Chicago News Briefs Highlight Urban Oddities And River Change
A playful look at city life from a dress suit predicament to Loop window decorations and a dental office spectacle on Van Buren. The Chicago river reversed its current after a heavy rain, then resumed its artificial flow. Tennis and ping pong social scenes are described with Westbrook and local players amid a housing of matches and late night leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Loop
van Buren Street
Chicago
Walter Westbrook
Detroit
Deaths and Funerals, Schumann and Funk
Fred E. Schumann, 61, died at his home 1146 Ohio street after a three year illness. Funeral tomorrow at 3 pm at the home. burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by wife and two children Emil and Margaret. Henry Z Funk, of Jeanette, Pa., 65, died after a period of illness. funeral held today. Also mention of old wooden water mains found in Wichita, uncovering a 40-year-old pipe segment at Waco and Douglas streets during trench work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Schumann
Ohio Street
Oak Hill
Schumann
Lawrence
Emil
Margaret
Henry Z
Funk S. K
Funk
Henrie Z, Funk
Jeanette
Wichita
Waco
Douglas
Glycerine Mixture for Wife's Stomach Troubles
A merchant gave his wife a simple buckthorn bark mixture with glyc erine mixed in Adlerika. One bottle worked, Adlerika acts on both upper and lower bowel to expel poisons. It eases gas within ten minutes and helps guard against appendicitis and obstinate constipation.
Syrians to Build New Greek Orthodox Church in Wichita
The American Syrian Benevolent Society, after receiving a state charter at Topeka, plans a Greek Orthodox church in West Wichita. The group, about 16 Syrian families from Wichita and nearby, will limit church membership to naturalized Americans and conduct worship in English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
State Charter Board
Topeka
American Syrian Benevolent Society
West
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J. R. Holmes
Leavenworth
Derby Grain Co
Rankin’s Drug Store
Ober
Tal
Skofstads
A. B. Kirachbaum
Palm Beach
Fall Hart
Schaffner & Marx
Mallory
Manhattan
Abe Wolfson
Mass
Lawrence, Kans
Gregg Store
W. E. Gregg
General Merchandise
Kansas
Bowersock
Mill & Power Co
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