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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1929
Page
13
Bobby Cameron son of Mr and Mrs Robert A Cameron of 200 Buell Avenue appears eager to strike a long shot from near the country club house in a local golf feature.
A bronze bust of Col Charles A Lindbergh from the only known portrait is presented to H R Seamans Joliet Y general secretary by seven donors led by W F Engleman. The piece remains in the Ys Boys room as a reminder of Lindberghs deeds.
The American Legion post announces a public Fourth of July program in the loop district with a 9 am parade from Ottawa and Washington to Dellwood Park. Events include a three-team baseball tournament at 12 pm, children's races, local talent shows, vaudeville, a minstrel show, hula dancers, dancing at Dellwood pavilion, and $1000 fireworks in the evening.
A two cent postage stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of Edison’s first electric lamp will be issued for sale nationwide. The red stamp shows the first electric light bulb with 1879 1929 dates and the slogans Edison’s first lamp and Electric Light’s Golden Jubilee. The Golden Jubilee culminates with a October 21 banquet in Dearborn Michigan attended by President Hoover and other notables.
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