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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1934
Page
10
The Morning Star Mission head Pete McCarthy reports March activities showing 39 conversions, 1,447 free meals, 534 free beds, 42 recipients of clothing, 5 New Testaments, 17 Gospels, 26 police court and jail visits, relief to families, railroad fares for six cases, and 155 gallons of milk supplied to needy households.
Convicts at Stateville, about 250 strong, exhausted activities from baseball to the arts and now become horticulturists. Warden Whipp notes they work 10 by 15 foot gardens, growing vegetables for future salads and stews, splitting labor to coax the plots into yield.
General passenger business on steam roads entering Joliet rose ten percent in the past two months from the same period a year earlier. Interstate passenger and freight shipments also show monthly gains per Railway Age reports for rail officials.
James C. Bell stands as Will County’s sole Republican candidate for Congress with strong predictions of sweeping support in Will County and solid prospects in Kane DuPage and McHenry counties. Supporters say his background fits him to address district concerns and provide honest conscientious representation in the national body.
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