Public School Summer Projects and Local Games Report
Students at Riverdale School District 133 enroll in Summer School Home Projects including Garden Canning Poultry Pet Stock and Wage projects with numerous pupils named. The district notes several baseball practice games, upcoming home and away matches, and schedule changes during vacation week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen School
Dolton_ Boys
Vivian Dickelman
Lily Matz
Robert Lind
Herman Baumgartner
Arthur Krueger
Alice Boyens
Herbert Brady
Evelyn Nimtz
Delores Ripley
Anna Engelhardt
Clifton McGehee
Loretta Marten
Edw S Boyens
Ivan Fischer
Chester Boyens
Arthur Wilkens
Crece Tengler
Gordon Claussen
Harold Wilson
Lee Gladstone
Gertrude Engelhardt
Gertrude Baumgartner
Grace Dengler
Pearl Reed
Viola Reich
Sophia Palchinsky
Margery Putnam
Irene Nimtz
Mildred Stutzhem
Virgil Bigger
Edw. Boyens
Milton Engelhardt
Andrew Baumgartner
Kenneth Lentz
Arthur Wil
Globe
Board of Directors
McKinley School
McKinley
Country Life
Junior High News Highlights Eighth Grade Activities
Willard Montgomery won an oil painting prize for the best art poster. Eighth grade students wear class rings. Eugene Ellison joins the seventh grade. Science students study birds and write about their haunts and habits, building bird houses to present to the class. Baseball captains are Earl Jenness and J. C. Reynolds. A guest visited the eighth grade English class taught by Miss Hanson. The Cinderella operetta is postponed to May sixth. The 8A class enjoys history with Mr. Fuller, focusing on Labor. Lucile Dalgarno’s death saddens the Highth Grade. she is buried Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. Six girls serve as flower girls and six boys as pallbearers. a junior high committee sends roses in sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Montgomery
Mr. Fuller
Eugene Ellison
Miss Hanson
Lucile Dalgarno
Yard master uses loudspeakers to direct trains at Markham yards
The Illinois Central yard at Markham switches from runners to voice commands. Eleven loudspeakers and ten microphones spread through the yards let crews two miles away hear the yardmaster directing trains. The system saves substantial time by transmitting orders verbally from the office.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Markham Yards
New
Milliner badge leads Girl Scouts toward future shoppe
Girl Scouts work on proficiency badges with a focus on the Milliner badge. Many have finished hats and plan to open a Millinery Shoppe. The group notes an upcoming May 18, 1926 annual investiture and a display of year’s work. They seek discarded wardrobes or cupboards for donations and prepare for summer camp. The May Festival in Chicago on May 1 at the Coliseum draws several participants. Uniform rules stressed: shoes and stockings to match, no silk stockings, and alternatives for nonuniform wearers.
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Chicago and
Cook County
Coliseum
15Th Street
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Bundle Day Observance Promoted by Near East Relief Effort
Chicago and surrounding areas prepare for Bundle Day on May 5 with schools distributing literature and guiding students to bundle stations. Superintendent Wm. McAndrew describes the act as thrift and charity, urging parcels of cast-off clothing to Near East Relief at 328 W. Polk Street, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Wm. McAndrew
Near East Relief
Care of
Western Warehousing Company
W. Polk Street
Fuller’s Earth For Brakes Bulletin Warns Use
Fuller's earth may be applied to slippery brakes as advised by Chicago Motor Club mechanical first aid department. If dusting proves difficult the earth can be mixed with gasoline and applied with an oil can. The text notes broken starter pinions or twisted starter springs often result from starting with spark advance.
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Mechanical First Aid Department
Chicago Motor Club
When you tells you trouble to a friend Uncle Eben says
A Washington Star quotation with Uncle Eben remarking that telling trouble to a friend makes him wonder if the speaker deserved the misfortune for being foolish. The line captures a moral stance on sharing woes with others.
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Eben
Washington Star
Why Mail is Lost During Moving Season in Chicago
Postmaster Arthur C. Lueder reports over 600000 address changes filed at the Chicago Post Office in the past year. Many movers failed to notify the post office, leaving first class mail and parcel post undelivered and newspapers and circulars destroyed. Citizens should notify the post office and publishers of address changes to avoid delays and congestion.
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Chicago
Arthur C. Lueder
The Most Fascinating Thing Is a Secret Revealed
A compact reflection on how hidden knowledge enhances curiosity and drives discovery, suggesting that the thrill lies in uncovering what remains concealed. It implies that awareness transforms mystery into insight, altering perception and value.
Arab Pearl Diver Survives Submersion Record
An Arab pearl diver stayed under seven fathoms of water for 109 seconds on April 13 1887 proving remarkable diving endurance and resilience amid perilous depths reported by contemporaries.
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Bowen
Riverdale
Lois Lembcke
J. C. Reynolds
Ernest Strassenberg
Mary Stepinski
Frances Thompson
Denver
Japan
Billy Albrecht
Madeline Daniels
Earl Jenness
Lady Washington
Fray’s
Dolton
Michigan City Road
Oakland Cemetery
Miles
Gladstone CO
Auly Uci Ravenus
Yacht Club
National Biscuit Co
Welch’s
Rumford
Climax
Nere
New York
Bugs
Gladstones
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