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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1930

Page

8

Gathercoal Expands Insurance Business on the North Shore

F H Gathercoal of Wilmette a long time builder broker expands to north shore representative for W A Alexander and Co Chicago and acts as general agent for Fidelity and Casualty New York Penn Mutual Philadelphia and other firms A H Burg will take charge of the insurance department in the firm at Wilmette square of business growth

F. H. Gathercoal Wilmette Avenue Wilmette North Shore W. A. Alexander and Company Chicago Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company Philadelphia A. H. Burg

New Year Guests Visit Kerr Household

Mr and Mrs E H Kerr hosted New Year guests at 122 Seventeenth Street with Mr and Mrs Wesley Ashland of Waukegan and Mr and Mrs Burton Bosworth of Oak Park attending.

E. H. Kerr Wesley Ashland Waukegan Burton Bosworth Oak Park

Cherry blossoms and Japanese prints in winter refractions

The piece compares Japan’s seasonal sensibility to Western scenes, noting how Japanese art blends humanity with nature. It describes how a great lady would match robes to the season, and how Japanese artists enter landscapes as subjective experiences, yielding simple yet deeply significant work.

Japan

Field Museum Publishes Monthly News Bulletin

The Field Museum of Natural History launches Field Museum News for its nearly 6 000 members. Stephen C. Simms announces the first issue includes announcements, reports, and records of museum activities with notes on exhibitions, research, and expeditions. Directors and editors are named, and Field Museum Press prints the publication.

Field Museum of Natural History Field Museum News Stephen C. Simms Simms Berthold Laufer 8. E. Dahlgren O. C. Farrington Wilfred H. Osgood H. B. Harte Museum Field Museum Press

Part II Published on Kish Excavations by Field Museum

Field Museum announces Part II of A Sumerian Palace and the A Cemetery at Kish detailing recent Field Museum Oxford Expedition discoveries. Ernest Mackay authors, Berthold Laufer edits, Langdon writes preface, forty two photogravure plates illustrate early Sumerian life and the royal residence at Kish.

Kish Mesopotamia Field Museum Oxford University Field Museum of Natural History Ernest Mackay Stephen Langdon Berthold Laufer Museum Sumer Accad Department of Anthropology Field Museum Press

Gifts to Museum from Field Museum Trustees

Stephen C. Simms announced gifts from two Field Museum trustees. Frederick H. Rawson donated 10000 dollars toward a new exhibition hall to be called the hall of prehistoric man. Martin A. Ryerson added 10000 dollars to the pension fund.

Field Museum of Natural History Stephen C. Simms Frederick H. Rawson Martin A. Ryerson

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