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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1931
Page
2
The Spectator invites readers to vote over the coming weeks in a contest to choose the most popular young man. Prizes include an Eden cabinet radio and a travel bag, with voters tabulating at the Spectator office by next Wednesday evening.
M. A. Greenfield and Harry Young of Kline's ready to wear and men's departments are in New York on their regular fall buying trip. They expect to return within the next 10 days.
The Chicago Motor Club plans a radio drama on WENR from 8 to 8 30 PM CST Wednesday night August 12. The melodrama ties racing fame to the opening of the Cherokee Strip and is an episode in the Roads of Romance series.
A mixed collection of personal notes recalls Rudy Valee and his radio in a six room New York apartment and other residents such as Leo Gus Perry, Packy Walsh, Doc Maloney and Captain Andy Pesavento. The anecdotes touch on romances, social roles, and local happenings in brief, anecdotal glimpses.
Livestock at the Joliet state penal farm and other Illinois institutions will be fed 5375 bushels of oats grown on the farms this year. The Vandalia farm yielded slightly over 50 bushels per acre in the season's threshing report.
Local notice announces the Odd Fellows Circus opening on August 24 with free attractions mid day and afternoon shows. Sherman notes tickets sold for the planned July 27 week will be donated to him and a baby contest is planned along with aerial acts dancing reviews high diving contests and a strong man act. Committee members include John Clyde John Blackwood Eugene Shiffer and Charles Long.
A warning stresses that drivers must stay alert and anticipate conditions that could cause a crash. It urges careful passing and returning to traffic flow with ample time to prevent collisions and calls for learning correct procedures for different road situations.
Joliet and Illinois libraries report higher home reading circulation as unemployed residents seek books for recreation information and business boost. The American Library Association urges governors and legislatures to maintain library funding and prevent reductions in book and service appropriations during the downturn.
A fragment notes debates over ceremonial city keys given to distinguished visitors. The text critiques the meaning and openness of such gestures, suggesting some entries are overly lax and invite broad access.
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