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Newspaper
Hutsonville Herald
Location
Hutsonville, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
1
A proposed eight cent per pound duty on coffee prompts debate on tariffs and utility rates. Local notes discuss water and light costs, sewer plans, weed control ordinances, insurance costs, and municipal finance amid a broad column of civic, political, and economic items.
The Edgar County grand jury fired five indictments against Walter Jontgen a bookkeeper charged with malicious destruction of property tied to the Edgar County National Bank wreck. He posted $80,000 bond signed by his father and brother in law and claims his injury from a brick. Investigators found Jontgen sent tens of thousands to commissions over sixteen months and part may have returned in speculation. An expert accounting group estimates a deficit of 87 500 though mutilated books delay exact figures. Trial slated later this year.
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