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Newspaper

The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1939

Page

4

Local News Briefs Mixed With People and Potpourri

A Saturday night column reports a two-vehicle crash on Champion road with Louie Williamson assisting and noting sore feet from running barefoot on gravel. Other items celebrate a child prodigy Jimmy Williamis a memory expert, locals' haircuts, a harmonica performance by Ray Lindsay, and social events at the Monroe hotel and Town Hall with prizes and music.

Louie Williamson Rock Run Pn Champion Road Louie Monroe Hotel Ray Lindsay George Porter

Sleep and Soul Beliefs Raise Crime Claims in Collier's Weekly

A magazine notes primitive beliefs that a sleeping man’s soul leaves the body and may die if it does not return before waking. It calls covering a sleeper’s face a crime akin to murder, as the soul’s search may be time sensitive for the soul.

Saya Collier

Honeymoon Ends as He Shouts Say Packo Matic

A lighthearted quip notes the shift from endearment to command as the husband stops calling his wife darling and instead yells say. The joke plays on overbearing or habitual behavior in marriage with a playful tone.

Morris Shapiro Rialto Packomatic

Goldblatt Star Sale Opens in All Stores Today

Goldblatt Brothers launch the Star Sale of the Year with over three million dollars of special purchases by fifty buyers and merchandise managers in New York. The program aims at large price concessions, boosted by extra sales staff and enhanced delivery to serve anticipated crowds.

Goldblatt Brothers America Goldblatt New York

She's A-1 with me phrase explained

The article explains Lloyd's Register uses Class A for top vessels and A-1 to denote excellent equipment. It notes slang use of A-1 meaning “the tops” and applies it to describe a wonderful person.

Lloyd's Register of

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