Ivanhoe clubs report lively social season and big Civic Club dance
Ivanhoe social notes describe Bunco luncheon hosted by Mrs. Reasor, talks by Mrs. Bretz of Homewood Women's Club, and a Social Club meeting at Branegar Building. A Civic Club dance drew 140 attendees, the largest Ivanhoe party yet. prizes at bridge, five hundred, and bunco were well received, with music by piano guest Carl Lindskoog.
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Bunco Club
S. Reasor
Civic Club
Ivanhoe
Bridge
F. Dunn
R. Meurisse
Carl Lindskoog
Spindel
Lindskoog
Community evening gratitude and social bridge notes
Acknowledgments praised helpers for a pleasant evening including cake and sandwich donors, Mrs Olaf Neander for assistance, Mr Eric Anderson for help, the School committee for supplying 70 chairs, and Arcady Milling Co. for a truck and driver. Social bridges hosted by Mr and Mrs Woosnam and Mr and Mrs Spindell, with several other couples attending and a midnight supper.
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Olaf Neander
Eric Anderson
G. P. Lane
Arcady Milling Co
G. Woosnam
S. Spindell
Dick Davidson
Roy Meurisse
Edna Anderson
Donald Krueger
Ed. Schulte
Warren Eaton
White Women Shine
A Capper's Weekly aside notes the stereotype that women supervise packing a trunk, claiming trunk packers are always women and implying domestic roles in a humorous tone. The line reflects period attitudes about gender labor.
Whitney’s stolen cotton gin tale and quick rebuilds
The original cotton gin built by Eli Whitney was stolen from Mulberry Grove with unknown later fate. Whitney immediately produced another model sent to the Philadelphia patent office. His first twenty machines for trade were burned.
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Eli Whitney
Mulberry Grove
Whitney
Patent
Philadelphia
Purely Feminine Quote Sparks Light Humor
A Boston Transcript quip claims the male mosquito bites not. scientists note only females feed on blood, while humor frames the line as a playful deflection about gender.
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Boston Transcript
Public Service Co authorizes more stock at annual meeting
Public Service Company of Northern Illinois gains authority to issue 200000 shares of no par common stock with no issuance date announced. The meeting also sets aside 29250 shares for a new five year employee savings fund, replacing a fund that expired last December, benefiting over 8600 employees. Directors reelected include Henry A. Blair and Samuel Insull Jr. among others.
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Public Service Co
Public Service Company of Northern Illinois
Chicago
Henry A. Blair
Walter S. Brewster
Britton I. Budd
Louis A. Ferguson
William A. Fox
John F. Gilchrist
John H. Gulick
Martin J Insull
Samuel Insull, Jr
Frank G. Logan
Edward P. Russell
Solomon A. Smith
Primary Election Notice Dolton March 12 1929
Notice of a March 12 1929 primary election at Dolton Village Hall for President and three Village Trustees and Police Magistrate. Parties eligible are Independent and Peoples. polls open 6 AM to 5 PM. Dated Riverdale February 20 1929.
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Dolton
Independent Party
Peoples Party
Riverdale
Petit Trianon at Versailles A Louis XV Icon
The Petit Trianon, a villa built by Louis XV for Madame Du Barry at Versailles, became a favorite retreat of Marie Antoinette. The model Louis XV architecture completed in 1768 features notable gardens where the queen and her companions enjoyed simple dairy tasks.
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Petit Trianon
Louis XV
Madame du Barry
Versailles
Marie Antoinette
Uncle Eben Looks to Distant Suns for Space Sense
In a Washington Star column Uncle Eben quips about science suggesting bigger suns exist beyond our business world. He jokes after a hot summer to keep those cosmic distances and distinctions.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Self Direction by Thomas Arkle Clark
Dean of Men Thomas Arkle Clark reflects on Cantner and Loung Gates, contrasting lack of self direction with the need for initiative. Cantner, once skilled, failed without a boss. Gates’s son Loung follows others’ directions, lacking self direction, while Clark notes marriage can provide guidance and that young men must learn to direct themselves.
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Thomas Arkle Clark
University of Illinois
Cantner
Cross
Veteran John Van Ryn Wins Brooklyn Indoor Title
Sixth ranked US player John Van Ryn defeats Tall Tilden in the finals of the Brooklyn Heights Indoor Invitation tournament, taking the scalp of the rising Davis Cup hopeful as Tilden had recently been reinstated as an amateur in good standing.
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John van Ryn
United States
Tall Tilden
Brooklyn Neights
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ivanhoe News
S. Byrnes
Branegar Bldg
Lincoln Avenue
Dolton, Ill
Sootat
Eraaam
RAIG
Graham-Paige
St. Paul
Shell Gas
Am. Legion
Hausman Colts
G. L. Band
Lansing All Stars
Feigenbaum
A Erfert
Winterhoff
Satane
H Schultz Diate Lasweh Veners
R and D'S Vv
Wiebke
Cc Pierson Tenn
D’s
Queen’s Playhouse
Loung Gates
Western Newspaper Union
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