#Louis Joliet

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#LouisJolliet (French pronunciation: [lwi ʒɔljɛ]; September 21, 1645 – after May 1700) was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America.[1] In 1673, Jolliet and #JacquesMarquette, a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary, were the first non-Natives to explore and map the Upper #MississippiRiver.

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On my way to Joliet today I passed through Saint Louis and decided to visit Lieutenant Biddick, Sgt Bair, and Sgt Godbey.

For those of my followers who don't k ow, they were pilot and crew of a WW2 B17 Bomber named Escape Kit that went down. They were recovered after the war and brought home to the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

They are in Section 84 among other WW2 fliers, many of whom are also group burials.

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Passover, 1945: There are still troops serving in England, and they still need your support

(Above, from The Jewish Chronicle, February 23rd.)

And they received support across the country:

(From the March 2nd, 9th, and 16th issues of The JC.)

There was also much coverage in the general press (the following 6 images are ©The British Library Board. All Rights Reserved.) From the Bury Free Press, April 6th:

And from the Market Harborough Advertiser, April 8th:

(Rabbi Louis Milgrom was born in Poland in 1909 and came to the U.S. in 1921. In 1930 he graduated from the Lewis Institute, in Chicago (which merged with the Armour Institute in 1941 to form the Illinois Institute of Technology, where my father taught for nearly three decades). He received his ordination four years later from Hebrew Theological College, which at that time was also located in Chicago and is now in Skokie. This, combined with his wartime membership in the Rabbinical Council of America, tells us that he was Orthodox. Prior to joining up in 1943 he worked for the Joliet Jewish Federation, in Chicago's southwest suburbs. After the war he directed the Hillel chapter serving the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and later taught at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He also seems to have undergone a change in his theological outlook: when he died in 2004, the Conservative movement's Rabbinical Assembly took out an obituary for him. Such a shift was fairly unusual then and even more so now.)

The time lag in the reporting above can probably be attributed to a weekly publication schedule. In Plymouth, the Western Morning News was on top of things on March 29th:

And events in Birmingham received up-to-the-minute attention from three local dailies (top to bottom, the Birmingham Post, March 27th, the Evening Despatch, March 28th, and the Birmingham Gazette, March 29th):

Meanwhile, The Jewish Chronicle published the following letter of thanks on March 23rd:

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Amtrak #60 por Jim Strain Por Flickr: RTG (ANF built) Turboliner 60 southbound at Joliet Union Station on its trip to St. Louis, Mo. Kodachrome my collection, photographer unknown.

[unicornery]

I thought I was over it. But then I got an email from the Yes online merch store, and look at how cursed this tour tee is. (Original meaning for all-ages people, not new meaning for youths) The line item for the canceled tour stop in Joliet, IL, the one I was supposed to see, is entirely covered by the sleeve in this graphic! I can't explain why St. Louis, MO (also canceled) got to have its MO showing, that doesn't fit my narrative. If the sleeve had its way, it would also be covering MO.

oh and PS I found out the city of LeClaire has one of those cheap-shot traffic cams where they mail you a letter later and I got a ticket on my way out to IL for a concert that didn't happen.

[oklahomahistory]

The French..

The French  Meanwhile, by the late 1600s, France rivaled Spain in the mercantilist sweepstakes. Voyages down the Mississippi River from French bases in Canada by explorers such as Joliet, Marquette, and La Salle, and subsequent French claims to the vast lands drained from the west by the Mississippi,which they dubbed Louisiana (and which included all of present-day Oklahoma except the Panhandle) in honor of their dictatorial monarch, Louis XIV-helped establish this enhanced French power. From the 1718 founding of New Orleans at the mouth of the Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico, French traders and explorers flocked northwest through Oklahoma rivers in search of furs. The French posed a grave threat to Spanish hegemony over present-day Oklahoma and, indeed, the entire western Mississippi River Valley. Their men proved to be active and vigorous travelers along rivers such as the Arkansas, Red, Canadian, Grand, and Verdigris. They formed alliances with influential Indian tribes such as the Comanches in the Southern Plains and the Wichitas in eastern Oklahoma, and in fact did not hesitate to intermarry with Indian girls. They also traded a galaxy of items to the Indians, including clothing, tools, and trinkets, and-unlike the Spanish-weapons, ammunition, and whiskey. Gradually, the French parlayed these practices into a loose control over most of present-day Oklahoma and the western Mississippi watershed. This ended, temporarily, in 1763, as England defeated the combined forces of Spain and France in the sprawling mercantilist Seven Years War, whose North American theater gained the name of the French and Indian War. That vast conflict exhausted all of its participants, including the English, who demanded the ceding of Florida by Spain. Read the entire Oklahoma story in John J. Dwyer’s The Oklahomans: The Story of Oklahoma and Its People volume 1 of a 2-part series on the 46th state and the people who make this state very special.

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Morgan’s Raid - Today In Southern History

17 July 1863   On this date in 1863… Confederate General John Hunt Morgan’s cavalry raided Cincinnati,Ohio and eastward toward the Ohio River. Other Years: 1673 – Frenchmen Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette, on an expedition to explore the Mississippi River reached the mouth of the Arkansas River. To avoid a confrontation with the Spanish they ended their expedition and returned…

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(Louis) Joliet

◊ UGLIEST MAN

◊ FASTER MERGING

◊ LATER JONNY

◊ STRONGEST VIRUSES

◊ EARLIER HE

◊ NEWEST SUIT

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Fun Facts. 100% verified.

The world's first international soccer match was between Slovenia and American Samoa.

Jane Austen never published her novel Reason and Rationale for fear the so-called "potato peeling scene" between Lord Montrose and Lady Ames would scandalize the entire Austen family.

The most popular snack at the Indiana State Fair is trout preserved in gelatin.

Timothée Chalamet got his start as a child actor, playing the part of Anna Faris's son on Mom.

One of the recently found "lost tapes" of Watergate is just recordings of Richard Nixon noodling around on the piano and singing "I Gotta Be Me".

Whataguy, the Whataburger mascot, and Louis Joliet exploring the Mississippi waters.

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The non-anchor portion of the Louis Joliet Mall was held in a UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust.

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"FLY-PAPER TRAPS A HUMAN VICTIM," Toronto Star. January 23, 1913. Page 1. ---- Joseph Shanahan, Scheuer Diamond Robber, Gets Five Years. ---- SERVED TIME BEFORE ---- Record in United States - Magistrate Denison Found Him Too Clever. ---- Fly-paper has entangled the feet of Joseph Shanahan to the extent of committing him to the Kingston Penitentiary for five years. He was this morning convicted as the man who, on New Year's Eve, entered the Edward Scheuer jewelry store at 90 Yonge street, and got away with nearly $3,000 worth of diamonds. To avoid burglar alarms, the man cut his way through the ceiling from an office above, and the detectives found in the morning that the burglar, to deaden the noise of breaking glass, had pasted fly-paper over the showcase

John H. Sloan, druggist, at 528 Yonge street, came to the Police Court and identified Shanahan as the man to whom he made a sale of flypaper a few hours before the burglary. "He said he was an engineer and wanted to catch cockroaches, so I took a good look at him," said Mr. Sloan. Shanahan was arrested in Louis Goodman's store for second-hand goods, on Queen west, the proprietor stating that Shanahan sold him seventy-five of the Scheuer rings.

Where He Sold the Spoils. "I gave him $75," stated Goodman, "and told him to come back for another $25."

But in the meantime, before Shanahan returned, Goodman had arranged a signal with the police. When a certain little book was placed in the window, among the jewelry, it told the detectives waiting across the road that the man had fallen for the bait of an extra $25.

Shanahan in court denied the sale of the rings. He believed it was a patched-up case on the part of the police.

He gave his home as a small village near Lindsay, and his counsel, T. Robinette, suggested, "You are in some way descended from Sir Isaac Brock?"

"That may be right." Shanahan returned, "but I don't care to go into that here."

Served Time Before. A little cornering on the part of Crown Attorney Hughes brought out the fact that, under the alias of Frank Adams, the man was given a three-year term in Joliet Penitentiary, and upon another occasion was mixed up in a questionable manner with a New York divorce case.

"He is too clever a man to let out easily," the Crown Attorney continued, "he is building up a record in the United States, we don't want the example followed here."

"He is remarkably clever," the magistrate agreed, "but dangerous. Like all criminals he overlooked one small thing. Think, if he had only taken the fly-paper away with him, he might have been free yet. He will serve five years in Kingston Penitentiary."

[AL: Shanahan was 37, born in the Windsor area, listed his trade as a news reporter, and had served three previous terms in the Joliet Penitentiary. He was convict #F-541 at Kingston Penitentiary, and worked in some hard labour gangs like stone cutting and the stone pile. He was admonished by the warden in May 1914 for contraband, and in 1915, was reported in August for talking, losing 3 days remission, and for fighting in October. For the latter he was transferred to the Prison of Isolation for a year. He was released in 1917.]

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Details of the lobby of Chicago’s Marquette Building, completed in 1895. The  mosaics are by Tiffany & Co.  The bronze reliefs of Marquette and Joliet are by Amy Aldis Bradley. All of the other bronze portraits over the elevator doors were done by Edward Kemeys who is most famous for the lions in front of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Photos by Charles Reeza, September 2020.

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This 1951 photograph by Wallace Abbey shows two rail fans admiring the observation car of Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad's "Abraham Lincoln" at Joliet Union Station.

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3. Tag 12.4. Heute beginnt das Abenteuer „Route 66“

3. Tag 12.4. Heute beginnt das Abenteuer „Route 66“ ... "Da ist die erste Umleitung - ich brech zusammen". Keinen Meter auf dem der Route 66 und schon das erste Umleitungsschild - aber, wir ignorierten es einfach, und fuhren weiter...

Tipp des Tages: Sonntag Morgens war das raus fahren aus Chicago super einfach. Die Strecke nach St. Louis ist sonst kaum an einem Tag zu schaffen.  Strecke: Chicago – St. Loiusgefahrene Meilen:  328Motel/Hotel: St. Louis Union Station MariottPreis pro Nacht: 122 $ AAA-Rabatt Chicago – Jolie – Wilmington – Springfield – St. Louis Ja, die Klimaanlagen in Hotelzimmern – seit 4:00 Uhr sind wir…

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أشهر سوبر ماركت في إلينوي وعناوين السوبر ماركت في إلينوي

أشهر سوبر ماركت في إلينوي وعناوين السوبر ماركت في إلينوي إن كنت في رحلة سياحية إلى هذه الولاية أو تخطط للسكن فيها بشكل دائم ستحتاج لمعرفة عناوينها. #أشهر #سوبر_ماركت #إلينوي

أشهر سوبر ماركت في إلينوي وعناوين السوبر ماركت في إلينوي التي قد ترغب بالتسوق منها. إن كنت في رحلة سياحية إلى هذه الولاية أو تخطط للسكن فيها بشكل دائم ستحتاج لمعرفة عناوينها. معلومات عن إلينوي إلينوي ولاية أمريكية تقع تحديداً في وسط الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية من جهة ال��رب، وتحتل المرتبة الخامسة من حيث عدد السكان، وبالنسبة للمساحة فهي تأتي بالمرتبة الخامسة والعشرين. تعد من الولايات التي تتميز…

[oklahomahistory]

The French..

The French  Meanwhile, by the late 1600s, France rivaled Spain in the mercantilist sweepstakes. Voyages down the Mississippi River from French bases in Canada by explorers such as Joliet, Marquette, and La Salle, and subsequent French claims to the vast lands drained from the west by the Mississippi,which they dubbed Louisiana (and which included all of present-day Oklahoma except the Panhandle) in honor of their dictatorial monarch, Louis XIV-helped establish this enhanced French power. From the 1718 founding of New Orleans at the mouth of the Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico, French traders and explorers flocked northwest through Oklahoma rivers in search of furs. The French posed a grave threat to Spanish hegemony over present-day Oklahoma and, indeed, the entire western Mississippi River Valley. Their men proved to be active and vigorous travelers along rivers such as the Arkansas, Red, Canadian, Grand, and Verdigris. They formed alliances with influential Indian tribes such as the Comanches in the Southern Plains and the Wichitas in eastern Oklahoma, and in fact did not hesitate to intermarry with Indian girls. They also traded a galaxy of items to the Indians, including clothing, tools, and trinkets, and-unlike the Spanish-weapons, ammunition, and whiskey. Gradually, the French parlayed these practices into a loose control over most of present-day Oklahoma and the western Mississippi watershed. This ended, temporarily, in 1763, as England defeated the combined forces of Spain and France in the sprawling mercantilist Seven Years War, whose North American theater gained the name of the French and Indian War. That vast conflict exhausted all of its participants, including the English, who demanded the ceding of Florida by Spain. Read the entire Oklahoma story in John J. Dwyer’s The Oklahomans: The Story of Oklahoma and Its People volume 1 of a 2-part series on the 46th state and the people who make this state very special.