New Registrar Assumes Duties at Northwestern University
J. H. Goldthorpe of Minneapolis, Hamline and Minnesota alum, begins as registrar at Northwestern University in Evanston. He succeeds Frederick L. Kerr and has worked as a statistician in a university survey, with ongoing PhD work and an anticipated MA this December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Goldthorpe
Minneapolis
Hamline University
University of Minnesota
Northwestern University
Goldthorpe
Frederick L. Kerr
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Northwestern
Evanston
Missoula
Montana
R. A. Kent
College of Liberal Arts
Northwest
Wilmette Chamber opposes street closing and backs widening
The Wilmette Chamber of Commerce adopted resolutions disapproving the village board’s plan to close Tenth Street north of Chestnut Avenue. It urges keeping the artery to connect Wilmette with northern villages and endorses widening Wilmette and Central Avenues in the business district despite trustees’ earlier objections.
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Wilmette
Merchants’ Organization
Zipt
Board of Trustees
Chamber of Commerce
Public Service Heats 100000 Electric Irons
Public Service reports service in over two hundred communities with December 31 1923 totals: electric gas water and heat customers 252981 up 32821 from 1922. Revenue 16014342 up 2302247 reflecting 16.8 percent rise. territory spans 6000 square miles. Electric lighting to 69 towns. pumps and plants supply municipal water. Over 100000 electric irons use lines. 56000 floor lamps 33 electric motors 26000 vacuums 15000 washers. 26000 fans. Gas production 35537000 cubic feet up 448195000 from prior year. gas plants fuel 91 ranges and serve 300 factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Company
Parthey
Pius
Tiny minority of U.S. electric plants under 10k kWh monthly
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a tiny minority of electrical plants with monthly production below 10,000 kilowatt-hours accounts for less than 1 percent of national total generation in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U.S. Geological Survey
Winnetka Boy Tries Jail Meeting With Murderers
Peter Conlin a Winnetka delivery boy refused to pay a $50 speeding fine to get a thrill by visiting Leopold and Loeb in the county jail. He was placed in a cell with Leopold in custody, and witnessed Loeb’s meeting with his mother as police debated moving him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Conlin
Winnetka
Conlin
Leopold
Loeb
Pontiac Reformatory
Eant Iverson
North Shore
Sheriff's Office
Con‘lin
North Shore Civic Association Meeting Set for July 14
The North Shore Civic Association announces a regular meeting on Monday July 14 at 8 PM in Odd Fellows hall Wilmette. A prominent speaker has been secured for this gathering.
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North Shore Civic Association
Odd Fellows Hall
Wilmette
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Dean Kent
Civic Association
Snider-Carel Drug Co
Wilmette and
Central Aves
John Millen
Millen
Addison
Antioch Area
Beecher
Bensonville
Benson Bourbonnais
Bradley
Braidwood Campus
Chicago Heights
Coal City
Crete
Deerfield DesPlaines
Dalton Dwight Elmhurst
Frankfort
Glenview
Grand Ridge
Grant Park
Grays Lake
Morton Grove
Mount Prospect
Commonwealth Edison Company
Chicago
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
MO. S. Reesman
Church Street
Charles A. Coffin
Electric Light and Power Companies of
Wali
Lawrence W. W. Phel
Wilmett
Ann
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