Twenty Years Ago in The Pointer Local Notes
A column of light local items from William Stutzreim and others. Birth of a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Stutzreim. Matthew Dreger heads to New Ulm to work with uncle Anton Stiemann. Felix Stout reported seriously ill at Riverdale home. Socials, preparing trips to Milwaukee and Oshkosh, a Kankakee outing, plus civic notes on railway workers, repairs, and a plan for fruit cars from Homewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stutzreim
Billy
Matthew Dreger
New Ulm
Minn
Anton Stiemann
Felix Stout
Calumet Avenue
Riverdale
Jack Johnson
Dan Sparr
Silver Leaf Pleasure Club
Florence
Violet Hedtke
Fred Kerr
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Windine
Wis
Bowen
Dalton
Kankakee
Louis Wertman
John
William van Deursen
M. R. Weidner
J. O. Nairn
A. 8. Dickman
Alma Lund
Grace Dickman
Joseph Tluskinas
Chicago
Pennsylvania
G. E. Richeson
E. M. Wahmhoff
Henry Knuth
Gus” Fleischhauerer
Riverdale Park
Wisconsin
O. K
Edmund Claussen
Fort Benton
Montana
Mrs. Claussen
Mrs. Timmerman
Mr. Claussen
Horse scare causes buggy wrecks in Homewood
Last week horses frightened by a Guest Candy Company auto truck caused multiple wrecks around Homewood. Mrs August Bramstaedt suffered a bad shake up as her horse bolted. A buggy was smashed and Mr H Meinheid injured his back while Mrs Meinheid escaped with minor injuries near H Selter's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Bramstaedt
Guest Candy Company
H. Meinheid
H. Selter
South Holland Guests and Local Movements Twenty Years Ago
South Holland notes list visits by N. J. Gouwens and Harold Laar of Gano to A. Dalen berg family, Blink siblings with Roseland relatives, Jacob Trapp leaving for Fox Lake Wisconsin, and Robert Treemstra to oversee local affairs. Mrs Tyse of New Holland Michigan visits, Miss Kate Bessie and Marion Gouwens visit Milwaukee relatives, Annie Gibson returns from South Bend, Tuinis VanderAa reports set clipping and 1100 pounds sown with a good crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland
N. J. Gouwens
Harold Laar
Gano
A. Dalenberg
William
Henry
Nellie
Maggie Blink
Roseland
Jacob Trapp
Fox Lake
Wis
Robert Treemstra
Mrs. Tyse
New Holland
Mich
Kate
Bessie
Marion Gouwens
Milwaukee
Annie Gibson
South Bend
Wm. Gibson
Tuinis VanderAa
Pan American Airways Wins Bangor Halifax Air Route Bid
One bid for the Bangor Maine to Halifax Nova Scotia air mail line was received, from Pan American Airways at two dollars per mile. Washingtonians sleeping in parks receive state help to avoid heat, with police to check on them between ten and seven thirty. War department pledges inland waterways program funding with a 530000 dollar Warrior river allotment in Alabama. Shipping board weighs government equity transfer in Chapman lines to aid Roosevelt lines amid economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Maine
Halifax
N. 8
Pan-American Airways Company
War Department
Uurley
Warrior River
Alabama
International Mercantile Marine Corporation
Roosevelt Lines
Chapman Lines
Shipping Board
Pontiac Teller Sentenced for Theft of Bank Funds
Eugene A. Darmenter, 31, former First State Savings teller in Miram ingham, confessed to stealing 25,500 over four years. Judge Frank L. Covert sentenced him to four and a half to fifteen years in Michigan State Prison at Jackson, with the minimum term recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Mich
Eugene A. Darmenter
First State Savings Bank of
Mirmingham
Michigan State
Jackson
Frank L. Covert
Transit Pulse: Chicago Rail Passengers Per Minute
The article notes that each minute of the day 272 railroad passengers arrive or depart from Chicago’s nine railroad stations, highlighting heavy rail activity and commuter movement across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lansing News Highlights Local Socials and a Fatal Crash
The page reports social visits among Lansing residents with Chicago guests and telegrams. It details a deadly crash on Tor rence Avenue with two killed, two injured, and identifies the victims as Joe Balta and Steve Miller of East Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Shupp
Chicago
Weston Benjamin
Chicago University
Seevers
Benjamin
Lewis Ladislas
Bickner
Clinton
Ind
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Lansing
U. S
Aviation Post No
American Legion
Benjamin F. Wyatt
Forest Ridge Tavern
Torrence Avenue
179Th Street
Joe Balta
148Rd Street
East Chicago
Steve Miller
Emlyn Place
Balta
Community Motors Co
Miller
Super Heater Co
Henry Jaeger
East
Chicago Avenue
Andrew Mastey
143Rd Street
Jaeger
Mastey
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Hammond
Frank Lange
Christ Miller Jr
Passevant Hospital
Christ Miller
Lutheran Trinity Church
Thornton Forest Preserve
Crete
King of
Albert Kindt
Wabash Street
Roy Kindt
Lansing Banco Club
Leo Barth
Indiana Avenue
Ida Beck
Wm. Gutowski
Paul Klitzkie
Azer Dawson
West 183Rd Street
L. E. Huguelet
West 59Th Place
Chicago Lawn
Helen Horn
Southern California Avenue
Arthur Frese
Chicago Motor Coach Co
Armour & Co
Union Stock Yards
183Rd Street
James Gilfillan
South
Carpenter Street
Art Frese
Frank Shonbok
Oak Glen
Shonhok
Decatur
Mich
Johannah Hart
Frankie
Miss Hart
Cedar Lake
Frank Frese
Frese
F. J. Standinger
South Peoria Street
Azor Dawson
Lexington
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188Th Street
Lincoln Avenue
Phone Dolton
Voss
Maytag
Michigan Avenue
Wm. Maurer
Tel
Interocean
Margaret St
Dolton
Eubrooke Avenue
A. C
State Street
Ill
Harvey
Main Street
Tinois Street
Wabash Avenue
Lewis Kala
Ifalsted Street
Louis Rubinkc
Sheridan Avenue
W. van Keppel
Vincennes Avenue
Harvey, Ill
Wm. P. Paarlberg
167Th Street
Chicago Road
Cut Rate Watch Shop
Indiana Ave
Fray’s Flower Shop
Dolton Auto Laundry
Chicago Street
Hulda Hecht
John Dickman
Morris and
Elm Streets
August Staedtke
Louis Mueller
Fred Gold
Florida
Homewood Fruit Farm
Homewood
Homewood News
Louis
K. L. Sherrill
Leyden Ave
Gladstone
Res
Henry W. Schncor
Walter R. Stroh
Sanderson Ave. Dolton, Ii
Washington Briefs
A. W. Hamann
St. Michigan Ave
THE
F. & M. Laundry
la Salle St. Riverdale
A. J. Allen
Prop
Riverdale, IL
Isaac Shilling
E. 159Th St. South Holland
George Tuch
Peter Farney
Aspen Kruater
Anthony Basile Plumbing
Lincoln Ave
Ini, Cee Ee Ae
Alr
Harris
Hohman St
Carondolet
Carl Dieck
Telephone
Wm. C. Zesch and Son
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