Moreland News Highlights A July Roundup Of Local Events
Mr and Mrs Erickerson and Florence left July 23 for Milwaukee. Mr and Mrs F Reardon welcome a baby boy born July 21. Oak Park and Moreland send youths home from Springfield July 27 after a seventh regiment trip. Ice cream social at Mrs and Dr Glen's residence drawn good crowds. Good Fellows trolley party July 24 at Silver Leaf Grove proves popular. Mrs Hennings and Marie depart July 23 for a visit to Leland and Sandwich Illinois. Union Church meets at Rehberg Hall 8 p.m. next Sunday. Community watchman petition favors August Anderson for 48th avenue guard. July 21 Kedzie Austin 48th folks picnic Des Plaines then home tired but planning another. Odin Lodge Vikings picnic July 21 at Hoffmans Grove with parades and games.
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Moreland
Oak Park
Springfield
Ladies’ Aid Society
Glen
Good Fellows
Silver Leaf Grove
Kedzie Avenue
Austin
48Th Avenue
Madison Street
Desplaines
Odin Lodge
Order of Vikings
Hoffman's Grove
Sayles Hall
Chicago Avenue
Lake Street
the Grove
Monograms on China Mark Distinctive Personal Crests
Monograms and crests on china distinguish pieces by owner and serve as decorative marks. The article notes monograms as distinctive identifiers and as ornamental elements enhancing the ware.
Indian Cemetery Found in Ontario with 800 Skeletons
An Indian sepulcher uncovered in Lincoln county Ontario contained more than 800 skeletons. The remains are believed to belong to the Altiwandarons or Neutins allied to the Hurons and were reportedly exterminated by the Iroquois in the 1600s.
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Canada
Lincoln County
Ontario
Machine that computes tides aids Coast Survey on Capitol Hill
A government built calculating machine on Capitol Hill, designed by Dr. R A Harris, rivals Lord Kelvin’s British device and is intended to perform the complex tidal variation calculations. The American apparatus, costing $3500, automates thousands of computations for ships and harbors, promising substantial mental labor savings.
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Capitol Hill
Washington
Bureau of the Coast Survey
England
Lord Kelvin
BN. Terrel
United States Coast Survey
Karachi
India
Arabian Sea
United States
Mr. Terrel
Coast Survey
R. A. Harris
New York Sun
Watch Flower Ornament Hides Timepiece In Zurich
A novel watch in Zurich is designed as a jeweled flower worn as an ornament. The flower opens by touching a spring to reveal a hidden watch fastened to the dress with a safety pin. The designer sold it for $800 amid growing attention and expected imitators.
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Zurich
Egyptian Hair Restorer From Ancient Times Described
A translation of an ancient Egyptian hair remedy notes a tonic created for Shisha the king’s mother during Teti’s reign. The recipe combines the paw of a dog, date seed, and hoof of an ass cooked in oil for application.
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Egypt
Teti
Teta
Manetho
Shisha
Upper
Lower
Revenge is Sweet in Detroit Dog Fight Gone Bitter
A quiet Detroit neighbor, three attacking dogs, a bull terrier and a bulldog clash in a violent home scene. After biting three children and brawling with a French bull, the men clinch to stop the onslaught as furniture shatters and a decision to remove two dogs follows with one advertised for sale.
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Detroit Free Press
John Muir at His Work in Glaciers of California and Alaska
Adaline Knapp profiles John Muir as a lifelong outdoors explorer who spent years alone in the Sierra Nevada and Alaska. He built a cabin near Muir Glacier, mapped and sketched icy terrains, and planned more journeys to verify new glacial discoveries with perilous solo study.
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John Muir
Sierras
Yosemite Valley
California
Alaska
Harriman
Muir Glacier
Glacier Bay
Alaskan
Adaline Knapp
Ainslee
Novel lingerie blouse styles with lace and bishop sleeves
Describes new blouse designs using black taf feta corset skirts, with lace and buttoned princess lines. White lawn blouse features extensive lace insets, sleeves tucked from the shoulders, and oversized bishop sleeves gathered into lace wrist flounces that cover the hands.
Manufactured marble veneer mirrors nature's stone
Manufacturers produce marble by the same process as nature, using soft limestone permeated with coloring agents that sink in rather than coating the surface. The result polishes to beauty and the veneer costs about one third the price of natural marble.
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Nature
Apples Grow From Sour Crab to Modern Varieties
The article traces apple history from early 20th century scarcity with few varieties to broader global adoption as apples evolved in taste and use. It notes that once apples were small sour and puckery crab apples and oversimplified diversity existed before newer varieties appeared.
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H. G. Goelitz
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Miller’s Ice Cream
Bengal
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Wilken’s
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Albernison
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Austin, Ill
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I. Ward
Narness
Park Avenue
T. S. Bowen
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Austin Station
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