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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1949
Page
4
A Railroader's Wife complains that a deceased man’s photo in the cab intrusion into private grief. She questions the morality of publishing a dramatic image and urges restricting photography to crime fighting and public benefits.
A Lockport Little Theater member thanks L L T for enthusiastic letter on Three Cornered Moon and credits Taft School Board of Education, Superintendent Wheatley, and Herbert L Norton for enabling the new community activity including stage lighting on the Taft gym floor.
The cast and director express gratification at the play’s response and are eager to arrange repeat performances for hospitalized veterans if possible. Mrs Velma Helt, R. K. 2.
A Joliet reader argues owners should pay when children trample gardens and cut across lawns, comparing to dogs. He cites ruined fruit trees and poor parental response, urging better upbringing and reminding that kids can be trained to stay home.
A reader urges Joliet officials to create a free five minute parking space in front of the police station and to combine library and collection services. The letter requests publicity and a news item to gauge public support for a curbside service at sidewalk level.
A dated Joliet column features a playful poem about an Irishman and a wee Leprechaun guiding a traveler away from fool's paradise. It closes with a signature from Wilma Purdy, RD No 1, and no heavy events or names beyond the verse speaker.
A speaker laments cruel dog haters and praises dogs that saved lives during war and aided the blind. The narrator recalls a dog that saved a child at the cost of its own life from severe burns, urging gratitude and humane treatment for loyal canines.
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