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Newspaper
Blue Island Sun
Location
Blue Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
6
Meyer Bloomfield argues in Abraham Lincoln the Boy and the Man that city boys face harsh environments yet enjoy access to schools and teachers not available in Lincoln's era. He urges increased play spaces, resources, and leadership training for youth to avert tenement life’s limits and foster civic virtue.
In Santiago and Valparaiso beauty and fashion are praised with vivid detail. The article notes women serving as streetcar conductors there, preferred over men for ticket handling as coins do not stick to feminine fingers. It also describes La Paz ladies wearing Paris-made boots and short skirts showcasing French boot fashion.
Walter B Palmer explains a household rule that forbids discussing troubling topics at dinner and for an hour after. The family, noting they are nervous and high strung, found this ban prevents quarrels and keeps dinners happier, with early positive results.
The article notes whaling remains active with Chile as a top field. It reports a past season catch of 400 whales valued around $215,000, oil output of 2,000 tons, and 20 tons of whalebone sent to France. One company operates three steam vessels, using floating harbors for the season before transporting oil and bone.
The Illinois Tax Commission announces a 70 cent rate on $100 of equalized property value for the coming year. The action follows a multi-year deficit totaling $5,424,730 from 1911 and 1912 and aims to cover $8,070,000 in increased appropriations. Also included is a Tuberculosis Day proclamation by Governor Dunne urging nationwide and state observance on December 7, 1913 to combat the disease.
Governor Dunne commuted the sentences of five Cook county inmates at Joliet for efficient road building work near Dix on. The men James J. McCoy burglary Joseph Petkowski robbery Mick Petesky attempted burglary Christ Christianson larceny and John F Murray larceny will expire December 1. The action followed the board of pardons recommendation and his pledge that time would be commuted for honest work on public roads.
Sangamon and Morgan county highway commissioners met with Governor Dunne to seek approval for a forty mile road project linking Springfield and Jacksonville. He said approval would follow discussions with penitentiary wardens and state highway commission members.
About 200 Illinois insurance men will meet in Springfield December 9 for a three day session of the Illinois Fire Prevention association the Illinois Field club the State Board of Underwriters and the Illinois Blue Goose. W E Van Deventer of Chicago will lead the fire prevention talks and the Blue Goose banquet will be held at the Leland hotel with D E Monroe as banquet chair and J F Norse among speakers.
Dr. George A. Zeller superintendent of the Peoria State hospital is appointed by Governor Dunne as minority member of the state board of administration to fill the vacancy left by Dr. Frank J. Norbury’s resignation. As a board member he becomes alienist on the state board.
Jacksonville chosen as the 1914 state Epworth League Institute site by the Illinois Epworth League cabinet. Governor Dunne names Julius Straus of Danville to the board of visitors of the Institution for the Blind at Jacksonville.
The Illinois state civil service commission reports a flood of applications for classified posts due to a new administration. Through December 17,902 applications have been received, versus 6,672 for the same period in 1912. November alone set a monthly record with 1,125 applications.
A Pennsylvania inventor tests a snow velocipede that uses runners instead of wheels. The front and rear forks ride on runners while a movable driving wheel lets a rider coast or pedal up inclines. Also notes that Rothamsted experiments found no soil toxins from previous crops affecting long studied plants.
Dr Robert Broom, famed South African paleontologist, brings a major collection of Permian reptiles to the American Museum of Natural History for comparison work. He notes three leading South African collections and claims North American and South African Permian fauna share a common ancestry as research continues. He highlights the endothiodon skeleton as a near modern-appearing reptile and suggests a three million year history of global fauna from these deposits.
A St Louis policeman spotted a man whose coat barely fit and arrested him after three chickens tumbled from the coat. The man claimed the hens fled into his coat to stay warm, a tale the officer found implausible under local regulations.
Dr. George L. Colbert told the magistrate he drank to study alcohol effects. The court ordered him to confine experiments to his home and discharged him.
A Brockton quick lunch room attracted a crowd when a man claimed to be John D. Rockefeller. Police reserves kept the crowd in check after reporters pursued the oil magnate lookalike who said he was often mistaken for Rockefeller.
In New York night court Magistrate Corrigan fines Walter Rues five dollars after Jeanne Pesse accuses him of winking at a woman in the same house. The judge calls it bad form and enforces the penalty.
In Circleville Ohio Mrs Alice Kirlin details a daughter’s severe scalp irritation and body sores. After months of failed remedies she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment with quick relief and cure. The ad invites readers to request a free skin book from Cuticura Dept. L Boston.
A humorous exchange from The Menu contrasts religious homily with a simple meal as the host recalls fried chicken during a minister visit. The vignette highlights casual hospitality and everyday choices in dining etiquette.
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