Rent Cut for Every Child Born in Walsh Household
Riverdale police officer W Li am Walsh and his wife Mary welcomed another baby, prompting landlord John McElligott to deduct $1 from Walshs rent for each child. Walsh now has seven girls and six boys, ages up to two years, and he remains an expert revolver shot and Gaelic musician.
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W.liam Walsh
Kensington
Walsh
Mary
Terry Avenue
John McElgot
Kensington Station
Perry Avenue
John
McElligott
Nhow
Perfume Absorbed by Eggs From a Cologne Case
An Englishman warns a druggist that eggs near perfume can absorb odors. He recalls perfumes seeping into egg phosphates and advises moving eggs away. The clerk, noting prior complaints, relocates the fragrance display to avoid spoiled flavors.
Texas Land Offer For Rich Gulf Coast Soil
Advertises Texas gulf coast land with deep soil and high rainfall, suitable for citrus, cotton, vegetables, and more. States two-crop potential, year-round growing, and markets. Lands available from ten acres up, priced 35 to 100 dollars per acre. Excursions on the first and third Tuesday monthly. Contact H A Wichmann, R No 1, Vesper Wis.
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United States
Gulf Coast
Texas
H. A. Wichmann
Vesper Wis
Woman's Life in Portugal Shows Women Share Heavy Labor
The Christian Herald notes in the Portugal scene that women perform farm work and heavy city labor, leaving men to carpentry and cask-making. Women dig, hoe, plow, haul coal, and work as porters and dock laborers while also serving at seaside hotels. The piece contrasts their strength with romantic notions and suggests reformers would misread national labor norms.
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Portugal
Tle
Therald
Memorial to French Ambassadors in Paris Slab Planned
A Paris ministry of foreign affairs wall will gain a second black marble slab listing ambassadors and diplomatic agents who fell in duty. The commemorative roll, starting from Louis XIV, may be the first of its kind worldwide and could include figures from the 1857 Chinese war era as examples of past indignities and cruelties endured.
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Ministry For Foreign Affairs
Paris
Germany
Louis XIV
Rassatt
Notice To Contractors Dalton School Building Bid Offer
Sealed proposals are invited for a two story brick school building on Lincoln Avenue in Dalton Illinois. Bids due by 8 00 PM May 8 1911 to the Secretary at Park Avenue School. 2 percent certified check with bid. Plans from architect G W Ashby Medinah Building Chicago. Deposit $5 returned with drawings. Dalton School Board District 148 reserves right to reject bids. George H Schaefer president EF Robison clerk.
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Sncoln Ave
Dalton
Thornton
County of
Cook
Ilinois
Fadians Neen
EF. W. Robison
Oldest Civic Regalia The Crystal Mace of London
The 18 inch crystal and gold shaft mace dates from Saxon times and symbolizes sovereign power of the city. It is the oldest civic regalia in the world and is shown only at the Lord Mayor induction on November 8 and at the sovereigns coronation.
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London
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Kernan Ripley
Mose
Sherwin-Williams
Cruse
Averdale and Dolton
Riverdale
Dolton
South Holland
Peter J. VanDrunen
Bell System
Bell Telephone
Bell Service
Chicago Telephone Company
Call Main 294
Washington Street
Officer McElligett
Neatle Caiouns Record-Herald
Walsh and
McElliget
Sherwin- Willams
Oruso
Kern & Kipley’s
Homewood
N. F. Johnson
Mesr
Fred L. Logan
Prop
The
Calumet Hotel and Buffet
137Th Street
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