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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1930
Page
1
Wilmette voters rejected a 700000 water works bond proposal by a 3187 to 1729 margin. The vote, across all precincts, reflected opposition to the expenditure despite water shortages and follows engineers’ study of Wilmette’s supply needs.
Village Manager C. M. Osborn reports 343,445 pounds of garbage and rubbish burned at the Wilmette incinerator in October. About 265,275 pounds were garbage and 87,170 pounds rubbish, with coal use under twelve tons.
The American Legion Wilmette Post 46 maps Armistice Day events at 11 AM with a long siren blast and eastward pause for silent prayer. A Great Lakes Naval Training Station squad will fire a salute and Wilmette Drum and Bugle corps will play taps. Speakers will address Wilmette school assemblies in ten minute talks. A Sunday Evening club service will include a short ritual honoring service members.
The Wilmette Board of Local Improvements awarded three alley construction projects to M. Foley Co., the lowest bidder among three firms. total bids amounted to 17482.84 with specifics: south of Gregory from Fifteenth to Park at 9571.91. east of Tenth from Central to 585 feet north at 3507.10. and the Linden to Oakwood area between Tenth and Ninth streets plus connected alleys at 4403.83.
Mrs. Fred O. Nelsen wife of a Wilmette plumber was killed instantly when her car collided at Main street and Crawford avenue with a car driven by Roland W. Hoffman of Glenview. Nelsen and Hoffman's cars met at the intersection. Nelsen’s husband and their son E J Nelsen were seriously injured and taken to St Francis hospital.
Wilmette postoffice will close at noon on Armistice Day next Tuesday. One morning mail delivery will occur. there is no afternoon delivery. Regular collections and dispatches proceed and specials are delivered as usual.
Complete returns from New Trier township for the general election held Tuesday November 4 are published on a special page inserted in front of Lord's advertisement in the center of this issue. The tabulation is the most complete election record yet printed for the township and the editors thank the election judges and clerks for providing the data.
New Trier township voted overwhelmingly Democratic and Wet in the general election held Tuesday, aiding James Hamilton Lewis and other Democratic candidates. Voters rejected Prohibition amendments, while two measures passed and one tax amendment was defeated. turnout shows 11,341 of 13,215 registered voters casting ballots.
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