Homewood News Highlights Local Happenings
Florida trip by Mr and Mrs Henry Fiebig for a couple of weeks. William F Warning buys store building at Main and Martin, plans to stay, Billy a popular business figure. Holiday notes, Christmas activities, and a tire alarm test. Horse thief case ends with one conviction. others transferred for later action. Wanted partner for a good paying Riverdale or Dalton business, $800 to $1000 sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fiebig
Florida
Wm. F. Warning
Witt Bers
Main and
Martin Streets
Homewood
Billy
Stelterville
Dupage County
QoGiers
Horse Thief Protective Association
San Francisco
California
Riverdale
Dalton
South Holland Notes On Visits Births and Local News
Dr Walgoord visits Cedar Grove for his nephew Anthony Droppers wedding. A Phoenix couple welcomes a girl born Tuesday. Miss Mary Paamberg studies nursing at the West Side hospital and visited relatives. Henry Meyers buys A Lageste 27 acre farm near Denver for about 400 an acre. Huizenga builds a house on Dalenbergs Alley. Johannes Anker goes to Wesley Hospital Chicago for cataract operation and recovers well. Mamie Van Zanten injures fell from a wagon but is well enough to teach at the branch school on 159th near Phoenix. An auction of Frederick Lahde’s estate on Dec 30 at 1 pm includes nets boats and household goods. William P Anker of Lyota Minnesota visits and sells 10 acres on 167th street east of Chicago Street to Tyse VanDeraa. R A Gouwens is ill while Cora Bardwick misses school due to tonsillitis. College students home include Louis Vinke the tallest man in South Holland, Clarence Dalenberg at Iowa State College Ames, Margaret DeRuiter at home while attending a girls school in DeKalb Ill, Bessie Dalenberg home from Hope College Holland Mich, Cornelius Gowens a Long City High School teacher visiting.
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Mary Paamberg
Weat Side
Henry Meyers
A. Lageste
Denver
Col
Huizenga
Dalenberg
Johannes Anker
Wesley Hospital
Chicago
Mamie van Zanten
159Th Street
Phoenix
Frederick Lahde
William P. Anker
Lyota
Mion
Tyse VanDeraa
167Th Street
Chicago Street
R. A. Gouwens
Cora Bardwick
Unusual Bravery in Regent Street Hat Return Row
A London man in a Regent Street shop demanded a refund for a large hat his wife bought for 32 dollars. He argued loudly that she had already bought three hats and would not return it, calling Napoleon Bonaparte a coward in comparison.
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London
Regent Street
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
Josephine
Watermelon Duel Ends in Courtly Rejection
Ward Luck recounts a tale where two men duel over a woman with watermelons. After both men consume their melons, the larger eater prevails in the crowd but the bride declares she will marry the other suitor upon learning of the winner’s appetite.
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Homewood News
Germany
South Holland News
Dr. Walgoord
Cedar Grove
Wis
Anthony Droppers
Louis Vinke
South Holland
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Ames
Clarence Dalenberg
Lilisois University
Champaign
Margaret DeRuiter
DeKalb, Ill
Bessie Dalenberg
Hope College
Holland, Mich
Cornelius Gowens
Long City High School
Laxacold
Illinois Watch Co
Villany
Belcher
Elgin
Ofr
Weeee
Star Market & Grocery
Walff Brothers
Leyden Avenue
Roseland
Richard J. Ton
110Th St
Michigan Ave
Holstein and
Guernsey
Hazel Crest, Ill
Prairie Ave
Lincoln Ave
Dolton
Forrest Ave
Park Ave
144Th Place
Lincoln and
Irwin
Avenues
Robert
Kinney
Indiana Avenue
Riverdale, Ill
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