Good Timber and The Crooked Road to Power Told in Town Notes
A poem extols resilience and character with lines on timber and life. Local gossip follows, noting Harold Babe Cuttie as the Louis Joliet hotel tavern boss and Dinny Kelly praised as a leader at Garry Roache's new club on 505 South Chicago Street. Jack Trotter comments on book covers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Babe
Cuttie
Louis Joliet Hotel
Babes
Dinny” Kelly
Garry Roache
New Place
South
Chicago Street
Catholic High Boys Clash With Mooseheart B Team
Catholic High assembles a quick defending lineup led by Minarich at quarterback and McCarthy at center for a weekend contest against Mooseheart B. Coach John Carroll has guided a fast, agile squad through focused drills as they aim to improve on a rough start.
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John Carroll
Mooseheart
Lady Luck
Catholic High
McFarland
McGrath
Ruettiger
Frish
Boe
Ballack
James
Corcoran
Reardon
Minarich
McCarthy
End of the Trail Letter on Early 20th Century Economics
A reader challenges economic forecasts and criticizes the 1928 29 New Era idea of endless production. The writer recalls America’s 1620 to 1934 journey through hardships and says the nation survived with broad prosperity and cooperative effort.
Reflections on Decline and the Rise of Technocracy in America
The passage traces American growth from colonial shelter and farms to a booming economy, railroads, and a world war followed by social excess. It condemns a plundered system of finance and calls the old order broken, yielding to technocratic rule and mass unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Perkins
Capone
Harriman
Wizards of High Finance
Dances and a farce headline community events in Joliet
A Joliet Blues A C dance at Orange Grove ballroom Sunday features a local orchestra with Andy Vanisko chairing arrangements and invites public attendance. Another fall dance at St Marys parish hall North Ottawa street gathers a young crowd with Evelyn Gleason as general chairman and Grace Fitzgerald and others assisting. The Senior Walther league at St Peters Lutheran presents The Antics of Andrew three act farce tonight at 8 in the North Broad way school auditorium with Mrs Arthur Kramer and Edward Kroll in lead roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Grove
Joliet Blues A. C
Andy Vanisko
The
Sodality of Our Lady of St
Andrew
Walther League of
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
North Broadway
Arthur Kramer
Edward Kroll
Constitution of 1781 unfit for 1934 needs and reforms
The text argues a 1781 Constitution cannot fit 1934 needs, calling for strict conservation, scaled capital structures, and revised labor schedules to address unequal earnings and profits from wartime excess. It notes a struggle to implement fair distribution and adjustment.
Mrs J H Riley to speak on WCLS Sunday program
Mrs J H Riley president of the Visitation and Aid society will appear on the National Dye Works radio program Sunday at 12 30 over station WCLS to explain the charity operation she heads The program is the third in a series to acquaint Joliet with local charity work and their support methods Following prior speakers Mrs Leon F Kuicks Public Health council and Mrs John H Savage Childersguild another session is planned with Mrs E A Dinet Holly club on October 4
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J. H. Riley
Visitation and Aid Society
National Dye Works
WCLS
Joliet
Leon F. Kuicks
Public Health Council
John H. Savage
Childerguild
E. A. Dinet
Holly Club
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Jack Trotter
Catholic High Boys
Joyful Pet Shop
Cass Street
Spectator
Chicago ST
Howard P. Stone, Inc
Chicago
Carrier Boy
Lockport
Plainfield
Rockdale
Manhattan
New Lenox
Elwood
Romeo
Spectator Publishing Co
John H. Garnsey
America
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