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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1934
Page
2
A Manhattan girl mistook baskets at halftime and took two stray shots at the Wilmington goal missing by inches as her team trailed by one. The report notes several local names and colorful captions from the period, including references to players and acquaintances.
A young man named Spud Ruddy enjoys eggs with his beer noted by Eddie Gannon of Joliet Engraving. John Spesea's cadets ask a Chicago street and Fifth avenue observer to stop watching from a front window.
America's outstanding negro singers appear in Joliet as the Mundy Choristers present a program Tuesday March 6 at the Universalist auditorium under Joliet Junior Choral Club. Guest soloists include John Burdette international baritone and Marion Kay tenor who will perform On That Great Gittin Up Mornin. Tickets on sale from Choral Club members Stillman’s Wiswell’s Woodruff hotel cigar stand.
Tom Calamaras, a local storekeeper, purchases a new pair of spats in response to a recent cold wave. The item is listed under his full name in this column.
The four Lewis brothers, proprietors of Lewis Brothers' shore store, have conducted intensive studies of the foot's anatomy and its relationship to the human body.
John V. McCarthy democratic leader of Will county filed his petition for state senator in the 41st district. An engineer by trade and dairy farmer at Black Road, he has led party efforts in Will and DuPage counties and seeks the seat against incumbent R. J. Barr and rivals Don Hall and Hijalmar Rehn.
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