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Town Gossip Notes on Local Residents and Visitors
A jumble of short items reports Walter Lowery's possible postmaster bid, Paul Schoene's leg injury improvement, Red Goodspeed's Chicago visit, Nish Meers with an injured shoulder, Elmer Essington at Arlington track, Al Baskin's 93 degree fashion, Eugene Lennon preferring home cooking, Dr. George Sehring visiting Joliet, John Cassiday's high mileage car, Henry Kiep's Joliet vacation plans, Walter Geissler in Chicago, storm damage to Warden Whipp's Elgin farm, Wally Schluntz and Imogene Williamson's Thirty-three Twirls dance, Curley Moore's light colored preferences, Pep Bennitt's Chicago marriage, Amn Scahill's rumble seat rides, Babe Ruth homer prediction, Franklin Bush's looks, Don Downey on the west side, Hoover families, Joe Carlin looming pitcher for police game, date TBD, Tommy Bothwick's coat habit, Governor Horner's prison inspection planned, Willard Krakar and Luke Sullivan close friends, Eddie Ruth selling Barr Gardens stake, George Mahoney's Indiana visits, and remarks on a girl described as cute.