Small Complaint Percentage On Electric Bills Revealed
Howard T. East testified before the Illinois Commerce Commission that only six tenths of one percent of electric bills from Public Service Company of Northern Illinois drew complaints in the first eleven months of 1933. He said rate reductions did not cut complaints and cited seasonable use, illness, entertaining, payment difficulties, and the economic situation as main causes. The ICC graded service quality at 94.39 percent across 250 communities, with ten of the top seventeen Class A cities served by the company.
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Public Service Company of
Northern Illinois
Howard T. East
Illinois Commerce Commission
Budget Monday Opens Joliet City Hall Budget Talks
Mayor Hennessy announces the 1934 budget process will begin Monday at City Hall with strict retrenchment. The plan calls for economy across all departments to curb the citys growing debt and limit expenditures to only essential needs.
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City Hall
Hennessy
Joliet
Ice Skating Returns as Cold Weather Persists
The ongoing cold spell keeps ponds and rinks frozen and attracts hundreds of skaters, while authorities report a new racketeering list labeling all men as public enemies. The article notes crooners continue to fare well amid the conditions.
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The
Mercury
Your Joliet facts and Joliet history notes
Joliet lore recounts the city’s first murder in the 1840s at a small whiskey distillery near Three Points. It notes Joliet Township High School gym space, a debated town name pronunciation, Joliet Launch Club founded in 1905, Rialto theatre lighting, and the long service of J. C. Adler company and Ducker’s department store. Editor invites readers to share unusual Joliet facts.
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Joliet
Three Points
Rialto Theatre
J. C. Adler Company
Ducker’s
George Washington
George Lil
THE
Spectator
Adler
Re gain of sight for Polk boy after cataract operation
Loren Lockhart a seven year old boy from Polk Missouri began 1934 with restored sight after surgery to remove cataracts. He was born blind and this operation gave him the first clear vision.
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Loren Lockhart
Polk, Mo
Orr Seeks Republican Nomination for County Judge
Pence B. Orr a Will County attorney with twenty eight years of practice and World War service announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for County Judge in the April 10 primary. He urged efficiency and economy claiming the County Court can ease Circuit Court congestion and better serve litigants with fair, full time administration.
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Township High School
Jo Li-Et
Joliet Shoe Hospital
E. Jefferson Street
Joliet Buick CO
Scott St
Velvet Root
MRS
Tabb
Adler’s
Link, Lb
Maxwell House Coffee
Swansdown
Will County
J.c.adler CO
K. C
Armstrong
FELT
Vance
Cor
Joliet & van Buren
Sis
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