Public Library as Core of Calumet City Growth
Adolph Starr of the Calumet City Library Association addresses the Calumet City Woman's Club at Memorial Park, praising the library as a unifying force and a source of character, education, and public betterment. He extols mothers, character, and the value of public libraries for personal and civic development. He urges support for a free public library and collaboration with the chamber of commerce.
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Adolph Starr
Library Association of
Calumet City
Library Association
Mos
Fletcher
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lic
Tribunal of Truth
Public Library
Chamber of Commerce
Attentios
Free Public Library
Effective mouse trap uses muslin bait to trigger
A simple trap technique suggests tying bait in muslin to appeal to a mouse curiosity. The rodent gnaws the fabric, tugging it and triggering the spring to close the trap.
Postmasters Meet in Blue Island District
The Third Congressional Illinois postmasters gathered at the Blue Island post office on January 22 1925 to organize and cooperate with each other and with the department. Blue Island postmaster was named chairman and Palos Park postmistress secretary. The group plans a February 22 meeting at 2 30 with a banquet and lists officers from multiple towns including Blue Island Midlothian Calumet City and others.
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Illinois
Blue Island
Wom Palos Park
Midlothian
Calumet City
Mt. Greenwood
Cheago Heights
Oak Forest
Chicago Ridge Oak Glen Dalton
Oak Lawn
Evergreen Park
Orland Flosmoor
Palos Park
Greenwood Richton
Harvey Robbins
Hazel Crest South Holland
Homewood Thornton Lansing
Tinley Park
Lemont
Willow Springs
Matteson Worth
Population peak in 2000 predicted by biostatistics oracle
An authority on biometry and vital statistics foresees the U S population reaching 197,274,000 around the year 2000 and then declining. The forecast paints optimism as automobile numbers are expected to rise in step with population.
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United States
Successful Marriages and Household Roles
A Detroit News observation notes that many marriages succeed when one partner brings a home life focus and the other handles general housework, stressing complementary roles within the household.
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Detroit News
Thought and Labor Unite For Health and Happiness
A concise axiom asserts that true vitality and contentment arise when labor and thought support each other, claiming neither can be healthy or happy without the other. The rule emphasizes inseparability of mental effort and productive work.
Cold Mornings Prompt Daily Resolve Says Higginsville Paper
The Higginsville Jeffersonian asserts that while many can go to bed as winter ends, it takes a man to rise with the cold mornings and meet the day. The editorial underscores perseverance and grit in face of early frosts and frigid starts.
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Higginsville
Jeffersonian
Roman Numeral Multiplication Method Described
A historical note explains a procedure for multiplying Roman numerals. It instructs writing the numbers side by side, doubling the first and halving the second, marking O for even remainders and I for odd ones, repeating until the second column ends in I, then summing the remaining first column to obtain the product.
Growth of the U S Postal Service Across Centuries
The U S postal system began in 1639 with a Boston office for European letters. Highlights include Benjamin Franklin as first postmaster general in 1775, gummed stamps in 1847, free city delivery in 1863, railway post in 1864, rural service in 1896, postal savings banks in 1910s, parcel post and airplane mail in 1918, and transcontinental air mail in 1921.
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United States Postal Service
Boston
Europe
Benjamin Franklin
Postal Savings Banks
Parcel Post
Grapes Valued For Health Benefits In Diet
The article extols grapes as valuable to fight anemia and boost blood cells. It notes iron content aids circulation and mentions other minerals in grape juice and related preparations.
All Powerful Love Inspires Mutual Trust
A brief quotation from Longfellow asserts that loving one another shields people from harm and sustains them through whatever may happen. The line emphasizes love as a protective, enduring force guiding resilience.
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Longfellow
Epitaph for Many: He Meant Well
Duluth Herald notes a concise epitaph for many lives: he meant well. The obituary style line reflects on intent over outcome in a terse cultural epitaph.
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Duluth Herald
ACHIEVEMENT CLUB AT GLOBE SCHOOL SEWING
Alita Dykema describes Globe School sewing club activities. The group meets each Friday and held a bazaar on December 12 to sell towels while the Mothers’ club contributed fancy work. Members list include Albert Schrum as president and Grace Schrum as secretary with monthly dues tracked.
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Cook County Farmer
Alita Dykema
Globe School
Mothers’ Club
Miss Keller
Albert Schrum
Grace Schrum
Grace
Poultry Project At Globe School By 12 Year Old
Paul Schrum of Globe school describes his poultry venture. He is in seventh grade and part of the achievement club for three years. He owns Buff Orpington chickens with twenty five hens and a rooster. He feeds them corn and water daily, noting a large, roomy coop with three bin windows and a yard about twenty feet square. He has earned money from eggs and occasional chicken sales.
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Paul Schrum
Globe School
Achievement Club
Orpington
Net of telephone wires could encircle the Earth
A dramatic claim describes enough U S telephone wire to form a net that could hold the Earth like an egg in an eye cup. The imagined net would loop around the equator with six thousand five hundred eighty four strands joining to the south pole and diverging to nearly four miles apart at the equator.
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United States
Equator
Penalty of Civilization Heathen People Quote
A Baltimore Sun quotation claims that civilizing penalties fall on those deemed heathen and that such people need the fewest padlocks. The remark frames moral judgment and security in stark terms.
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Baltimore Sun
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Calumet City News
Postal Service
Bert Timmons
Harvey Furniture Company
Timmons
Igliere
Ric Diotra
Davenport
Timmons Furniture CO
Centre Avenue
Harvey Store
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