Saturday, November 24, 2012

Some paper things from the DG past


            In 1908 Downers Grove got a new resident. She sent this card to an old friend.
                                    There was a drug store in Downers Grove.
If the local food caused her a few digestive problems she might have purchased some Apricot Pills.
This was mostly before the automobile so she might have had a horse. If so, she must have visited the corner of Maple  and Main.
The horse shoe is the only hint of what business this was. Does this explain why this business no longer exists?
















Sunday, November 4, 2012

Intreeg - The puzzle

I came across this puzzle on eBay a while ago. It is called Intreeg and it was made here in Downers Grove by a company named Rite Rite. Smart people have difficulty solving this puzzle because smart people know that nobody would make and sell a puzzle that can't be solved. The smarter they are the longer they take to give up.