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Newspaper
The Joliet Weekly News
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
12
Alonzo E. Wilson, Prohibition candidate for the state legislature, launches his campaign with a strong platform on local option, civil service extension, and rural school centralization. He speaks Friday night at Lockport, with further rallies announced in Beecher and surrounding towns.
Blamer township sees bold horse thefts as two mares are stolen from C H White’s barn near Lockport. The thief, seen near Lockport around 9 pm heading toward Chicago, escaped with a Clark buggy and another horse. Police in Jersey and Lockport alerted Chicago and northern towns. officials pursue the band believed to operate systematically.
Oct. 5 report from Marley notes four attendees near a herd at the state fair contract typhoid after exposure. The fragment suggests a health scare linked to the fair environment.
Emma Wahl of Lockport township is named in a breach of promise suit filed by Mrs. Olffe Laurson of Chicago against Oliver Larsen in Chicago. Wahl denies being the plaintiff, claiming the charge is a hold up related to a $16 000 claim and a nonexistent engagement. The article notes family disputes and related financial matters including a separate hog dispute trial and a Lakes-to-the Gulf delegation appointment for Leon MacDonald.
A large crowd packed Pear son’s hall in Peotone to hear Republican speakers from Joliet and Kankakee. Music was provided by Peotone youths.
A motion to file an amended cross bill in the divorce suit of City Electrician Hughes against his wife Faith Curtis Mediar was granted by Judge Marshall. Mrs Hughes alleges sensational grounds including past murder trials and threats of violence by Hughes. She, a Massachusetts physician, says she has faced rumors and lacks funds, while Hughes is said to have threatened her. attorneys D R Anderson and S E Freund represented her.
Mrs Karoline Gressing was judged insane at Silver Cross hospital and ordered to Kankakee. One hallucination is that she is dead and she lies still at times and refuses to respond. A decree for the complainant was entered in Catholic Bishop of Chicago vs the unknown heirs of A Royce deceased of Plainfield by default of the defendant.
Real estate transfers list several transactions including Beecher residents Beecher Martin Artmann and wf selling lots 23 and 24 in bike 14 for 650 dollars to Rudolph Wegert. Henry Block and wf selling lots 18 and 19 block 5 to Henry Block Jr for 100 dollars. Ferdinand Nickel acquiring lots 4 and 1 in M Collins add to Peotone for 1,000. Lena Bruggeman buying partial lot in Manhattan for 600. Doris Wulf selling tract 16x20 rods in Will to John Koenig for 1,890. John Kain sub lot of lot 11 bike 8 in Chicago & Wilmington Coal Co.s subdl see of Braidwood for 60. Benedict Martland wf selling Frankfort property to Ernest Maltby for 17,011,600.
A large delegation attends a convention as Mayor Cronin serves on the credential committee while Joliet secures a central position near the event. The report notes ongoing talks on waterways and regional development.
Taft addresses the Lakes to Gulf Waterway convention in Chicago urging swift funding and bond issuance. He calls for canals and dams to develop water power and reduce coal use, and pledges personal aid to the project. Joliet delegation attends, with Cronin and Madden among Illinois appointees.
The October report lists regular September attendees by school department in Manhattan with many names. Local activities include a Grange hall event, a card party for St Paul’s church, a painting job by Chas Miller, a new residence build by Charles Graham, hospital news, and upcoming Democratic rallies with speakers including J Lewis of Chicago.
An essay argues the core social issue is fair distribution of labor products. It criticizes vested rights and favored interests as oppressive, warning that the rich and powerful live off others and destabilize the republic by inflating class division between aristocrat and proletariat.
Market summary from Chicago Board of Trade shows May and July wheat and corn futures with mixed gains and declines. Prices for oats and other grains appear volatile with varying bid quotes and settlement figures across contract months.
Live poultry prices for turkeys chickens fowls roosters geese and ducks listed with per unit amounts and seasonal hay prices. Regional feed prices for prairie timothy and other hay vary by state and differ between feeding hay and feeding prairie. Liverpool market quotes show wheat unchanged and corn mixed in early trading and at close with fractions indicating small shifts.
Cleaning and Steam Dye House, Co. offers dyeing and cleaning services at 644-646 Cass Street with telephone number 439. Contact N. W. for details.
Wholesale prices paid to producers in Joliet markets October 7 reported by M. Truby & Son. Includes notes on No. 4 Yellow and No. 4 Mixed Cott products and pricing details. retail hay market data also listed by T. Coyne with brief quality observations.
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