Christmas dinner and engagements fill Lansing notes
A stream of local holiday visits, engagements, and gatherings fills Lansing society notes. Families from Hammond Calumet City Chicago Heights Gary and Munster share Christmas dinners and greetings while engagements are announced for Minnie Schroeder and Frieda Wiers.
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Ursday
Lansing
Duchow
Thom
Barth, Sr
Fred Caster
Wok Poppe
Francis Xu
G No Id
Homewood
Elmer Brumm
Gilbert Brumm
Emmit Ryan
Wm. Bruin
R. Bruin
South Holland
John Gehrke
Walter Kasten
Hammond
Claus Schrum
Daniel
Robert M. McPherson
St. Louis
John Meeter Co. Kraut
Lillian Lewis
Clifford Smith
Lulu Wright
Chicago
John Schroeder
South Torrence Avenue
Oak Glen
Minnie
Albert Kindt, Jr
Albert F
Minnie Schroeder
Roy Kindt
Amanda Dittrich
South Boy Street
Billy Meyers
Calumet City
Victor Dortmueller
Anthony Meeters
Englewood
California
Lucille
Arthur
Wheaton
North Western College
Walkmack
Fairmount
Ind
Henry Gunn
Claus-Schrum
C. L. Odell
Geo. Lewis
West Pullman
Mary Hildebrandt
Wm. Lipke
Jas. Myers
Elmer Erickson
Cornelius van Steenberg
Glen View
Ill
Earl Peargall
Alfred
Geo. VanSteenberg
Gary
Chas. VanSteenberg
Auburn Park
Kaske
Munster
Alfred VanSteenberg
Roy Elder
H. O
South Roy Street
Wm. Koselke
Schneider
Anthony Koselkes
Blanche Broertjes
Shirley Jean
Edward Goins
Chas
Dittrich
Wm. Hoge
Henry Navin
Fred Matz
Ed. Hanson
W. Maley
Roseland
Wm. Jabaay
Dingeman Jabaay
Clifford Smiths
East Ridge Road
O J. Smith
Jos. Moyer
J. D. Smith
Edw
South Holland Post Office to Close New Year Morning
The South Holland post office will close at 10 45 a m Tuesday January first 1929 New Year s Day with no rural delivery R L Gibson postmaster reports the temporary service change in town. A Buick sedan crashed into a telephone pole in front of the VanderPloeg Rietveld garage causing damage to the gas pump and window. occupants were unhurt.
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South Holland
R. L. Gibson
R. Butler
Laketon
Ind
Cornelius van Schouwen
Calvin College
William van Mynen
Kooistra
Effie DeYoung
Kathryn
F. R. DeYoung
Hyde Park Blvd
Chicago
Merrittt Cornell
Loren Cornell
Boone Grove
G. B. McFarlane
South Shore Drive
VanderPloeg & Rietveld
New Bank Opening at South Holland Trust & Savings
South Holland Trust & Savings Bank invites patrons to inspect the new building on Saturday December 29, open from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Officers and directors include Charles E. Waterman president Horace Holmes vice president Milton H. Waterman cashier Peter A. Anker John Vinke William A. Anker and Howard Pals.
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South Holland Trust & Savings Bank
Charles E. Waterman
Horace Holmes
Milton H. Waterman
Peter A. Anker
John Vinke
William A. Anker
Howard
Pals
Clean Streams and Better Outdoors Advocate Message
A letter from Jacob P. DeYoung promotes outdoor recreation and clean streams. It urges families to join the South Holland chapter to support youth outdoor activities and pollution battles.
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League
South Holland
Jacob P. DeYoung
Pres
Week Movie Schedule At The Local Theatre
Friday tonite Harold Lloyd stars in Grandma's Boy. Saturday Hoot Gibson shows in The Flying Cowboy. Also The Gumps Pathe Review Lambs Novelty. Sunday matinee 2.30 Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall in Water Front romance of San Francisco. January 1 2 matinees Norman Kerry Lewis Stone in The Foreign Legion. January 3 4 Grip of the Yukon with Neil Hamilton Francis X. Bushman.
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Tonite
Harold Lloyd
Hoot Gibson
Pathe
Lamb
Dorothy Mackaill
Jack Mulhall
Universal
THURS
FBI
Yukon
Neil Hamilton
Francis X. Bushman
Riverdale Theatre Weekly Film Schedule
Saturday features Our Gang nite Olympus Games The Lash of Pinto Pete and Terrible People. Sunday presents Pola Negri in The Secret Hour plus community singing Trumpler's orchestra. Tuesday New Year's and Wednesday January 2 Underworld with Clive Brook and Evelyn Brent. A melodramatic thriller praised as a class by itself.
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Pinto Pete
Pola Negri
Secret Hour
Trumpler
Clive Brook
Evelyn Brent
M. K. Sweet Dies at 76 Near Chicago Heights
Merrill K. Sweet a landowner and community leader who spent four decades in the Glenwood-Chicago Heights area died December 20 at his home after an illness and a failed tooth operation. A longtime school trustee and township official he helped shape local education and development including four subdivisions. Born March 16 1852 in Crete he built wealth through land deals and held roles as assessor collector and clerk.
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Merrill K. Sweet
Chicago Heights
Glenwood
Sweet
Mr. Sweet
Crete
Caleb L. Sweet
Cook County
Cook County Normal School
Englewood
Bryant and Stratton Business College
Chicago
E. L. Boyer
Illinois Farmers’ Institute
Waltonian Call to Strengthen the Izaak Walton League
An appeal urges Waltonians to join and support the Izaak Walton League of America. The message asserts the League expands beyond hunting and fishing to conserve natural resources and provide outdoor recreation, urging readers to help build national strength and preserve American values.
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Izaak Walton League of America
Izaak Walton League
League
Racket and Xmas Eve At State Theatre New Year Schedule
Matinee daily at the State Theatre Michigan Avenue presents Thomas Meighan in The Racket and Grace Jurdh's 1926 Xmas Eve in Toyland. Sunday features Marion Nixon in Silks and Saddies and three Keith Orpheum acts. New Year shows run Dec 31 through Jan 3 with John Gilbert in The Masks of the Devil and Vitaphone coming.
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Michigan Avenue
FBI
Thomas Meighan
Grace Jurdh
Toyland
Marion Nixon
Keith Orpheum
John Gilbert
Vitaphone
Cold Bath Habit Noted In California Jays
Nature Magazine reports that California jays enjoy a cold morning bath before breakfast as part of their daily routine. The article commends the species for caring for their own kind and maintaining personal cleanliness through this habit.
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California
Nature Magazine
Power of Field Glasses and Their Variability
The article explains that field glass power is not a fixed viewing distance but depends on atmospheric conditions glass quality and object size. It notes powers typically range from six to sixteen times.
Equatorial Day Length Mirrors Solstice Variations
The maava observatory notes that at the equator day length varies by less than a minute across the year, with the longest days near solstices and shorter around equinoxes. The sun's upper limb rises and sets over about 12 hours 7 minutes at the equator.
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Equator
Teeth Counts Among Animals
A comparison notes that elephants have ten teeth including tusks while anteaters possess no teeth at all.
Ireland Launches Shannon River Power Scheme Visit
Ireland's Free State government funds a 25 million dollar plant on the Shannon to develop electricity. In months 60,000 visitors toured the construction site with government guides as officials seek public support and to boost demand for better facilities.
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Piar
Letter Carrier Garrity Receives $1000 Gift for Service
For 40 years Thomas J. Garrity, a mail carrier, has delivered to Mrs. Bessie L. Eaton. Eaton praises him for his daily smile and cheer as she presents a $1000 check in appreciation.
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Maiden, Mass
Thomas J. Garrity
Bessie L. Eaton
Unwise Selection Cites Colton Remark on Commitment
A quoted line attributes a Colton observation on the risks of using someone who opposes a plan. The remark notes that only the hands may comply while the head and heart resist, highlighting leadership risk in assignment. The fragment frames a caution about misaligned personnel.
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Colton
The Genus Americano Americanism Opinion Piece
Roanoke World News critiques snobbery in American society noting that asserting equal status through rudeness to the wealthy exposes insecurity and public outrage at perceived slights. The piece frames class tension as a social performance revealing deeper grievances.
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Roaanoke World News
King Boris Of Bulgaria Maintains Noted Royal Zoo
Sofia, Bulgaria. The royal zoological garden of King Boris is a leading European collection open to the public and maintained by the king. The zoo houses about 300 species and 1,800 specimens, including rare bearded eagles bred in captivity and many global animals gathered by royal representatives.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Zoological Garden
Boris
Ferdinand
Royal Zoological Garden of
Europe
Abyssinia
Senegal
Rhodesia
Royal Zoological Garden
Birth of the Rubber Industry Traces to Hancock and Early Pioneers
The history notes that rubber manufacture began just over a century ago with Thomas Hancock starting in 1819 at a small Goswell Mews workshop in London. Early process investigations were also carried out by MacIntosh and Goodyear.
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Thomas Hancock
Goswell Mews
London
MacIntosh
Goodyear
Public libraries earliest pioneer cited in ancient Nineveh
A fragment notes Sardanapalus, king of Assyria, as a pioneer of public libraries collecting 13 000 clay cuneiform works at Nineveh for readers six and a half centuries before Christ.
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Sardanapalus
Nineveh
Impressive Carving On Buckland Beacon Near Ashburton
A farmer named Nas carved the Ten Commandments in granite on Buckland Beacon, a high hill near Ashburton England. The bold effort highlights local craft and historic stone lettering in a rural landscape.
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Buckland Beacon
Ashburton
England
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Gilbert Vander Aa
Walter C. de Graff
Baymae
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M. K. Sweet
State Theatre
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Dolton
Daniel C. Bachmann
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