Hegewisch Seeks Separate Municipality Amid Fight Over City Status
Hegewisch residents push for home rule to form a separate town with Battling Nelson as a leading figure. A petition to County Judge Rinaker requests independence from Chicago, citing tax payments, sewer neglect, and being underrepresented. Nelson vows to run for alderman against Moynilan in April.
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Terewiseh
Battling Nelson
Rinaker
Hegewish
the Battler
Eighth Ward
Chicago
Hegewisch
Hae
Moynilan
Calumet Record
The Laugh Cure and Health Through Laughter
Laughter induces mental exhilaration and is said to save doctors’ bills and years of life. It combats pain and blues, spreads cheer, and stimulates digestion and circulation, with a cheerful mood improving overall health and vitality.
Idlewild Country Club Buys 155 Acre Bloom Township Land
Idlewild Country Club purchases 155.8 acres from Wilhelm Gottschalk in Bloom township sections 6 and 7 near Flossmoor on Hline's Central for 35062. The project plans a 25000 clubhouse. Frederick Newman of Wood Motor Vehicle Co is president of The Lucky Dollar. A stray paragraph notes a man fires a dollar as a lucky piece and suggests pay is not worth a ring.
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Idlewild Country Club
Wilhelm Gottschalk
Bloom Township
Flossmore
Hline
Frederick Newman
Wood Motor Vehicle Company
Perfect Philosophy on Building a Man's Temple
The excerpt cites a Roman emperor’s palace foundation discovery of a golden sarcophagus with moral inscriptions from the Gesta Romanorum and a modern meditation on self-creation. It argues each person is the builder and sculptor of their own body and character, with nobility refining features and meanness staining them.
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Gesta Romanorum
Thoreau
English Etiquette in Invitations and Visiting Cards
The text notes that in England the honorific Mr. and Mrs. never appear on invitations or visiting cards. Invitations come from the mistress of the house while the husband always has his card and the wife’s. Daughters’ names may appear on the mother’s invitation card.
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England
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