Advertising Rates and Notices at Dolton Dol
Published weekly at Col Lincoln Ave and 188th Street Dolton Illinois. Rates for reading notices for sale wants etc ten cents per line first insertion five cents per line for subsequent insertions minimum charge thirty cents. Display plate matter thirty cents per single column inch fourt y cents per inch for any composition fifty cents per inch for special position. Church notices of services and social meetings will be published free. Entertainments suppers etc given for gain ten cents per line. Card of thanks memorial notices resolutions etc ten cents per line.
Inaugural Beliefs and Bureaucratic Banter of 1920s
A satirical survey notes business leaders chasing permits and readers chasing ads while politicians pose in clean collars. It mocks forecasts of revolution, tax woes, and Harding’s attire as a sign of moral influenza in a parodic view of American life.
Paper Clothes Revolution Might Replace Fabrics
The piece notes Germans used paper clothing amid wool and cotton shortages, with paper suits costing 60 cents and overcoats 55 cents. It questions wide U S use due to appearance and burlap like look, while European workers and even the Hungarian state railways adopt paper suits, though rain would cause embarrassment.
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Europe
Simplicity as a Guide to Social Conduct in Town
The piece notes Mrs. Harding favors simple styles over metropolitan finery. It cites a wealthy town founder who drove a plain wagon to set an example for youth and curb debt. The story links democratic restraint to provincial prosperity and rapid town growth.
Domestic Service Labor Proves Unpopular With Women
The article notes many women avoid domestic work despite unemployment. Wages three to four times previous rates may lure some, while others refuse. It argues homes need servants and calls for more women to fill these roles, noting improved evening hour freedoms could boost appeal.
Lost Articles In Penn Station Lost and Found Room
More than 5000 items await owners at New York Penn Station Lost and Found. Belongings include coats, bags, books, gloves, keys, and parcels. 100 items arrive daily. Items are tagged with finder details and location, owners are contacted by mail, and if distant, shipped by parcel post or delivered to the local station.
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Pennsyyvania Station
New York
Parcel Post
Apiary on Rooftop in New York City
A New York man, driven by a love of natural history, set up a rooftop apiary on One Hundred and Seventeenth Street. He placed a hive on his home, and the bees soon produced combs and honey, proving bees can thrive atop a city building.
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New York
One Hundred and Seventeenth Street
New Time Cards for Iliinois Central Suburban Stops
Railway timetable announces updated schedule for Illinois Central and C E I R R suburban stops. Changes impact all listed lines with revised arrival and departure times at multiple stations.
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Ilinois Central
Railroad Schedules Dolton to Riverdale Shows Minor Time Gap
Eastbound service from Riverdale at 8:07 am and 4:12 pm. Northbound from Riverdale at 10:11 am and 7:06 pm. Three minute difference in schedule each direction between Dolton and Riverdale.
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Riverdale North Bound
Randolph Street South Bound
Riverdale
Randolph Street
Chicago
Dolton
Mandolin Replaces Lute In Medieval Music
In medieval Europe the lute, once dominant, was largely supplanted by the mandolin. The lute, also called al ud meaning the wood, arrived with the Saracens in Spain and spread across Europe along with gittern and rebec, remaining as aristocratic instruments.
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Spain
Europe
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