ERBzine 0266: ERB July Perpetual Calendar

The First and Only Weekly Online Fanzine Devoted to the Life and Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs

Volume 0266

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**EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS MILLENNIUM CALENDAR©** ***Compiled by Bill Hillman***
**JULY**
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1889: George & Harry graduate from Yale. Return to Chicago to work in father's American Battery Co. Harry develops lung problems from battery fumes.	1891: Ed's father sends him to work on his brothers' ranch. The greenhorn experiences many adventures in the "wild west" 1899: Works as treasurer of American Battery Company (1899-1903)	1895: Experiences many adventures while working as bill collector for Knickerbocker Ice Company in Grand Crossing, Ill. 1934: ERB, Dearholt & 2 other investors, form Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises to produce Tarzan pictures. Office is located at 8476 Sunset Blvd. Plans made to film a Tarzan movie in Guatemala	1898: Sweetser & partners Burroughs & Sparks load 14 car loads of cattle at American Falls & pass Pocatello on way to Omaha 1936: Ed travels to Chicago & NY to seek outlets for BTP films	1899: Contributes poems to the Pocatello Tribune: *The Black Man's Burden* - a parody of Kipling's The White Man's Burden 1908: Ed & Dentzer start advertising agency for correspondence course preparing students in salesmanship. It failed.	1909: Accepts a position as office manager for selling Alcola "a cure for alcoholism." Turns down offer to return to Sears. Starts a business with Stace to train salesmen & sell products for them. 1911: Uses free time at office to start writing PM. 35-yr-old Ed writes down his daydreams on the backs of old letterheads of previously failed businesses.	1923: Creator of Tarzan Speaks appears in LA Sunday Times
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1928: Joan Burroughs & James Pierce are engaged 1941: Leaves hospital prematurely after treatment with sulfathhiozal. Recurrence of the illness forces him to return later. Doctor suggests he start drinking again - results are not satisfactory.	1890: Idaho becomes a state 1940: July 4 - Flo stung on heel by a centipede at beach fireworks celebration 1947: Buys RCA TV. First TV show he sees is a LA-Hollywood baseball game from Wrigley Field. Much time watching boxing, wrestling & baseball	1895: Offered position of asst commandant at MMA - an office which included the duties of cavalry & gatling gun instructor, tactical officer, Foot-Ball/ Baseball manager & geology prof. Uses this knowledge in future stories about the prehistoric	1927: Unhappy over the Methuen's deletions & alterations of his text. He advises them to use the full text of the McClurg edition for their upcoming WC release 1945: Tanker Like Accident About to Happen News Bulletin appears in the Honolulu Advertiser	1925: Influenced by the Scopes Trial, Ed writes a pro-evolution article for the newspapers of the Int. Press Bureau & Universal Service		1914: Returns from a 10-day stay at the Hulbert family farm at Coldwater, Mich 1915: Starts Beyond Thirty at Hulbert family farm - Coldwater, Mich, & finishes at Oak Park (Aug 10) - rejected by Davis
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1930: *Tarzan and the Leopard Men* started. Blue Book buy for $5,000 1932: Article *Edgar Rice Burroughs Tells All*appears in Script magazine. An hilarious autobiography filled with fictional events	1914: Changes Harris to Farris in The Girl from Harris's 1940: Letter to brother George, Ed again expresses his dislike for FDR and his hope that Willkie will win the impending election			1933: Beset with pressures of work and a growing rift in his marriage to Emma, Ed takes a solo vacation to Springerville in the Arizona White Mountains. Most of the marriage problems involve Emma's over-dependence on alcohol 1942: Don't Let 'em Kid You, Joe News Bulletin appears in Honolulu Advertiser	1912: Starts sequel to *Under the Moons of Mars. 1913: Starts Girl from Harris's* in Chicago, finishes in San Diego 1927: Move offices to new store & three-office complex on Ventura Boulevard (present ERB Tarzana offices)	1945: Returns to Honolulu, having travelled 5,000 miles by air & 11,000 miles by ship
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1899: Ed, now in New York, writes Colonel Rogers again requesting help in obtaining a commission. Again no success 1934: Upset over sons' attitudes toward his marriage split Ed phones Hulbert in Chicago, asking him to take the first plane home 1940: Writes *Strange Adv. of Mr. Dinwiddie* as John Tyler McCulloch unpub	1929: Telegrams Elser for assistance in finding a job as war correspondent in Russo-Chinese conflict. Incredulous Elser replies he can offer no assistance 1939: Starts Tarzan and the Champion of New Tarzan Series	1934: Anxious to restore closeness with his sons and to present his side in the marriage split, Ed meets with the boys to bring about a reconciliation	1917: Receives appointment in the reserves: Captain, Company A, Second Infantry	1928: Community officially approves the name Tarzana 1940: Short biography of ERB appears in Bob Davis' NY Sun column. Davis, retired from Munsey's & now living at Kailua, had interviewed Ed after a chance meeting on the island	1927: McClurg reject *Oakdale Affair* despite its having been made into a movie: *The Warning*	1940: Maintains daily writing schedule but has regular evening social affairs with friends - actors John Halliday & Janet Gaynor etc.Evenings of drinks followed by bridge. Iinner agonies, guilt & fears & alcohol, are creating marriage tensions. Friends are starting to note that the two appear ill-mated
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1914: Starts CM 1923: Golden Gate Oil Co. drills to 1,300 feet in their search for oil on Tarzana. Only traces were found. Abandoned lease in fall of 1926 1941: Star Bulletin reports Flo has filed for divorce. Legal matters are delegated to Rothmund	1937: Starts CV - rejected by slicks 1940: Starts *John Carter and the Pits of Horz* - first of series for new book 1945: July 23 - Experiences Angina Pectoris pain		1932: Expresses his pleasure to J. C. Powell, Librarian Emeritus of the U of C at Berkley who has welcomed him into the honoured circle of authors of the Golden State		1930: Pleased with Miss Bischoff editing job, Ed sends her Dancing Girl of the Leper King for correction. He later also sends three installments of Tarzan and the Leopard Men	1929: Sends ironic rebuff to Tarzana branch of the LA Public Library which has requested copies of his books. He points out that their main library has banned his books 1934: Ed, Flo, kids & Mrs. Gilbert take a vacation in Big Basin at Santa Cruz and San Francisco. Return home to a whirl of social affairs
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1913: Visits Metcalf in NY 1939: July 29 Saturday Evening Post runs a biography on ERB. It emphasizes the importance of daydreams for Ed's writing inspiration	1913: Leaves NY for home	1919: John A. Shea is hired as secretary 1939: Scientists Revolt (1922 *Beware) appears in Fantastic Adventures as SF story 1941: Goddess of Fire* in Fantastic Adventures $405.60 1941: Writes *Uncle Miner & Other Relatives* in & out of hospitals - Unpublished	1920: Tarzana major renovations: central heating, 3-car garage, servants rooms, darkroom, workshop, study that doubled as a home school room. Ballroom/movie theatre/playroom, projection booth, swimming pool, golf course, lion and monkey cages, riding trails, hen house, hog pen, dairy barn & horse stalls, maintenance etc	1924: Grand opening of El Caballero Country Club of which Ed is managing director. Earlier Ed had sold the main house & 120 acres of Tarzana Ranch to the promoters of the new club 1935: Ashton Dearholt & Ula Holt are married	1926: Family moves from 674 South New Hampshire, LA, back to Tarzana at 5245 (5046) Mecca Ave where Ed has built a cottage on Lot 76 of his tract 5475. He also moves his office to 5255 (5135) Avenida Oriente in Tarzana 1927: Master Mind of Mars appears in Amazing Stories Annual	1927: *Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle* is rejected by slicks 1932: *Tarzan for President*article appears in Blue Book 1934: Hulbert makes a tour of eastern cities, making contacts with radio stations & advertisers. Neebe turns down a offer to work in sales & promotion.

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