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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1932
Page
6
A credited monologue argues Joliet holds at least four million dollars in cash outside banks and criticizes waste while joking about safes and printing more money. A banker anecdote illustrates frugal borrowing. the piece calls for practical money use and warns against devaluation.
A skeptical piece argues government is a science requiring experience and training. It recalls Peter Stuyvesant telling a shoemaker watches require expert knowledge, warning against lay impatience and urging competent leaders to steer the Ship of State. It laments common faults and stresses professional governance.
Letter from J H G questions city authority for closing Bluff Street from Marion to McDonough and the Rock Island crossing at Center Street. He urges council action to reopen the regular thoroughfare and questions bridge work and permission for permanent abandonment.
A reader laments early train schedules at Union Station stating need to leave by 7:30 a m to reach Chicago before noon and noting a 8:30 bus offers the only available option between 7:30 and 10:05 a m. The writer asks about interchangeable tickets after six months of requests.
Items include the Thaw murder trial cross examination ongoing with a sane presumption. Lillian Russell sues Shu bert s for 10000 of opera profits after a 700 weekly salary dispute. Enfranchisement bill in Commons nearly killed. National arbitration and peace congress plans noted. Harvard president criticizes football while basketball and hockey are reclassified. Harriet Curtis and Eben M Byers headed to England for international golf matches in May.
A wry remark notes that keeping hands in pockets is wiser than risking theft or confrontation by leaving them exposed in public. The line emphasizes caution and personal safety in everyday street behavior.
A World War veteran asks readers if they favor immediate cash payment of the bonus. The prompt seeks views from veterans on wartime bonus disbursement and how quickly funds should be delivered.
Russell Hastings and fellow veterans from Co M 129th Infantry urge immediate cash payment of the veterans bonus. They argue it would stimulate business, relieve unemployment, and provide needed funds for groceries and debts amid hard times.
A fragmented clipping notes a divorce involving a local couple. The unreadable text hints at personal matters and potential court action in January. Further details are unavailable due to damaged OCR.
In a letter the writer questions the senate probe into pool manipulation and the 1929 Anaconda copper bull pool, arguing the inquiry may mislead the public about market manipulators and their influence, suggesting the committees move too quickly. The piece warns the inquiry could be seen as a political show rather than a solid investigation.
A Joliet reader praises the recent De La Salle boxing show while denouncing disruptive gallery spectators. The letter commends the fighters as skilled and well matched, and targets a loud fan in the gallery for amplification of the clash.
A reader laments that innocent men suffer while the truly guilty evade punishment and powerful prohibition figures avoid accountability, criticizing government officials at city and national levels. The statement expresses strong condemnation of perceived miscarriages of justice.
A speaker urges awakening to dangers of revolution and bloodshed, warning against pursuing liberty through violent means. The quote attributed to B. M. frames reaction to political unrest and the perilous road to change.
Mrs J K argues Capone resurfaces with a demand to secure the Lindbergh infant. She questions his motives and warns liberty granted him would erode public confidence in government and safety.
The piece argues that film depictions of telephone operators as gum chewing wisecrackers are false. Real operators at exchanges and hotel boards are courteous, poised, and possess a pleasant voice, contrasting with Hollywood stereotypes.
Fragmentary poem describes a May morning with birds, winds, dew, and waking rills. Imagery centers on nature’s calm and vibrant rural scenes, though text is incomplete. The piece evokes a tranquil rural mood typical of springtime verse.
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