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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 20 Apr 1928, p. 28

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"Tarija Valley and · the 'Bones of the Giants' " is the subject of the free iDustrated lecture to be given this Saturday afternoon at Field Museum of N~tural History, Chicago. Elmer S. Riggs, associate curator of paleontology at the museum, and leader of the . rece.n t Captain )(~haU Pield Paleontological Expedition to Araentiaa and· Bo6via, which collected many skeletal ·r emains of huge prehistoric animals for the museum, is the Jec.t urer. The lecture will be given in the. James Simpson theater. .-....... ···~ea~· l.:.bile s... Aatollio to Be . . . ., Great , o-atratioa Wl.a Veta Gather ia Octol.er national convention · of ~erican Legion and its Auxiliary, to The the ·-our finn wishes to compliment the North Shore Une on die ea:eJ.. lent service given us on our car of Maytag Washers which. ~ routed via your ·line,, writes Mr. Wm. G. Maxted, of the Junction Hard.ware 0,., Radne. "In the ~st we have waited from six to elevea daya for cart of . hen to arrive from Newton, Ia.. but the time was cut to two days on your road.·· 111!fouil call Convenient 1· 2· Four trains every hour to the Chica&O LOop! Commutation Chicago stations that save you rime and taxi fare- Howard Street Wilson Avenue Grand Avenue RANDOLPH & .WELLS Madison ~d Wells Quincy and WeDs La Salle aDd Van Buren State-Deubom Roosevek Road . J service 3. Di.rect-to·the·Loop that really rakes you to the Loop-to the very heart of Chicago's business, fi.nandal, ahoppliagJnd theatrical .. center! ..I be held in San Antonio, Texas, October 8 to. 12, will surpas·3 in wealth of entertainment, in interest and in notable events tlle great convention held by the organization in Paris last year, according to National Adjutant james F. Barton. Barton, in San Antonio to check over plans for the convention, expressed himself as especially well pleased with the convention entertainment program. Entertainment features include a world;s championship rodeo with the bigge.;t prize money of the year and the leading cowboy and cowgirl contenders, a decision prize fight at Fort Sam Houston with two Principal contenders for the world's welterweight title, spectacular battle exercises ~Y the Second Division, using tanks,' airplanes, liquid fire and all the latest methods of warfare, the greatest air -ci.r cus ever staged in America. Other entertainment ·specialties will be a Broadway show, a Mexican revue witl} the best actors, singers and dancers from the City of Mexico, the famous City of Mexico Police band. More than 100 Legion bands and drum corps from all parts of th_ e United States are expected to be in attendance at the convention, according to Philip B. Stapp, general convention director. Distinguished visitors from abroad and leaders in many fields of American life will be present. To the convention parade, always a spectacular ~flair with its thousands of marching men and women, the entire day of Tuesday, October 9, will be devo~ed, llr. Barton decided. The marching columns will be reviewed on historic Alamo Plaza, where stands the Alamo, cradle of Texas liberty. In addition to the convention entertainment planned at San Antonio, ~ide trips will be conducted to various points on the border. One will cover Corpus Chri3ti ~nd the principal to~s of the Magic Valley of the Lower Rto Grande, ending up with a Spanish celebration at Matamoros. Others will ~o to Nuovo Laredo and Piedras Negras, where bull fights wilt he staged and a Spanish fiesta held. Eltibqrate preparations are being made for these. · I 4. Board Qricago Rapid T ransit ("L ") trains from the same platforms in Chicago for convement transpo~ tion to any part of the city. Rut Walter Destined u Nortbweatem Track Star Rut Walter of Kokomo, Ind.· who played a stellar game of basketball at NoJ1hwestem this year, · seems destined to continue his athletic activities in still greater style as a member of the track team. He is running the quarter, Z!) and 100 yard distances, and, from the ·.showing he is already making, should be one of the outstanding QUarter milers in the conference this season. His first outdoor appearance will be at the Kansas Relays April 21. Coach Hill will also enter a number of other star performers in this meet including Bill Droegmuelter, pole vaulter, Linar Hermansen, sprinter, and Paul Gorby, half miter. AI Bagge, Doc A~ber3 and Frank Sinkler wiU haale the shotput in the outdoor meets, while J gstin Dart and Henry Andenon will toss the hammer. Miss Clarissa Bell of the Ea,dish deoartment of New Trier High sdaool is invited to speak before the Naticnal f'ouncit of En~lish Teachers at thl Natiolaat IWuc~doa usodatioa mtetinR in J·lr at ~MianeQOiis · Chicago North Shore &. Milwaukee. Railroad Co. . The Road of Senrice WD..IIETn PASSEMGB STATION SPEAKS AT IIINNEAPOUS Pia. VaL 2514 - B . . CIIKU&I J.l

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