Dalton Illinois Weekly Band News July 23 1926
The Dalton Illinois weekly band bulletin announces local music events for July 23 1926. Contact addresses include The Pointer editor J W Hood manager Edward G Kinney and A M Levy Chicago representative at 6 North Michigan Avenue Tower Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Kinney
J. W. Hood
Edward CG. Kinney
Adv
Mgr
A. M. Levy
Chicago
North Michigan Ave
Tower
Quotable Epigrams Rambled in a Rural Yet City Bearing
A collection of wry lines contrasts country boys with city life. It jokes about roads and dangers, roadsides, and satirizes social mores and suffrage notions. It then shifts to sports bravado and a playful note on watermelons and national pride.
Blind Man and Youth Reflect on Hard Times
A healthy young man complains of limited chances after high school, while a blind beggar passes by. The contrast urges appreciation of opportunities and urges the able to avoid complaint as the disabled toil without complaint.
Two Men Complete Global Circumnavigation in 28 Days
Two explorers arrived at the New York World building after circling the globe in 28 days 14 hours 36 minutes 51 seconds. The achievement highlights advances in travel speed and modern communication that contrasted with Jules Verne’s fictional project Around the World in 80 Days.
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Jules Verne
New York World Building
Air travel predicts closer world and end of wars
The author argues that flying 8500 miles by air marks a future when nations settle near. Such travel will bring America, Europe, and Asia closer than Chicago to Washington. Misunderstandings cause most conflicts and closer relations could end wars.
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America
Europe
Asia
Chicago
Washington
Honor to a Great Man
Monticello in Virginia, home of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration, has been purchased and opened as a public museum. The piece lauds preservation of great men’s homes and emphasizes Jefferson’s local self government principle as foundational to the nation.
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Monticello
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Early Canal Building by Chaldeans Revealed in Relief
A relief unearthed shows King Ur-Engur adoring the Moon god as an angel descends with a water vase. The depiction, repeated multiple times, is believed to symbolize the principal canals and reflects ancient irrigation efforts.
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Ur-Engur
Tuckahoe Edibles From Algonquin Roots To Indian Bread Fungus
The name tuckahoe applied by Algonquin to round roots such as the golden club and arrow arum with fleshy starch rich rootstocks. It also refers to a subterranean fungus in the southern states called Indian bread or Indian loaf, edible when cooked.
University Bars Automobiles for Illinois Students
The University of Illinois adopts a Council of Administration rule prohibiting undergraduates from operating motor vehicles during the academic year unless a permit is granted for demonstrated necessity. A letter to parents lists five reasons including poor scholastic performance, time waste, accidents, traffic violations, and moral delinquencies.
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University of Illinois
Council of Administration
Board of Trustees
Urbana
Champaign
Tragic Climb on Table Mountain Draws Cape Town Search
Capetown residents hear of a mountaineering death on Table Mountain amid a history of fatalities at Skeleton Gorge. The mountain’s near to the city and cloud cover raises danger for inexperienced climbers leading to lengthy search parties and delayed body recoveries.
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Table Mountain
Capetown
Skeleton Gorge
Mountain Club
Translation of Palladius on the world as a stage
The text notes a translation of a Greek poem by Palladius of Alexandria. It attributes the line to Palladius centuries before Shakespeare and presents an adapted rendering about the world being a stage and learning one’s part.
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A. J. Buller
Palladius of
Question of Color Mrs Newlywed Roast Pairing
A playful inquiry from Progressive Grocer asks what roast would best accompany a blue and white dinner service. The exchange blends domestic style advice with decorative table setting ideas suitable for a refined home entertaining scenario.
Piles Replace Wood Foundations in Paris Structures
Much of Paris rests on water-soaked Seine soil. Pile foundations have long been used, but the wooden piles are being replaced by concrete in modern construction projects.
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Paris
Seine
First Sanskrit Book Printed in Calcutta 1792
The first printed Sanskrit work is the Ritusanhara a poem by Kalidasa on the six seasons of India edited by Sir William Jones and printed in Bengali characters at Calcutta in 1792.
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Ritusanhara
Kalisada
India
Sir William Jones
Calcutta
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Kinney-Hood Printing CO. Publishers
Dolton
Riverdale
Illinois
Congress
Dalton
Towzer
Earl DE Young
Michigan Ave
Ill
South Haven
Chicago & South Haven S. S. CO
NEW Dock N. Wend
Purgxior
Conrad Kern
Indiana Avenue
Roseland
Buick Sales Co
First Trust
Riverdale, Ill
Total
Horace Holmes
Otto F. Reich
John Harms, JR
Milton Meeder
Cashier
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