Dolton Village to Levy Special Water Main Assessment
The Village of Dolton Board orders a special assessment to fund a connected cast iron water main system across streets including 147th Street Ingleside and Ellis avenues. The final hearing for Dalton Special Assessment No. 17 is August 16, 1926 at 10 o'clock, with ten annual installments at 6 percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
147Th Street
Irving Avenue
Ellis Avenue
Ingleside Avenue
146Th Street
Greenwood Road
Drexel Avenue
Fairview Avenue
145Th Street
Dalton
County of Conk
State of Illinois
County Court
Cook County
Illinois
A. D
Joseph L. Locher
Notice to Contractors for Dolton Street Improvements
Sealed bids for paving grading draining and roadway improvement on Chicago Street in Dolton Cook County Illinois will be opened August 9 1926 at 8 p m at the village hall. Bids require 10 percent certified funds and performance bonds. contract payment in bonds bearing 6 percent interest. rejection rights reserved.
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Board of Local Improvements
Dolton
Chicago Street
Cook County
Illinois
Dalton
William G. Dolton
Secreary Board of Local Improvements
Remembered school declamations in Harrisburg Telegraph
A nostalgic note recalls a school boy’s showoff reciting The Charge of the Light Brigade and a girl’s recitation Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight, as published in the Harrisburg Telegraph.
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Light Brigade
Harrisburg Telegraph
Death Toll Rises as Floods Worsen Across Regions
Floods in Niigata region threaten Niigate City as Shinano river tributaries surge. Tokyo reports 200 dead and 200 missing from drownings while Porto Rico hurricane victims exceed 100 dead and 400 wounded. Bahamas toll reaches 146 with 400 missing. Nassau suffers major wreckage and $8 million in damage. Florida losses exceed $1 million.
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Tokyo
Niigata
Niigate
Shinano
Nassau
Bahamas
Florida
Isle of Gun Key
Miami
Palm Beach
West Palm Beach
Cummins Dies of Heart Attack in Des Moines
Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa died at his Des Moines home from heart disease after years of ill health. Despite a recent primary defeat by Smith W. Brookhart, family and associates rejected claims his death stemmed from a broken heart over not winning renomination.
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Sen. Cummins
Iowa
Des Moines
Albert B. Cummins
Washington
Smith W. Brookhart
Barrett Girl Fails to Swim English Channel
Miss Clarabelle Barrett of New Rochelle New York failed in her attempt to swim the English Channel. She neared Cape Gris Nez France before exhaustion forced her from the water after 21 hours 25 minutes in the sea.
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Barrett
Dover
England
Clarabelle Barrett
New Rochelle
N. Y
English Channel
Cape Gris Nez
France
Two Naval Airmen Killed in Vineyard Haven Crash
Washington report states Lieut H. F Council and Aviator Mate O Giddens died when their plane crashed near Vineyard Haven Massachusetts. The tragedy follows a naval air incident as investigators review the cause and tally casualties.
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Washington
Vineyard Haven
Mass
H. F Council
Giddens
Coolidge Secretary Leaves for Boston for Treatment
Paul Smith, President Coolidge’s secretary, departed New York for Boston to undergo treatment for intestinal influenza.
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Coolidge
Paul Smith
N. Y
Everett Sanders
President Coolidge
Boston
Illinois State News Highlights and Local Events
Notable losses include Oscar O. Lytt of Rock Island and banker William F. Baker of Kinsman. Urbana Chief of Police Parsons resigns. Marion Pinkham dies from baseball injury. Illinois officials appoint R. B. Miller as chief forester. Coal mining near Herrin booms after months of activity. Trap shooting tourney set for Danville August 10-11. Beekeepers tour northern Illinois starting August 10. Du Page deputies raid a barn near Wheaton finding a 1000 gallon still. commissioner Dieter’s arrest ordered. Centennial Methodist church in Vermilion county celebrated in Indianola. M Rice wins Democratic nomination in the Forty-third district. Greer concedes. Illinois Manufacturers oppose proposed revenue amendment. Bankers’ field day highlights Sinnissippi farm near Oregon under Lowden. Abraham Lincoln tomb visit planned for September 18 with a large Legion parade in Springfield.
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Oscar O. Lytt
First Trust & Savings Bank
Rock Island
William Parsons
Urbana
Marion Pinkham
Christopher
R. B. Miller
Forester
Illinois
W. J. Stratton
Ilinois and
Indiana Sportsmens Gun Club
Danville
William F. Baker
Kinsman
Streator
Shirley D. Smith
Fourteenth Immigration District
Buffalo
Chicago
Herrin
Southern Illinois
Journalism Department
The
University of Ilinois
Ilinois Press Association
Illinois Beekeepers’ Association
Vermilion County
Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Indianola
Mattoon
M. P. Rice
Lewiston
Ita
Association
Frank Qrrin Lowden
Oregon
Bankers
Lowden
University of Ilinois Agricultural College
Agricultural Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Ilinois Bankers’ Association
J. RB. McQuigg
American Legion Convention
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Oaklawn
Peter A. Anker
Chicago Road
South Holland
Ill
Lephone
He Oland
Oaklawn Cemetery Association
Laws of Illinois
Marquette
South Dearborn Street
Randolph
S. A. Blish
F. E. Hanna
Co. L. van Valkenburg
T. C. Jones
San Juan
Porto Rico
Chardon
Illinois State News
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