Pleasant February Flurry and Local Happenings in Homewood
February weather warm spell recaps, injuries, and community notes from Homewood. Wil lie Holz returns to school desk after a head injury, with Dr. Wi Doepp stitching his lip. A party at Chicago visitors and a birthday gatherings feature among the social items. A young Bertha Schwab dies, Miss Ericksen passes away, and local events mark milestones from weddings to a mask ball and a public sale at Krumm's Corner.
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Willie Holz
Wi Doepp
Will
Lt. Brockman
Honey
C. O. Friedlund
Harry Lindon
A. Thomeson
Chicago
F. Volz
Seaverson
Olive Street
Bertha Schwab
F. Schwab
Walsheim Cemetery
Texas
Homewood
Dedlarry Morgan
First Reformed Church
L Range
Margret VanDeniurg
Morrison, Lil
South Holland Trust & Savings Bank
South Holland Trust and Sayings Bank
Altitudes in Illinois Survey Reports
The US Geological Survey and Illinois authorities advance extensive topographic work funded by federal and state matching funds. Bulletin 493 covers about 1300 leveling points, with Feeti Lanark Junction noted as the state’s highest point at 409 feet, described from precise measurements and landmark references.
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Lanark Junction
Carroll County
United States Geological Survey
M. Uraburee
U.S. Corps of Engineers
P. B. Im
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Mississippi River Commission
Beach Mail
Armory In
Grocers
Washington, VD. Co
Auctioning unclaimed babies at stores urged by Tribune
A New York Tribune commentary warns that if the practice of checking babies at department stores and leaving them there continues to grow, stores may be forced to hold auction sales of unclaimed infants, similar to parcel auctions by express companies.
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Express Companies
New York Tribune
Public sale announced at Krumm's Corner Lansing
Penny Krumm schedules a public sale at Krumm's Corner Lansing for Tuesday Feb 13 with electric lights to be turned on next week. The issue also notes local visits, hospitalization, social events and banker security appeals from South Holland, Illinois.
Chinese Delicacies and Unusual Ocean Treasures
The text notes Chinese tastes include beche de mer a wormlike Pacific fishery prized by Chinese markets. Sharks fins are saved by Pacific islanders and sold to traders for the Chinese market. Three's nest soup is a renowned delicacy with nests among the costliest foods.
Paddington Borough Orders Tenement Hygiene Rules
The Paddington borough demands daily floor sweeping in all rooms and weekly washing for tenement homes with sleeping rooms having windows opened at least one hour daily or a $25 fine. The council argues moral laws alone cannot ensure health, but regulation can promote healthier living.
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Paddington
London
Banana a Curiosity According to the Article
The passage notes that bananas have two striking traits: they are not attacked by insects and are immune to common fruit diseases. It calls the banana a curiosity of the vegetable kingdom and remarks on its unique protections.
School of Love Opens in Strasburg Germany
A new School of Love starts in Strasburg Germany to counteract falling marriage rates. It will offer guidance on encouraging or discouraging budding attentions and how to converse with serious men without serious knowledge while staying gay and playful despite headaches or bankruptcy.
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School of Love
Germany
Strasburg
Doc at Ellinwood inquest quizzed on motor car strike
A coroner trial in Ellinwood features a physician confirming the impact site of a motor car as the junction of the dorsal and cervical vertebrae, with the coroner directing attention to a Barton county map on the wall Kansas City Star.
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Ellinwood
Barton County
Kansas City Star
Giving Him the Limit Henry Clay Dean Refusal
The historic reply of Henry Clay Dean to a man confessing guilt. Dean, a famed Missouri lawyer, refused defense saying the man ought to be shot from a red hot cannon through a barbed wire fence into hell Roaring to the public on the moral stand of the era.
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Henry Clay Dean
Missouri
Dean
Hell
Redeeming Feature in Milwaukee News Cartoon Panel
A humorous Milwaukee News cartoon features a wife admiring embroidered suspenders. The husband replies they are invisible when dressed, delivering a light domestic punchline with period-appropriate tone.
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Milwaukee News
Hat Says It All Aims To Reflect A Daring Personality
A shopper declares she seeks a hat that conveys many traits. She lists racing enthusiasm, love of drama, reading classics in original languages, support for the woman’s movement, travel, and a strong temperamental streak.
Iceland Establishes National University in Capital
Education in Iceland shines as literacy rises and poverty and crime stay rare. The latest step in this educated country is the founding of a university in the capital, signaling a new era for Icelandic higher learning and opportunity.
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Iceland
Bacon's Rule for Study in Public Life Recalled
The text recalls Lord Bacon's rule that study should favor what pleases us to develop talent and what displeases us to discipline the mind. It insists that the latter is the more important and urges revival and reintegration of these truths into public schools and national life.
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Bacon
Lord Bacon
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South Bend
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