26 Sep 1940
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Newspaper
Southeast Economist
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
1
A shopper asks for a cent’s worth of peanuts and the clerk offers four. The man demands a fifth while the clerk says adding one more makes four too many. Both are correct. The puzzle asks how this works and how many peanuts for a quarter.
America’s Sport Baseball welds a band of warmth around weary homeward bound Illinois Central commuters. A conductor’s shout prompts a trainwide smile as fans note the Sox winning. Dan Martin, under age, enlists in Naval Reserves and departs for Norfolk base. Robert Horvitz and Joe Manders from East End pass state bar exams.
The piece notes a Field Museum exhibit on Chinese whistling arrows used to frighten crowds during the emperor’s travels, praises W. J. Copley’s extensive record collection with operas and symphonies, mentions Newell Long of the Indiana University music department playing trombone for his mother’s visitors, and tells of J. H. Moore and his wife recalling a bear that raided their garbage pail multiple nights, hoping it might aid disposal efforts.
A four month old girl screamed for food in a busy E 63rd Street beauty shop as her mother had a hair drying. Attempts by relatives and attendants failed to calm her until the mother nursed her, after which the infant dozed in her arms with the hair dryer buzzing.
The University of Chicago compiles an American English dictionary tracing shifting word meanings. Gunmen evolve from Indian warriors to cavalrymen to outlaw stereotypes. highball shifts from gambling to baseball to rail signals. hippodrome’s Greek roots turn into a pre arranged race definition by 1868.
Shoppers Lois and Betty Newman of Paxton, identical twins, stroll the Loop store as models. A puzzler notes a man’s math error about peanuts, concluding he should have received four and one fifth peanuts per penny and would gain four-fifths too much if another whole peanut were added.
Brief humorous note suggesting that patience yields answers from women if one stays silent and waits, humorously implying unspoken thoughts are shared with time.
Rosh Hashanah opens at sundown next Wednesday with shofar sounds in temples worldwide. Orthodox Jews observe two days, Reform one day, and penitence leads to Yom Kippur. Services include midnight and day prayers, English readings, and youth sessions at synagogues on 74th Street and Jeffery Avenue.
The Grand Crossing-Chatham Chamber of Commerce nominating committee submitted officer candidates to members on Monday. James Burke is nominated for president with Max Frank and John D Harris as first and second vice presidents. Edward J Reusnow is nominated for treasurer and secretary, Loretta Anderson for treasurer. The committee includes Carl Adams Andrew Metzger Mr Burke Bernard Thompson Mr Reusnow Frank Wall Axel Rundquist James Phillips George Hecker and Raymond T Duffy.
The Southeast Economist announces a new newspaper type called Excelsior chosen after study to reduce eye strain for readers of all ages. The article notes that all columns are set in the new font, making the paper easier to read.
The article compares the new Excelsior face to the old Ionic and Tonic styles, noting wider line spacing, clearer letter shapes, and fewer ink traps. Photographs illustrate the letter a in both faces, highlighting improved legibility and reduced shading for easier reading.
The Igoe family of 7759 Wabash avenue endured a three month siege by thousands of bees that filled their brick house. Mrs. Igoe noticed a solution after reading about bee hobbyist Ralph Marks at 7655 South Park Avenue in The Economist. The bees entered from the basement and concentrated in the living room before the Igoes secured aid and began restoring their home.
Michael Callaghan aged 60 died of head injuries after tripping and falling on the sidewalk near his home on Saturday afternoon. A coroner's jury ruled the death accidental. He was a freight handler residing at 1516 5th Street.
The Grand Crossing Community Aid center runs its fourth annual Winter drive for warm clothes and shoes for needy southeast side youngsters. Led by Mrs Daniel Foreman and aided by Captain Patrick Brady, the effort collects overcoats snow suits sweaters and jackets. Donations are cleaned and distributed free each Tuesday and Friday from 2 to 4 pm at the Grand Crossing fieldhouse corner 76th street and Ingleside avenue.
Oscar E Hewitt urges citywide education on garbage disposal with every building equipped with covered receptacles. Despite 100 percent can coverage in wards six seven and eight on the Southeast side, alleys remain littered. Residents must place trash in cans. the city only collects if receptacles are used.
Central standard time will take effect at 2 a.m. Sunday and clocks are to be set back one hour. Suburban trains and other transit on the Southeast side will switch from daylight saving to standard time, affecting commuters and possibly causing early church arrivals.
Juanita Hansen, former film star of two decades ago, will speak at the Woodlawn Kiwanis luncheon next Wednesday at 12 15 in the Wedgewood hotel at 64th street and Woodlawn avenue. Hansen survived a narcotics crisis and now advocates drug education, introduced by program chair Harry Ollendorf. Club president is Dr. L. J. Hitz.
William Gray a 35 year old ironworker from 6714 Carpenter street sustained a possible skull fracture after a ladder broke while he climbed near the filtration project at the building by 78th street and the Lake He fell to the base of the structure and was rushed to Jackson Park hospital by Ed Hesse of 3260 East 79th Street
Charley Straight prominent Chicago pianist and orchestra leader is dead after a September water-sampler job led to an auto accident. He aged 32 Water Sampler. He played before royalty and at venues like the Green Mill, Drexel Cafe, and Congress Hotel. He composed I Love You Sunday and My Rose of Old Kildare among others and supported orphans. He lived at 7145 Yates Ave and was born in 1891.
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