Local items from Princeton and La Salle diverse notices
A stream of local notices covers an Army surplus sale in the Peltier building by Goldstein & Cohn of Aurora, a sale of a modern house at 701 West Erie, and various posts from Peru to Princeton. Reports include a streetcar accident recovery, boxing training notes, club meetings, a bakery fire, and a large Moose Lodge and coal mine activity outlook. The Readjistment Sale at N. W. Isaacson & Co. opens December 1.
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Uncle Saen
Peltier Building
Goldstein & Cohn
Aurora
N. W. Isaacson & CO S
Princeton
N. W. Isaacson & Cos
Still the Greatest Mother in the World poster
The Greatest Mother concept from the Red Cross Second War Fund poster is adapted for postwar Red Cross needs. The new poster titled Still the Greatest Mother in the World will be used in the Fourth Roll Call from November 11 to 26, reinforcing the symbol that has become a household Red Cross synonym.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Fied
Krede Cross
Mide Tt
Mount Mayon Declared One of World’s Most Beautiful Volcanoes
The Mount Mayon in Albay Philippines rises 7948 feet with a near perfect cone. Its dramatic scenery includes a 120 mile road around its base and a history of eruptions including the 1814 disaster that killed 1200. It last erupted in 1909 and has since been quiet.
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Mayon
Albay
Philippine Islands
Man returns from hospital quotes Tennyson on sorrow
In Seattle a man who stopped a stranger with a joke about a nose after a hospital visit reflects on Tennyson. He muses that a sorrow’s crown of sorrows is remembering hap pier things, a line cited from the poet.
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Tennyson
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Transvaal Hymn by Dutch composer Catherine Felicia van Rees
The Transvaal national lyric was written and set to music by Dutch woman Catherine Felicia van Rees.
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Transvaal
Mile
Catherine Felicia van Rees
Don’t Idle, See One Rat to Use RAT-SNAP
Mr. Fred White endorses RAT-SNAP with a testimonial about a cellar infested with rats. He claims five rats died after using RAT-SNAP and others were deterred from potatoes. The ad promotes three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25 with guaranteed sale by Feliz and Cumming and Thompson Drug Co.
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Fred White
Mr. White
Feliz and Cumming and Thompson Drug Co
Boy dragged by collie rope injury in playful street chase
A boy named Max was pulled along a street while holding a rope attached to his large collie. He was jerked to the sidewalk but his playmate says Max was not hurt and that the dog did him a lot of damage.
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Max
Rubbys Hue From Deruville Seamen and Frocks
A playful note on sailors in Deruville freely powdering to match frocks while the husband always seems a bit blue in matching style described by Lady's Pictorial.
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Deruville
Paradox of Rail Wear in Single Track Lines
A Scientific American note explains that single track lines show less rail wear than multi track lines. The apparent paradox stems from reversed traffic directions which neutralize cold rolling actions on the rail head.
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Dows
Chinese Law Sets Penalty for Younger Son in Custody Case
The article describes a Chinese legal custom where the younger son bears responsibility if the older son is detained. It notes expected penalties tied to the offense and the role of family accountability in early 20th century enforcement.
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Chines Ao
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Simon Sack
Spring Valley
Erie Street
Devlin Street
Wim. Donovan
Bureau
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Josephine Selina
Catherine McCalhim
Anna Navaressi
Anna Oberleitner
Hulda Leggett
la Salle
Thompson’s
Rexall Drug
Alexander Zukowski
Ottawa Hospital
Oliver PL Luetscher
Second Street
Peru
Worner
Dakota Street
Ladies Aid Society
Robert Bradbeer
Cleveland Street
George Chip
McGoorty
Hicks Park
Goats
Doig
Chip
Smig
Euchre Club
Fred Noe
Henry Smith
Leroy Hill
Anna Dorf
William Krager
Bureau County
Odd Fellows
Ladd
Spring Vallee
Janay
Peter de Filippi
James J. Wicks
Florida
Mr. de Filippi
Globe Land Co
St. John’s Park
Jacksonville
Mr. Hicks
Yonpa
Daytona Beach
Cuba
Frank Gufford
Mat Bertash
Bertash
Gufford
Jerry Neenan
Teroy Till
Louis Abraham
Vob Bradbeer
Jerry
Moose Lodge
Averago
Moose Home
Spring Valley Coal Co
Detroit
Rockford
Spring Valley City Bank
Illinois
Valdosta
Georgia
Tne
Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Seattle
Thompson Drug CO
Rubby
la Salle’s
Marquette St
LaSalle, Illinois
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Neustadts
Neustadt’s
Neustades
la Salle, Illinois
Fritzi Scheff
HIP OF All America
Glorianna
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