Frigid Wave Responsible for Suffering
- Publication
- Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 Feb 1914, p. 1
Description
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- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Articles
- Notes
- Cold weather (6.7 degrees below 0) caught some Evanstonians by surprise. 15 families are in need of assistance. Poor people were particularly affected. Riders of streetcars complained of 35 degree temperatures. Consumers company is making 50 pounds of coal available daily to families recommended by doctors, ministers and anyone else in public life. Central Association of Evanston Charities is helping the poor. The Evanston Poormaster, Matthew Larkin, resigned from his position because of a conflict regarding his work.
- Date of Publication
- 12 Feb 1914
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Evanstonians
- Corporate Name(s)
- Evanstonians
- Local identifier
- Wilmette.News.304579
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Wilmette Public LibraryEmail:refdesk@wilmettelibrary.info
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