Joliet Gossip Fills Page With Star News and Local Quips
A Joliet column recounts residents who share information freely and in gossip about movie stars and local figures. It notes amusing anecdotes from Hollywood to Joliet, including fashions, travel, and plans, with mentions of Joan Crawford Greta Garbo and Jack Dempsey among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Juliet
Hollywood
Wildom
Jean Harlow
Clark Gable
Greta Garbo
Greta
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny
Estelle Taylor
Jack Dempsey
Joan Crawford
Chmelik May Stay as Prison Doctor
Indications from Springfield this week point to Dr. Frank Chmelik being retained as physician and surgeon for the Stateville prisons. Governor Horner, visiting the prison hospital, expressed high satisfaction with operations and noted an extremely low death rate and rarity of serious diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Chmelik
Stateville
Springfield
Horner
Buy in September NRA Slogan Headlines Joliet Merchants
Joliet merchants urge residents to buy in September for fall purchases as new shipments and prices arrive soon. Local readers are encouraged to shop early, with the slogan likened to the annual Do your Christmas shopping early in its usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tess Dillon
Electric Park
Julius
Yud”’ Shelinsky
Joe Lyons
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Joe Maday
Cubs
Helen Wheeler
Eastern Avenue
Bill Fitzgerald
WKBB
WCLS
Francis Uhde
Bob Cleary
Hupp
Joe Cuttie
Larry Nicholson
West Pines
John Raine
Woodruff
Chicago
Reggy” Knott
Jack Shaw
Wisconsin
Ridgewood
Bob’’ Downey
East Side
George
Nish’” Meers
Eddie Kelly
West Side Oil and Tire
PABST
Will County Produce Co.,Inc
S. Joliet St
Chmelik
American Institute Laundry
DIAL
NRA
Dise
Peyla Furniture CO
Cass ST
Wahl
Eee
Keystone
Forontrance
N. Chicago ST
First National Bank
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