Calumet City News Roundup of Local Trips Events and Notices
Calumet City residents report visits to Milwaukee Madison Detroit and Canada as families travel for vacations and reunions. The Temple theatre hosts a premier musical Honeymoon drawing record crowds. Water main assessments urge prompt payments to avoid spring tax rush. Mosquitoes surge with warm weather prompting smudge fires oil sprays and preventative measures. A local arrest cites enforcement of traffic rules after a boulevard incident. A Beck reunion occurs in Mt Gilead Ohio as other residents enjoy trips to Ohio Michigan and Fox River Grove.
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F. Calzaretta
Viola
Nancy
Forsythe Avenue
Calumet City
Fox Hotel
Fox River Grove
Auto Collision Injures Two Men in Hammond
Arthur Schultz and Walter Schmidt of Lansing are hospitalized in St Margaret s hospital Hammond with injuries from a Sunday evening crash at Kenwood avenue and State Line street Hammond. Schultz has a dislocated hip and cuts. Schmidt a head wound and body bruises. Ruth Keller of Roselawn Avenue Hammond drove west on Kenwood and turned south at the corner, colliding with Schultz s car and sending it into a ditch.
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Arthur Schultz
Walter Schmidt
Lansing
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Hammond
Kenwood Avenue
State Line Street
Ruth Keller
Roselawn Avenue
Kenwood
Schultz
Schmidt
Calumet City Woman's Club Plans October Social
The Calumet City Woman's Club met with strong attendance and adopted resolutions on the new post office. Members enrolled. Ellen Hokenson and Mildred visited Forsythe avenue and returned to Sabetha Kansas. Gus Katsos traveled to Milwaukee for the funeral of her uncle Lorraine Walsh. Miss Walsh had tonsil surgery and is recovering at home.
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Calumet City Woman’s Club
Ellen Hokenson
Mildred
Frank Willis
Forsythe Avenue
Sabetha
Kansas
Gus Katsos
Detroit Street
Milwaukee
Lorraine Walsh
Douglas Avenue
Shower Honors Miss Koch at Ingraham Avenue
E Ethier hosted a kitchen shower for Miss Romaine Koch of Ingraham Avenue in honor of her marriage to Mr. William Ferrill Brown of Chicago on August 25. The dec orated home featured orchid and pink astor baskets matching wedding colors. Guests played dance with prizes won by Mrs. Earl F. DeWolf and Mrs. George E. Kingston. A luncheon followed with bride colors dominant and many useful gifts presented to the bride.
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Edward Sweeney
Forsythe Avenue
Edward
Aug. Radzijewski
Calumet City
Grand Rapids
Mich
E. Ethier
Ingraham Avenue
Romaine Koch
William Ferrill Brown
Chicago
Ill
Earl F. DeWolf
George E. Kingston
Miss .Koch
Fairy Music May Echo From Forest and Sea
A Harvard medical school researcher reports cases where trees and natural surroundings seem to reflect and break sound into musical pitches. He compares the effect to white light split by a prism, noting echoes vary by position and distance, suggesting trees create nonuniform reflections that produce multiple pitches.
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Science
Alexander Forbes
Harvard Medical School
Doctor Forbes
Major's Man Knew How to Deal With Scorpion
In the hills near Santiago a Major learns field remedies from Garvino the body servant. After a sting, Garvino splits a scorpion and applies its raw end to the wound, easing pain. He later demonstrates removing the sting muscle to prevent future stings, a learned method for handling scorpions.
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Major
Garvino
Santiago
Alajor Latimer
Leo P. Cook
Adventure Magazine
Pinhead Engraving: From Novelty to Safe Industry
Column notes how engraving the Lord's prayer on pinheads became a fad in sideshows yet is now regarded as a safe, regulated practice. It recalls a craftsman who reportedly went blind and insane after years of work, but the NYT asserts the trade is stabilized by a master die and standardized production.
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America
New York Times
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