Monthly Archives: April 2013

Got a Light?

April 18, 2013 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Friction matches found favor with the public soon after they were invented by English chemist John Walker in 1826. To many, it were as though fire had been rediscovered, as these tiny little sticks made it possible to summon up a flame at will. Yet with the convenience came considerable … Read More

Baseball and the Little Bighorn

April 18, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

Most of us know that General* George Armstrong Custer led the 7th Cavalry to an appointment with destiny at the Little Bighorn River on June 25th, 1876, but it is not as well known that a good number of the soldiers in the 7th were also baseball players. Life in … Read More

Applause: April 19-26

April 18, 2013 | by Weekly View

• The Irvington Streetscape needs some sprucing up, so the Irvington Development Organization, Spotts Garden Service, and other neighborhood supporters will be teaming up to make the Washington St. Streetscape even better on April 20 from 9 a.m.-noon. Bring work gloves, rakes, shovels, or other tools you might need to … Read More

Egg, Egg, Duck

April 18, 2013 | by CJ Woods III

On Easter Sunday, March 31st, my daughter was helping to hide plastic Easter eggs for her cousin’s little boy when she found a real egg in the middle of a shallow hole. I thought the egg too large for most of the birds of the area, and assumed it to … Read More

Slaughter on North LaSalle Street

April 18, 2013 | by Al Hunter

Captain Robert L. Snow is  a serious man. I met with him a few weeks ago, perhaps appropriately, in the underground studio beneath Bookmamas bookstore in Irvington. Captain Snow is a cross between detective Joe Friday and private investigator Jim Rockford. Pragmatic, no-nonsense, drama free; in short, “Just the Facts … Read More