Marathon Five Mile Race Set for Lincoln Birthday Harvey
The Harvey Tribune reports entries rising for a five mile marathon to be run in Harvey starting Lincoln's Birthday weekend. Roy Orser will lay out a course near 154th to 157th streets and Lexington Avenue with the exact route to be finalized next week. Officials include Referee P B Lamb Starter W J Stein judges T A Noble P A Dratz M E Dawson timers C H Applegate Cap Bradley T A Peterson chief patrol checker Wm G Scott. Prizes will be announced soon and open to Harvey soccer football players and others from south Cook County villages who are amateurs. Entries urged early as preparations proceed and the date may shift to February 12 or 13 depending on Lincoln centennial observances.
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Harvey
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P. B. Lamb
W. J. Stein
T. A. Noble
P. A. Dratz
M. EL. Dawson
C. H. Applegate
Cap Bradley
T. A. Peterson
Wm. QO. Scott
R. Schulz
Marty Elsass
Dick Bartlett
Fred Fowler
Cook County
Chicago Heights
Thornton
South Holland
Homewood
Dalton
Riverdale
Blue Island
Morgan Park
Roseland
Pullman
Believes in Unionism editor of The Pointer
The meeting at Lund's Tall under George Washington Lodge drew a large crowd and showcased capable officials devoted to workers welfare and broader laborer benefits. The note urges unionists to support Union establishments and products as their efforts aim for real gains for the laboring classes. Henry Hain Herman Horn and Ed Petersen visited Peotone HL last Monday seeking rabbits. L. F. Reich joined them on a business trip to the town.
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Pointer
Lund's Tall
George Washington Lodge
Henry Hain
Herman Horn
Ed. Petersen
Peotone
L. F. Reich
Follies of 1908 Returns to Auditorium for Short Run
Ziegfeld presents Follies of 1908 at the Auditorium Theatre for four weeks starting February 7 with Wednesday Saturday and Sunday matinees. The big revue features Nora Bayes and a famed beauty chorus plus the Society Prize Fight as a key gag. Tickets at one dollar top, Wednesdays 75 cents for best seats.
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America
Chicago
Bickel and Watson
Arthur Deagon
Jack Norworth
Billie Reeves
Annabelle Whitford
Grace Leigh
Win
Schrode
Powers
Seymour Brown
Dazie
Nora Bayes
Ziegfeld
Ancient Greeks urged boiled water from baked vessels
The article recalls Rufus of Ephesus teaching that river and pond water is unsafe except Nile water. Boiling and reboiling in baked earthenware and percolating through gray porous pits were recommended. It questions how Nile water seemed safe despite its appearance. A short notices column follows with rental ads and found items in Dolton.
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Ephesus
Nile
Bank on a train Maine woodsman saga Uncle Nate Swan
Maj. Holmes Day recalls Uncle Nate Swan the Bangor and Piscataquis railroad conductor who banked woodsmen's pay on call for decades. Woods crews trusted him to sink funds on the train, never facing disputes as they rode to Moosehead lake and back for fare and tobacco.
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Maj
Holmes Day
Uncle Nate
Swan
Nerves and the Learned Race in Harper’s Bazaar
An article recounts a Dresden specialist’s quip that most scholars suffer neurasthenia. He suggests play golf and Egypt as remedies, with silence sleep and daily small doses of the three Qs as preventive care. The piece lauds nerve-wracked brain workers as the defining modern race.
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Egypt
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