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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1932
Page
11
A drunken incident on the 59th street L platform ends with a man ranting at a slot machine. Broadway gossip notes Jean Harlow’s possible Red Headed Woman role and a dim nightclub scene with Billy Rose. Miscellany covers Times Square commutes, teletype jokes, Prohibition-era tales, and anecdotes about C. C. Pyle Jimmy Durant and Lou Holtz with a colorfully dressed actor.
The article profiles Anthony Gerard Edward Noel eight year old Earl of Gainsborough and holder of titles Baron Barham Viscount Campden and Baron Noel. It notes his age and lineage tracing to his great great grandfather who held the Gainsborough title, highlighting his role as the youngest Earl in England.
W. E. Fay president and P. D. Motta superintendent were honored at a testimonial dinner in the Woodruff hotel dining room. The event marked 20 years of service with 35 employees and families present. Prizes were awarded to five winners including Mrs. Motta and Mrs. Fay.
Russ Columbo, nearing Broadway fame, headlines a Palace stand while a vendor touts a Lou Holtz shirt. The article notes magicians tricks with two facing mirrors allowing selective visibility to security personnel at reception.
A compact quiz item lists Sir Malcolm Campbell and Lewis Carroll, noting a life imprisonment outcome from a presumed legal query, a heart affliction cited for Carroll, a thirteen hour duration, and a quoted aphorism about folly. Senator George W. Moses of New Hampshire appears as a cross-reference in page five.
Riddle hints that the answer is joiners with a line about his boss and routine actions. The fragmented text suggests a wordplay on letters and roles at work, implying a clever misdirection about who performs the task.
Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway Co introduces a 15 minute morning and afternoon schedule until 9 30 pm and a 30 minute timetable after, due to reduced work force causing 16 minute runs between 9 30 pm and midnight.
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