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Newspaper
The Joliet Weekly News
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
6
The Weekly News lists subscription prices and terms. Postpaid one year costs 28 dollars in advance 1 dollar for prepaid outside territory 1.55. The paper is mailed from Joliet Illinois as second class matter.
Graeme Cater reports on the daily rate of sugar or related commodity terms in the market, noting fluctuations and implications for buyers and sellers. The brief highlights current price movements and potential impact on pricing strategies.
After Kansas City’s 100000 residents faced strict prohibition, Chicago’s truancy officers report widespread nonattendance due to families driven by drinking fathers. In 1906 fall term, 18 new teachers needed as hundreds of boys and girls ages 12 to 18 returned to school after two year absence.
Emergency copies issued for rural mail routes with all mail carriers given extra copies for emergencies. If a subscriber does not receive the Daily or Weekly News, notify the publishers and ask the mail carrier for a replacement copy.
The Post Office Department orders that subscribers in arrears for daily papers or weekly papers over a year are not counted as actual subscribers for mailing. The News Company in Joliet Illinois will discontinue service after notice once the limit is reached, with two reminders to each subscriber.
A Chicago report cites 15 000 underfed school children needing nourishment and stirs calls for action. Organizers plan a mass meeting to raise a $30 000 fund, with Charles G. Dawes urging private charity involvement alongside public schools.
Dr Will Crawford, Joliet figure and Allegheny College head, spoke at the Rock River Conference in Chicago on English drink traffic and American contrasts. He urged larger social service halls, warned of saloon impacts, and supported broader evangelical mission work alongside social reform.
Republican leaders say they admire Mr. Bryan as a man but disagree with him politically. He was taken to the Commercial club for dinner, yet a single committee will not meet or escort him Friday.
A cautionary note to lawyers aiming for public office about the risks of becoming attorneys for certain corporations. The quote implies that career plans could be affected by the types of clients lawyers represent.
Republican ex-attorney general of Ohio Frank Monnett spoke in Morris in support of William Jennings Bryan for president. He denied accusing Governor Haskell of Oklahoma of bribery, noting the claim came from Squires of New York and lacked proof. Monnett urged publicity of campaign contributions and praised Taft as honest but not decisive, while indicating his past vote for Bryan and for Roosevelt.
A movement to create Starved Rock State Park and a surrounding Illinois River park gains momentum led by the Chicago Geographic Society with support from the LaSalle County Club of Chicago and the Illinois Historical Society. Jesse Smith will propose a resolution to the legislature to establish the preserve and seek two bids to protect the rock and form a multi hundred acre park.
A Joliet event promises to draw a big crowd as William Jennings Bryan visits next Friday morning, with Roosevelt and Taft noted as crowd magnets. The piece discusses apathy, panic fears, and party nerves ahead of the election season, highlighting Bryan’s appeal and the political climate shaping turnout.
The chirp rate of crickets doubles with 10 degree rise in Fahrenheit. At 60 F the pace is about 90 chirps a minute, 70 F yields about 120 chirps, and each degree rise adds four chirps per minute. Below 50 F crickets stay quiet.
The text shows a cashier named Robert T. Kelly swearing to the truth of a financial statement. It lists monetary figures including 7,226.41 20,000.00 359.87 1,424.98 1,192.66 and a total around 1,808,970.82. The document is a sworn statement from the State of New Jersey or related bank record context.
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