Homewood News Highlights Local Moves and Events
Mr. Geo Merten visits Marble Colorado to see son Henry in business. Albert Tomacheck and wife return to Canada after a stay and plan to visit relatives in North Dakota. Local: a new water extension ordinance discussed, meters numbered 56, and a missing- farm theft. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Bramstaedt. car party hosted by Harry Wise. Fire destroys a barn in Homewood. department saves nearby buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Merten
Marble, Col
Henry
South Holland Notes Highlight Local Life And Movements
Mr and Mrs B J VanDrunen welcome a baby girl born Wednesday. Mies Cornelia Walvoord visited Dr and Mrs Walvoord and plans to teach in Kentucky next year. Rev Hematra of Grand Rapids preached at the First Reformed. Rev A K DeBoer to preach Sunday while Rev VanDuine is in Zeeland. VanDerGeisen moved from Bruin flat to G Hoekstra’s former Phoenix house. VanDuine family returns from Michigan. Miss Mary Paarlberg and Cornelia Dalenberg vacationing in Grand Haven. Alice Van Buren recovering from pneumonia. Jennie Dykstra improving. Local youths enjoyed a gathering at Henry DeYoung’s home. Miss Anna Gibson visiting Wm Gibson. returned to South Bend. Mrs Van Buren back from South Dakota visit. Nellie and Cora Bardwick visiting relatives in Chadwick. Comments on motorcycling and dog pups. Mrs Paul Divner of Victoria Fla and Nellie and Bessie Gordon of Chicago visiting Katherine DeYoung. Mrs Tunis DeBeeten and Geneva of Chicago visiting. Notices issued for cement walks on 158th and 159th streets with limited approval. Dick Reitveld sidelined by internal injuries. Fred Cook reports Barber Special thriving with clipping customers. Village Board hires John Kraag Harvey, J P DeYoung and N VanDeran to update lighting plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Tomacheck
Verhoeven
Henry Utermark
Detroit
Mich
H. Kitterer
Henry
Harwood and
Pubrman
F.H. Gold
Gleason
Johnson Subdivision
Board of Local Improvements
Reich
Fred Bramstaedt
Fred
Fritz Pubrman
Plattdeutche Gilde
Hammond
Ind
Emil Eblert
Bchoof
Homewood
Chicago Mheights Hospital
Fred Rehberg
Christ Nuesler, Jr
Sid Steiner
Herman Ehlbrecht
Ehlebrecht
B. J. VanDrunen
Mies Cornelia Walvoord
Wm. van der Geisen
Bruin
G. Hoekstra
Phoenix
Anna Gibson
Wm. Gibson
South Bend
Mrs. van Buren
South Dakota
Nellie
Cora Bardwick
Chadwick
Ill
Mra
Paul Divner
Victoria
Fla
Bessie Gordon
Chicago
Katherine DeYoung
Tunis DeBeeten
Geneva
Community Picnics Announced for Riverdale Area
George Washington Lodge 189 schedules a picnic at Riverdale Park on Sunday August 18 1912. St Mary's congregation plans a Riverdale Horns Grove Labor Day picnic on September 2 1912. Silver Leaf Pleasure Club to picnic at Riverdale Park on Sunday Bapt 1st. Ed Ditlner to host a Moonlight picnic at Dillingers Grove on Saturday evening August 10th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Lodge No. 189
Riverdale Park
St. Mary's
Ditlner
Dillner's Grove
Deaths in Thornton and nearby towns
Mrs. Louis Polkow of Thornton aged 71 died suddenly at a Frauen Verein meeting at a neighbor's home. Funeral was Monday with burial at Thornton cemetery. Arthur Dickelman 18 months son of Mr and Mrs Wm Dickelman of horiton died last Sunday and was buried Tuesday. Otto Schroeder step son of Mr Chas Warnicke formerly of Riverdale died August 3 1912 in Nunea Michigan aged 28. funeral Tuesday. Relatives from Riverdale attended and Mr Warnicke's family extends thanks for sympathies. R J McGarvie of Chicago and Riverdale Lumber Co staff was called to Decatur Ill. mother died and burial held at Keokuk Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Polkow
Thornton
Frauen Verein
Muha
Thornton Cemetery
Arthur Dickelman
Wm. Dickelman
Horiton
Otto Schroeder
Chas. Warnicke
Riverdale
Nuncia
Mich
Warnicke
Nuneia
Michigan
Otto
John Krug
Laura Krug
M. A. Strassenburg
Ella
Louis Kummerlebne
Oswald Obelrobel
Wm. Groetzinger
R. J. McGarvie
Chicago and Riverdale Lumber Co
Decatur, Ill
Keokuk
Iowa
Dolton Seeks Watchman Bids for Electric Light Plant
Notice states bids for the watch man position at the Electric Light plant in Dolton will be received at the village office until August 19. The notice is signed by WM. G. Dolton, Village Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
WM. G. Dolton
Hit and Miss Columns Stir Readers With Odd Anecdotes
A collage of snippets features an Irishman outrun by a train, a New York doctor on parlor matches, a 16 year old aviator taking his mother to 3000 feet, Taft and Wilson campaign wordplay, and a parade of humorous self descriptions. The item previews light editorial fodder in a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Taft
Notice to bid on Lincoln Avenue paving Dolton Illinois 1911
Sealed proposals will be received by the President and Board of Trustees of Dolton Illinois until 8 PM August 19 1911 for supplying materials and constructing a sixteen foot wide pavement on Lincoln Avenue. About 1370 square yards of asphalt bound macadam surface. Plans and specs on file with Village Clerk and Central Engineering Bureau Chicago. Proposals must be on blank forms with cash or certified check for 1-10 of bid and payment is in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Illinois
Lincoln Avenue
Central Engineering Bureau
Monadnock Block
Chicago
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