Lansing Post Office Extends Hours for Christmas Rush
Public notice from Lansing postmaster announces longer hours through Dec 25 with 7 pm closing on weekdays and 8 pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Also reports local events including a birthday for William Koehn, Girl Scout meetings and fundraisers, a free school box social, Red Cross seals sales, obituaries, and a real estate move by Pensacola-bound residents.
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Lansing
William E. Effert, Jr
Wm. Koehn
Indiana Avenue
Oakglen
Koehn
Bloom Township
Thornton
Lansing Public School
Red Cross
Charles L. Schultz
East Ridge Road
Schultz
Illinois Brick Co
Raymond
William
Walter
Fred
Chicago
Frieda
Ernest
Lawrence Haas
Waukegan
St. John’s Rv. Tauth. Church
Church Street
T. Bruwn
Jolly Twelve Bunco Club of
J. ©. MacClanahan
Ridgewood Avenue
N. Guinip
W. Long
E. T. Summers
J. J. King
A. J. Larson
G. H. Baert
J. E. McClanahan
R. E. Miller
W. GC. Breidenbach
A. & McClanahan
F. Lorenz
Calumet City
W. W. Long
A. I. McClanahan
Pensacola
Florida
Leonard Mohr
VanWormer
G. C. Henley
W. R. Henley
Hammond
Theo. Hoekstra
John Swart
J. van Ramshorst
Harry W. Sikma
Toy Town Opens at A Bardwick Co South Holland
A Bardwick Co in South Holland announces Toy Town a store of dream items for children. Featured are games tea sets books Erector Sets tool chests rubber balls and novelty handbags with a big 25 cent grab sale on Saturday offering full value items for mothers and children.
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Toy Town
A. Bardwick
Village Hall program features, bake sale, and community notices
A December 15 program at Village Hall under Ladies Aid includes a quartet, Harvey with T. Paarlberg, and refreshments to follow with a bake sale and Xmas grab bag for children. Also reported are illness updates, PTA meeting, dance party, Bear Cats defeat of Buda Co., and local social visits.
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Village Hall
Ladies’ Aid
Harold
Murray
H. Phillips
E. Tromly
Harvey
T. Paarlberg
Jeaner
William Swets
Grand Rapids, Mich
Second Christian Reformed Church
Allen Aardsma
Edward Gouwens
Peter Paarlberg
Gouwens
Ingalls Hospital
Paarlberg
West Side Hospital
South Holland
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Peter VerDuin
Crookston
Nebr
South Holland Bear Cats
Buda Co
Buda
Bear Cats
VerDuin
Jacob Lagestee
Anna Mossell
Andrew Porter
Chicago Heights
Ill
Estey
Willis
Nicholas Gouwens
W. P. Anker
N. T. Paarlberg
Auctioneer offers exceptionally low terms for auction day service
James Gouwens announces exceptionally low terms for a day of auction service in South Holland Illinois. Contact Harvey 1600 R 1 to arrange the deal. The notice emphasizes savings and quick results at the auction.
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James Gouwens
South Holland
Ill
Harvey
Theatres Riverdale Theatre Schedule This Weekend
Saturday shows feature Shipwrecked with Leena Owen and Joseph Schildkraut plus Fables and a comedy. Sunday matinee offers Zane Grey's Forlorn River starring Jack Holt, Raymond Holton, Ornette Mar chal. Wednesday to Thursday presents Three Weeks in Paris with Dorothy Devore Matt Moore and Helen Lynch, a lively wandering bridegroom farce.
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Leena Owen
Joseph Schildkraut
Zane Grey
Jack Holt
Raymond Holton
Ornette Marchal
Paris
Dorothy Devore
Matt Moore
Helen Lynch
Marion Davies in Zander the Great and Corinne Griffith in Into Her Kingdom
Saturday features Marion Davies in Zander the Great. Sunday matinee at 2 30 presents The Old Soak with Jean Hersholt. Tuesday and Wednesday December 14 and 15 show Into Her Kingdom with Corinne Griffith in a brilliant role set in Russia.
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Marion Davies
Zander the Great
Jean Hersholt
Corinne Griffith
Russia
Train Kills Pedestrian Near 130th Street Bridge
Austin Schaffer, 65, longtime squatter on the Calumet riverbank at 130th street, was struck and killed Tuesday night by a Chicago South Shore and South Bend train as he crossed the road bridge near his home.
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Austin Schaffer
Calumet River
130Th Street
Chicago, South Shore
South Bend
Doctor Marguson Moves Office and Hours
Dr Marguson announces office removal to 557 West 103rd Street at the corner of Wallace Street for Riv erdale patients. Office hours remain Tuesdays and Fridays from 11 a m to 4 a m and Wednesdays from 1 to 8 p m at 119th and Michigan Avenue over the bakery.
South Park Avenue widening bid advances in city council
Civil groups on Chicago's far south side report progress on widening South Park Avenue from 60th to 180th Street. They urge a 200 foot roadway linking South Parkway Boulevard to southern arteries with backing from the Chicago Regional Plan Commission. A council report is expected after several months.FOR RENT-5 room flat 11 West 138th street Riverdale Phone Riverdale 974 26-1
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Far South Side
South Park Avenue
60Th Street
180Th
Chicago Daily News
Greater South Side
Michigan
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Council
West 138Th Street
Riverdale
Posisal News Shop Offers Christmas Mail Services
The notice advises sending parcels and letters by Christmas via wrap and clear addressing including street and number. It explains special delivery stamps speed but not safety, registration or insurance for valuable mail, and a twenty five cent fee for special handling of parcel post. No deliveries after 12 noon Christmas Day or on rural routes.
Switchman Killed by Train at Yard Center
Guy Watt, a C and E I switchman, was killed instantly last Thursday night at 10 30 when struck by southbound train No 97 in front of the Yard Center office. Milt Holden, working nearby, escaped injury. Watt, appointed to the yards a year ago, left a widow and a 14 year old son. The inquest was held Saturday. His body was taken to Hammond and then Bachman’s morgue.
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Guy Watt
South Bound
Yard Center
Milt Holden
Bachman
Hammond
Indiana Street
Watt
Bids Sought for Cleaning Riverdale Catch Basins
Sealed bids to clean about fifty catch basins in the Village of Riverdale will be received by the President and Board of Trustees until 7 30 o'clock P M December 14 1926. The board may reject any or all bids. George L Koehler Village Clerk.
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Riverdale
George L. Koehler
Card of Thanks for Floral Remembrances
We express sincere appreciation for the kind floral remembrances and good will shown by neighbors and friends at the interment of our beloved husband and father. Mrs. Edward Manthey and Family.
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Edward Manthey
Young boy clips pictures from book to cure idle time
A Boston woman recalls her son cutting out several pictures from a favorite book. When asked why, the child replied he dislikes being idle and needed something to do for a few minutes.
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Boston
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A. Bardwick CO
167Th Street
S. 159Th Street
South Mellang
Indiana Ave
B. H. Brown
THE
Riverdale Theatre
Posisal News
J. Koster & Co
J. Koster
P. Vander Griend
Claud Kramer
Vine Avenue
M. Ridder
Garglen
Ili
Pratt
Theodore Koch
Chicago St
Dolton
Schaefers
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