Around the Town at the Spectator Station
Station diners miss meals as unpaid bills halt groceries at the police station. Chef Bill Burke cannot settle back board accounts, forcing dinner buckets and a humorous tale about a roadster crash with the culprit a boyish driver and his mother. Ray Smith notes leaders in bar, color, and prohibition groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Burke
Havine Farenttan
Micheal Cassidy
Luke Fallinski
Chef Burke
Blade
Dimas
Starved Rock State Park
Stike
How to Bring Peace If Not Prosperity
Column by Clarence Kearns mixing anecdotes from Gus Erickson on tough mountain resorts and a London booksellers sign tale. It also notes Phil Slocum’s Wisconsin sign about beer legality and a Campbell Street sales pitch, plus gossip about Peaches Browning’s appearance and weight changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Kearns
Senator Dick Barr
Red Lion Square
London
Phil Slocum
Bureau of Recreation
Wisconsin
Campbell Street
More Tax Warrants for City Employees
City officials announced warrants in denominations of 20 dollars will be issued early in August to city employees. Mayor William Hennessy said warrants cover at least two months back salaries and urged merchants to accept them if possible to help employees meet needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hennessy
Jefferson Club Plans First Picnic In Will County
The Jefferson Club of Will County led by Robert Duffy will host its first annual picnic Sunday at Breen's Woods Jackson Township. About 1000 members are invited to bring guests for a day of sports and speeches with plans for the state party ticket to attend. A B M versus Ruby A C baseball game headlines the entertainment starting at 1 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Club
Will County
Robert Duffy
Breen’s Woods
Jackson Township
Duffy
Democratic Party
Ruby A. C’s
William Dieterich
U. S
Thomas F. Donovan
Otto Kerner
Adam Bloch
Supreme Court
Edward Barrett
Frank H. Padden
William Rathmann
Ex‑soldier recalls Marseilles riot amid war memories
A Joliet veteran recollects four months in the trenches and sounds off on the Marseilles riot. He says pickets faced gunfire with no warning, notes no weapons among his group, and urges sane tactics and local hiring for the Illinois waterway project to prevent future violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Marseilles
Y Tennis Doubles Play Off Tomorrow at Newell Park
The annual Y doubles tournament will be held at Newell Park tennis courts tomorrow after noon starting at 1. Entrants include Roy and Howard Sprague Hawk Stange Lauer Brown and George and How ard Lloyd. The four man team representing the Y in the state association event at Freeport tomorrow is Lloyd Austin Dick Barr John Baumgartner and Edward Baskerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell Park
Roy
Howard Sprague
Hawk
Stange
Lauer
Brown
George
Howard Lloyd
Freeport
Lloyd Austin
Dick Barr
John Baumgartner
Edward Baskerville
Insurance Adjuster Quote on Unexpected Return Not An Accident
An insurance adjuster states that a sudden homecoming does not prove an accident. The remark comments on intent and the interpretation of events in a disputed claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herther
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Ray Smith
West Side
Beer
Federal Bar Association
H. White
National Association of Olored People
Marie Wetmore
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Gus Erickson
North Carolina
Gus
George Mahoney
Peaches Browning
Peaches
J. C. Adler
W. Jefferson Street
Benjamin Franklin
Saturday Evensing Post
Richard
Maxin
Rendels
van Buren St
Harold Brownson
Illinois
Bluff and
Jefferson Sts
Adler
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