Herald and Examiner Adds New Comic Weekly Feature
Beginning Sunday, September 13, the Chicago Herald and Examiner announces a larger Comic Weekly for over a million readers. The six teen pages will show thirty famous comics in full color, including Jiggs and Maggie, Katzenjammer Kids, Barney Google and Spark Plug, Toots and Casper, Bobby Bounce and Dottie Dimples, Felix the Cat, and Happy Hooligan.
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Chicago Herald and Examiner
Sunday Herald and Examiner
America
Jiggs
Maggie
Katzenjammer Kids
Barney Google
Spark Plug
Toots and Casper
Bobby Bounce
Dottie Dimples
Felix the Cat
Happy Hooligan
The
American Weekly
Funlana
Illinois Central System Finance 1929 Averages Revealed
Detailed breakdown shows per hundred dollars earned: 87.497 for freight, 12.40 for passengers, 2.23 express, 1.85 mails. After expenses, 85 cents remained for property improvement and 1.53 balance carried to 1929.
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Illinois Central System
United States
Burials Halted Long Ago at St Braitholomew’s Garden
Officials could not locate relatives or friends of those buried in the ancient London churchyard of St Braitholomew’s the Great no burials have occurred since 1863 and the cemetery was converted into a garden.
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London
St Braitholomew
Report on Auxiliary Convention in Peoria
Delegates from the Fourth District attended the 11th annual Legion Auxiliary Convention in Peoria. Emily Ripley led the delegation and earned district and department awards for 100 percent membership and leadership as the most harmonious, with a parade and ceremonies reflecting dedication to service and country.
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Peoria
Legion Auxiliary
Emily C. Ripley
4Th District
Mane Suthers
Emily Ripley
Pere Marquette
Scotch L. Jenness
Emma Bradley
Paul Gall
Pearl Middleton
Cook County Council
Council
Legion Bands
Legion
Army
Auxiliary
Legionnaires
Pincushion Gift Sparks Casual Thanks From Detroit
A North End girl received a pincushion from grandmother in Cleveland for a birthday. Parents urged polite gratitude and suggested expressions, culminating in a letter that modestly thanked Grandma for the gift while noting it was “just what needed, but not very much.”
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North End
Cleveland
Grandma
Detroit Free Press
Cadet John P L McConnell Named First Captain at Academy
Cadet John P L McConnell won the corps highest honors at the United States Military Academy and was appointed first captain and regimental commander by Maj Gen William R Smith the superintendent. He is cited as an outstanding athlete with a varsity letter in the track team and serves as football manager. Home address listed as Booneville Arkansas.
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Corps of Cadets
United Sates Militay Academy
John PL Vwcconnell
William RR. Smith
McConnell
Tatch
Llis
Booneville, Ark
Looking for the Town Looking for the Town
A reflective essay recounts a traveler from Kansas or Altoona seeking Provincetown to find the town he has missed amid a prairie awakening. The narrator notes how beauty surrounds us unseen, comparing impressions of village life with real landscapes and urging readers to notice chance opportunities, friendship, and happiness near them.
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Hle
Kansas
Altoona
Mississippi
New Bringland
Provincetown
Cape
Boston
Boston and Had Traversed the Whole Feneth
Kansan
Western Neeapauper
Early Pewter Ware Returns to Favor in Everyday Use
The 18th century gray white alloy of tin and lead with small amounts of copper or zinc regained popularity. Once common for plates teapots mugs and utensils its surfaces polish easily but tarnish just as readily.
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Western Newspaper Union Y
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