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Highland Park Press, 24 Oct 1929, p. 37

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the Ib. . . 18e , Ib. 30¢ en L â€" Northwestern station to the News _ building. When we entered the buildâ€" ). 32%V,¢ ing there was a drug store on the right side of the hallway along with ... 82VÂ¥z¢ many clothing stores. On the left ~__of the hallway there were elevators ~â€"~from floor 17 to 24," > b‘u%e The hallway ceiling was very high F4b 85¢â€"|§|â€"# â€"â€"and had many designs on it. Some of them were forms of people. When b......_45¢ _ we walked down to the plaza there Tb 22e . _ were no steps but the floor was ho l x Melaint : slanted. The plaza is a sort of balâ€" ...8914e â€"._cony : overlooking.the â€"Chicago._river .35Â¥%e .. . 49¢ 8Sc BEEF [OUSE 63%¢ 60¢ 25¢ Bi¢c 45¢ 43¢ Eo R 8 with a lantern â€" SomefFimes 24 Next ~his orchestra played, march â€"â€" irom _ "Aida"â€"by Verdi. _ "Anitra‘s Dance" from Peer Gynt Suite, by Grieg. Scherzo from "Aâ€"Midsummer Night‘s Dream" by Mendelssohn. "On October 18 the upper grades listened â€"~to this program whichâ€" was the study ~_â€"of â€"overtures. :: â€"=_ __:â€"t%n_. stt â€"~â€"â€".Overtureâ€"toâ€""Theâ€"Marriage â€"ofâ€"Fi~ â€" â€"~garo" by Mozart. a ~â€"â€"â€"‘Overture, "Lecnore" No. 3 by Beeâ€" thoven. â€" Dorothy Jane Melville, w._. Gfld“s;" woipe: ngnâ€"sopntactas ces .o 43e a+ ~ * of an oil lamp. When the children of ~the family ~groped their" way "up aâ€"dréary â€"dark â€"stairway with the gid of a candle or a lamp. ' ~â€"Fifty years ago there were> no electric street lights. The lighting system for streets in that time was stock with a lantern. Sometimes a cow kicked it over.and burned the barn. . If electric lights had been in use at the time of the Chicago fire it might not have started. It was a lamp fire that caused it to burn. into the Chicago river. _ â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"= ~ *"Lights Golden Jubilee" As T sit here under the golden rays of the electric light, my mind turns back 50 years. f The hallway ceiling was very high and had many designs on it. Some of them were forms of people. When we walked down to _ the plaza there were no steps but the floor was slanted. The plaza is a sort of balâ€" cony : overlooking ._the Chicago._river and on â€"there is a waterfall and the water _.comes ..down _theâ€"sideâ€"ofâ€"the stone very fast â€"and lands in a good pool which has lights in it which show on the water at night. I thought that the Daily News building was one of the greatest buildings in Chicago although there are many other pretty ones.â€"Tom Brown, Jr., 7W. ; . _Mr. Edison did not only invent thel body is astonished. Nevertheless they incandescent light but many other| tell you. You go to the telephone day the third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades listen and the next Friday the seventh and eighth grades. On â€"Octcber ~11, the lower grades listened to the following=program: First Mr. Damrosch introduced the four sections of the orchestra, the string, woodâ€"wind, brass, and perâ€" cussion. â€" Dailyâ€"News Building When I went to the Daily News building I went over the bridge which Thursday, Oct. 24, 19029 â€"â€" of the famous musicians. ~Last year Mr. Damroch said that if they would give him three years, he would make the children of Amerâ€" ica appreciate the fine music, recogâ€" nize> the different <musical instruâ€" Mr, Damrosch is broadcasting his school concerts again. It is mustc appreciation for the school children. The time when my parents hudâ€" Lincoin School Notes The light burned continually for 40 hours. It was not a smoky smellâ€" ing, flickering and dim light .but a steady reliable light. â€"â€" ~~***~*~~ _ What would the cities of today be would be dark, dreary and forbidding. â€"â€"Whatâ€"wouldâ€"happen if â€"allâ€"the elec> tric lights in the United States sudâ€" denly .went â€"out? There would be many deaths from automobile acciâ€" dents. The aeroplane could not find its airport. â€"There would be confusion in the homes and cities. in a strange place. The land seems fying. But do "you see the same flag? Are not some of the stars _ What is this gossip you hear? A man whom men thought crazy has invented . an electric light that ran for 40 hours. "Where are you? _ You ask someâ€" body this question, "In Chicago," the person answers. What date is it? October 24, 1879. * You want to telephone home. You The people of today probably do not realize how much time it took Ed.i_gon to make this lamp. . We should all honor Thomas Alva Edison for the greatest invention in the last contury. â€" ; ‘~The boy went home fuli of the spirit of the electric light. He told his parents he would now be able to. readâ€" and not hurt his eyes. He wouldâ€"now be able to go to bed withâ€" out falling over something. se The incandescent light is a means of beautifying a city. â€"â€"His father andâ€"mother had . not much money so he worked two weeks as aâ€"newsboy â€"to earnâ€"money to go into New Jersey and see the first electric light inrvented by Thomas E. Edison. â€"Finally â€"theâ€"day_â€"came â€"on which <the first incandescent lamp was to be exhibited in public. People flocked to see it. :. . _ â€"â€"â€" Edison had spent forty thousand dollars to perfect this light. We owe Mr. Edison a great deal for the electric light. If he had not invented it aeroplanes, automobiles, trains and many other things could not exist. Automobiles would collide, trains would crash and aeroplanes â€"Inâ€"Octoberâ€"of the same year this boyâ€"keard of an incandescent light which was to be experimented_with in Menlo Park, New Jersey. . _The Incandescent Lamp It was in the year 1879 in a small town on the outskirts of New Jersey. Everything wasâ€"dark except one house in which a feeble light was was trying to read by the flickering light. Finally the candle sputtered out, and he was left to grope his way to bed. _ Â¥ many other terrible things we can think â€"of â€"that ~would happen if we did not have electric lights. I think we should praise this man greatly for the incandescent light which heâ€"invented 50 years>ago. things. ~"Edison was only a poor news boy yearsâ€". _Now ~heâ€" is mi& great invention the Electric Incandescent Light in every home. Fifty Years Ago TH Eâ€"FR B8 8 One invention that is badly needed is some sort of a maxim silencer for the neighbor‘s radio. This is the life of 50 years ago Joseph Klaber,. Grade.8 ‘ma bffice. ‘The man asks you if want he is ‘sprprised. ~ You tell hines . * Yow telephone number. He looks at you uncomprehendingly. The man exâ€" plains that there are only telephone lines to the main cities. butesntatront sinkoimprbmremices â€"Ao* Ad 1ne man . exâ€" plains that there are only telephone lines to the main cities. You go to a boarding house, there is no victrola or radio. R "Veiled Woman"‘ HIGHLAND_ PARK, Haka Open Saturday and Sunday only Next Week; Oct. 31 Tues.â€" Wed. Oct. 29â€"30 Fri.â€"Sat. Sun.â€"Mon. Oct. 27â€"28 Baturday Every Evening at 7:00 Matinees Saturday, 2 to 5 Tel. H. P. 2400 LIA TORA PAUL VINCENTI Sunday, Oct. William Powell as famous Philo Vance in an allâ€"taiking, es thrilling detective thriller! 4 "THE FLYING FOOL" EVELYN BRENT "H O L D Y O UR MA NV VELYN BRENT â€"_â€" >JACK OAKIE "F A 5 T C O M P A N Â¥Y" in ranc A entertaining talking picture with action and > â€"delightful melodies! esfi "COCOANUTS" A superb allâ€"talking comedy ~>~Lots of laughs! «~~â€"â€"AddedComedy â€" News â€" Cartoon (~_~â€" ~â€"THE 4 MARX BROTHERS . _ "STREET GIRL" o "THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU MANCHU®" THE BEST PICTURES AT Alryon (Allâ€"Talking) A whirlwind of comedy situations! HIGHLAND PARK OTTO LANG, Mgr. e . Dotet apen at 6130 nE en y\\ Olunpt® \ \ ‘.;!*SE LAURA LA PLANTE Allâ€"Talking Comedy Hit Screamingly funny! 2. 9 Smilmg on story, "if you found yourself all alone in a dark woods." Nonsense! We‘d make light of it.=â€"Farm.& Fireâ€" side. Defining the Soul _ The soul, if it is not.regs which affirms the value of loyalty to that _which is unseen. â€" Woman‘s Home Companion. "Royal Rider" in KEN MAYNARD "wORDS AND MUSIC"â€" .-'l"l.lnl' 9 .I‘n"-'. ._TELEPHONE H.â€"Pâ€"1086â€" in whant. alsighs me it it ms MB â€""%

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