Acacia Country clubhouse in La Grange burns down
The Acacia Country clubhouse at La Grange burned to the ground causing a loss of $5,000 for the 285 members of the Masonic club.
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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1925
Page
2
State health building proposed for Springfield cluster
Dr Isaac D. Rawlings, head of the state health department, urges a new building for the state group near the capitol in Springfield. He frames it as a monument to progress in scientific medicine, marking 50 years since the department’s founding and aimed at freeing overcrowded offices with modern quarters tailored to health work.
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Springfeld
State Capitol
Isaac D. Rawlings
State Department of Health
Mneis
Doctor Rawlings
Capitol
Seventh annual Coles county fauna bureau meeting in Charleston
The seventh annual meeting of the Coles county fauna bureau was held at Charleston with Dean H W Mumford of the University of Illinois delivering an address. Discussion covered bylaw enforcement for women clubs, a Mount Vernon murder trial, driver safety exams, and school savings banks across Illinois. It notes tax rate changes, bond sales, Illinois highway plans, waterway completion, and the death of William N Brown, Oak Park.
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Coles County
Fauma Bureau
Charleston
H.W Mumford
The
University of Iinuis
Oscar Wolff
Cook County Safety Council
Chicago
A J Snow
Northwestern University
Mihois
State Tax Commission
Springfield
University of Illinois
William N. Brown
Knights of Columbus Evening Schools
Oak Park
World Flyers Back in Ranks Amid Promotion Quarrel
Washington reports two world flyers face promotion limits under the 1920 National Defense Act. Civilian Mechanic Ogden and Tech Sergeant Harding remain reserves, while Congress may legislate special promotions for distinguished service. Secretary Weeks notes possible single-grade promotions to honor exceptional officers.
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Congress Ean
Congress
House of Representatives
Fleory Ogden
McCookfield
Dayton Olio
John (Happy) Jarding
Selfridge Fheld
Mount Jemens
United States
Blirding
Coolidge
den Nor Mechanic Harding
General Pershing
Weeks
Ogden
Harding
President Coolidge
Tangers
British Woman 106 Seeks Husband in England
Tiptree, England. Mrs Betsy Pennick, a debutante when Queen Victoria rose to the throne in 1887, is 106 and searching for a mate to provide for her future. Widowed 40 years, she has been married 86 years, and is thought the oldest of King George's subjects in England.
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Tiptree
England
Betsy Pennick
Victoria
Six Years After War Mines Still a Menace
Copenhagen reports reveal drifting mines continue to threaten shipping. Officials admit mine clearance is untrustworthy, with storms likely to dislodge wartime mines. Dangerous mines frozen in winter may reappear next spring in unexpected locations.
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Copenhagen
Dresden Free Symphony Concerts For Jobless Unveiled
In Dresden the League for Musical Culture offered free symphony concerts to unemployed residents. Attendance was strong and audiences showed keen interest as musical experts spoke before each performance about the composer and the piece in clear language.
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Dresden
lLu
League For Musical Culture
Sun and Stars Age Suggested By Princeton Astronomer
Princeton astronomer Henry Norris Russell argues stars exceed ten thousand billion years in age and the sun has shone for more than a billion years. He says planetary systems around many stars are probable, though detecting them is presently unlikely, and life on other planets remains speculative.
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Mimois Bankers’ Association
Fom
Condit
Beards
Trnhking
Iwo Rhe
Ceivic
Conimbercil
Princeton
N. J
Henry Norris Krussell
Department of Astronony
Princeton University
Qaid
Eddington
Doctor Jeans
Russell
Chamberlin and
Moulton
University of Chicago
Earth
Capt Eagle and Priv Hawk Real Birdmen Unite
Capt G L Eagle formerly with the War Department Air Service and now at Bolling Field is linked with Priv Hawk in a tale of airborne companionship. The report notes their names have long sparked air service puns as a humorous headline crosses their paths.
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Eagle
Priv. Hawk
Washington
G. L Eagle
Chief of Air Service
The
War Department
Bollingfield
Air Service
Sorrow's Consecration and the Sacred Hand of Grief
A cryptic line about grief elevating and consecrating those it touches. Mentions Aca Greeley as a referenced entity, with sorrow portrayed as a force shaping character and purpose. The piece reads like a poetic meditation on loss and sanctification through hardship.
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Islaid
Greeley
Out-of-the-Way Places and Ancient Coin Customs
The article surveys historical coin dating from Queen Mary to Edward VI and Cromwell, noting edge inscriptions and value marks. It contrasts metallic currency with primitive barter where ivory tusks, shells, furs, olive oil, and coconuts act as money in parts of Africa, referencing a London firm exchanging goods for palm oil and gold dust with non monetary tribes.
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Mary
Edward VI
Oliver Cromwell
Philip of Macedon
London
National Geographic Society Bulletin
Childs play turns into pretend phone call game
In a neighborhood scene Billy the neighbor intrudes to play with a toy telephone. He dictates the roles and greetings, directing me to answer in a specific odd way before he scolds with a mock caller call. The exchange captures a playful, small town moment from a Chicago Tribune quotation.
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Buily
Chicngo Tribune
Authors Protection Bill Aims To End Yugoslav Copyright Gap
The piece notes that Yugoslavia is outside the copyright pale in Europe and that foreign authors and newspapers may not have protection there. It reports a proposed authors protection bill to end this state of affairs and extend recognition to journalistic work and literary properties.
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Europe
Yugoslavia
Golf Drives Say Speed Surprises Golfer
A golfer realizes the white ball speeds away with startling force. The write up notes the ball could travel faster than an express train and outpace any bird in flight.
Where Ignorance Is Bliss in The New York Herald Tribune
A quotation from Den Moar in the New York Herald Tribune comments on men who claim to understand women. It suggests such claims provoke a motive to deceive or outwit him. The brief remark positions gender dynamics within a humorous or critical lens.
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den Moarquis
New York Herald Tribune
Anishody’s Autobiography Promises Unflinching Nerve
A forthcoming autobiography by Anishody is teased as fascinating if he reveals enough. The question remains whether the author has the nerve to expose candid details and risk controversy, or to withhold crucial moments that define his public image.
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Anishody
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