Leasing Public Property Sparks Public Park Debate
A Joliet platform argues against private leasing of public assets including Nowell Park bathing facilities and the airport. It contends parks, golf courses, and pools should remain under public control with revenue feeding bonds, while urging stronger support for playgrounds, equal taxation, a new county building, and living wages for police and firefighters. It calls for expanded school bands and a Tulsa band trip to boost local morale.
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Nowell Park
Heggie Park
Boeing
Park Board
Woodruff
Newell Park
Barr Highway
Highland Park
Joliet
State
The Whisperer and the Tax Valuation Process
A long personal defense of avoiding whispered gossip about others finances contrasts with a detailed explainer of Joliet township to 1931 tax assessment. It describes quadrennial reassessment, county levying, and the assessor’s work to value 36 000 active properties and personal property within 100 days.
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Joliet
Board of Review
Joliet Township
On to Tulsa Joliet Band Heads for National Trophy
One hundred six band members and about thirty attendants depart for Tulsa to defend Joliet's state title and chase the national trophy. The city celebrates the groups as a public good worth real money and pride, with a third De La Salle band forming to put Joliet on the map.
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Joliet
de la Salle
Taxation and public expenditures debate on land taxes
The discussion centers on high taxes and the belief that cutting public expenditures is the true remedy. It notes legislative demand for appropriations and explains how taxing bodies inform the county clerk of planned spending, with the clerk compiling land and property descriptions.
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Congress
In haste on the envelope drives postal action and heroism
The piece notes how the phrase In haste on an envelope speeds postal workers and trains. It contrasts bold truth telling with ambush and subterfuge, praising those who face the world and call a spade a spade as greater heroics.
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Tulsa
the Whisperers
Joaquin Miller
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