Village Gossip Tangles Driveby Notes and Odd Bits
Local columns note Clare Sharl strom browses furniture in loop stores and Vaughn Brooks’s recovered car on Western Ave. Mrs. Thomas Blair returns home from St. Joseph's hospital. Ed Foxy Powers wears a fur hat and delays coat. Brownell Birkey shown witty and fond of snap py jokes. Ray Stephen, 905 Williams St, famed as pitch trump player. City Hall says a new Ford touring car adds to police rolling stock and Strohm vows continued drive against soft drink parlors. Court house clock misbehaves dropping 45 minutes, Sheriff Al late for dinner. Ray MogHugh of Eagle Furniture sports a warm sweater coat to boost business.
Last Line Contest Opens For Spectator Verse
Get out your pencil fill in the last line and mail to The Spectator by January 29. The basketball season is here and the game we love so dear. Our teams will do their best and meet the test with flair.
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the Spectator
Remember When Remember When
An overview of Joliet social events in January including the Visitation and Aid Ball at Marquette Hall with prominent attendees and elaborate attire. Also notes the Police ball at Adams Hall, Phi Pi Epsilon banquet, La Follette’s visit, city saloon counts, and eighth grade graduation at Grand Theatre with listed graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette Hall
Katherine Adler
Peter Lennon
Madaline Talbot
Edna Ducker
William Werner
Gertrude Woodruff
Louis J. Fredericks
Grand Theatre
Mathew Barrett
Alfred E. Bateman
Ethel Chalstrom
Arthur Davis
Francis Dillman
Clara B. Donovan
Alice Dunn
Gordon Edmunds
Jessie D. Flowers
Florence Fitzgerald
Ruth Huston
Helen Martin
Trieds Newkirk
Jennie Sanders
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clare Sharlstrom
Vaughn Brooks
Western Avenue
Springfield
Thomas Blair
South Bluff Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ed “Foxy” Powers
George Weger
Benny
Brownell Birkey
Fred Pratt
Spectator
Ray Stephen
Williams Street
Trump
Police Department
William Strohm
Joliet
Sahara
Mr. Strohm
Court House
Ray MogHugh
Eagle Furniture Store
James E. Corcoran
James McCraney
Glenn Freckelton
Gus Anderson
Weger
Frank W. Reichenbach
Frank Langdon
Adam’s Hall
Henry Gardiner
Thomas Kennedy
M. Corcoran
Robert McGee
Ed Delaney
David Murphy
Phi Pi Epsilon Fraternity
Ed Bush
August Beltzner
Freddie
la Follett
E. B. Fletcher
Paul Steinbeicher
Cass Street
Crystal Stairs
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