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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1934
Page
3
Shifting rumors and inquiries fill a column about couples in Marble Street and nearby areas. Readers ask who is dating whom, who might wed, and who flirts with police officers or nightlife crowds while naming a string of local names and places.
Shorewood Beach improvement association plans a large Fourth of July event with 400 electric lights along the north bank and a major fireworks display on the south side of the river. Twenty workmen begin setting up stands and grounds improvements, with games races music and prizes. The tennis court opens and about 700 guests are expected.
The Rubin and Cherry Exposition presents America’s Model Shows at Joliet on Columbia Street. The event, under Canton No. 52 Odd Fellows, features a 30-car steel train, 20 shows with several from last year’s World’s Fair, 14 new rides including a $25,000 Waltzer, a musical comedy, magic, circus side show, motordrome, and colored musical revue. The show train arrives Sunday noon on the Michigan Central and unloads near the Columbia Street steel mill grounds.
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