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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1932
Page
3
The Christmas mailing volume is about one third of last year’s totals. On December 21 the post office processed 96 000 letters, down from 150 000 last year, with all mail delivered before Christmas except about 1 000 pieces. Poorly addressed or obsolete addressees caused undelivered letters, about eight hundred sent to the dead letter office.
A reflected shopper lament frames everyday concern as not resisting the machine age but extracting more life from the machine. The quote underscores practical desires over broad social change.
Will County will add about six hundred thousand dollars in delinquent taxes to next year’s assessments. County Treasurer Herbert Jones says most taxpayers cannot pay, citing the saying you cant squeeze blood from a turnip. Both delinquent and current taxes will be billed under one head.
Police continued the search last night for robbers who forced entry to six city stores Wednesday. Loot was small but structural and window damage occurred at the stores and surrounding property.
Prisoners faced disappointment after whiskey seized from a cell block at Stateville led Warden Frank D Whipp to order a full yard search. Guards say inmates planned a New Year party with the liquor, which was confiscated.
Five babies born on Christmas Day to five families last Sunday. Two girls and three boys were delivered, four at St. Joseph's hospital and one at Silver Cross. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Evans of 315 Third Avenue at Silver Cross. Mr. Evans is a high school instructor. The Christmas babies and their mothers are reported as doing well.
An Illinois inventor reveals a machine that emits a single dull tone, claimed to influence early political trends as the machine age begins to shape public discourse.
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