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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1931
Page
3
H Garnsey urged consolidation of city township and district tax bodies to cut expenses and reduce taxes. He argued grade schools and township offices could be unified under one organ, noting local government lacks textbooks on local governance and that residents know more about the federal system.
Rosh Hashanah services mark the start of a ten day period of repentance ending with Yom Kippur. Services will be held at synagogues Friday and Saturday with the Shofar blown at night. Yom Kippur observances are set for Sunday night and Monday.
Former Indiana standout tackle Duke Hanny has announced his retirement from football after fourteen years in grade school high school college and professional play. He earned All American honors in college and rejected offers from the Bears Cardinals and Minneapolis teams. Notre Dame and Indiana clashed in his final college year with Notre Dame prevailing 18 to 10 in a hard fought game.
Mrs. Rena M. Barickman reports about 75 000 books on hand at the library with regular shipments arriving. The staff numbers 10 and will not increase while winter demand remains high and students are urged to stay quiet inside.
A poem describes songbirds in woodlands and a quest for truth. The speaker listens and learns that raptures burn behind the song, leading toward a profound prize to God as the path is followed.
Hennessy outlines plan to place city owned gasoline tanks along the railroad west of Crowle Avenue. Rail cars would feed city tanks directly, eliminating pumps and reducing price from 11.9 cents to about eight cents per gallon. He says savings would occur over a few years.
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