Joliet Aims Abraham Lincoln Train Stop Homecoming
Local leaders led by Al Baskin of the Retail Merchants Association urge Joliet to become a regular Abraham Lincoln line stop. They argue the city as county seat and growing metropolis with 75 000 to 85 000 residents would benefit merchants and officials including Lt Governor Donovan and Senator Barr by enabling faster trips to Chicago and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advanta
al Baskin
Retail Merchants Association
I. N. Lewis
Lewis Brothers
Abraham. Lincoln
St. Louis
Chicago
Thomas F. Donovan
Richard J. Barr
Warren Wood
Michael F. Hennebry
House of Representatives
Springfield
Joliet
Abraham Lincoln
Pal to patients keeps visiting pal in hospital garden
Hospital staff and patients claim a parrot named Pal escaped its cage in the garden but returned to the kitchen and perched on a nurse's shoulder. The bird will stay there if they have their say, while a political jab about Secretary Ickes accompanies the tale.
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Bin
Injured Doctor Improving as Huey Long Criticizes
A humorous incident unfolds as Huey Long criticizes the president while the injured doctor shows signs of improvement. The doctor’s nurse is his wife, and the humorist Struzynski remarks on the scene with a laugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huey Long
Struzynski
Cohen Completes 91st Stock Buy at White Store
J. J. Cohen owner of the White Store says he completed the sale of his 91st stock purchase by buying the entire factory stock of the Braidwood Garment company in Braidwood Illinois. He plans a centennial sale marks his 100th purchase after fifteen years of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Cohen
Braidwood Garment Company
Braidwood, Ilinois
Doctor Declares Self Sufficient Waiting to Heal
A doctor jokes about independence and needing no help while recovering this summer. He notes patients must wait until August 1 for visits as he aims to be fully well, then plans to resume soaring the countryside in his Stinson airplane.
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Stinson
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Dan Russo
Radios Estro
Russo
P. & G. Soap
Holland
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Monarch
America
Mortons
California
Maxwell House Coffee
Kellogg
Frank
N. Center St
Lamb, J. R
Cass. St
Jackson St
Birsa M
Moon Ave. Blackbar
Collins St
Burt & HC
N. Chicago St. Cresto
S. Chicago St. Derby
Market St
Eklund M
W. Jefferson St. Furlin
S. Richards Housten
Moran St
W.H
Berg
Fred
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