Postcard Travel Honeymoon Highlights and Local Notices
A fragmentary community notice page mentions Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heidelbach on a twenty-fifth honeymoon with travels across Denver Salt Lake City Portland San Francisco Yosemite Valley and plans to Los Angeles San Diego Tia Juana and Grand Canyon. Other items note a King’s Daughters gathering June 5 Oak Park Summer footwear at Lifsehultz 7335 Madison, and upcoming trips and events including a Maywood family journey and a June wedding cake orders at Jane's Bakery. Forest Park Garage car check and local booster picnic details.
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Charles Heidelbach
Elgin Avemic
Denver
Salt Lake City
Portland
San Francisco
Yosemite Valley
Los Angeles
San Diego
Tia Juana
Mexico
Grand Canyon
Tawhoo Birds Warn Mainland Before Storms
An article in St Nicholas describes the tawhoo, birds that migrate from the Caribbean to the mainland as a hurricane approaches. They arrive during sunny, calm weather just before the storm breaks, signaling danger to inhabitants.
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St. Nicholas
Keeping Your Car Modern Style and Color Trends
An article discusses how car color trends evolve yearly, stressing that owners can refresh appearance without changing the design. It highlights refinishing with pyroxylin, choosing colors from winter and water shows, and using color schemes like Marrimag Beige with Vermallion accents to modernize a car’s look.
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Carolasa
Cara
Avory Ite Couturier
Czare Ina Belge
Marrimag
Lta
Ono
Detroit Hosts Women Driving School To Ease Traffic
Detroit showcases progressive traffic solutions with a new Women’s Driving School run by the Federation of Women's Clubs and the Detroit Automobile Club. Over 60 women attended the first session, about 150 were turned away due to limited space, and the program plans five weeks of Wednesday classes with practical laboratory driving tests.
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Detroit
Federation of Women's Clubs
Detroit Automobile Club
Federation
CTHE WHY of SUPERSTITIONS By HARVING KING
A compact survey of black cats in superstition tracing roots to Egyptian belief and moon god imagery. The piece notes prominent eye features and varied European attitudes, from Germans to Greek motifs, linking occult luck to cat lore and ancient origins.
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Germany
Egypt
Reece
Rome
Europe
McClure
Ed Howe on democracy and gentility in society
Ed Howe rails at shifting notions of gentility and democracy noting that true gentlemen arise from character and conduct, not birth or wealth. He cites money’s pull, seller instinct in commerce, and a case where a rich wife divorces her husband while alimony is debated, illustrating social double standards.
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Ong
Uosl
Graduation at Proviso High Next Week
The 1928 Proviso Township High School class, the largest by fifty, will receive diplomas at close of commencement in the high school auditorium next week Thursday. Rev Charles W. Gilkey will deliver the address. Special services are set for Sunday evening June 3rd at 8. Music by the school orchestra and voice groups, admission free. Class day exercises Tuesday at 2:20. National Honor Society induction of five juniors to be featured. Salutatory by Margaret Schuett and valedictory by Grace Mueller. Additional cast members listed for Figureheads. Senior faculty dinner at 6:30 in the cafeteria. Annual 1928 ready for delivery next week. copies $2. Alumni reception and dance Friday evening.
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Proviso Township
Igh School
Charles W. Gilkey
Hyde Park
T. K. Gale
First Methodist Church of
Maywood
Paul
Nero
National Honor Society of
Margaret Schuett
Grace Mueller
Louise Saunders
Lila Brush
Felicia of Ponderay
Marjorie Brown
Eugene Bodter
Hermann Carstens
Hugh Dunning
Edmond Vuillamme
Norman Schinekel
Will C. Roth
H. F. Johnson
Wabbling Hurlers Are Soon Yanked In Major Leagues
Managers push pitchers to the showers after poor starts. The practice of replacing starters midgame has become common as teams chase wins. Rogers Hornsby criticizes lack of pitchers finishing games, while some defend pinch pitching as key to success for the Yankees and other teams.
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Rogers Hornsby
Sango
Siler
Automobile hints and taxes and a second-hand car
A 14 installment plan to buy a used car is discussed amid signs of prosperity. The piece notes the practice of mortgaging the car and charging its battery, with a road bond. It highlights that most tires used by professional bicycle racers in the United States are made by Mrs. Ernest Pye of Newark, New Jersey, widow of a former cyclist.
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Mra
Ernest Pye
Newark
N. J
Motor Enamel to Freshen Up Old Cars
An old car’s motor can look new with enamel applied after cleaning away oil and dirt. Use aluminum or black enamel, then tighten valve covers to prevent leaks. Proper maintenance makes small adjustments easier, as the publication predicts a tough year for horses.
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American Automobile Digest
Council Plans Picnics and Parades in June
Village officials spent much of Monday evening accepting invitations to attend picnics and ceremonies. Highlights include the corner stone laying for First Reformed Church on June 1 with Mayor Gold, parades and marches for all events, and several school and community picnics on June 9, June 23, and June 2 to 9 for Infant Welfare. Building repairs at 1215 Harlem Ave remain unresolved and referred to legal for next steps.
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Plenica
First Reformed Church
Gold
Kalbefleisch
Madison Street
St. Bernardine's Charel
St. John's
Altenheim Grove
Infant Welfare Association
Wante
Augustus J. Schultz
Harlem Avenue
Yunker
Judical Election Set For Cook County Monday June 4
The general judicial election in Cook County will occur next Monday with full terms and vacancies decided. Republicans run a complete ticket, the bar association offers three candidates on a separate ticket, and an independent candidate remains. A minor ballot item asks voters to approve a measure to fund soldiers and sailors by levying one tenth of a mill on property for ten years to establish a cemetery.
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Aix Jides
Cook County
Republicians
Bar Association
United States
University of Illinois Chicago Units Form Major Medical Center
The Illinois university system places most professional schools in Chicago, with Malcolm College of Medicine, College of Dentistry, and the School of Pharmacy paired with the Welfare Department hospital and library to form a leading medical center. Enrollments across Urbana Champaign and Chicago total around ten thousand, reflecting strong training and research, and a focus on health and public welfare.
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University
State Department of Public Welfare
Urhanathampainn
Chicaeo
Obituary for Edwin Gabel Five Year Old
Edwin Gabel five year old son of Fred and May Gabel died May 31 1928 at 2 am after illness with tubercular meningitis Funeral services were held at the family residence at 2:30 pm burial at Woodlawn cemetery He is survived by his parents two brothers George and Chester
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Edwin Gabel
Fred Gabel
Thunsday
Woodlawn
Fred
May
George
Cheater
Samuel Kuntz Dies After Illness at 110 Lathrop
Samuel Kuntz of 110 Lathrop avenue died Friday morning June 11 after a long illness. He is survived only by his wife Marie and a brother in Austria. Funeral services are set for Monday afternoon with interment at Woodlawn cemetery. He was born in Austria on October 11.
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Samuel Kuntz
Lathrop Avenue
Marie
Austria
Woodlawn Cemetery
Inventor of Oilcloth Mnch Nefro of Kirkcaldy Scot
Jandy credited with having invented oilcloth works manufactured off English length about 187.
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Nefro
Kirkcaldy
Scot
Jandy
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Ernest Reich Insurance Agency
King’s Daughters
Mra. 1
de Herder
Kenilworth Avenue
Oak Park
Lifsehultz Shoe
Madison, Atreet
Wmrs
Martha Peterson
Adams Street
Seave
West
Eugenia
Oregon
Forest Park
Capert
Desphines Avenue
Decoration Day
Dorothy F. Meyer
Dara J. Wulf
C.F. Springeose
Chicago
St. Louis
Mins Meyers
Miss Meyer
Montreal
Jane's Bakery
Madison St
Almira Dammenchot
Transfer Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Schoenfeld
Plunkett
Women’s Aux- Mary of American Legion
Walter P. Chryss
Tecmite Utes
Ed Howe
Proviso High
Tere
Moat Pilots
Royera tHornaby
Fai Hehe
Ac Optimlat
Airic State Bank Trust
Austin Boulevard
H.R. Dow
Thomas A. Jackson
Otto C. Roeder
E. H. C. Wegner
K. M. Barrow
H. R. Dow
Harlem State Savings Bank
American Vault Works
J. J
Forest Park, D
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