United Lutheran Church Events And Services
The United Lutheran church at 138th Street and Wabash Avenue hosts Bible school at 9:30 a.m. with classes for all ages and morning worship at 10:80 a.m. The big annual Father and Son Banquet occurs tonight at 6:30 p.m. with Dr. John E. Hummoo as speaker. Lenten services run Wednesdays at 7:45 p.m. All welcome. Pastor Edw. A. Voorhees invites attendance and notes church aid programs are strong in Chicago Conference.
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John E. Hummoo
United Lutheran Church
Chicago
A. Voorhees
Lent at St. Paul’s Ev Lutheran Church
Lent season observances at St. Paul’s Ev Lutheran Church include divine services on Feb 26 with German at 9 30 and English at 10 45 a m Sermon text Genesis 3 1 19 The Temptation and Fall of Man Mid week Lent services Feb 29 at 7 30 p m English language Rev G Elbert speaks on I appoint unto you a Kingdom The words We preach Christ the crucified Savior are emphasized Renewal in faith and church attendance urged.
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Jerusalem
Jesus
Jesus Christ
G. Elbert
Christ
Sunday Activities at First Methodist Church
Sunday school begins at 9 45 with classes for all ages and a new piano in the Primary Department. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon and the Epworth League social at 5 30 led by Hyde Park Presbyterians. evening service at 7 30. Lenten service Wednesday at 8 led by Rev Robert E O'Brien. Public welcome.
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Epworth League
Hyde Park Presbyterian Church
Robert E. O’brien
Methodist Episcopal Church
Blue Island
Illinois
A. A. Myers
Buffalo Mayor Grants Keys to Bisons Players
Buffalo Mayor F X Schwab celebrated the Bisons pennant by giving each team member a city key and an engraved document. The ornate key reportedly contains a hidden message and is intended to honor the champions amid last fall’s league triumph.
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F. X. Schwab
Buffalo
Buffalo Bisons
Edward Taylor
School Notes Lincoln Avenue School Weathering Ills and Upgrades
Dalton schools report several teachers back from illness after Christmas and ongoing illnesses among staff. Lincoln Avenue installs new lighting and Johnson Thermostadt heat control, aiming for uniform 68 to 72 degree rooms and coal savings. Rooms are doubled up to maintain operations amid staffing challenges.
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Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Fuller
Miss Davenport
Helen Quinn Koehtcke
Highlawn School
Licoln Avenue
Johnson
Education in Cook County Loses a Friend
Obituary notes the death of President Owen of the Chicago Normal School, praising his leadership in state and national education groups and his work raising the school’s standing. Also reports progress on Lincoln Avenue school gym and offers parental guidance to support schools through regular attendance, thoughtful communication, visits, and PTAs.
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Owen
Chicago Normal School
Education
Normal School
Illinois State Teachers Association
National Education Association
Narmal School
Lincoln Avenue School
Bowen School Notes on George Washington and Adeline Schaefer
Fragmentary notes recount a boy named George Washington turning away from seafaring fate after his father dies and his mother struggles. A guardian, possibly his aunt, guides him toward a different life as years pass, with vague references to a voyage, a brother named Jasther, and a death in July.
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BOWEN
George Washington
Adeline Schaefer
Cuddenatt
Seacheaper
George
Washington’s early wars and presidential legacy
The narrative traces George Washington from colonial duties in Virginia to leadership in the French and Indian War, his Boston siege task in the Revolution, the 1783 Paris treaty, and his rise to the presidency. It notes his death in 1799 after a long career. It also mentions a school contest to select a township champion orator before March 8.
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France
England
North
Ohio
Dinwiddie
Virginia
Washington
Lake, Erie
Boston
Paris
United States
New York City
Desert Survival and Lion Encounter in 19th Century Narratives
A narrator recalls starting on July first to reach a desert camp where a mud hut was built. After fending off a lion with rifle fire the group provisions, skins the carcass and prepares for travel. A caravan of Arabs arrives as tensions rise with a young caravan leader.
Rathbone Hails Near Certain Veterans Claims Bill
Henry R. Rathbone announces that Congressman Green and the Ways and Means Committee will report a bill extending filing time for veterans claims to allow access to government insurance. He expects swift House passage by suspension of rules and congratulates veterans and families on the anticipated justice. He notes his January 18 letter urging speedy action.
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Henry R. Rathbone
Illinois
Wm. R. Green
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Congress
Green
Abraham Lincoln From Humble Kentucky Roots to Assassination
A condensed biographical sketch traces Abraham Lincoln from his English ancestral line to Thomas Lincoln in Kentucky, his early life in log cabins, schooling at home, self-education with a Bible, and rising to the presidency. It notes his November 1869 Gettysburg address, 212 electoral votes to 21 for McClellan, his assassination at Ford's Theatre on Good Friday, April 14, and burial in Springfield, with a monument marking his grave.
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Lincoln
Samuel Lincoln
America
Hingham
Mass
Kentucky
Thomas Lincoln
Nancy Hawks
Hardin County
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas
Abraham
Spencer County
Indiana
Sarah Bush Johnson
Geetyshutch
McClellan
Lancoln
John Wilkes Roathsdale
Ford
Washington
Springfield
Canadian Lakes and Waterton Park Boundaries Described
In a fragmentary note the text describes Waterton National Park in Alberta on the eastern slopes of the Rockies. It mentions a square park outline with an L shaped addition to the east, totaling about 220 square miles.
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Camin
Waterton
Rockies
Fragmented OCR Item on Missing Person Inquiry
Incomplete text notes a missing person item with unclear names and actions. The fragment hints at a social or personal note but lacks identifiable entities or concrete event details to form a fuller summary.
Tax Confusion On Installment Plans For Property Taxes
The village board acted on several items including paying a Chicago water bill of 1437.00 covering October 1 to February 8 and ordered removal of street markers on Chicago street and Lincoln avenue. They discussed modernizing phone service, removing pole lines to improve visibility at Engle street Sibley boulevard and Chicago road, and approved a 3000 bond and 25 annual fee for roofing ordinances. Miscellaneous notes cited snow clearing, lighting outages, and no board session due to no business.
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City of
Chicago
Chicago Street
South Park Avenue
Nydick Real Estate
Mohr
Schubert
Stanley Shephard Company
Lincoln Avenue
Michigan City Road
Dalton
Mehr
Public Service Company
Engle Street
Sibley Boulevard
Chicago Road
Sibley Intersection
138Th Street
Public Service Co
Irving and
Board of Local Improvements
Looking Ahead The Fiancee Thanks Awfully for Slowing Us
The couple plans to marry and move into a place as soon as he secures the funds. They note a deal in London and reference hopeful arrangements, with the tone of a lighthearted notice of engagement.
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Dinreld
London
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Eam Onsty League
Cook County
Fzardian
Pere
Blue Ridge
Veterans
Dorothy Moran
Sahara Desert
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Sabara
Big Water Bill
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Riverdale
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