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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1931
Page
5
Readers are advised to clip the items mentioning shops and mail them with a self addressed stamped envelope to The Spectator Shopper at 401 N. Chicago Street or call 9237 between 9 30 and 5 to learn where articles are located.
A new weekly feature visits Joliet shops highlighting quirky bargains. Notable picks include a three foot flower stand at $1.00, pots three for 50c, Vagabond Jersey golf set at 5.90 or 2.95 each, 32 piece breakfast set for 3.98, 37 piece tea set also 3.98, extra pieces at 6 for 50c and 15c for larger plates, plus brass and copper electric lamps at 98c.
Director Barney Cohen of the Illinois Department of Labor reports from fifteen free employment offices that 4 761 men were placed in the past month, with 8 769 applicants in March and more than half placed, indicating improving conditions downstate for the first time in at least six months.
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