Missionary Held by Chinese Bandits Is Well Known Here
David W. Vikner a Joliet connected missionary worker kidnapped during a raid near Ki kungshan China is reportedly alive but held. He is with the Augustana Synod based in St Peters Minnesota and previously resided in Joliet during student days about 18 years ago. His wife and three children were released.
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David W. Vikner
Kikungshan
China
Joliet
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Mr. Vikner
Mead, Neb
Augustana Synod
St. Peters
Minn
Vikner
Endang
J. J. Lindell
Joanna Munson
Jackson St
Lindell
Munson
Joliet Brewers Power Chicago Demand Through Direct Deliveries
Chicago demand for Joliet beer soared this week with production unable to keep pace. Direct deliveries to loop hotels accounted for a large share of trade, according to local insiders.
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Chicago
Joliet
Drive Carefully This Week End Says Motor Club
The Chicago Motor Club urges extra caution during the July Fourth holiday period citing national accident data. G. W. Cavanagh warns drownings and traffic fatalities last year show the need for careful driving, rightward position, signals for turns, and stable speeds.
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Motor Club
Prospect
Chicago Motor Club
G. W. Cavanagh
Youth Dies In Dive At Mr. Sprague Quarry
Frank Mufich aged 17 of 2421 N Hickory Sr died after a high dive from a shed roof struck a live high tension wire near Beatty Co on N Broadway. Rescue squads from the fire department and Western United Gas and Electric tried to save him but he died at St Joseph's hospital. George Popovich and Joseph Mueller were with him. the quarry, known as Sprague's quarry, is rarely used for swimming.
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Frank Mufich
Hickory Sr
Beatty Co
N. Broadway
Fire Department
Western United Gas and Electric Co
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sheriff’s Deputies
Sprague’s
George Popovich
N. Hickory Sr
Joseph Mueller
Chaney Ave
Convicts Honor Warden Hill for Humane Actions
Warden Henry C. Hill resigns from the state prison and heads to Lewisburg Pennsylvania to oversee a new federal prison. Convicts express thanks for humane, fair treatment and present a purse funded from cigarette money and a gold star to decorate his Lewliburg office.
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Warden Hill
Henry C. Hill
Lewisburg
Hill
Lewiburg
Marley to Present Its 50th Fourth of July Celebration
Marley residents near Joliet plan their fiftieth annual July Fourth picnic begun in 1882. The event grew to attract thousands as horse races once held on public highways evolved into motorized races and later disappeared after farm fences were damaged in wild cup contests.
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Marley
Joliet
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al Smith
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