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Newspaper
Marion Evening Post
Location
Marion, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1930
Page
3
Chicago mayor Thompson says the city is broke and asks the state legislature to convene a special session. He cites almost 300 million dollars in debt and calls for relief measures to lift Chicago from financial morass.
LAKE FOREST ILL Jan 29 A weather bandit invaded the gold coast yesterday when the home of A D Lasker former head of the U S Shipping Board was entered and two valuable overcoats were taken The thief purloined a polo coat valued at 1000 and another coat valued at 350 A huge pile of silverware trinkets and other articles were left in the center of a room but the burglar evidently was mindful of the near zero weather outside and left the intended plunder behind content with the two warm overcoats.
Peggy Paige Classy Jean and LaVogue dresses priced at ten dollars during the Final Clearance at Alexander's. The text also includes a reprinted old quote about a Kansas editor and a mud fence comparison from the New York Evening Star.
The phrase Means Hard Worker "Robot" derives from a Czechish word meaning a very hard working man. It entered use in the play R. U. It. by Gapek and came to describe a mechanical man in modern usage.
An old brown hen laid two ergs in the chancel during a harvest thanksgiving at Little Wimberden parish church in Shoreham England. Parishioners noted the unusual event as part of the day’s observations and local clergy commented on the incidental omen.
In Chicago the police wounded a jewel thief during a raid on a Gold Coast hotel. Patrick Roche and Sergeant John Greer waited in the foyer after tracking the gang via tapped lines. The robber, unmasked, surrendered keys after a pistol exchange. he was hit in the chest and escaped the alarm to be found by residents later.
The term Jacob's ladder refers to the biblical ladder from Jacob's vision and to a shipboard rope ladder. It also names an endless chain of buckets that oil themselves, once common in breweries and distilleries for lifting weights to height.
Pathfinder Magazine explains that color arises from reflected light, with a green object appearing green because it reflects green rays and absorbs others. The piece frames color as the result of what light an object does not absorb.
The late George Irisble Hoar of Massachusetts, renowned for his long senate career spanning 187 years, was often called the old map eloquent of the senate for his famed oratory and steady leadership.
The definition lists gravity generosity of soul sincerity earnestness and kindness as the five pillars of perfect virtue under all circumstances presented in the Confortus quotation. This concise formulation emphasizes character traits as steady moral guides for action.
A public square monument honors Lieut John Fitch as the steam boat inventor. The U.S. Senate and House approved a $15,000 appropriation on February 12, 1920 for a monument. The memorial was unveiled with ceremonies on May 25, 1927.
Epictetus advises against boasting about minimal bodily needs and water drinking. He urges practicing endurance privately, not to others, and warns against worshiping statues as a distraction from true virtue.
A parsec is a unit of length used for stellar distances. One parsec equals about 206 265 times the Earth's mean distance from the sun. A star is one parsec away if its annual parallax equals one second of arc.
Charles Warren Stoddard and Joaquin Miller met in Rome thirty years apart in Monte Rey California. They recalled breakfast in Rome when Miller asked for the Italian word for hard and Stoddard replied duro. Miller joked as the waiter was told to take away the biscuits for being duro.
A Detroit miss is found romping with her pet cat after washing hands for dinner. The mother warns against playing with the cat, noting the child’s reply that she only touches the kitty where it is white.
Describes electric potential as the work to bring a unit charge from infinity and compares it to a water column. Defines electromotive force as the force generating current due to potential differences, analogous to pressure in a pipe.
A biological survey notes that crystalline feng varies among mammal eyes. Magnification of objects may occur but retinal and optic nerve impressions are hard to compare. If humans appeared three times larger, all objects would magnify similarly.
A compact collection contrasts Cicero's praise of celestial contemplation with Johnson's sharp rebuke to excusers of vice. The fragmentary text weaves in overheard phrases about business and character, hinting at moral wit and practical judgment.
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