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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1935
Page
11
The article lists common health myths still held by some, from salt pork for sore throats to amber necklaces for goiter and coins or keys claimed to stop bleeding. It notes even editors knock on wood during lightning, illustrating persisting superstitions amid progress.
A Providence page presents a brain teaser using digits 1 through 9 and 0 to total 100. The solution given combines 70 90 8 6.5 4-32 and 1, with decimals and fractions converted to equivalents to reach 100.
A fragmentary humorous note references a mocked tattooed woman with a face lift and photographers missing focus. The passage includes a digressive line about loving two girls at once and cites the BStaley Journal and The Phoenix Flame as sources.
A feature on amateur photography explains how it suits all ages and locations from vacations to indoors. It guides beginners toward folding or box cameras, highlights fast anastigmat lenses, and notes Verichrome film for cloudy days. New Hobby Club members from various states seek correspondence, sharing ages, interests, and addresses.
Anagnost lens is free from astigmatism and brings vertical and horizontal lines to a common focus. Focus is the point where light rays converge to form a sharp image. Focusing scale is a graduated dial on the camera bed or lens mount for setting distance.
A dated club membership form addressed to Larry York requests basic applicant details such as name address age and hobbies for The Hobby Club. It notes optional mail correspondence and a club button request requiring two labels from Clover Farm soup cans.
A garbled OCR style list shows numerous business names and street addresses across Joliet and nearby wards. Entries include Clover Farm Stores Joliet, Serbian Grocery & Mre, Voitik Bros, Joseph Mack, Gerryt A A, Joseph Savol, Kochalka, Linden and Johnson, C C Walters, Louis Cagnie, Jos Cucchi, Sandretto, Wilson Street, L Perino, Petruska, Maccane, Bednar, Grobares Forest Park, Coleman Major, West Side addresses, and various street names such as Chicago Street, Desplaines Street, Wingate notations, and Jefferson Street.
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