This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Train Hits Threshing Machine and Damages Farm Site
Twenty years ago last Saturday a freight train struck and demolished a threshing machine owned by David Lau of Tinley Park as he crossed the Brandt farm roadway. He lit a lantern to warn the engineer but was too late and the machine was destroyed. Anton Stieman of New Ulm was called to Riverdale for his sick son employed at Beet Sugar Works. The A. C. Tennis club’s Orchestra Comique show drew a large crowd and was well received. The Corn Products company planned to open a cereal plant at North Harvey on the Calumet river for starch products after a prior shutdown by the trust. Drinking water at Pope Beet Sugar Works polluted by river water caused typhoid symptoms among workers. valve mishap allowed river water into clean water pipes. several recovered, including chief clerk Mr. Babcock. Homewood News notes Henry Moecher’s Stuttgart trip, a flying machine in Scandia with Alvin Wilson piloting, and local road improvements led by Dr. J. E. Wharton. Village President Mueller returned from a Mexican trip with streets and water works oversight. Frank Reidle appointed collector. more lights planned and water mains extended. local officers elected Frank Reidle president, Henry Meeker Sr. vice president, A. T. Farr treasurer, S. D. Whitney secretary, Henry Gottschalk, August Schreiber, and George Martins trustees.