Plans for Northerly Island land expansion for 1933 World Fair
The Chicago Association of Commerce says 12 acres will be added to Northerly Island in Lake Michigan opposite Grant Park to host World’s fair buildings. Currently extending from 12th to 18th streets, the island will reach 23rd street after fill in. Adler Planetarium remains the only building. the island will be about 500 feet wide and serve as a major fair site in 1933.
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Northerly Island
Lake Michigan
Grant Park
Chicago Association of Commerce
12Th Street
18Th Street
23Rd Street
Adler Planetarium
Spring Play and Garden Transform Grade Notes
Grade 3 students are practicing a spring play and note a sad day as four goldfish died due to overfeeding. A sand table has become a garden with onions corn radishes and potatoes planted. Grade 6 works on health posters and health-themed compositions for a year end Health Booklet. The Chicago Street PTA meets Friday March 18 at 3 pm at the school with Dr. Anderson speaking on Hue Correction and invites Lincoln Avenue and Highlawn associations. attendance urged.
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Chicago Street
Parent-Teacher Association
Anderson
Lincoln Avenue
Highlawn
Bowen School Notes and Student Achievements
Bowen school notes report room 3 students earning high marks for good behavior and spelling with 100 percent since September in 5th and 6th grades. Names of top spellers listed plus a Declamation winner Dolores Ripley. Students prepared for a Field Museum trip and 30 health poster entries made judging difficult. Also included are two short classroom pieces: A Robin's Story by Ethel Bishop and A Robin and His Mate by Ray Richter with Humorous exchange by Gladys Gerloff.
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Room 3
Field Museum
Lotus Ahrens
Francis Longnecker
Arleene Scott
Hersche Prill
Nancy Sutton
Hazel Paynter
Dorothy Paynter
August Bowse
Clara Jay
Werdell Peterson
Aurelia Jellicek
Rose Baumgartner
Nina Englehardt
Evelyn Nimtz
Woodrow Carson
Bowen School
Dolores Ripley
Ethel Bishop
Dorothy Wiebke
Twenty Years Ago at Riverdale and Dalon Chronicle
Local notes from Riverdale reminisce on factory upgrades with new brick setting machines installed this winter and jobs for old settlers. Social tidings cover visits, parties, and engagements across Riverdale, Dal ton, and nearby towns, plus medical updates and a birth.
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Chicago Bitch Co
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnie Schulte
Fortran Bros
137Th Street
Riverdale
Robert Hansehman
Wm. Palmer
Evelyn
Chinese Flowers and Their Floral Contributions
Chinese Floral influence spans the rose chrysanthemum forsythia primrose and azalea among the Occident's best known flowers. The passage highlights China as a source of these popular blooms and their worldwide recognition.
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China
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West
158Th Street
Sadock
East 108Th Street
Interocean
Monroe Street
Dalton
Cedar Crest
Tys T. Gouwens
South Holland
Ill
157Th Street
Indiana Avenue
I. C. el
August C. Reich
Proker
State Street
Harvey
Nash
Wm. F. Zesch
Wabash Avenue
Chris. Miller
Glenwood
Lansing Road
D. Schoon
Ford Airport
Burnham Avenue
Fox Farms
Chas, Levy & Sons
Oakley Avenue
Jersey
Nick Cook
Halsted Street
Wm. B. de Graff
Henry Grelek
Dolton
Fred Pohlers
Timothy Hay
Nick van Keppel
le Roy
Ind
Hebron
D. Vander Wall
Munster
Highland
Wm. Martens
Mathiels
Permanent Waves
Marcel
WWAE
Mathiess
Beauty and Cosmetic Salon
Michigan Ave
Roseland
Frank C. Ott
Chicago St
H. G. Wills
Edbrooke Avenue
Anthony Basile
Lincoln Ave
Walter R. Stroh
Sanderson Ave. Dolton
Henry W. Schnoor
Bowen
Robin
Ray Richter
Gladys Gerloff
Santa Claus
A. J. Allen
Prop
Riverdale, IL
Arthur Kelly
James Timmons
Indianapolis
Mr. Kelly
M. I. Kelly
A. A. Farbridge
Cone
George Tuch
Pullman Hospital
Kelly
Davis
Jam
Sophia Ahren
Fred Sellien
J. Pruim & Sons
Archer Ave
Chicago, Til
WLS
Dolton Auto Laundry
Primrose
Orient
Franklin County
Illinois
G. R. Collinson Coal Yard
Park Ave
Pennsylvania
K. L. Sherrill
Leyden Ave
Gladstone
Willce
Res. Rig
IAP, AE Tay Kyte
Harris
Hohman St
Carondolet
Hammond
Chicago
Fray’s Flower Shop
Isaac Shilling
159Th St. South Holland
Peter Farney
Aspen Kruiter
Indiana Ave
Carl Dieck
Telephone
Wm. C. Zesch and Son
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