This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1955
Page
4
Joliet voters are urged to hire seven city council members who possess proven ability and integrity. Among 12 April 19 candidates, Bill Wilson is described as smart experienced and a local home-town boy employed by Joliet's largest industry. Voters should choose brains and independence and cast ballots for Wilson.
Lockport official describes Theodore Street as a completed concrete road finished in October 1929 with a total cost of 62222 dollars. The funding split funded by county state and federal governments marks it as a state road. The project stands as the only concrete roadway in Lockport.
Sylvester C. Wierschem, Lockport Township Supervisor, reports cooperation with the county right of way committee on multiple road projects. He cites total costs of 675 251 50 for two major roads with gas tax funding and notes county records show allocations and contractor payments. He prompts readers to disregard false statements.
Ikey Johnson of 1 N Joliet Street urges re election of Rogers as highway commissioner for the important department. He praises Rogers for a rough job well done and asks voters to keep him in office to continue his good work.
A Channahon township supervisor candidate proposes to pledge the township salary to the fire department if elected. He mails the plan to the Channahon Fire Department, seeks acceptance, and clarifies it is not a donation but service to the department. A March 19 reply from the department offers apologies for the delay.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.