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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1935
Page
2
Fragments note jokes about information operators and gas at dentists offices. Mentions J W McCarthy as high man on a ticket by votes and locals like Alice Jean Spikings and Joseph Zerbes with improving health. Includes Mary Garden reference and hotel manager Frank Doyle returning honors to the city.
The piece notes the president of the Illinois Greater Chicago Hotel Men's Association calling for action after noticing overcoats bought in Chicago stores for local officials. It mentions Nate Gross the Chicago journalist visiting Joliet, Mary Frances Lowery listening to Jerry Bressler at noon, and Eddie Gannon's Casino opening tonight promising a bright Joliet nightlife.
Louis Cordano a Joliet lifelong resident and expert accountant seeks the city commissioner nomination. He was named assistant state auditor last year and has strong backing from Italian voters and several societies in Joliet.
Lois and Louise Kraker, aged 16, will be honored at a Friday birthday party. The twins are sophomores at Joliet high school and Farragut School graduates, part of a family with another twin pair, Mary and Joseph, 23, and their mother notes having doubles around the house.
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