Word: aurora
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...umbrella in the halls of Congress; the heading said: "Tenting on the old Camp Ground!" (see cut, p. 23). He pointedly reminded Americans of their "noble experiment." To jar further the memories of the forgetful, the New York World-Telegram began reprinting news stories of the 19205. One from Aurora, 111.: "State dry agents today stormed the home of Joseph De King, 40, after bombarding it with gas bombs, killed Mrs. De King, 35, and clubbed her husband into unconsciousness. . . . The raiders pointed to a half-gallon of wine found on the premises as justification." Another told of holiday whoopee...
...light, depicted Christ as lawgiver. Robert C. Koepnick of Dayton, Ohio felt that Christ's words were the light of mankind, showed Him preaching. Brooklyn's George Kratina went symbolic, depicted Him with outflung arms and spreading, streamlined garments, levitating overhead like a benevolent aurora borealis...
...Chicago, Continental Roll & Steel Foundry has upped production 20% with 200 workable employe suggestions since January. Elgin Watch Co. (at Elgin and Aurora, Ill.) has seen its fuse plant zoom to 65% above its production quota in the two months its shop committee has been in existence. Aurora's Independent Pneumatic Tool Co. has seen a 21% production increase, is hauling in 100 new production ideas a week-and paying for good ones at the low rate of one $5 defense stamp apiece, because the committee asked the company not to pay more...
ILLINOIS: John W. Bowden, 17, of Villa Park; York Community High School, Elmhurst; Arthur N. Curry, 16, of Harvard School for Boys, Chicago; John W. Hoermann, 18, of Oak Park; Oak Park High School; Robert T. Keine, 17, of West Aurora High School; Thomas E. Phipps, Jr., 17, of Urbana; University High School, Urbana...
...architecture in the middle 1800s. But Cincinnati's show contained one style of architecture that was as indigenous to the Ohio River Valley as the river itself: Steamboat Gothic. Best example was a fine old mansion, "Hill-Forest," which stands on the muddy Ohio's banks near Aurora, Ind. (see cut). With circular tower and porches, wrought-iron balustrades, Steamboat Gothic represented the last word in elegance to riverboat captains of the 1850s, is one of the most elaborate forms of U.S. architecture ever built of wood...