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Newspaper
Blue Island Sun
Location
Blue Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
8
Blue Island officials approve an appropriation measure as aldermen accept reports on sidewalk repairs and plat reviews. The council discusses licensing and dram shop bonds, with many names and addresses listed as bonds are read and licenses issued.
Sealed proposals will be received by the city council of Blue Island until 8 pm June 15 1914 for cement sidewalk approaches at street corners bounded by Burr Oak avenue south 122nd street north Vincennes avenue east and Maple avenue west totaling about 6229 square feet. Payment on completion. Dated Blue Island June 5 1914. City Clerk Fred Hohmann.
Public notice dated June 5 1914 in Blue Island announces sidewalk work on both sides of Broadway from Western avenue to Ogden avenue totaling about 980 square feet. Beck Coal and Lumber Co Harvey Illinois offers custom screening services and door estimator visits by postal card or phone.
In Cook County the City of Blue Island petitions for just compensation for private property to be taken or damaged for a perpetual easement to construct and maintain a sewer from Burr Oak avenue to 128th street. The action targets parcels in Ludwig Krueger and adjacent subdivisions and names Warren Purdy William Purdy Ella Purdy Bertha Longmire among defendants non residents. A commission assessed benefits and costs totaling 3413.85 with a June 30 1914 court date for pleadings.
Final special assessment notice for Blue Island tile pipe sewer on Walnut street from Division to west of Division. Docket 232 Cook County. Hearing set in court June 22, 1914 at 10 a m. Objections may be filed. appearance to defend allowed. Board of Local Improvements. Blue Island, June 5, 1914.
An advertisement touts Citrolax as the best remedy for constipation and related symptoms. It claims quick, painless relief, pleasant lemonade flavor, and a strong flush with no nausea, urging readers to ask their druggist for the product from Dare & Stable.
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as the best preventive for serious sickness starting in the stomach liver and kidneys. It claims blood purification and relief from constipation by cleansing the system of fermenting foods, with a mild effective formula priced at 25 cents and recommended by G. R. Richter and Emil Schmitt.
Docket No. 234 of Cook County Court records the cost of making and collecting the assessment for water pipe improvements along Winchester avenue and Walnut street sections in Blue Island supplement Block 4 and related streets including Division Prairie State Orange and Union. The work is said to be in substantial conformity to the original ordinance and a court session is set for 1914 at 10 o’clock a.m. with officials J. Jones, W. O. Davis, and Vertus B. Roberts noted.
An advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound promises quick relief from night coughs. It claims the medicine soothes irritated airways, eases wheezy breathing, and calms coughing with a mild laxative effect, suitable for children and without opiates.
Help wanted in Chicago for a reliable young woman to perform general house duties at 2130 West 108th Street Tracy area. Mrs. E K Cormack seeks a trustworthy applicant with promptness and neatness for domestic tasks.
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