parole Law Advocacy At State Attorneys Banquet
Illinois prosecutors gathered in Chicago where State's Attorney Barr urged a parole option for first offenders to reduce juvenile confinement. He proposed parole rights for youths and selective releases from Pontiac and the penitentiary, drawing applause and prompting debate among officials and scholars about reforming the parole system.
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Barr
Chicago
Roland Russell
Pontiac Reformatory
Pontiac
Henry Leach Mentioned as Possible Representative Candidate
Secretary Osburn of the Legislative Voters' League visited Jo el and discussed Henry Leach as a potential legislative candidate. Leach is not seeking nomination, but there is pressure to place his name on the Republican ticket.
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Osburn
Legislative Voters’ League
Joel
Beiling
Henry Leach
Leach
Jeague
Repub
Farmer Is Cruel Declares Wife in Illinois Divorce Suit
Nellie Wason of Manhattan who now lives with her brother at Mindoka files for divorce from Albert Wason a farmer near Manhattan. She says since their 1902 marriage in New Lenox he beat and abused her repeatedly with the latest acts through Decoration Day and into the present. They have a five year old son Ernest George. She asks the court to restrain him from selling farm machinery and stock during the proceedings.
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Joseph Hertz
Klep Brothers
Sacramento
Cal
Southern Pacific
West
Joliet
Court House
Heitz
Josephine Kiep
Nick Schreiner
North Hickory Street
Anthony and
John
Josliet
Philip
Morris
Eee
Will Oon
A. Kian Te Tee
Mington
Serer
League
Harry L. Bird
Mr. Bird
Senator Bird
Wisconsin
Bird
Illnois
Nellie Wason
Manhattan
William Oram
Mindoka
Ivorce
Albert Wason
New Lenox
Bloomfield
Ohio
Ilinois
Ernest George
Wason
Awakening Compared to Rome Warns Rich Growth Powers
Rudolph Spreckels, the San Francisco graft fighter, warned in Chicago that the United States could repeat Rome’s downfall as wealth concentrates. He stressed the nation’s virility and foresight would prevent disaster, calling for a national awakening.
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Rome
Chicago
Rudolph Spreckels
San Francisco
New York
Spreckels
United States
Linois
Forest Park janitress charged after attack on principal
Anna Kelly, Forest Park school janitress, choked Principal Agnes Connelly and threatened teachers Miss Murray and Miss Wiley. Police issued a warrant for assault and threats to kill. Attacks followed prior quarrels with school staff. the matter moves to a school board meeting and state attorney review.
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Anna Kelly
Forest Park
Agnes Connelly
Murray
Wiley
Garnsey
Wood
Lennon
Kelly
Shane
Justice of the Peace McCulloch
Influence urged to improve road funding and construction
Secretary Sehager of the Merchants Association reports a letter from the Master of the National Grange stating a favorable report to the Senate on a 590 000 extension of the U S Office of Public Roads. The Grange seeks extensive reforms and asks for broad petitions to pressure congressmen from the state.
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Sehager
Merchants’ Association
National Gringe
Senate
Jill
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Chas. Baumgartner
Joliet Shippers
Patterson
Ban
Joliet State
Russell
Reformatory
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Charles R. Henderson
University of Chicago
Henderson
John 5. We. Wayman
Cook County
DO. H. Wylie
Ford County
John. W.W. Tweed
Randolph County
W. J. Reardon
Tazewell County
R. J. Cady
Lake County
Walter J. Chapman
Jersey County
Chicago Press
Gray Wolves
Municipal Voters’ League
Jacksonville
Peoria
Rockford
Dearborn Street
Chines Tech
Miss Connelly
Miss Wiley
Mraly
Woodruff Road
Miss Murray
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