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The following donations have been received for the fair to be held in behalf of Saint John Cantius Parish: J. Bandziulewski, 200 Chicago Avenue, one table lamp; Jacob Swiatek, one barrel of beer; Valentine Jezior, 170 Chicago Avenue, 25 cents; Martin Bieszcrad, 170 Chicago Avenue, 2

To all Reverend Pastors and Polish Societies: We wish to remind all reverend pastors and Polish societies that it is now only three months before the opening of the Polish Catholic Congress, and that there are many things yet to be attended to before then. We therefore res

After many postponements, the case against the excommunicated priest Anthony Kozlowski was finally brought to an end on Saturday before Judge Dooley. Kozlowski lost the case and was fined five dollars for causing a disturbance on the street in front of the home of Mrs. Mary Anna Kam

The St. Gregory Choir of St. John Cantius Parish honored their pastor, Reverend John Kasprzycki, with a grand entertainment on his feast day. The parishioners and the societies joined together in order to make the affair a success, and we must agree that they did a wonderful job.

The following additional donations have been received for the Saint John Cantius Parish fair: John Malinowski, $1; T. Suchowski, 260 Sangamon Street, one wagon and two goats, valued at eighteen dollars; E. Jalowy, 66 Wesson Street, $1; M. Koveny, 71 Wesson Street

The Independent Jewish Congregation which is being formed by Dr. I. S. Moses, will be called Temple Israel. It will be located on the South Side. The financial administration shall be vested in a board of trustees, to be elected annually. The Rabbi shall have full control of the religious aff

The Reverend [P.C.] Trandberg has died in Minneapolis at sixty-four years of age. He was for many years head of a divinity school in Chicago. At the same time he was editor of a religious paper, Hyrderosten. He had a great personality. He had been a minister in the State Church in Denmark, be

In Koch's Hall at 104 Randolph Street there was held a meeting by the Executive Committee of 200 German Societies, who drew up a common front against a Reader drawn from the Bible, which was intended for use in the Public Schools... This Executive Committee is composed as follows: George Land

The beautiful graduation exercises of the St. Stanislaus Kostka College were held Monday evening, in the large school hall on Bradley Street. The entire program was wonderful. Following the opening by the orchestra, Mr. Szezesny Zahajkiewicz spoke (in the absence of the rector, Reve

The Reverend Mr. Adam Dan, Lutheran minister on the South Side, on July 6 celebrated his twenty-fifth anniversary as an ordained minister. His friends gave him $600 that he might be able to publish some of the numerous songs which he has written in Danish.

Mr. Frank Sobieszczyk member of the St. Joseph Society of St. Hedwig parish was elected delegate to the Polish Catholic Congress.

[We were requested to publish the following correspondence.] A group of Polish citizens met last Sunday, July 19, at the home of Mr. Joseph Rosinski, 71 West Division Street, and after a brief discussion, organized a new fraternal benefit society, the Wielko Polanin. The s

The success of the Fair for the benefit of the St. John Cantius parish seems to be assured. Many novel articles were purchased for distribution at the Fair. Besides the chance wheels, there will be a "Negroes Table" and two "David Slingshots," where for a few cents one can win a val

Sad times, indeed, are descending upon our people. The fighting, which for a time seemed to be quieting down,and which caused our most prominent personages to sacrifice everything for the sake of peace, extending their hands in token of it--this fighting is again breaking out amongst our peop

A meeting of the members of the St. Hedwig Parish committee was held yesterday, at which the financial report of the parish was read. A new parish committee was elected.....[Translator's note: Names of committee members are omitted in translation.] Six of the committee mem

The St. Stanislaus Kostka parochial committee hereby wishes to express its sincere thanks to the following for their generous contributions to the school children's picnic: Frank Szutz, ten pounds of sausages and hams. John Suwalski for two hams and five pounds of sausages

Income: At the bar $448.55 Candies, fruits, kitchen, soda 157.05 Tickets 231.75 Total $837.35 View details

The following additional donations for the Fair were received for the benefit of the St. John Cantius parish: Mary Kapostka, 170 Chicago Avenue, a silver pitcher. Julia Kowalska, 126 Front Street, a beer outfit. J. Kulczyk, Carpenter Street, four sheep.

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We have mentioned in the past that certain European papers, in publishing the call for the Polish Catholic Congress, have expressed great sympathy toward it and heartily recommended the idea of calling the congress as well as the program to be discussed. Our liberal papers, however,

We return once again to the article written by Mr. Maryanski in the Goniec Wielkopolski (paper published in Poland). In the introduction to the article the Goniec Wielkopolski states that the Polish Catholic Congress unreasonably tends to push into oblivion those whom it should attr