Twenty Years Ago With The Pointer Highlights Local News
Birth of a 12 pound baby boy to Mr and Mrs Albert Beck on Tuesday July 28. W S Wilcox of Barnard Seed Co buys the Dutch Reformed Church parsonage on Park Ave Dolton for 3250. Lightning damages John Faden residence near Dolton and insurance claim filed with A D Diekhman. loss settled in three days. Attorney John A Verhoeven runs for supreme court clerk in the state of Illinois on the Democratic ticket. strong local support cited. Alma Lund travels to Winnipeg Canada due to uncle Cr Anderson’s illness and death aged 182. funeral held Wednesday. Miss Fireda Findling of Hammond visits Miss Augusta Wulff.
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Albert Beck
W. S. Wilcox
Barnard Seed Company
Park Avenue
Dolton
John Faden
Os Diekhman
Winnipeg
Lnnd
Fireda Findling
Hammond
Augusta Wulff
Social notes and local incidents from South Holland
Mrs. De Young and Mrs. Vanderbilt of Chicago visit Mr. and Mrs. A. Bardwick. Tyse Vanderaa recovers from illness with a new abdominal abscess. Lina Gouwens of Three Oaks visits Wim Gouwens. Harry Yoma family visit Mich wan relatives. A Chicago Heights boy injured boarding a moving tram in Godlock, toes crushed. physician treated the wound. Tilstra's new store progress includes a laid brick and near roof completion.
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South Holland
de Young
Vanderbilt
Chicago
A. Bardwick
Tyse Vanderaa
Lina Gouwens
Three Oaks
Mich
Wim. Gouwens
Harry Yoma
Michwan
Godlock
Chicago Heights
Tilstra
Ten Years Ago With The Pointer Visit And Trip Notes
Mrs Cornelius De Ridder visited her daughter Mrs Louis Walters and family at Chesterton Indiana. Mr and Mrs August Grapenthien and their five daughters and one son traveled overland to Sutherland.
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Cornelius de Ridder
Louis Walters
Chesterton
Ind
August Grapenthien
Sutherland
Family trips and business moves recounted in Chicago and midwest
The report details several families traveling from Iowa to Chicago and back, noting visits to Buffalo Niagara Falls Detroit and New York. It mentions the Goos family residence in Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Propper visiting Elkheart Indiana, and ice cream and cigar dealer Doc Leason in Oshkosh selling his business with a royal purchase offer and plans to sell everything down to his undershirt if the price is right.
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Iowa
Gus
Henry Goos
Thei
Mai
Anu Dirs
Peter Buschbaker
Bertha Peterson
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Cheago
Goos
S. Honore Street
Chicago
Riverdale
Wm. F. Propper
Mabel
Elkhart
Ind
Inadu
Detroit
New York
Clarence Propper
Henry
Leason
Oshkosh
Wis
Diggins
Greece
Doc
Illinois Motor Fuel Tax Allotments and County Variances
Illinois counties receive a June motor fuel tax allotment totaling 1 066 870 72 with 187 500 reserved for emergency relief bond payments. Cook county loses 126 991 70 from its share. Kane county gets 21 317 67 while Pope county receives 480 67. Separately farmers with corn hog loans gain a September extension. some loans excluded. Rockford area report of confidence men posing as tax collectors warns merchants to verify credentials.
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Ilinois
K. L. Ames
State of Illinois
Cook County
Ames
Cook
Kane County
Pope County
Rockford
Illinois
K. T. Ames, Jr
Department of Finance
Carly
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Texaco Gas & Oils
Firestone ” “Tires
Pohlers and
Monarch Roofing CompAny
Henry N. Yonker
Perry Avenue
Commodore
Pointer
A. F. Bueschel
South
Richmond Street
Bueschel
S. Richmond St
Mr. Bueschel
Gas Heating Division
Public Service Company OF
Northern
Publi Service Company
Illinois State News
Walter W. McLaughlin
State Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Universal Electric
M. Haddon
Dengler
Engle St
Dolton, NL
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