Night Out on the Bluffs With a Teen Gang
In a rambling reminiscence a teen narrator describes an evening escape from chores. Dana Dona and a group of girls meet at Kerr's Drug Store and wander toward the Piasa Sut bluffs. conversations mix with budding crushes and teen bravado as they encounter peers on the street and in the drug store, ending with playful banter and social tension.
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Dona
Piasa Sut
Teeee
Pietown
Dana
Clawson Street
Kerr's
College Avene
Tao
Sly Naie
Diane
Daphne Grey
Dane Craig
Alton High
Wille
Dutton
Caffee
Mill Breezewood
Carson
Imm the Music Box and Local Nightlife Undercut by Rumors
A chaotic concert column notes Walter Stes and his band playing weekends in Wilsonville Illinois Route 158 with Ferne and Mac on keys and drums and Jesse and Walter Stiles on sax and clarinet. The Club Alamo adds Gene Hughes and Louis Phillipe for a lively week. A food stand on Route 100 at Mevile reopens for dinners and drinks. A rumor claims women cannot enter Lashley and Brohme tavern on Masson venue Wood River but is denied. A lively scene with banter and innuendo surrounds the weekend crowd and a brash exchange about teeth and jokes.
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Walter Stes
Wilsonville
Minois
Walter Stiles
Ferne
Mac "Foward
Jesse
Stiles
Achenbach
Mevile
Lashley and Brohme
Massonvenue
Wood River
New York Needs Homes in City Built 1946 Shortage
New York faces an immediate shortage of 30,000 housing units of which all construction is proposed to occur within New York City in 1946. The demand reflects postwar housing pressures and urban development priorities by city planners and housing agencies.
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New York
New York City
Trees, power crews, buses and local scenes in Alton
A reflective column notes urban tree pruning by Illinois Light and Power crews near Dry and West Third streets, laments tree removal for utility lines, praises the new Brown Motor Company intercity bus service between Alton and St Louis, and briefly mentions local gossip and playful aphorisms from area spots including The Spot and Tess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Illinois Light and Power Company
Joyce Kilmer
Power
Hamilton
Power Company
Riegel
Red” Schmidt
Shurtlett College
Pioneer
Affilated Bros Motor Company
St. Louis
St Louls
Brown Motor Company
Tony St. Clair
West Broadway
Bi Johnson
Mineral Springs
Tess
Pop
Bill
Een Hendricks
Eters
Matsl
Wittels Sporting Goods Opens New Department Here
Abbot Wittels, longtime proprietor of Wittels Sporting Goods at 202 Sta a ber, expands the store with a sporting goods department and modernized amenities. The downtown shop now stocks Pflueger Shakespeare Heddon tackle and Spauldings Rawlings baseball gear, aiming to serve local enthusiasts with season needs. A Hawaiian pineapple company uses a 100,000 gallon water tank shaped pineapple on its Honolulu plantation.
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Intels
Sporting Foods
Drest
Wittls
Pflueger
Shakespeare
Heddon
Spauldings
Rawlings
Wittels
Abbot Wittels
Shapedike
Honolulu
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American Federaion of Teachers
AFL
U._S. Conciliation Service
East Alton Shoe Repair
Alton, Ill
Dultry-Market
Frank
J. W. Apple Feed
Dixie Better Feeds
Rela
Frank's Buffet
East Body
Diel
Yolton
Wayne
Eagle Stamps
Olton Supply
Delmar
C. A. Stickler
State Farm Insurance
Brownie’s Inn
HURST
Hurst Potato Chip CO
John OM
Tn Elle
H. A. Newlin Moving and Transfer Company
Washington Ave
Winkler’s Wine and Beer
Alton, Tinole
Mid-States
Bluff City
Ilo
F City Brewery, Inc
Fin
Bell System
Federated Pictures
Eeeee
Alamo
Gene Hughes
Louis Phillipe
Perey
Cottee
Percy
Faulstich Cigar Store
Prasa, Alton
Lux
Asot
Selec
AU Acon
Stag Beer Company
OF Alton
Watter
STAG
Fixture & Supply
George St
Labor World
Wert’s Bottled Gas & Appliance Company
Washington, Tel
Mestic
Refrigeration Service
Corren Robertson, Sr
Oor
Nat Th
BELL
Margueyite Ave
Alto 1 Refrigeration Company
Greer’s
Boswell's
Everi Sons Union
West St. Louis Ave
Joan A. Greer
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