Mohawks Extend Winning Streak with Roseland Victory
The Mohawks defeated the Colored Aces of Roseland by a 6 to 4 score to extend their win streak. After scoreless innings, the Mohawks plated two in the fourth and four in the sixth, highlighted by Bud Lieb’s second homer of the season. Strunen pitched well apart from a rough eighth inning. Next Sunday the Mohawks face the Oak Forest Young Men's club.
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Mohawks
Colored Aces
Roseland
Bud” Lieb
Strunen
Eigth
Young Men’s Club
Oak Forest
Wildlife fades as cities draw away nature’s remnants
The Wheeling Intelligencer notes wildlife is vanishing, with much of the remaining creature life venturing to cities. The piece reflects on rural habitats shrinking as urban centers expand and dominate.
Mexican Workman Killed Stopping Coal Cars at Yard
Alex Moralea, 29, a Mexican worker for the Indiana Harbor Belt line, was killed Saturday afternoon at the 140th street yard while trying to block five rolling empty coal cars with a wooden wedge. Eye witness Clarence Gruhlke reported the accident occurred when the catch failed and Moralea slipped under the rear car. He died en route to St Francis hospital. Moralea resided at the Mexican colony near 138th and Racine.
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Blue Island Sun
Alex Moralea
Indiana Harbor Belt Line
140Th Street
Clarence Gruhlke
Emerald Avenue
Moralea
Krueger
St. Francis Hospital
Offiais
138Th
Racine
Positive stance on forest fires from Haverhill Gazette
The Haverhill Evening Gazette laments a lack of dramatic fires and notes the paper prides itself on never having started a forest fire. The lighthearted item frames the boast as a local curiosity rather than a crisis or event.
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Haverhill
Expansion figures for wood and steel per degree
The data compares linear expansion of pine wood and cast steel. Wood expands about 0.00000276 per degree Fahrenheit while steel expands about 0.00000636 per degree, indicating steel grows roughly 2.3 times more than wood for the same temperature rise.
Village Board Notes On Infrastructure And Finances
President Price urged weed abatement on Indiana avenue south of 139th. The clerk to notify Chicago Title & Trust Co. to cut weeds. Lights installed by Illinois Central R. A. at 138th and 137th streets subway. Crossings at 137th Place 138th Street and Indiana avenue need repairs. railroad notified. Fire hydrant planned at 18th and LaSalle. Finances deemed too low. hydrants painted and inspected. coal bid for 40 tons sought. Arcady Farms Milling Co. project referred to committee. Health ordinance draft and printing cost discussed. William Graves named special police officer.
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Price
Indiana Avenue
139Th
Chicago Title & Trust Co
Reich
Illinois Central R. A
138Th
137Th Streets
Panhandle
137Th Place
138Th Street
Focahontas
Arcady Farms Milling Co
Cork
Ivanhod Garden Club
Baumgartner
Robert Livers
O’connor
Lansing
Arcady Farm Milling Company
Hazen
William Graves
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Greenwood Road
159Th Street
Harry Boomsma
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton Bib
Edbrooke Avenue
Riverdale
Edbrook Ave
I. C. el
August C. Reich
Interocean
144Th Place
Henry Schnoor
Chicago Street
Maurer
S. A. Boersma
Pullman
First National Bank of Dolton
Lincoln Avenue School
Triangle
East
137Th Street
Michigan Avenue
State Street
188Th
139Th Street
Ss. Putnam
Emil Verhoeven
144Th Street
John Ravesloot, Jr
George Tuch
Peter Farney
Aspen Kruiter
Indiana Ave
Walter R. Stroh
Sanderson Ave
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Frank C. Ott
Chicago St
Broadway Auto Supply Co
153Rd and
Broadway
Weare
Evers & Son
Clinton Street
Malloy Coal Co
Carl Dieck
H. G. Wills
Twin City Garage
Motorists Association of Illinois
H. W. Monk
Joseph Locher
Isaac Shilling
Anthony Basile Plumbing
Lincoln Ave
Conrad Kern
Dolton Hardware and Paint Store
Primrose Coal Tit
Steve
G. R. Collinson Coal Yard
Park Ave
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A.R. Harris
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Gladstone
K. L. Sherrill
Leyden Ave
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