New Playground Planned For Forty Acre Swamp Tract
Emmett Whealan announces work will start within 30 days to drain and level a forty acre swamp land owned by the Forest Preserve District. CCC workers will transform the area near Michigan City Road and Wentworth Avenue into athletic fields and courts serving Calumet City, South Chicago, Dalton, South Holland, Thornton and Chicago Heights. The project aims to provide year round recreation, reduce mosquito risk, and advance the county’s improvement program.
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Forest L'Reserve District
Emmett Whealan
Board of Forest Preserve Commissioners
Michigan City Road
Wentworth Avenue
Mecca
Calumet City
South Chicago
Dalton
South Holland
Thornton
Chicago Heights
CCC
Thornton Forest Preserve
Whealan
Forest Preserve District
Cook
Green Lake Swimming Pool
159Th Street
Torrence Avenue
Stone Water Way
Cook County
Salvation Army leader Evangeline Booth named commander in chief
The election of Evangeline Booth to commander in chief follows 29 years guiding Salvation Army work in the United States. The article lauds the organization for aiding the poor and outcast, noting its reach to both men in gutter and women in despair and its habit of making mercy near centers of misery.
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Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
United States
Exchange Partners Divorce and Swap Marriages
Lawrence Rikanaruds and Willis Knight of South Dakota agree to divorce their wives and marry each other’s former wives. Their joint expenses include a Canada trip shared by all four. Freddie Brown, 12, of Memphis injured by a discarded safety razor blade in his pocket, requiring stitches after a fall and avoiding further seating for days.
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Lawrence Rikanaruds
Willis Knight
South Dakota
Canada
Aikansiudio
Knight
Freddie Brown
Memphis
Stanley Courtney v Stantley Courtney Divorce Case in Kentucky
In Kentucky a divorce suit titled Stanley Courtney v Stantley Courtney ended with a decree for Stanley after proof that his wife deserted him a month after their marriage. The oddly named case highlights a desertion leading to termination of the union.
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Stanley Courtney
Stantley
Courtney
Kentucky
Stanley
Early circulating libraries traced from ancient to nineteenth century
The article surveys origins of lending libraries from ancient Athens and Rome to medieval Durham Oxford and the first free English libraries in Manchester and Bristol. It notes Benjamin Franklin's 1731 Philadelphia library and early American booksellers Mein and Novel with catalogues, arguing the free public circulating library arises in the nineteenth century.
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Ah Tal - Ovigh College
Athens
Rome
Chambers
Henry IV
Durham College
Oxford
England
Cheetham
Manchester
Bristol
Redwood
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
John Mein
Boston
Garrat Novel
New York
Publc Circulating Library
Toboggan Ride Figures in Remote Hindu Ceremony
In Kulu high in the Himalayas Hindus take part in a famed yearly ritual using a 2000 foot rope with a wooden saddle. Pilgrims slide down a steep toboggan, belts of sand add momentum while rugs cushion the end. The rite aims to bring good luck and crop prosperity for the year.
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Kulu
George
Scotch Breeders First to Develop Galloways
The Galloway breed, among the oldest cattle, originated in Scotland with polled, black cattle common today. Introduced to North America around 1850 near Toronto after a 1845 fire destroyed many records. The first herdbook was published by the Galloway Cattle Society of Great Britain in 19th century documents.
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North America
Toronto
Earl Day
The
Galloway Cattle Society of Great Britain
Wis
Iachinanols News
First Aid Kit List From Historical Authority
An authority recommends household first aid supplies including a two ounce bottle of ammonia with rubber cork, antiseptic gauze, absorbent cotton, roller bandages, iodine swabs, carbolized petroleum jelly, talcum powder, scissors, olive oil, saline solution, powdered mustard, camels hair brush, and a two percent metetrechiome solution as an iodine alternative.
Salt Lake City Thieves Lift Blacksmith Shop and Bricks
A Salt Lake City gang eludes guards and steals an entire blacksmith shop along with 24 000 bricks in a bold burglary. The incident highlights a brazen theft disrupting a local tradesman and raises security concerns.
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Salt Lake City
Authorities Add Five Senses to Human Body
Medical authorities describe ten senses beyond the five basic ones. Sight includes light form and color. touch covers shape tickle vibration and pressure. Additional senses include temperature sentience from skin muscles joints and tendons upright balance from inner ear and an unconscious sense governing breathing and heartbeat.
Monster bottle-nosed shark captured off Curbridge coast
A 600 pound monster shark measuring 11 feet was landed near Curbridge after a fierce struggle involving ten men and weapons. Mrs. Lucy Bone heard its blowing and alerted the village as the creature barked during the final moments before being shot and killed.
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England
Curbridge
Lucy Bone
First Day Fashion Echoes Lemons and Lessons
On the first day of school nine year old Elizabeth is dressed in her best dress. She explains to her father that children wear their finest outfit to impress a new teacher. The exchange captures a playful moment about appearances and ambition.
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Elizabeth
Daddy
Veryone
Divorce suit reveals cruelty claim and surprise marriage
Geo N Smith of Chicago testifies that his wife proposed suddenly and they wed before he realized it. In a separate case Charles Little is arrested in North Carolina after a nationwide search for a man who allegedly defrauded insurers hotels and public service firms of about 50000 by faking injuries from falls to push for quick settlements.
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Geo. N., Smith
Chicago
Charles Little
North Carolina
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