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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1939
Page
4
A sprawling compilation of social sketches and bright anecdotes from a bustling town. Notes on local figures like John Hancock and Joe Wagner mix with playfully risqué humor and rumors about residents, performances, and nightlife, interspersed with brief career and election chatter. The piece reads as a lively snapshot of postwar community life.
The high school and junior college students face mid year exams starting Friday the thirteenth and continuing Monday and Tuesday. Rabbits feet and charms are being collected for luck. Both schools also schedule basketball games Friday evening amid superstition and exam stress.
Frantic caution spreads through Joliet residents including high school and junior college students as tomorrow Friday the thirteenth raises concerns about omens and safety steps. Detours around ladders and superstitions shape daily plans amid local chatter.
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