Dolton News Roundup of 1910 Typhoid and Local Happenings
Twenty years ago in Dolton reports note Miss Edna Haas among typhoid victims and updates on locals including Harvey Zimmer and Flor ence. births to Julius Heidenrich and family. Stork visits to John Flahive and Mrs. Reich on Lake Michigan cruise. Dan Perry launches the Iwonda cafe launch for river trips. Mrs. Louisa Mehler hosts 50th birthday with post office service marked. Funeral for Mrs. Bachnam at Berger cemetery.
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Edna Haas
Dolton
Paul Plunkett
Florence
Milwaukee
Wis
Harvey Zimmer
Julius Heidenrich
Heidenrich
John Flahive
Dan Perry
Riverdale Park
Camp McDermott
Johnny Perry
O. F. Reich
Paul Frederick
Lake Michigan
Mackinac
Duluth
Northland
Fredrick Bachnam
Berger Cemetery
Louisa Mehler
Dalton
Homewood Notes Speak Of Yesteryear And A Wedding
Homewood column recalls life 20 to 25 years ago with lanterns and era memories. Michael Kelley visits Riverdale friends to reminisce about older times. Rumor hints Alvin Gold and Iola Dunne wed, with local well wishes. Doepp Soupham Rosenstein and L School families held a picinic near Matteson.
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Louis School
Homewood
Michael Kelley
Riverdale
Mr. Kelley
Alvin Gold
Iola Dunne
Doepp
Soupham
Rosenstein
Matteson
Bad Leadership Quote From Hi Ho in Chinatown
Washington Star quotes Hi Ho the sage of China town saying a leader who led you into four difficulties cannot fix the tangle without risking further harm, likening them to a cat playing with a ball of silk.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
U S Per Capita Wealth Put at 37 30 in Cash
The Treasury estimates each American holds 37.30 in cash as the nation’s per capita wealth. The figure uses a population of 121,213,000 and totals 4,521,832.83 in circulation for June 30 and 4,746,296.62 on June 39.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Ayers
Rose Bush on Coast Weighs In About 40 000 Blooms
The Pacific coast hosts the largest rose bush bearing about 40 000 roses and rosebuds. C L Tucker of Calistoga California planted the Cherokee variety 81 years ago and has never pruned it. The trunk is three feet in circumference. The Olympia Washington bush is smaller at less than two feet in girth.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast
C. L. Tucker
Calistoga
Calif
Washington
Olympia
Suttee Evidence in Prussia
Excavations in Samland East Prussia reveal that ancient Prussian widows were burned on husbands funeral pyres. The findings suggest these people preserved much of their Indo Germanic language and customs.
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Prussia
Samland
East Prussia
Germany
Billy the Kid Resting Place To Be Marked In New Mexico
Yort Sumner New Mexico grave of Billy the Kid to be preserved by the city. Locals who knew the famed outlaw help locate the old cemetery where he rests beside Charley Boudreaux and Tom O Phallion. A concrete curb and slab already mark the site with plans for a marker. Jesus Silva a coroner's juror helped locate the grave.
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Yort Sumner
N. M
Billy the Kid
Kid
Southwest
Charley Boudrey
Tom O'Phallion
Billy
Jesus Silva
Pat Garrett
Silva
Pete Maxwell
Maxwell’s
Garrett
American Traits Honest Hospitality Praise By Britisher
A British traveler writing home from the United States extols two supreme virtues honesty and kindness. He notes Americans hide nothing including vices and admires the royal sense of hospitality. The piece says the chamber of commerce will have welcomed his visit.
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Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles Times
Fishermen Saved Pilgrims Colony
Portsmouth New Hampshire research tied to Massachusetts tercentennial reveals deep sea fishermen aided the 1622 23 winter relief for the Plymouth Pilgrims. Miles Standish led relief from Pannaway later visiting Plymouth, aided by David Thomson and his ten man crew at Odiorne Point.
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Portsmouth
N. J
Iyront
N. H
Massachusetts
Plymouth
England
Atlantic
RAKA
David Thomson
Massachusetts Bay
Thomas
Odiorne’s Point
Ife
Pannaway
Ere
Pikerims
Sping
Miles Standish
Thomson
Standish
Trees Perspire As White Oak Evaporates Water
A local note from Country Home claims a white oak can shed about 130 gallons of water on a hot day. The report highlights tree transpiration and the cooling effect of leaf evaporation.
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Stewart-Warner
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Maryland Avenue
1St Apt
Stewart
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Chicago
Reo
Henry Kooima
South Holland
Harvey
Carr
Interocean
East 134Th Street
Joseph Kwanis
East 144Th Street
Illinois St
Edbrook Ave
IL. C
Reich
144Th Place
Henry Schnoor
158Th Street
Loomis Street
Harry Oosting
Atlantic Street
Stone Road
Carl M. Benck
Grant Park
Ill
G. P
Lincoln Avenue
Maurer
A. Boersma
Pullman
First National Bank of
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Triangle
East 137Th Street
Michigan Avenue
State Street
128Th
139Th Street
Putnam
Emil Verhoeven
144Th Street
John Ravesfoot, Jr
Til
Chas. Milhahn
147Th Street
Michigan Road
Weld
Evers & Son
Clinton Street
Carl Dieck
H. G. Wills
Edbrooke Avenue
Isaac Shilling
159Th Street
Anthony Basile Plumbing
Lincoln Ave
Wm. C. Zesch and Son
Indiana Avenue
Alice
Lip
Homestead
Hot Springs
George Tuch
Peter Farney
Aspen Kruiter
Indiana Ave
Henry W. Schnoor
Majestic Electric
Rudy von Meetern
Telephone
East
137Th Street
Walter R. Stroh
Sanderson Ave
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Frank C. Ott
Chicago St
Gladstone
K. L. Sherrill
Leyden Ave
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