South Holland Notes of Relatives, Travel and Local Events
John LeGeste and wife returned home from Iowa last Friday while Tennis Ver Duin and John Lietveldt left Feb 15 for South Dakota to claim land and be away fourteen months. G DeBeste, aged resident, suffered a paralysis attack. sons were summoned as he was taken by ambulance to Roseland. A steam pipe at South Holland Public School broke Feb 15. school dismissed for repairs. A mysterious man sighting near the Calumet river frightened residents from 5 to 8 pm. The South Holland Concert Band report a successful performance despite bad weather. Jacob Meeboer bruised his foot at the railroad station and had difficulty getting around last Saturday. John VanDerVliet now resides with William Ladhe. Miss Annie VanDerWolf and Miss Jennie DeGraffe returned Feb 16 from a western trip to Iowa with snow drift tales.
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Tennis
Calumet River
South Holland
Jacob Meeboer
C. & E. I. Railroad
Kensington Heroine Saves Baby From Mad Collie
Miss Marie Hill an 18 year old of Beecher Illinois restrained and strangled a collie that had gone mad as it lunged at her seven month old baby brother. The dog had long been a family pet prior to the attack.
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Marie Hill
Beecher, Ill
Jill
Kensington
Beecher
Calumet
Southern Traction Co Plans New Chicago Route
The Kankakee Democrat reports Chicago and Southern Traction Co surveys a direct path to Chicago with a line from Mone to Harvey and on to the 63rd street station, aiming for a 90 minute trip for Kankakee riders. An agreement with the South Side L will let passengers reach the Loop in about two hours.
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Kankakee
Chicago and Southern Traction Co
Chicago
63Rd Street
Monce
Harvey
Loop District
Chicago Heights
Pa Explains Hypochondriac Joke To Wilfred
A father answers a boy's question with a playful, comic definition. Pa explains that a hypochondriac fears catching cold and even blocks sponge holes when bathing to prevent drafts, a line told to amuse the child Wilfred who is not yet seven.
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Wilfred
John
James
Love and the Law in the Nautilus Reflection
The excerpt links love to moral clarity and self restraint, claiming love purifies desire, moderates wealth envy, and aligns health and beauty with a universal law. It props up love as the governing force that makes the mind clean and content.
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Nautilus
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John Behrens
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Riverdale
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Illinois
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Dolton State Bank
South Holland News
John LeGeste
Iowa
John VanDerVliet
William Ladhe
Annie VanDerWolf
Jennie DeGraffe
Southern Traction Co’s
Oswald Obeldobel
West
137Th Street
Riverdale, Ilinois
Ilinois Central Depot
Krueger Bros
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Hocking Valley
Pocahontas
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Carl Wulff
Dolton, Ill
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