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Joliet Sun Printing Company and Local News Update
The Joliet Sun reports on the Joliet Trond and Steel Company stockholders meeting in Chicago with about 1.7 million dollars represented. Proposals to lease the mills are discussed amid concerns over depreciation and worker livelihoods, with Meeker & Co. favored to continue operation. The issue includes political notes on Senator Manswat, Governor Hayes, and a temperance figure Mr. Murphy, plus legal and national items from the era.
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Alcorn
Hayes
JOLI#T TRON AND STEEL COMPANY
Chicago
A. B. Meeker & Co
Francis Murphy
Pittsburg
Tabernacle