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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1931
Page
16
Mrs. J. O'Brien of 316 Fifth Avenue won the weekly Last Line contest in Joliet The Spectator inviting entries for two months with $2 prizes. Readers urged to submit rhyming lines for the verse and mail to The Spectator at 401 North Chicago Street by next Wednesday.
De La Salle High School begins football with a 3 PM game at Lockport featuring a 24 man squad headed by coach John Carroll. Carroll notes a light roster averaging about 140 pounds but returns six lettermen Miklic Welbes Furlong Murphy Egan Gruben and Bannon who previously played for Lockport. Joliet’s De La Salle also hosts Fenwick Oak Park on Oct 16 with gate receipts benefiting the Joliet unemployment fund.
Joliet high school lightweights coached by Wykoff prepare for a tonight eight o'clock match with Oak Park after an unsettled opener. Dobbs, noted for kicking against St Charles, is expected to start. Earlier at 6 30, 86 heavyweights under Mills will contest a regulation game among themselves.
Western United Gas and Electric filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission to raise gas heating value from 480 to 800 BTU per cubic foot and reduce rates. The plan mixes natural and artificial gas from lines including Continental Construction Co, Joliet plant gas, and Texas and Oklahoma sources, aiming to cut residential bills by about 3 percent and house heating by 22 percent.
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