Blue Island Council Deliberates On New Cement Walks Law
Blue Island held a long meeting Monday night focusing on a sweeping cement sidewalk and concrete construction ordinance spanning forty one sheets of text. Aldermen debated applicability to small cities, with referrals to committee. garbage disposal and an incinerator proposal by McGuire Incinerator Co. also discussed amid minutes noting water meter and fountain cost estimates and a patrol ambulance study.
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Blue Island
Wolff
Hunter
McGuire Incinerator Co
Chicago Heights
City Council
City of
Jauchter
Myers
Kruse
Bronson
Noble
Olson
Kot
Koenecke
Bruce
Electric Light Committee
Tauchter
Police Committee
Greenwood Avenue
Cochran Street
Matthews
Broadway
Ogden Avenue
San Francisco Avenue
Town of Worth
Funeral services for William J. Holmes held in Midlothian
William John Holmes born September 11, 1896, died August 3 after a typhoid illness. Services were at his Midlothian home led by Rev. Franklin McNeill. Survived by parents, brother Lewis, sisters Mary, Florence, Harriet. Interment in Aledo. He worked for Rock Island at Hamilton Park.
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William John Holmes
Midlothian
Franklin McNeill
Blue Island
George Hinkley
Robert Rogers
Albert McClay
Dixon Noe
Martin Forey
Lewis Holmes
Carr
Jesus
Aledo
W. H. Holmes
Lewis
Mary
Florence
Hariet
Aledo Baptist Church
Chicago
Rock Island
Hamilton Park
Doepp
John
Police In Dark On Holstein Murder Case
No progress in solving the mysterious death of Bennie Holstein a 14 year old Chicago boy found bound gagged with a bullet hole in the head in a blackberry patch near 119th street Morgan Park police and Chicago detectives report no promising clues. A Hungarian Jewish man named Alison was fined for disorderly conduct after questioning with no link to the crime. Mrs Rudolph Ulich reports a covered auto truck near St Francis hospital two days before the finding with a boy fearful saying they will kill me the driver then drove north on Gregory street toward Morgan Park.
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Bennie Holstein
Chicago
119Th Street
Morgan Park
Alison
Blue Island
Knirsch
Hitants
Pullman
Rudolph Ulich
High Street
St. Francis Hospital
Gregory Street
Epsilom Sigma Tau Elects Officers for Year
The Epsilom Sigma Tau held their annual election Monday evening naming R. V. Zacher as president H. Kent as first vice president R. W. Darher as second vice president H. L. Burkhart as secretary E Kurschner as treasurer Paul Roche as sergeant at arms A Minard as outer guard and R. A. Ryan chairman with Henry C. Rack and C. C. Mapes as trustees for the ensuing year.
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Epsilom Sigma Tau
R. V. Zacher
H. Kent
R. W. Dar- Her
H. L. Burkhart
E. Kurschner
Paul Roche
A. Minard
R. A. Ryan
Henry C. Rack
C. C. Mapes
Boys to Learn the Mechanic Trade
Places open for boys to learn the mechanic trade with wages starting at five dollars weekly and rising every three months. After one year seven dollars, after two years nine dollars, after three years twelve dollars, then steady raises. Clean sanitary workroom and steady work. Apply to Mr H Nord en of the Blue Island Specialty Co Commercial Block.
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H. Norden
Blue Island Specialty Co
No Danger of Lake Going Dry Despite Drainage Canal
The drainage canal has carried water from Lake Michigan since 1900 but lake survey figures published yesterday show no effect on the lake's volume in the past ten years. There is no immediate probability of the lake running dry despite ongoing outflow.
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Lake Michigan
United States Lake Survey
Life's Shop Window at National Theatre by Klimt and Gazzolo
Extraordinary interest surrounds the approaching presentation of Life's Shop Window a dramatic English farm and American ranch life drama starring Victoria Crosss book adaptation. The National theatre opens next Sunday matinee for the balance of the week with a bold scenic production and a carefully selected company.
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Klimt & Gazzolo
Victoria Cross
National Theatre
Adv
Want Paved Streets North Side Moves to Brick Roads
Third ward residents along Stony Creek Burr Oak from Rock Island tracks to Wood street join efforts for brick paving and better cleanliness. Meeting at No 4 fire house drew about ninety property owners. some opposed, others persuaded. Proposal outlines ten year assessments with brick pavement preferred over macadam for lower maintenance and nicer appearance. Petition circulated to Board of Local Improvements for brick paving on selected streets.
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Third Ward
East Side
Stony Creek
Burr Oak Avenue
Rock Island
Wood Street
Vermont Street
Chicago Street
No. 4
Paul Kovelesky
Mr. Kovelesky
Kovelesky
Blue Island
Injured Oak Park worker John Hochheimer Jr
John Hochheimer Jr a well known young man in the city was severely burned at the Oak Park plant of the Public Service Co last Wednesday when a machine back fired and flames enveloped him. He suffered burns to his left arm face and right hand and was taken to Mercy hospital where he is reported improving and expected home later this week.
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John Hochheimer, Jr
Oak Park
Public Service Co
Mercy Hospital
Adler-i-ka remedy praised by Blue Island druggists
Blue Island druggists Dare and Stadle are praised for introducing Adler-i-ka a simple buckthorn bark and glycerine mixture. This German remedy allegedly cured appendicitis in the past and now claims a single dose relieves sour stomach loss of stomach and constipation instantly.
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Dare & Stadle
Blue Island
Adv
Building Lots for Sale on Westin and Kruger Streets
Choice building lots for sale on Western avenue Kruger street and Staffel street near 123rd street. Ten dollars down and five dollars monthly.
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Western Avenue
Kruger Street
Staffel Street
123Rd Street
Boysen Announces New Undertaking Firm at Grove Street
C. C. Boysen announces the opening of an undertaking establishment at 243 Grove Street near Western Avenue. The notice cites twenty five years of experience, courteous service and reasonable prices, with telephone contact 241.
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Grove Street
Western Avenue
Tel
C. C. Boysen
For Sale Lot on Hast Canal Street Near Ashland Ave
Lot measuring 30 by 300 feet available near Hast Canal Street and Ashland Avenue. Bargain price offered by J. H. Kruse located at 4 Western Ave.
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Ashland Avenue
J. H. Kruse
Western Ave
Prize Baby Contest Now In Full Swing at Grand Theatre
Entries for the prize baby contest are closed as voting begins for prizes offered by Manager Snyder. Thirty six entrants include Stella Seidel, Mary Louise Ernst, Fred Jebsen, and Robert Black among others. The contest runs to August 24 with 500 votes needed by August 17 to remain in contention, plus weekly attractions.
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Grand Theatre
Snyder
Geo
Lucille Kososki
Leroy Themen
Clifford Northrup
Robert Black
LeRoy Fiedler
Robert Bruce
Anita Marie Bohnstengel
Dorothy Williams
Emma Detloff
Gerald Nielson
Woodrow Wilson Forey
Pauline Gaskins
Amnetta Schwartz
Old Maids
Camp White He Can Manage Two Hundred Scouts
In Whitehall Michigan Camp Waite hosts about 200 boys under Major Teeter and a staff including Warne, Morgan, Flanders and clerkly head D W Pollard. A sample day shows rising calls at 6 AM, flag ceremony, meals, swimming, scoutcraft instruction, tent inspections for a banner prize, and games such as breaking through the lines with a messenger.
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Camp Waite
Whitehall
Mich
Camp White
Major Teeter
Morgan Park Academy
Warne
LaGrange High School
F. A. Morgan
Hamilton School
Chicago
Woodcraft
Flanders
Morgan Park
D. W. Pollard
Chicago Scout Movement
Cole
United States
Raymond Tragnitz
Kidney Trouble Cured By Foley Kidney Pills
J. L. Hackl of Lincoln Illinois reports a cure after suffering a lame back and kidney trouble. He describes back ache and sleep disturbance and credits Foley Kidney Pills with a quick lasting relief without habit forming drugs. Dare and Stade advertise in The Sun.
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J. L. Hackl
Eighth Street
Lincoln
Illinois
Foley
Dare & Stade
Adv
Kidney Pills Ad Claims Cure for Woman’s Kidney Trouble
An advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills as a safe, effective remedy for a woman from Kentucky facing kidney trouble. It quotes Mr. Mitchell stating she was in terrible shape, but after taking the pills she is cured. The copy asserts women are more prone to kidney issues and promotes the medicine as harmless and non habit forming. Dare & Stable.
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A. G. Dad
Mitchell
Foley
Dare & Stable
Adv
Grand Theatre Baby Contest Sparks Entry Call
The prize baby contest at the Grand Theatre over the next three weeks is sure to attract attention. Why not enter that baby of yours. Also notices include a lot for sale on Walnut street described as 100 by 135 to the alley between Greenwood and Western avenues with 19 rooms a barn and a henery and a good residence of Mrs Wm Black, deceased. S M Lane trustee, 230 Walnut Street.
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Wm, Black
Alley
Walnut Street
Greenwood
Western Avenues
G S. M. Lane
Grand Theatre
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Crew
Ward
John Hochheimer
McNeill
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