West Hammond Trust and Savings Bank 1924 condition report
Official publication of the 1924 condition report for West Hammond Trust and Savings Bank Calumet City Illinois detailing resources including loans real estate and collateral, banking house and cash, liabilities including deposits and bills payable, signed by cashier John Carroll and sworn before Notary Frank A. Stachowicz. Medieval tiles from Cairo and Damascus noted as highly valuable.
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West Hammond Trust & Saving Bank
Calumet City
State of Illinois
John Carroll
West Hammond Trust and Savings Bank
County of
Cook
Frank A. Stachowicz
Success Depends on Fortune and Design
The statement asserts that success requires both good fortune and sound design, arguing that without the latter even luck cannot yield lasting achievement. It emphasizes the need for planning alongside favorable circumstances.
Matinee Idol Declared a Memory of the Past
An elderly actor laments the decline of the matinee idol as film stars overshadow stage heroes. He recalls early cinema legends like Harry Montague and Kyrle Bellew, noting fan adoration, fashion trends, and the era when live performers drew packed houses in Saturday matinees.
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California
Algiers
Harry Montague
George Rignold
Henry V
Osmond Tearle
Charley Thorne
Union Square Theater
Harry Crisp
Jack Barnes
Adelaide Neilsen
Henry Conway
Lnster Maurice Barrymore
Kyrle Bellew
Montague
Monty
Long Branch
New York Sun and Globe
Making Jelly From Seaweed
Seaweed is sun dried then boiled and exposed to freezing temperature. After water evaporates, the material is ready to use as a fine vegetable jelly.
Huge Lahontan Dam Uses Spillways for Flood Storage
The Lahontan dam on Carson River in Nevada stores flood waters for irrigation. Enormous spillways at each end channel surplus into a circular concrete stilling pool and a central amphitheater area. Spillway capacity reaches 80 000 cubic feet per week under large river flow.
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Carson River
Cheating the Beggar Chandler Debate Clash
Dialogue reveals Harris defended as not a fraud while Fuller harshly accuses him of concealing a reduced mercy. The exchange centers on moral character and treatment of a beggar seen by Chandler and Harris.
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Chandler
Harris
Fuller
One Year-Round Stream Along Lower California Coast
Along the entire Lower California coast there is only one stream that flows into the sea all year. This stream is longer in its catchment than distances from Key West to Boston. The note highlights unique hydrological patterns on the coast.
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Lower
California Coast Line
Key West
Boston
Cable-Nelson
Grads Feed Students in Western New York
A college town in western New York shows sharp contrasts as many restaurants are run by graduates. Ads boast staff credentials while an ice cream parlor owner earns a PhD. Professors discuss winter biology as patrons wait for their nut sundaes, highlighting campus life’s ironies.
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New York
Bugs Burgess
A. C. Burgess
Bastidiospore
New York Sun and Globe
Visiting Cards Through Time In Etiquette Chronicle
Mrs. Burton Kingsland, author of Etiquette for All Occasions, notes early visiting cards rivaled valentines in ornate design. She cites paper and cardboard finishes, lace borders, painted landscapes, and tiny scrollwork with an almost illegible signature as late as the 1840s, reflecting fashion and status.
Police Chief Warns Parents to Keep Children Off Busy Streets
Chief of Police Collins issues an order directing officers to contact parents on their beats and urge daily warnings to children about playing in heavy traffic streets. He cites broken weather and dry streets as prompting more street play and risks from autos and trucks. He urges parental cooperation to prevent injuries and save lives.
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Collins
Salt From Earth Floors in Civil War Salt Substitutes
A Southern woman recalls a Civil War era method to obtain salt by digging earth floors of smoke houses and distilling salt that dripped from cured pork. The practice served as a workable substitute when conventional salt was unavailable due to commerce restrictions.
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Cairo
Damascus
Victor Victrolas
MicHiGan Avenue
J. A. Kollar
M. D
Riverdale
Dolton
WM. C. Zesch Plumbing
Leyden Ave
Avalon Avenue
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago ST
P. B. Goop
Undertaker
Illinois
Indiana
Lincoln Ave
Deltes
P. B. Good
Hammond
Agency XX Century Furnaces
Star Sheet Metal Orks
J. J. Volk
Sohl Street
Ind
Carl Dieck
Lincoln Avenue
A. C. Wesse
Chicago
Main Streets
A. R. Hollender
Michigan Ave
Roseland
Oscar Seagren
Frank C. Ott
Chevrolet
Caley Brothers
Pullman
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