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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1923 11 IT'S COLD, EH? WHY, IN 1816- Well, We'll Just Pass on the Story You think this is an unbearably cold Spring? Huh, President Wheelock of the Wilmette State Bank claims that rec- ords will show that we are having balmy mid-summer weather compared with the spring and summer season of the year 1816. And, just by way of substantiating his assertion, Mr. Wheelock hands established in 1834 and which 1s authority for the following informa- tion. The year 1816 was known through- August proved the worst month of all. Snow fell near London, England Om August 30, <0 , And that will do, thank you. MODERN MOTHER GOOSE Old King Coal Was a dirty old soul And a dirty old soul was he; Along came a gas man And baked him a while And instead of one King There were three. The first was King Gas Who cooked all the meals, He was clean and quiet and fine. The next was King Coke Who warmed the house He was cleaner than coal From the mine. The last was King Tar Who made perfume and dyes, Beautiful things and sweet; The three young kings Are all the rage 3 Since old King Coal's Defeat. W777 SLI SSS SSSA ISIS ISIS SSS SSSI S SSSI SASS SSIS SSIS SASSI SS LL SSSI SSS SSS SS SSS ASSAY 7777222 2d ZZ dd ddd dd dd dd ld dll ddd ldilillildddddy Washing Machines Down Puts a Theor Washer us a copy of a New England paper in Your Home out the United States and Europe an the coldest ever experienced by any person then living. There are persons in the habit of keeping diar- ies for years and it is from the pages The accompanying 3 % : \ of an old diary begun in 1810 and | ¢ : . . kept unbroken until 1840, that the AS Em illustration shows information concerning that cold sea- AAT on had been taken. Emma January was so mild that most per- sons allowed their fires to go out and did not burn wood except for cooking. February was not cold. =\l March came in like a lion and went - 4 - out "like a very innocent sheep." April came in warm but, as the PAINT and days became longer, the air became colder and by the first of May there PAINT! was a temperature like that of win- OOR : . : . quality paint soon ter, with plenty of snow and ice. cracks and loses its lustre. High quality paint holds its In May the young buds were frozen dead, ice formed half an inch thick aa Tor 2ikag period and does not crack. Whether it's on ponds and rivers. By the last of p "Lilad? Ne SUL Yogi on has been "killed the exterior of your house June was the coldest "month of you're going 'jo pant Or fhe roses" ever experienced in that lat- interior, see that you gerne itude. "Frost and ice were common best grade paint on AE f th as buttercups usually are." All fruit We Carry. a full stock o : ay was destroyed. There was ten inches highest grade paints; 4 Gi of snow in Vermont, seven inches in leads . and Li Supp ics, Maine, three inches in the interior Tikivs & Si CHOW IH USING 3 of New York. In Vermont the morn- our" products: 3 ing of June 17 dawned with the ther- Clean Up and Paint Up. mometer below the freezing point. R ' asmesen s July came in with ice and snow. On July 4 ice was as thick as win- PAINT STORE dow glass. Indian corn that had PAINTING and DECORATING struggled through May and June, ! Try Winnetka Stores First gave up, froze and died. i the latest improve- ment in the THOR washer-- Our new LUMIN- OID cylinder. rrr rl Zl 272 2rd ll El 2 Zl alias Zz The old wood cylinder was very cumbersome 'and heavy. This new cylinder, like aluminum wear, will not rust or corrode, and above all, is very light, weighing only eighteen pounds. THOR No. 32 The superiority of the THOR, the fine detail of construction, operation and workmanship account for the fact that MEN have been no small factor in the purchase of THREE- QUARTERS OF A MILLION Thor washers now in use. 7 Next Week Is | Clean-up Week Bring your car in and let us wash and polish it 72 7 2 77 2 Za 2 ZZ diiiiiiiiiziiiiiziaiiiiiiiii dill iiiiziriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil % We do Simonizing! HANSON MOTOR CO., Not Inc. CARL HANSON, Proprietor 555-557 Chestnut Street Phone Winnetka 330 | A genuine Thor can be bought for *5:2 Down and the balance in easy monthly payments. a Zar a 2 2 a 2 EEL L LL, 2. ZZ ZZ A 2 2 Za 2 ZZ 2d ZZ ili Zz . ) Call this morning for imme- / / diate delivery on your Thor - _ 7 ~ Z | ll NORTH SHO 7 Ta 77777, 7 rrr, 7 dl ae La 7 It is good--It's the kind you always get Geer at Sey THOR SHO 772272777777 7777777777 7777777 2777 7d 2 ddd dd Led ddd ddd dd llldbdllld lddilililildilddddz ra 7 az 7 Zz 27777777, ZI Zr Zi Za a Er Zr 277777 ; PETERS MARKET WINNETKA A fot Els, Soevet | Phone Winnetka 276 v Phone Winnetka 926-921-922 \ riniirrirdiiiriiaidiiiiiiidiiiiiiiuiiidddiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidd IIIT Za 277 rl Edel zzz zzzzzzzzziziiiiiz 7777772 EZ Zrii 4