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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1931
Page
3
The column notes Joliet residents with daily routines. Jimmy Sime is praised as a well dressed commuter, Willard Blood prepares for vacation, and Frank Gospodar’s Chicago trips grow more frequent. Nick Romato declines KYW staff, a new miniature golf course opens on Raynor Avenue, and Francis Dunn Jr enrolls at Notre Dame Law School.
A fragmentary notice from Bleington records a brief local entry. Readable details are limited to place name and a placeholder event hint, with missing dates names and actions.
A damaged clipping notes Edward Augustus Schwartz, a printer of some note, associated with training rules violations. It reports Electric Park will be revived next season by two well known businessmen with plans to rebuild the coaster and restore the park’s historic spirit.
The Rev. W. H. Macpherson’s office in the Auditorium has ceased to be the church youth HQ. Some church ladies objected to cigarette smoke, prompting the move.
A 1931 timetable listing programs across WCLS WKBB and other outlets. Rev Brown meditation hour, musical interludes, vocal performances, health talks, and band recitals fill the evening with entries for Boston Store, Centralto, and other local programs.
The passage mentions high school students traveling with Junior College peers and forming new friendships. It notes Jack as a former Indiana center aiming to play with a top college team next season. Fred Lauer has left for Buffalo New York for a new job and will be joined later by his wife and son Chuckie. Daniel Mowatt visited Herbert Hurd at Kennilworth.
Len Bensen courted with a hand question while out with a pretty companion. Pete Elens and George Anderson clash in talk but George buys after a demand. Dan Risinger recalls a rugged Ozark travel where locals mocked a bum. Billy Cline recounts a cross town vacation with a tireless Hop. George Baxter spends Sundays playing bridge at 418 Herkimer street.
Fragmentary reminiscence mentions a man of note in the village at the West Pines hotel. References to George Reed a pickle salesman and syrup anecdote appear. A remark on columnists and a note about William Mooney reading late into the night in his den.
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