Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Jul 1928, p. 8

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8 Places of amusement in New York City seat more than 1,000,000 people. There are 414 theaters and 152 caba;l rets. A cadet at the United States Military Academy at \Vest Point receives pay at t h e rate of $780 a year. WILMETTE LIFE July 27, 1928 B. & G. CAMBY 1V1 4tlie1tt twic1 daily MfJWhtrt in Buanlton For &tttt Hom1 M11111 C11nllill · There are in the United States over 1,000 woolen mills, with 89,000 looms and over 4,000,000 active spindles. The 1927 crop approximated 272,453 pounds, excluding pulled wool. This air mail for five cents after next Wedranges from 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 nesday, August 1, accor d ing to an pounds a year. announcement made this week !Jy Joseph E. Shantz, Wilmett~ pos~m'aster. Reduced rates on atr matl go into effect at that time. The new rate for air mail is five cent3 per ounce (\nd ten cents for each additional ounce. This is a considerable reduction from the former rate which was ten cents for every Refreshing home-made candies for bot half ounce, regardless of distance. Summer days - pack~d in attractiv· e A saving of from twenty-four to forty-eight hours may be made hy imported German candy tins. sending letters via air mail, it was pointed out by Postmaster . ~h_a_~tz. Hoot Gibson Here Reduction in Air Mail R Eff · A t 1 to Make Picture , ate ecttve ugua 'An ordinary l~tter may b~ sent by , at Chicago_Rodeo - 56 7 Lincoln Ave. Winnetka 1633 Orrington Ave. Evanston SETS WEDDING DAY Miss Alice Fuller, daughter of Mrs. Gretta P. Fuller of Evanston. has set . Saturday. September 15. as her wedding day. Her marriage to Joseph Horton Fall. III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Horton Fall, Jr. of Evanston, will take place in the afternoon at St. Mark's church. Miss Fuller is \veil known along .the north shore. HUMAN ANV OUR.· FOl..K.Ci BEING~ ARE VER.V INTELL.I GENT PROVE · . T HA-r ~~',f:' \o\AVEN'T CiEHSE PEOPLE. I · ~~f'f\ON/ . · THA,.'$ eA.t;V, '(OU IGNORANT LITTLE ACE OF t;PADEt;f THEV DEAL AT Blood-stirring contests of the West begin this Saturday, July 28, at Soldier Field, when the world's championship Chicago rodeo opens for nine days of cowboy and ~owgirl title cla3hes. This rodeo will decide the champions at bucking brook riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, relay racing, trick and fancy ridi!J.g! trick roping and cowgirl bronk riding. Also there will be afternoon and night contests in wild horse races, steer tjding and bareback bronk riding. Champions in all classes will defend their titles against the be.st top hand contenders of the West for purses totaling $33,000 together with the championship trophies Added to the thrill of these ~ontests, rodeo spectators will see the making of a big feature motion picture. Hoot Gibson, well known we3tern scre~n star, has chosen the Chicago rodeo as the setting of his newest photoplay. Hoot will film pictures of the actu1l contests and of the audiences. making the spectators part of the picture. This i~ the ·first chance Chicago audiences have had to see a feature film in the making and al_so to see themselves in the scenes. The railroads- are giving reduced rates to Chicago during the rodeo and estimate that more than 100,000 vi:\itors will come here. especially from the We.st, to see the contests. The Chicago rodeo with its average yearly attendance of 250,000 is the biggest sporting event held in America a ide from the baseball world's series. Lolita Bertling returned to h"r home at 315 \Vashington avenue. Tuesday after a month's stay at Harwichport. Cane Cod. TheRtOOE AVE PHARMACY Soe C. M. CLOSING OUT RIDGE AVENUE PHARMACY KROGER I'UBBIBB Po1 tlar copy rig h t books. Over one hundred titles to choose from Each Opposite St. Joseph School C. C. Renneckar Phone Wilmette ~16 Established 1900 Announcing "Our Very Best" Butcher Knife 7 -inch blade of Finest G r a d e Butcher Knife Steel. Nicely finished and ground to a sharp e d g e. Beechwood h a n d 1 e, securely fastened with two rivets. A regular 35c value. Bring This COUPON and · take home- one of thes~ splendid 35c kntves ·1oC ANNUAL AUGUST SALE of . Only one to a person-Bring the coupon Name .................................... .... ................ ................. .................. ... ......... FURS Largest Selection in Remodeling Cleaning Repairi~g Address ..................................................................................................................... Handsome Knife -------------------------------------- EVANSTON With single blade of high grade steel. Polished cocobola handle with 1 4-inch nickel-plated chain with loop and snap. Knife is 3 ~ inches long. closed. Handy for general use or for camping. TERMINAL HARDWARE CO. 411 Linden Avenue Phone Wilmette 2843 110MAIM ST. EVANSTON Phone University 4900

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