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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1935
Page
7
A New Cotton era is noted with Cotton Week and a tour of cotton frocks at the Cotton Shop. Whelan's drug store hosts a carnival sale with cosmetics and mirrors while the Manor House on Cass street serves home cooked dinners. Lincoln Store showcases spring outfits as men seek colorful apparel.
Public librarian Mrs. Rena M. Barickman notes an annual decline in library book circulation as warm weather and summer vacation reduce reading lists. Reading rooms grow deserted while home readers maintain steady totals. the school-age crowd and club activities wane.
The senator frames the issue around the poor allegedly borrowing neighbors' children to obtain larger relief allowances, labeling it as a punishment of the underclass and a sign of systemic abuse in aid programs.
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