Wedding of Norma Peterman and Leo Flannigan
A wedding was held Tuesday morning August 20 at 11 o clock for Norma Peterman and Leo B Flannigan. The bride wore white meorgette and carried roses. Guests included out of town relatives and the reception followed with a 1 o'clock dinner for close relatives and friends. The couple will honeymoon at Sunset Point near Portage Wisconsin and Lansing Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Peterman
Margaret Peterman
Ma- Kengo Avenue
Leo
Flannigan
Rosen
M. A. Peterman
Bellwood
Mr. Peter
Mission Members Conference At Pilgrim Mission Forty German Groups
A religious conference for pastors and members from fifteen German mission organizations gathers at Pilgrim Mission, 215 Desplaines Avenue, this weekend. It opens Saturday at 7 30 p m with a sermon and services throughout the day. Music will be provided by a local boy’s band and a second group from a mission at 2711 Osgood Street, Chicago. Visitors from Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and Colorado expected with several hundred attendees. Pilgrim Mission, organized eighteen months ago, is led by Pastor A E Ehrenberg.
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Pilgrim Mission
Desplaines Avenue
Pilgrim, Mission
Osgood Street
Chicago
Illngis
Wisconsin
Michigan
Colorado
South Side Madison Street Opens to Traffic
The south side of Madison street has been opened to traffic this week after brick paving between the south rail and the amusement was completed. A yellow stop sign marks Circle avenue. West Towns plans two weeks to re pave the section between its tracks, delaying Roosevelt road concrete work and the Greater Forest Park Celebration expected in October.
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Madison Street
Fust
West Towns Street Car Company
Circle Avenue
West Towns Company
Madison
Forest Park Bootery Opens Today in Temple
Forest Park Bootery opens in Temple at the Masonic Temple with rich walnut fixtures and wrought iron window decor. Proprietor Fred Fe Carn announces a free hosiery giveaway with all purchases today and features Brown-bilt Shoes for adults and Buster Brown Shoes for children.
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Forest Park
Forcat K
Masonic Temple
Fred FE. Carn
Buster Brown
Mind as the season's subject in Christian Science churches
Sermons across Christian Science churches focus on renewing the mind. The Golden Text urges transformation by mind, aligning with scripture and Eddy's science and health guidance. References include Philippians and I Corinthians, emphasizing God guiding man and imitating Christ Jesus.
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Iorians
Berman
Christ Jesus
God
Kay
Mary Baker Eddy
Christ
Crawford H S Teacher Addresses Forest Lions Club
C D Crawford H S teacher of public speaking at Oak Park and River Forest Township High School spoke to the Forest Lions on Thoughts and How They Control Your Work. He outlined three governing laws for thinking and urged minds broaden beyond wartime hatreds. He contrasted inductive and deductive thinking and warned against simply repeating others. The talk drew applause, though he warned it might be dry. Other Lions items noted include golf tournament plans, Jungle Day, and publicity chair appointments.
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C.D. Crawford
Oak Park
River Forest Township High School
Forest Lions
Mr. Crawford
Harry Hoxhald
Entertainment
Rio
J. Schnell
Lions
Kiwanis
Thursiday
Midwest Gulf Club
The
Woodlawn Lions
Woodlawn
Cook County Lions
Charles Blassey
Louis R. Harris
Boy Drinks Poison After Savings Vanish
William Rukso,13, of Melrose Park, quit school for work then cried when his savings disappeared. He drank poison but survived after emergency care at Oak Park hospital. He later found the money in the attic and planned to return to school. Nearby ad promotes school supplies at ROTAR on Maddison Street.
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Willam Rukso
Avenuue
Melrose Park
William
L. A.vertuno
Oak Park Hospital
Willian
Scouts View Cubs Triumph Over Reds at Wrigley Field
About two hundred scouts from Oak Park Ares council attended the Tuesday afternoon game at Wrigley Field where the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 4 to 1. The guests of William Wrigley, the scouts hailed the Rajah and home run king Hack Wilson. They traveled by three elevated coaches under D. J Naden, head of the summer activities program, and Father Hutchins, Troop 19 scoutmaster.
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Oak Park
Ares Council
Wrigley Field
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Willian Wrigley
Rajah
Hack” Wilson
D. J Naden
Father Hutchins
Three Supers Planned for West Side Highway Network
A Chicago plan commission sub committee approved plans for three elevated boulevards linking the loop to the western city limits. Kensie Kinzie will be the least costly route at about 22.86 million, running eighty feet wide with a sixty foot elevated pavement and plate fill construction. Monroe will be the main artery at 120 feet, with six lanes, sidewalks, and parking. Polk will mirror Kinzie with double decked sections, providing access at block centers and allowing fifty to sixty mile per hour traffic.
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Loop
Chicago Plan Commission
Polk, Monroe and
Kinzie Afferts
Hugh E. Young
Commission
John Dill Robertson
West Park Board
Kinzie Street
West Park
Young
Rairoad
Monroe Street
Polk Street
Kingie Street
Stutt
Ogden Avenue
Averin Avenue
Holinoix Street
Maywood Motorist Hita Cars Must Pay Damages
Forest Park police captured a motorist after he crashed into two cars parked near Jewiin cemetery on Desplaines Avenue and fled. The vehicles belonged to Mark H Hale of Chicago and Alexander Passover of Chicago. The driver agreed to pay all damages. A Chevrolet driven by John Brown was struck by a truck driven by Ed Blake of Oak Park near Marengo Avenue and Franklin Street around 2 AM. Mrs Marie Willer of Chicago sustained a cut from a separate automullible accident at the corner of Dun-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Zeige
Maywood
Desplaines Avenue
Mark H. Hale
Central Park Avenue
Chicago
Alexander Passover
N. Avers Avenue
Forest Park
John Brown
Monroe Street
Chiscago
Collision Damages Car In Dunlop Street Area
A three o’clock crash on Dunlop Street involved a car driven by Mrs Beivoxed at 1033 and another car driven by Knut Swenson. The collision caused substantial damage. injuries not specified.
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Lap
York
Stinley
Mom
Mrs . Beivoxed
Dunlop
Knut Swenson
Doe
Northwestern to Purchase 35 Large Passenger Engines
Northwestern announces 35 new H class passenger locomotives built with Baldin Locomotive Works, nearly triple the power of current engines and capable of fast freight duty. At 103 ft 4 in, 823000 lb, they include train control, 76 in driving wheels, 45200 lb tractive effort plus 11300 lb booster, 18000 gal water, ton coal, to enter service by mid September.
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North Weateen
Fred W. Sarment
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Baldwin ‘Locomotive Works
Northwestern
Uy Hng
Northwestern railway upgrades for faster passenger trains
The system increases steam capacity and tractive power to haul trains at constant speed uphill and downhill for smoother travel. In Forest Park Oak Park hospital births a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Hansen. Phyllis Irene Hansen born August 21 with grandparents Dr. and Mrs. Handke.
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Northwestern Railway
Ths
Albert.c. Mansen
Circle Avenue
Forest Park
Oak Park Hospital
Phyllis
Irene
Ot Handke
Monroe Avenue
River Forest
Hansens
Albert
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Tme
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Thomas Avenue
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Kwan
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C.F. Smith
W. J. Marden
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R. Burkart
H. Meyer
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Clyde Blough
George Schwader
Clark Strader
Satuday
August Stollzenfeldt
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Ric Ulomaelves
Baler
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Krdale Ave
Nevada
Leanne
Christian Science Churches
C. D. Crawford
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Herb
Harlem Ave
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Herbert Disselhorst
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