30 Dec 1909
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Newspaper
The Joliet Weekly News
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
1
A Joliet retrospective honors Egbert Phelps, famed lawyer poet and Joliet Public Library figure, with notes on his Burns and Dickens inspired verses and a public letter of thanks from local subscribers praising his literary legacy and community impact.
Matteson and Chicago Heights officials met Joliet and Southern Co representatives to argue fare fairness on the Matteson Chicago Heights route. Matteson urged a five cent rate, citing construction costs and contractual terms. Chicago Heights backed the request, council directed its lawyer to pursue fare reduction.
The article reports a grand jury case over bribe offers and indictments for those who took bribes or commissions. It cites Bill Ross and Chairman Flexer, accuses newspapers of libel, and notes pressure on the remaining rival paper The News amid a contested tract index contract and possible mandamus action.
An investigation revealed a local company's department wasted hours in saloons during work hours. The entire group, eight hours daily with overtime paid, left the office, spent about 15 minutes viewing alcohol, then returned and ceased their ties. Names are withheld. Four are married. The company views this as a business loss and expects future workers to maintain full eight hours under any supervision.
A. F. Grant, resident of Monee for thirty years, died December 22 at about seven in a field north of the village. He was 80, a village pioneer. Survived by a widow in Monee and sons and daughters in Chicago. Gardner Wunderlich viewed the case and returned an open verdict after evidence was heard. Funeral plans were not yet announced.
From Thursday's Datty shows five men assisting Charles Curr after a whiskey fit caused him to smash furniture at John Powers residence 204% Comstock Street. Curr allegedly was served liquor by a farmer named Foran and his employer before police ordered the man jailed as his intoxication peaked.
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