Twenty Years Ago at the Maurer Anniversary Party
Mr and Mrs Wm Maurer celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a home party that grew into a larger gathering. The piece notes plans for future housing by the Professor and mentions social clashes between single and married men as well as several local social updates and a tragic railroad accident involving Truman Smythe, son of C H Smythe.
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Wm. Maurer
Maurer
Barney Jennings
John Stomborski
TF. G Reineh
Viola
Minneapolis
Robert Watson
Chester Union Warehouse
Dolton
Lulu Ward
Oakglen
Grace Diekman
Miss Ward
Andrew
South Holland News Twenty Years Ago Highlights
Mr. Nicholas Berger returned from a three month visit to relatives in St. Paul Newport Minn Isabella South Dakota Almond Fon Du Lac and Waukesha Wis reporting poor surrounding conditions but a bumper hay crop. South Holland Volunteer Fire company welcomed Chief Phillips Chicago Heights Fire Dept who urged better equipment and a pumping engine. Rev Harry Anker traveled to North Carolina for a convention and plans Africa trip. K Van Milligan builds a new house on 159th Street. Kate Brower returned home from Minnesota after visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Peter Dalenberg hosted Mrs E Brown of Champaign over Sunday.
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South Holland News
Nicholas Berger
St. Paul
Newport
Minn
Isabella
South Dakota
Almond
Fon du Lac
Waukesha
Wis
South Holland Volunteer Fire Company
Chief Phillips
Chicago Heights Fire Dept
Harry Anker
North Carolina
Africa
K van Milligan
159Th Street
Kate Brower
Minnesota
Peter Dalenberg
E. Brown
Champaign
Ten Years Ago With the Pointer in Indianapolis
Cyril Des Jeans of Indianapolis visited the Wm Reich family to see his daughter Florence who lives with her aunt Tillie after Mamie Ripley Des Jeans’s death. William Claussen and family prep to return from Three Lakes Wisconsin after two weeks away. Mrs Edward Ripley and daughter Delores accompanied
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Cyril Des Jeans
Indianapolis
Wm. Reich
Florence
Tillie
Mamie Ripley Des Jeans
William Claussen
Three Lakes
Wis
Edward Ripley
Delores
Riverdale Community Notes and Local Transfers
The column lists property transfers in Riverdale including Leyden avenue and Indiana avenue parcels, the Hank property sale, and changes among pioneer families. It mentions residents moving to Chatham Fields, Stacia Hank’s teaching and degree plans, and assorted visits, trips, and social happenings. A band concert is announced for August 14 at 8:00. A Chicago pressman, William Jansen, is on vacation in Detroit with theatre wins noted.
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Three Lakes
Peter Hank
Stacia
Leyden Avenue
Riverdale
Chatham Fields
Evans Ave
Pullman Public
Chicago University
William Jansen
Harvey
Pointer
Detroit
Bill
William Ehlers
Marie
William
Mason Charles
Henry Stier
Shelby, Mich
Herschel Boch
Boch
Michigan
Pioneer
Fordtran Bros
Leyden Ave
L. G. Reich
Helmsoth
Schmidt Corner
137Th
Indiana Ave
Emil Heimsoth
W. C. Zesch
South Holland Citizens Band Elects New Officers
Ten years ago the South Holland Citizens band held its annual election and elected new officers including a president. The report notes the lineup and confirms the leadership roles adopted for the year.
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South Holland News
South Holland Citizens Band
Presi
Opah Caught Off Santa Catalina Seen Rarely in Waters
A rare opah specimen was caught at Santa Catalina Island, twenty five miles off Southern California. The fish is noted for its brilliant colors, silvery iridescent moons on a sapphire blue background, pale pink belly, and vivid scarlet fins. The body is nearly round.
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Santa Catalina Island
California
History of the Fan A chronicle from ancient times to modern taste
A Kansas City Star piece traces the fan from ancient to modern use. It notes queens and playwrights shaping fan lore and marks the first recorded fans in China’s Chow dynasty era. The tale includes emperors, empresses, and a line about Fred Herron of Montclair being stung by a wasp in a hairbrush.
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Kansas City Star
Cupid
Zephyr
Psyche
Waripides
Elizabeth
Shakespeare
Titania
Fred Herron
Montclair
N. J
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Minnie Shilling
Minnie Gouwens
Edgerton
John van Vuren
Margaret Gouwens
Carlsbad
N. M
Petronella Smits
R. Smits
Ben Kempstra
Lansingsby
van Dyk
J. R. Cox
Chicago
Sarah Black
Electrolux
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
Governon
Dtonnen
Illinois State
Springfield
C. W. Hinck
WLS
Broadcast—Society
Ilinois
Racing—Society
Farm Bureau
Illinois Hound Show
University of Chicago
Arthur J. Dempster
Physics
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