Most Popular Man Race Nears Finish in Joliet
The contest standings show Angelo Vigginelli holding a strong lead with Maurice Burgess in third and Jimmie Furlong moving up to fourth as Art Janke slides to fifth. Voting coupons offer ten votes each with prizes including Eden radio from Specialty Sales, a travel bag from J J McCarthy, and a golf set from Stephens Luggage.
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Joliet
Angelo Vigginelli
Brad Oes
Mivuu
Maurice Burgess
Jimmie Furlong
Art Janke
Spectator
Chicago Street
Cass Street
J. J. McCarthy
Clothier
Leland Stephens
Stephens Luggage Shop
Local Boys Build Unique Diving Bell
John Sorenson and Arnold Young, ages stationed at 300 Henry Street and 107 Whitley Avenue, showcase a one of a kind diving bell made from a hot water tank and garden hose. The helmet uses a celluloid window and a homebuilt air pump driven by a one cylinder engine with a coffee grinder wheel to supply air. They have used the device in a Michigan quarry for up to twenty minutes at twenty feet underwater.
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John Sorenson
Henry Street
Arnold Young
Whitley Avenue
Michigan
Bathing Beauty Contest at Renwick Sunday
The Sixth annual Will County Bathing Beauty Pageant and Contest will be held Sunday evening at Lake Renwick dance hall. More than twenty entries have been received and will compete for cash prizes during the intermission of the regular Sunday night dance.
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Will County
Lake Renwick Dance Hall
Seedlings Planted to Rebuild Cook County Forest Preserve
More than 750,000 saplings have been planted in the Cook County Forest Preserve to replace dead trees and thicken foliage, part of a major reforestation effort backed by local officials and environmental groups.
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Cook County Forest Preserve
Citizens Relief Committee Plans Meeting Next Week
The Citizens Relief Committee will meet early next week to discuss continuing operations. F W Woodruff, chairman, notes past fundraising aided unemployed locals and payments from pledges have been promptly met. The group may cooperate with the state committee appointed by Governor Emmerson to extend aid through winter.
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Citizens Relief Committee
F. W. Woodruff
Emmerson
Church Forms Athletic Club
A meeting to form a social and athletic club is set for tonight at 8 o clock in the basement of St Anthony s church on Scott street. All men and boys of the parish are urged to attend for important business.
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St. Anthony’s Church
Scott Street
St. Anthony Parish
Food sales lead Illinois retail trade in 1930 totals
Food retailers in Illinois excluding restaurants reported $830,380,497 in business in 1930, leading all retail classes. The figure highlights food sales as the dominant sector in the state's commerce.
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Illinois
Hotel DeLuxe Guests Inscribed In September Register
A ledger at the Hotel DeLuxe shows 87 patrons registered in early September. Notables include Jack Dempsey and J. P. Morgan, who reportedly needed a shave. a note says the hotel does not provide rooms for ladies. Guests supply their own bed clothing, often newspapers, and many hometowns are vague, with “west” common.
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Bostile
Jack Dempsey
J. P. Morgan
J. P
John Doe
Althe
Gandhi rule on service echoes in harsh home brew talk
The piece cites Gandhi’s duty to serve and comments on cruel treatment abroad. It notes a 7 by 2 foot X-ray image of an Egyptian mummy at Chicago’s Field Museum and comments that this is no time to panic over frozen assets.
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Mahatma Gandhi
India
Field Museum Natural History
Chicago
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Fred Krehn
Arthur Janke
Sammy Berk
Michael Cassidy Oie
Sie
Oie
Larry” Furlong
Michael Waesco
Ray Warner
Ray McBride
Joe Zelko
Clifford Rettig
Sidney Kramer
Renwick
Peoria Life Insurance Co
Plink Ioseph F. Serinar
van Buren Street
Empress Eugenie Manner
L. F. Beach Company
Dexdale
Chiffon
Tesdaly Pratt & Co
Joliet, Illinois
L. F. Beach
Furniture Department
Coats
Complete Fur Service
Clinton Street
Hobbs Building
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