United Lutheran Church announces Father and Son Banquet
The United Lutheran Church at 138th Street and Wabash Avenue invites all to a Big Annual Father and Son Banquet tonight at 6 30 p m with Dr. John E Hummoo as speaker Tickets available at the door Bible school at 9 30 a m worship at 10 30 a m with the sermon Godly Ambition Lenten services held each Wednesday at 7 45 p m Ministerial Pensions and Relief drive reportedly over the top in the Chicago Conference and in the local congregation. Edw A Voorhees Pastor.
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Father and Son
John E. Hummoo
United Lutheran Church
Chicago
A. Voorhees
Lent at St Pauls Ev Lutheran Church
The church invites worshippers to observe Lent with renewed faith and repentance. Divine services are set for Feb 26 with German at 9 30 and English at 10 45 a m Sermon text Gen 3 1 19 The Temptation and Fall of Man Mid week Lenten services Feb 29 at 7 30 p m in English Rev G Elbert will speak on I appoint unto you a Kingdom We preach Christ the crucified Savior.
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Jerusalem
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Man
G. Elbert
Christ
First Methodist Church Sunday Services and Events
Sunday school at 9 45 a m for all ages with the new piano in use. Morning worship at 11. Epworth League social tea at 5 30 p m with Hyde Park Pres church visitors leading at 6 45. Evening service at 7 30 led by the pastor. New boiler installed this Friday. Lenten service Wednesday Feb 29 at 8 p m with Rev Robert E O Brien of Blue Island Illinois. Public welcome to all services. A A Myers Pastor.
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Epworth League
Hyde Park Presbyterian Church
Robert E. O’brien
Methodist Episcopal Church
Blue Island
Ilinois
A. A. Myers
Buffalo Mayor Awards Gold Key to Bisons Players
Rochester era notes Buffalo Mayor F X Schwab awarded a gold key and engraved certificate to each member of the International League champion Buffalo Bisons for the fall victory. Edward Taylor, known as the key’s keeper, reportedly plans spring training in Florida as he stays active with local bowling and club activities in the city.
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F. X. Schwab
Buffalo
Buffalo Bisons
Ome
Edward Taylor
Ni- Falls
Florida
Inc
Twin City League
Lincoln Avenue School Notes and Wartime History Collide
School notes report illness and recovery among Lincoln Avenue and Highlawn staff including Miss Pohlers and Miss Tear while highlighting new lighting and thermostat systems. The article also recounts early American colonial conflicts, Washington’s wartime roles, and his death in 1799 at age 67.
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Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Pohlers
Miss Hurley
Miss Tear
Miss Yeaton
Highlawn
Fuller
Miss Davenport
Helen Quinn Koehncke
Highlawn School
Education in Cook County Loses a Friend
Obituary notes the death of President Owen of the Chicago Normal School praising his leadership in national education groups and his work boosting the school's standing. The piece closes with guidance for parental support and PTA involvement to aid local schools.
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Cook County
Owen
Chicago Normal School
Education
Normal School
Illinois State Teacher’s Association
National Education Association
Lincoln Avenue
Bowen School Notes on George Washington’s Early Life
Adeline Schaefer recounts the youth of George Washington. After his father’s death his family faced hardship with six children. At fourteen he sought seafaring life but stayed to finish studies and later lived at Mt. Vernon with his guardian half brother, meeting Lord Fairfax who mentored him in surveying Fairfax holdings beyond the Blue Ridge. Lawrence Washington fell ill and died in July.
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France
England
Dinwiddie
Virginia
Washington
Lake Erie
Ohio
Boston
Paris
United States
New York City
Adeline Schaefer
George Washington
George
Mt. Vernon
Lord Thomas Fairfax
Blue Ridge Mountains
Lawrence
Abraham Lincoln: From Hingham Roots to a Nation's Leader
The Lincoln family's English origins trace to Samuel Lincoln who settled in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1637. Thomas Lincoln, carpenter, married Nancy Hawks in 1806 and moved to Kentucky, later settling in Indiana. Abraham Lincoln, born February 12 1809, grew up in poverty, educated at home, rose to presidency, spoke at Gettysburg in 1863, won 212 electoral votes to 21 for McClellan, and was assassinated at Ford's Theatre on Good Friday April 14 with burial in Springfield Illinois.
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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
Geerysburgh
McClellan
John Wilkes Booth
Ford
Washington
Springfield
Ill
Achievement Club to Determine Township Champion Orator
Each school's Achievement Club, led by the teacher or principal, will select the champion orator from its members before March 8. A badge will be awarded to each champion.
Desert Hut Siege and Lion Hunt Adventure
In July we travel by airplane to a desert camp where we build a mud hut. A lion is killed after it charges the camp. We rest, drink water from a pool, and prepare for travel as Arabs approach with their caravan, leading to a tense standoff.
Rathbone Hails Likely House Action Extending Veterans Claims
Congressman Henry R Rathbone announces that Congressman Wm R Green and the Ways and Means Committee plan to report a bill to extend the filing window for veterans claims. He predicts quick passage by suspension of rules, calling it a needed act of justice for veterans and their families.
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Henry R. Rathbone
Illinois
Wm. R. Green
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Congress
Green
Waterton Lakes National Park Described in Canada
Government reserves seven areas in the Rocky Mountains including Waterton Lakes National Park. The park sits on the eastern slope near the international boundary, forms a rough square with an eastern L-shaped extension, and covers about 220 square miles.
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Government of
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Waterton Lakes National Park
Rockies
Missing Sirlie Returns to Household After Disappearance
A note from neighbors reports one missing individual named Sirlie, once known for singing while helping mother wash dishes, remains unaccounted for amid a broader missing persons search in the community.
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Sirlie
Mother
Trip Across the Sahara Desert
Sister marries and plans a honeymoon trip across the Sahara Desert. The writer joins the voyage, with her brother in law owning an airplane to travel with the couple on vacation.
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Sahara Desert
Tax issues highlighted as village crews tackle repairs
Article outlines taxpayer confusion over installment plans for improvements and notes Village actions including Chicago water bill payment, removal orders for street markers on Chicago street and Lincoln avenue, phone exchange upgrades, and a re-roofing ordinance with bonds. It reports on street lighting, a C W I crossing fix, and snow clearance.
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Chicago Street
South Park Avenue
Nydick Real Estate
Mohr
Schubert
Stanley Shephard Company
Lincoln Avenue
Michigan City Road
Dalton
Looking Ahead The Fiancee
The note thanks a London agent for flats shown. Harold and the writer plan marriage and a home once he receives three more raises, so they keep looking at seven flats.
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Harold
London
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BOWEN
Dorothy Moran
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Canadian Lakes
Mildred Berner
Big Water Bill
City of
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Harms
Harvey
Mehr
Public Service Company
Engle Street
Sibley Boulevard
Chicago Road
Sibley Intersection
Public Service Co
Irving and
Board of Local Improvements
Fred Rahn
Riverdale, Ill
Riverdale
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