Shell Boosters top Band in St Pauls league action
The Shell Boosters won the first of three games against Band three in a row while the American Legion took two of three from Hausmans Colts. E Schlinger rolled high game and cigars with a 228. Schedule shows Alleys 1 2 Shell Boosters versus Alleys 3 4 American Legion and Band matchups.
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Shell Boosters
American Legion
St. Paul’s
Legion
Hausman
Colts
E. Schlinger
Hausman’s
Band
E. Schlinger Eee
R. Albrecht Te
J. Locker
Schmutzler
Miller Eee
A. Markus
Calumet Izaak Walton League to Attend National Convention
Morton H. Barriball announces Calumet Chapter will send delegates to the National Convention of the Izaak Walton League in Omaha Nebraska on April 19 2021. Likely delegates include L E Josselyn Adrian Ton Leo Johnston Arthur Preikschat T Jostes and Geo Bladholm. Barriball calls the annual gathering the principal outdoors and conservationists’ meeting shaping policies and activities.
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Calumet
Izaak Walton League of America
League
Omaha
Nebraska
Morton H. Barriball
L. E. Josselyn
Adrian Ton
Leo Johnston
Arthur Preikschat
T. Jostes
Geo. Bladholm
Origin of friction matches and rapid spread worldwide
The piece traces the origin of friction matches to M Derosne in 1816 and notes limited early use outside France until 1827. John Walker, an English druggist, developed the first practical friction matches called Congreves, after which their use spread across Europe and America, replacing tinder and flint and steel spunks for starting fire.
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M. Derosne
France
John Walker
Johnny Walker
Europe
America
Walker
Paradox on speed and life spans in old and new ages
The piece ponders how in 1900 a man moved slowly by horse or carriages and still reached the grave, while today travel speeds exceed two hundred miles per hour yet life expectancy remains around fifty years. It ends with a moral about not rushing through life.
The Great Master
A brief quotation notes a maxim on haste and human life attributed to the Boston Evening Transcript, reflecting on prudence in action.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Martin H Finneran for State Representative in 7th District
Democratic candidate Martin H. Finneran seeks renomination to the Illinois General Assembly from the 7th Senatorial District. He boasts long service in the 54th and 55th Assemblies, leadership roles on education boards, and endorsements from major labor and civic groups. He cites passes on workers compensation, police pensions, mothers pensions, university funding, mosquito abatement, and home rule. He urges voters in the April 10, 1928 primary to back him with a cross in front of his name ALONE for the Legislature.
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Martin H. Finneran
General Assembly
Legislative Voters League
Finneran
Chicago Kent College of Law
Calumet City
Chicago
Board of Education
Board of Education of
Calumet Memorial Park
Cook County
Credit Union
Illinois State Federation OF Labor
THE
Joint Labor Legislative Board
United Brick and Clay Work OF America
Cook County Wage Earners League
Illinois State Teacher Sociation
Chicago Principals’ Club
Fraternal Order OF Eagles Old Age Pension Dept
Illinois Association OF Real Estate Boards
Here’s the Cure for Colds Says Commissioner Kegel
Chicago Commissioner Kegel explains cold causes and prevention. Germs spread from coughing and touching faces, while lower resistance raises risk. Rest at home, seek a doctor, eat lightly, breathe moist air, stay clean, bathe, drink hot lemonade, and avoid crowds to prevent spread.
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Kegel
Chicago
Northwestern Terra Cotta Buys Advance Terra Cotta Plant
The Northwestern Terra Cotta Company, the world’s largest terra cotta maker, bought the Advance Terra Cotta Company plant at Chicago Heights last week. Last Friday labor trouble led to a county police guard around the plant and a raid on a Chicago Heights hotel uncovered dynamite enough to derail the plant’s operations.
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Northwestern Terra Cotta Company
Advance Terra Cotta Company
Chicago Heights
Greece Declares Violet as National Floral Emblem
Greece designates the violet as its official floral emblem in a formal acknowledgment of the country’s botanical symbol. The designation underscores cultural associations with the flower and the nation’s natural heritage highlighted by local authorities.
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Violet
Greece
The Great Gable Rumors and Norse Hull Church Tale
The text notes Derwentwater's disappearing island and a loose Napes Needle on Great Gable that could fall. Wasdale and Wastwater lie at the base of Britain’s most perfect mountain, Wasdale head hosts crag-climbers and hikers with three famed features. highest mountain deepest lake and smallest church in England. The church roof reportedly uses part of a Norse galley hull.
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Lake District
England
Derwentwater
Great Gable
Wasdale
Wastwater
Britain
Wasdale Head
Pandora moth caterpillars in Paiute diet noted
In the eastern foothills of the Rockies a large moth named pandora lives with the longest larval life. Its caterpillar larvae are especially relished by the Pai-Utes in the Klamath region of Oregon.
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Rockies
Klamath
Oregon
Drama of Astronomy in Ancient Greek Cosmology
The Greeks created the first complete system describing the cosmos as a sphere rotating once daily about the universe’s axis. They held the celestial shell as fixed within a spherical cosmos, with the outer boundary lying beyond planetary orbits.
Famous Fishing Ground The Grand Bank
The Grand Bank is a North Atlantic submarine plateau extending east of Newfoundland known for its rich fishing grounds. Depths range from 30 to 60 fathoms.
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Grand Bank
North Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland
Bears Her Share Man Born of Woman Quote
A Boston Herald snippet quotes the proverb and reflects on the short troubled life of women as part of a larger editorial note. The fragment comments on gendered expectations and life’s brevity.
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Boston Herald
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