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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
2
Goldblatt Brothers announce they will not buy more Joliet property or proceed with a four story store at the northwest corner of Chicago and Cass street. The firm indicated options on the tract would not be exercised and the plan was to create a fashionable modern department store with a deep basement.
Wilford Montgomery of 1007 Woodruff Road told police his car struck a small boy on Collins Street south of the E J and E tracks yesterday. He stopped to offer aid, but the boy ran off without giving his name. The report says the boy darted from behind a parked car into the car's side and claimed no injuries.
The city school board plans district realignments as it closes Broadway and Longfellow schools and opens a new division on Sept. 3. First grade eligibility requires a sixth birthday by Sept. 31, while pre first classes resume at Sheridan Eliza Kelly Woodland Parks and Lincoln. Broadway will house an NYA industrial program and staff levels remain stable despite enrollment declines.
Chickens headlined at 216 Iowa Avenue home of Mrs. Anna Alling as city health officials order 70 fowl disposed of within seven days. Roosters cited as primary nuisance. police report notes neighbors complained but specifics unclear. Mrs. Alling agrees to comply with Dr. Frederick’s order.
Six motorists paid dollar traffic fines in a local court. The listed defendants include John Boyd of 208 S Hebbard St Axel Kehlert of 824 Westwood Ave M F Garner Route 2 Lockport R J Smith of 1118 Loral Ave William F Fitzgerald of Woodruff Hotel and J Cappotelli of 416 Cornelia St.
Harry B. Hershey Democratic nominee for governor will attend a noon reception at the Woodruff hotel next Thursday. He will be escorted to the Will County Fair at Peotone for Democratic Day activities and a motorcade led by Bernard J. Fay and Ervin Schweitzer.
Funeral services for Horace W. Blood age 49 of 512 Prospect Place will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o clock from the Fred C. Dames undertaking establishment to St Patrick s church at 9 30 o'clock. Interment will be in St Patrick s cemetery. Blood worked 30 years as a paper cutter for Gerlach Barklow company. Surviving him are his widow a son Quinn his parents and a sister Mrs Harry Arrasmith.
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