Good Eyesight and Eyesight a8 Sports Note
A discussion by John D. Grant Rawn on how eyesight and agility shape sports success. Highlighting Babe Ruth Helen Wills and others, the piece notes the role of sharp vision in batting tennis and golf, references players who wear glasses, and outlines eye safety and first aid for athletic injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Grant Rawn
Babe Ruth
Helen Ween
David Resnick
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Babe Rath
Ruth
Helen Wills
Bill Tilden
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Mfost
Lee Meadows
Pitewern
Vic Sorrell
Troit Tigers
Toporcher
MacFayden
Chick Mafey
St. Louis Cardinals
Mark Koenig
Detroit
New York City
Yankees
Hafey
Koenig
Watson Washburn
Willie McFarlane
Westchester County
New York
United States
National Society For the Prevention of
Old Myth Telling of Animals Theft of Fire
A timeless tale from a world without people where animals and trees spoke. Pine trees hold all fire and endure a harsh winter until a beaver steals a glowing coal, hiding it in its breast, sparking a chase along the Grande Ronde river. The pursing pines slow, leaving dense groves along the banks.
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Grande Ronde
Forest Tale Explains Fire From Wood Roughly
An old exchange explains that a beaver moved swiftly, swam the river, and set the willows and birches alight, a tale used to justify making fire by rubbing sticks in the woods.
Fassous Botanic Garden Origins and Early Development
The Botanic Garden in Washington was created by the Columbian Institute and later Congress backing. Initiatives began 1818 with no improvements until 1836 when a $5,000 appropriation funded swamp drainage. The Wilkes expedition (1838–1842) sparked the garden’s real beginning, with botanist W. D. Breckenridge assembling a seed and specimen collection that formed the core.
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Botanic Garden
Washington
Columbian Institute For the Promotion of Arts and Sciences
Congress
George Washington
W. D. Breckenridge
South Seas
Pain in Lobsters Questioned by London Zoologist
Dr Har old Jackson of London University argues pain is relative and lobsters do not feel pain when boiled. He likens a lobster to a burglar alarm lacking awareness and suggests humans misinterpret animal suffering. Fresh lobsters remain shipped alive and killed by boiling.
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Harold Jackson
Zoological Department of London University
Lincoln tomb dedication to be grand Illinois event
Gov Louis L Emmerson led talks with the Lincoln tomb dedication committee outlining a June 17 ceremony at Oak Ridge cemetery to honor Lincoln with Hoover present. The plan aims for a large public turnout and reverent commemorations in Illinois.
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Louis L Emmerson
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Bill to license clothes cleaning establishments in state
Representative Michael F. Hennebry of Wilmington introduces a bill to license clothes cleaning establishments through the department of trade and commerce. The measure is under consideration in the house after a committee recommended its passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael F. Hennebry
Wilmington
Department of Trade and Commerce
State conservation director delays licenses until fiscal action
Director Ralph F. Bradford announced that hunting licenses for the new fiscal year starting July 1 cannot be issued until the general assembly acts on proposed changes to the fish and game code. License forms in line with statutes will be available at usual sources throughout Windis as soon as possible.
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Ralph F. Bradford
State Department of Conservation
General Assembly
Fish and Fame Code
Jine
Windis
Illinois State Fair Bulletin Seeks Culinary Exhibitors
The Illinois State fair issued a bulletin to prospective exhibitors in the culinary arts urging preparation of canned fruits vegetables canned meats and pantry staples from seasonable farm products for display and competition by housewives and other entrants.
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Ilinois
Illinois
Chicago law funds aid for Legion convention in 1933
The house passed and sent to the senate bills by Representative Joseph L. Kategan of Chicago to and appropriate 50,000 from the state county fair and agricultural extension club premium fund to the American Legion Thirty three Corporation of Chicago to cover expenses of holding the American Legion convention in Chicago in 1933 and to amend the horse racing act to permit this use of the fund.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Joseph L. Kategan
Chicago
Lincoln monument rededication and Hoover visit set for June 1
Democratic representative John F Petit from Batavia notes his largest voting age family of twelve children ages eight months to nineteen years. The Lincoln monument rededication program on Wednesday June 1 will begin with choruses and band at 1 p m. President Hoover and Gov. Emmerson will arrive at the cemetery about 2 30 p m and Hoover's address will be broadcast by radio.
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John F. Petit
Batavia
Lincoln Monument
Hoover
Louis IL. Emmerson
Illinois Century of Progress Building Bill Advances
A bill sponsored by Representative Frank Ryan of Chicago proposes constructing a state exhibit at the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress exposition with a $350,000 budget. The commission would include the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house, five members from each chamber, and ten governor-appointed citizens, serving without salary but with expenses.
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Chicago
Frank Ryan
House
Senate
Income tax debate highlights Illinois legislature
Hon Dennis J Collins urged a fairly administered income tax as beneficial to all Illinois residents. Robert L Conn travels to Vienna to represent the Springfield Rotary at the International Rotary convention opening June 22. Senator Simon F Lante’s income tax bill fell two votes short of a constitutional majority as 74 members supported it while Cook County delegates mostly opposed it, save three absentees and 20 downstate members.
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Dennis J. Collins
DeKalb
Robert L. Conn
Illinois Supreme Court
Vienna
Austria
Springfield
Simon F. Lante
Cook County
Chicago ward plan advances in house for 60 wards
The bill to divide Chicago into 60 wards with a referendum is moving forward in the house. Introduced by Representative George Garry Noonan of Chicago, the measure gains progress as lawmakers discuss district representation and electoral structure.
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Chicago
George Garry Noonan
Anzac origins and wartime terms traced in World War I
The piece explains the origin of Anzac from the Australian New Zealand Army Corps formed under Birdwood in 1914, its Gallipoli landing, and how terms for Allied forces varied. It notes American troops preferred "Yanks" to other nicknames and recalls shared slang for British, French, German, and Austrian soldiers.
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AEF
Sir Edward Birdwood
Egypt
Anzac
Gallipoli Peninsula
Birdwood
Anzac Cove
Gallipoli
Antipodes
Kipé
Tommies
Tommy Atkins
Fritzes
A. EL. F
Brute Bastellan and the Sunday Sermon at Fort Oglethorpe
An Army tale recounts Brute Bastellan, famed for red hair and heft, being drawn into a church service after a chaplain’s persuasive plan. The scene shifts to Bar-le-Duc where French cures rail merchants overcharging doughboys, collecting five franc notes from the Eleventh Infantry.
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Brute” Bastellan
Fort Oglethorpe
Brate
Cing Francs
D Company
Eleventh Infantry
Bar-le-Duc
Les Americaines
Mademoiselles
Western Newspaper Union
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McFarlane
Fassous Botanic Garden
A. S. Cuthbertson
Illinois Department of the G. A. R
Iitnois
Louis L. Emmerson
David B. McClugage
Peoria
Illinois Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Eugene Bland
Shelby County
American Legion
Joseph Perina
Department of Registration and Education
MacMurray College of
Jacksonville
American Chemical Society
New ‘York
Mlinois Soldiers
Mlinois Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Childrens
Charities P. Kane
Bloomington
Department of Public Welfare
John W. Lee
Eureka College
Pipi Wageeen
Beta Pi Theta
Eureka
McGill University
Montreal
Canada
AL. A. Graettinger
Illinois Bankers’ Association
J. H. Campbell
George E. Meade
Grand Army of the Republic
Aurora
Lieut
Frank E. Hagan
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