Self Supporting Junior College Moves to Curtail Expenditures
Thornton Township School Board approves self supporting junior college by charging a $387.50 per semester registration fee for resident students. The move aims to reduce taxpayer costs amid rising enrollment and per capita instructional expenses. The district notes the change mirrors actions by Joliet and La Grange colleges and follows efforts to trim department spending and avoid new hires.
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Qunior Collee
Thornton Township
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Joliet
LaGian
Mus Otha Colleges
Parciotta
Phornton Prictiend Township
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Idditiem
Ten Years Ago in Dolton Parish News
A jumbled Dolton column recalls villagers visiting relatives in Danville with family notes from William S and Henry Veo Proppen Jr. Describes local gun club formation at Acme Steel Co offices, celebratory tree planting along the village parkway, a school building effort, and community figures like J T Albritten and Teddy Junior amid church activity and local events.
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Acme Steel Co
Dolton
Hlawn
EE Hlawn
Willon
T Albritten
Peotonewi
Simuel Rachteri
Res Albitton
Abbritton
Teddy
Civil War Finances and Bond Debates Amid Blockaded Trade
A fragmented account describes Confederate cotton sales and Union interference during the Civil War. It notes foreign funds and American bonds flowing abroad, with large losses estimated as the war stretched finances. The U S Treasury cites wartime transfers and currency payments shaping bond markets.
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Hdoni Fithan
Tilbud Tatum
United States States
United Sites
Local Notices Record Birth and Marriage Details
The item lists Olive Housinger M. before her marriage to Theodore Lau on April 28. It notes a girl born Thursday May 24 to Mrs Henry Kamer. It also mentions Mrs Paul Smith of Dalton Mi and Smth's parents from Minnesota.
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Mis Theodore Lau
Mis Lau
Olive Housinger
Henry Kamer
Paul Smith
Dalton Mi Smth
Wedding Veils Munster Couple in May Ceremony
The montage of Wiss Helen Gertrude Ketelaar to John G Jansen occurred Wednesday May 23 at the bride’s home. Rev Van Dyk officiated in the presence of family and friends. A wedding supper followed and the couple will reside in Munster.
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Wiss Helen Gertrude Ketelaar
John G Jansen
Oo Munstar Ind
Csering
Bridt
Rev van Dyk
V1 Luee
Samedrite
Munster
T Plrabeth VanDrunen
Luc d
Ycuittges
Iowa
South Dakota
Peter Ro VanDrunen
Blanice News Odd Fragments Describe Village Tale
Fragmentary notes describe a local event on Paatberg road with references to Vanderaa and Snandrunen. The text mentions a wife and husband and hints at a domestic matter and movement home. The piece reads like a rough rural rumor column with garbled phrasing.
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Paatberg
Vix Snandrunen
IntHouts Move Store Building to Northwest Site
The IntHouts of Oak Glen relocate their store to the northwest part of their land while farmers seek to work. The Vallains are summoned to Indiana due to their daughter’s serious illness, Mrs Raymond Kiaay.
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Oak Glen
Mis Teera Vallain
Indiana
Raymond Kiaay
Gov Horner Sues Cement Firms Over Bid Collusion
Gov Horner files a complaint with the federal trade commission alleging Illinois cement companies conspired to make identical bids on road projects, halting state and Indiana construction. Four named firms are said to have coordinated bids, disrupting procurement and delaying infrastructure work.
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Gov Horner
Federal Trade Commission
Illinois
Obs
Ilinois
Indiana
Making Work for the Unemployed in Cook County Program
The Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare has begun enrolling eligible unemployed youths aged 18 to 25 from relief families into a conservation corps for national aid costs. Local welfare staff are selecting participants, with applications in Dalton, South Holland, Thornton, Lansing, and Riverdale areas at designated village halls and county offices in Harvey, Illinois.
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Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare
Conservation Corps
National Aid State
Cook
Bureau of Public Welfare
Dalton
South Holland
Shornton
Lansing V
Village Hall
Riverdale
Cook County
Bureau of Public West
Texas Congressman Proposes Big Harbor Dredging Bill
Representative J J Mansfield of Texas, chairman of the Congresses house committee on rivers and harbors, introduces a bill to spend 98.0 million dollars for Great Lakes harbors dredging to 24 feet and 4.0 million for Calumet harbor improvements.
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J J Mansfield
Texas
Conoyess House Committee On
Gas service brings dinner ease under Northern Illinois
Hundreds of workers and a vast network of compressors gas holders and miles of pipe deliver fuel to homes. The Public Service Company of Northern Illinois claims cooking a whole dinner costs less than three cents per meal, far cheaper than a postage stamp.
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Public Service Company of
Northern Illinois
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