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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1929
Page
4
A Kentucky man famed for cleanliness ran distilleries and horses, enforcing spotless operations. The piece laments adulterated whiskey bearing counterfeit labels, mentions deaths after drinking, and questions why the Pure Food department fails to regulate tainted products and protect consumers.
A reader urges applying Pure Foods law to spirits and illicit liquor, arguing for jail and fines for makers of tainted beverages and demanding enforcement of labels and safety standards.
Charles Hayes of the Chicago Motor Club outlines key traits of a good driver. He stresses yielding to ascending traffic, aiding less experienced drivers, aiding pedestrians, staying on one side, avoiding backouts, and not speeding in towns. He notes many qualifications are negative behaviors to refrain from rather than new actions.
The official opening of the Nowell Park swimming pool on Wednesday will be followed by the Park Dedication ceremonies the same day, adding the finishing touches to the project. The event highlights the completion of the new facility and its formal dedication to the community.
Joliet unveils Newell Park with a public pool and expanded facilities including picnic grounds playground area a baseball diamond and tennis courts. The pool addresses long standing local need for adequate swim facilities while the park serves residents on the south side reducing travel for recreation.
The piece notes air mail’s rising popularity as rates drop to five cents per ounce. It compares early letters on onion skin to modern air delivery and humorously muses on romantic flying pigeons and the shift away from earth mail for personal correspondence.
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