Austin Mfg road tractors race in Chicago demonstration
The Good Roads Congress observes a parade of seven Austin Mfg Co road tractors at Harvey after a special train from Chicago. Franey testing engineer wins a street race on Columbia avenue as film crews record the action while William Morris of the Harvey plant greets visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Roads Congress
Coliseum
Chicago
Harvey
Austin Mfg. Co
Columbia Avenue
Barney Oldfield Franey
Austin Manufacturing Co
William Morris
Franey
Corporations Face Penalties for Late Illinois Reports
Springfield Feb 9 Louis L Emmerson secretary of state must penalize thousands of corporations for failing to file annual reports by February 28. Only about 29 percent have filed after mailings on January 15. Penalties include a 20 filing fee plus a 10 surcharge on franchise taxes, with minimums around 21 dollars. one late report caused 1380 dollars in penalties.
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Springfield
Louis L. Emmerson
Internal Revenue
Secretary of State
Alvin C. Margrave
Corporation Department
Missionary Society Meeting at Dalton M. E. Church
The foreign Missionary Society of the Dalton M. E. church will meet with Mrs. Trussell on North Park Avenue Thursday February 17 at 2 o clock. The Ladies Aid of St. Pauls church will serve coffee in the church basement February 23. Everyone invited.
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Foreign Missionary Society
Dalton M. E. Church
Trussell
North Park Avenue
Ladies’ Aid
St. Paul’s Church
Pruning and Spraying Demo Set for Burr Oak Farm
County Advisor Day hosts a pruning and spraying demonstration at the Wm. Bachmann Burr Oak Farm on Tuesday February 15 at 2 o'clock P M. All farmers interested are urged to attend. H GW MEYER Chairman.
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Wm. Bachmann
Burr Oak
Fifty Fifty and a Salad Day Joke
The Boston Transcript notes a playful line about arithmetic misstatements from a child named Buddy at supper. The remark reflects youth and humor in everyday family life.
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Boston Transcript
Buddy
Bowen School Awards and Health Notes
The Palmer awards include Progressive Pins for Stanley Collett and Evelyn Palmer. Palmer Method Buttons honor many students. Gold Stars go to Florence Berschinski and John Yonkelar. a Silver Star goes to Arthur Krueger. Country Life Director C C Walther visited, and vaccination efforts are noted with a health message on smallpox decline in vaccinated regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Collett
Evelyn Palmer
James Wedyck
Elizabeth Robinson
Arthur Wilkens
Gertrude Baumgartner
Elizabeth Sligo
Grace Dengler
Adolph Matthieson
Clifford Wilkens
Ida Vandermyde
Ruth Reich
August Reitz
Santy Consello
Peter Reitz
Eugene Hankey
Dorothy Wilkens
George Dengler
Gordon Claussen
Donald Cossman
Florence Berschinski
John Yonkelar
Edward Boyens
Arthur Krueger
C. C. Walther
Country Life
Division Seven
Europe
Miss Brown
Notice to complain about Dalton police officer
The Police Fire and Water Committee invites all persons with complaints against the village police officer to appear at the Village Hall on Saturday evening February 12 1920 at 730 PM. If you have a complaint please be present. WM G Dolton Village Clerk.
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Dalton
Police, Fire and Water Committee
Ake
WM. G. Dolton
European Relief Council drives famine aid via express firms
American Express and American Railway Express join Herbert Hoover in a $33 million European relief drive. Invisible Guest certificates, sold through 25 000 offices, fund life saving aid for 3.5 million hungry children in Central and Eastern Europe. A $1 gift will sustain a child for a month, with $10 saving a child until the next harvest. The Council unites major relief groups to ensure every dollar reaches the need.
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Herbert Hoover
European Relief Council
Warstricken
Central
Europe
American Express Company
American Railway Express Company
G. C Taylor
United States
American Friends Service
Red Cross
American Relief Administration
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Knights of Columbus
Hoover
Snobbish Lady Declares She Fears Not Being One
A snobbish young woman says she is glad she is not like the many kinds of people that make up the world in a quoted line from the American Legion Weekly.
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American Legion Weekly
Do Your Own Work Niche Advice Quote
A short exchange urges individuals to focus on their own tasks and avoid imitation. It emphasizes completing personal work and finding contentment in self effort rather than copying others. The message frames distinct missions for different subjects like the rose and the apple blossom.
Local Lent Ash Wednesday News and Local Robberies
Lent began on February 9 with Ash Wednesday and Holy Week dates noted while a 16 foot tunnel project links sewer facilities at 125th street to a new incinerating plant near yards underway with many workers. A Harvey Donath tailor shop robbery on Sunday night yielded about 7000 dollars in goods as thieves used a front door to bypass the sleeping city and mimic a prior theft at A P Reich's jewelry in Dolton.
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Illinois Central
Wilwood
125Th Street
Sanitary District
Donath
Harvey
Allie Reich
A. P. Reich
Dolton
Riverdale Theatre
D. W. Griffith
South Sea Islands
Adv
Apply Brownell Improvement Co
Thornton
Harvey Chamber of Commerce Formed To Unite City
The City of Harvey plans a Chamber of Commerce uniting Republicans Democrats socialists Catholics Protestants and non believers in one group to promote Harvey. The American City Bureau of New York oversees a growing effort with 500 plus members already.
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Harvey
Chamber of Commerce
American City Bureau of
New York City
Chamber of Commerce of
Desperado Arrested After South Chicago Attacks
Albert Kirkwood a 27 year old resident of 121 East 116th street was arrested by South Chicago police for attacking several women during the fog last Saturday. He confessed to seven assaults and was identified by two victims after detectives followed a tip. Residents formed the Avalon Vigilante Association in response to rising attacks on women.
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Kirkwood
Paul Wheeler
Edward Coleman
John Lowe
Calumet Index
French Leave Origin Debate Across Eighteenth Century
Authorities dispute the origin of the term French leave. Some trace it to a French eighteenth century custom of slipping away from gatherings without bidding farewell. Others propose the word is a corruption of free or absence related terms.
Taxes Due in Thornton A D 1920 From Multiple Collection Points
Peter A. Anker, collector, lists tax payment sites for A D 1920 in Thornton. Payments may be made at Lansing Village Oak Glen Phoenix Harvey West Hammond Homewood High Lawn Hazel Crest South Holland Burrham Berger's Corner Bernice Schrumville and other listed locations with specified February and March dates and time windows.
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Thornton
Lansing
Village
Oak Glen
Nafer
Phoenix
Harvey
City Hall
West Hammond
Engine House
Homewood
Homewood Bank
High Lawn
Riverdale Bank
Hazel Crest
Hose House
South Holland
Village Hall
Burrham
Berger’s Corner
School House
Bernice
van Hodteraver's
Schrumville
Drake's Place
Peter A. Anker
Lage Af
Banks Close Saturday on Lincoln's Birthday Holiday
Illinois banks will close Saturday February 12 in observance of Lincoln's Birthday. The legal holiday requires all banking institutions to suspend operations for the day.
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Lincoln
Illinois
Public Auction at Ellen Dalton Farm Near Lansing
The Ellen Dalton estate will auction at public sale on Friday February 18 at 10 am one mile north of Lansing on the State Line Road. Readily described items include horses hogs cattle farm equipment and vehicles with many more articles listed. Terms: under $10 cash. over $10 bankable notes at 7 percent. Auctioneer Col Klemmi e.
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Ellen Dalton
Lansing
State Line Road
Ellen Dolton
Col. J. Klemmie
Transfer Chief H. S. Estrup Buys Gary Liberty Line
H S Estrup former general car foreman with the C and E I railroad resigns this month to run the Liberty Transfer Co at Gary Indiana. He will operate three large trucks and has long led over 700 railroad workers. He plans to move his family to Gary in April and sells his Dalton residence.
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Estrup
C. & E. I. Railroad
Liberty Transfer Co
Gary
Ind
National Association of
Dalton
Floors Called for and Delivered
A magazine quip from the Boston Transcript notes a wary view of marriage, warning that a wife will bear household chores such as scrubbing floors. The remark reflects gender expectations and humor from the era.
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Boston
Transcript
How to Figure Income Tax Riddle from a Joke Chain
A humorous sequence suggests calculating income tax by mixing family ages numbers and personal details then borrowing money after performing arithmetic steps. The item reads like a satirical riddle attributed to financial woes.
Dolton Methodist Church Sunday Schedule and Youth Outreach
Dolton Methodist Church lists 11 o clock and 7 45 p m services led by the pastor. Sunday school at 9 45 a m Epworth League at 6 45 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening drew few attendees but interest grows. Boys Y M C A meeting time moved to Wednesday night. Mr Thorne seeks every boy aged ten to sixteen next Wednesday. J L Albritton Pastor.
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Epworth
Thorne
Public Health Column Highlights School Retardation Costs
Harriet Fulmer outlines how physical defects and mental hygiene issues contribute to retarded school performance. A Cook County survey shows high costs and years lost in third grade pupils, with chronic health problems like vision and tonsil issues as primary causes. Public health nurses advocate early correction and better screening to improve outcomes.
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Cook County
Cook Cook County
Scribes Make Merry at King’s Restaurant Carnival Dinner
The Cook County Press club hosted a lively carnival dinner in the club room at King's restaurant 16 West Monroe street last Saturday evening. Members and their ladies wore carnival caps and enjoyed an informal party with festive humor and merriment.
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King’s Restaurant
West
Monroe Street
Cook County Press Club
Hymn Quickly Composed in Minutes by Bishop Heber
A note recalls that "From Greenland's Icy Mountains" was created by Bishop Heber in about fifteen minutes, making it one of the fastest written hymns in history.
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Greenland
Icy
Mountains
Heber
Too True Quote On The Devil And A Woman
A fragment notes a saying about perceptions of good and evil, humorously remarking the devil’s appearance as more pink than black and misplacing a speaker’s attribution. The line reads as a clipped, witty remark with unclear provenance. The source text is partial and stylistically casual.
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Austin
H. GW. Meyer
Bowen
Express Company
Dolton Methodist Church
J. L. Albritton
Harriet Fulmer
R. N
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