Bay City Notes and Regional Updates
Bernice News Miss Grace St Dennin of Bay City ld is visiting the Nufer home for several weeks. Miss Tattie Steipbach leaves January 10 for Albuquerque to spend the winter. Andrew Ward and son, railroad contractors, finish work in Ohio and settle in Oakglen for winter. Mrs. George Hill returns to Pittsburg after a four day visit with the Steinbachs. Miss Marjorie Verkaik ill with throat trouble. Ooms family hosted friends and advisers at their home. Peter Paarlberg, once seriously ill, is recovering. Mrs. W. Crosswyk of Munster, Ind., visited local relatives. Oakglen Boy Scouts held an event at Nufer's Opera House under Scout Master John F. Schultz. readings and musical numbers featured. Globe Rendering Co battles odors from its facilities with an odor-control campaign. A new 18 stack will be constructed using tile, terra-cotta, cement, and steel to curb public nuisance concerns.
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Grace St. Dennin
Bay City
Averal
Charles Nufer
Tattie Steipbach
Albuquerque
New Mexico
George Hill
Pittsburg
A. Steinbach
Marjorie
Verkaik
Ooms
Peter Paarlberg
W. Crosswyk
Munster
Ind
Boy Scouts of America
John F. Schultz
Nufer’s
Opera House
Globe Rendering Co
Globe
Oak Glen Plunges Into Civic Pride And Progress
Oak Glen has shed stagnation and embraced cooperation. The town has modernized with brighter streets, electric street lighting, a proposed streetcar line, a new garage, and a Grand Trunk depot. The piece notes a local discovery of oil at the Wana farm to inject urgency.
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Oak Glen
Grand Trunk
Wana
Why the price was high in Reynolds sketch deal
A London dealer argued the worth of a Reynolds sketch as Sir Joshua Wilson. He tripped over a string and found a print of the Duchess of Rutland after Reynolds by Valentine Green in its first state. The print, bought for four pounds, later sold for a thousand pounds.
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Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua
London
Duchess of Rutland
Reynolds
Valentine Gree
Dernigham
Death of South Holland resident Michael VanDeras
Michael VanDeras a longtime South Holland resident died December 29 at 77. His funeral was January 2 at the Christian Reformed church with interment at Thornton cemetery. He served on the Village Board, was chief of police, and a former army veteran who moved houses for twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael VanDeras
South Holland
Netherlands
Theatje Kostelyik
America
Johanna VanDeras
Katherine
J. VanDrunen
Maggie
J.T. DeYoung
Lane
Minnie
N. VanHeest
Harry
John
Theodore
Nicholas Helen
Johanna
Helen
Mr. VanDeran
VanDeran
South Holland Choral Club
Michael VanDeraa
Christian Reformed Church
Nev
VanDilla
Thornton Cemetery
Real estate sale notices mixed across towns and farms
A dense collection of rural and urban real estate listings seeks buyers and offers. Items include two acres at Michigan Road and 147th Street in Indiana, a seven room Dolton house, an old homestead in Chicago, Lincoln Avenue Dolton corner lot, Indiana Avenue lot north of the river, a six room modern cottage, riverfront and farm parcels in Riverdale and Dolton, and a 400 acre farm 24 miles north of Three Oaks Michigan. Contacts include Martin Finnecan Ham mond Indiana James McLaughlin Dolton Michael Buechler estate John A Verhoeven Clark and Randolph Streets Chicago The Pointer office First National Bank of Dalton Greiling 303 136th Place F. A. Reich Riverdale Peter Gouwens Three Oaks Mich and others.
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Michigan Road
147Th Street
Martin Finnecan
Hammond
Ind
James McLaughlin
Dolton
Michael Buechler
John A. Verhoeven
Ashland Block
Clark and
Randolph Streets
Chicago
Lincoln Ave
Pointer
Indiana Avenue
River
Greiling
Riverdale
F. A. Reich
First National Bank of
Dalton
Peter Gouwens
Peter Gouwenns
Three Oaks
Mich
For Rent Farms Houses Etc
FOR RENT four room cottage at 312 138th street Riverdale for 10 dollars monthly inquire next door POR PENLY 18 acre farm with house and new barn at Berger Station east of Dalton inquire John Berger telephone 393 or address at South Holland oil for particulars LOR RENT 6 100m cottage on Margaret street inquire Charles Minbahlen or phone Delton 091 FOR RENT six room cottage inquire at the Hirst National Bank Delton FOR RENT six room lower flat gas water brick basement barn 1d Jnggune O FB Reich FOR RENT Warm land in this neighborhood by FF A Reich Riverdale Hl FOR RENT four room house 615 Grant Street Dolton VF C Propper telephone Dolton 398 FOUND A brown horse in Riverdale December 16 owner can have same by paying charges particulars at The Powter offices PIANO Organ and Vocal Instructions I will take a few scholars for instructors during the winter evenings Hinrich Struve 13724 Indiana avenue or phone Riverdale 244 PARTNER WANTED with 2000 well established business to take charge and conduct a branch in Riverdale Dolton and vicinity particulars at The
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Jnggune O
FB. Reich
FF. A Reich
Riverdale
Grant Street
Dolton
VF. C. Propper Telephone
Hinrich Struve
Indiana Avenue
Riverdale Dolton and
Obituary of Carl Martin Prill
Carl Martin Prill born in Germany on November 15 1852 married Caroline Belz on December 27 1879. Emigrated to America in 1883 and settled in Riverdale. Survived by wife and six children three of whom are William Tillie Emma and their spouses. Also survived by one brother two sisters and other relatives. Prill died December 26 while crossing the Illinois Central tracks near his Rolfe Iron Co employer. Funeral held December 29 at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev Wind officiating. Interment Oakland Cemetery. He worked 19 years at Pullman Rolling Mills and 11 years with his last employers.
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Carl Martin Prill
Germany
Caroline Belz
America
Riverdale
William
Tillie
Otto Miller
Emma
Theodore Reich
August Prill
Johanna
August Jacobitz
Anna
August Redman
Prill
Minois Central
Rolfe Iron Co
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Rev. H. Wind
Oakland Cemetery
Pullman Rolling Mills
End of Wonderful Gun
An ex governor of Michigan, a Cleveland capitalist, and companions hear a tall tale of Sam Sampson and his massive Beetle gun. A broken barrel end ends its run after a mis aimed shot at geese and a buck. the beast dies amid a splash of fish.
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Michigan
Turtle Lake
Sam Sampson
Sam
Beetle
Grave of Five Smallpox Victims Sealed By 1811 Marker
In Bellrica near the Boston and Maine car shops a mossy headstone marks the burial site of five smallpox victims Asa Grost Jr Levi Frost Eleanor Farmer Sarah Hodgman and Samuel Batchelder who died in August 1811. Officials decided to leave the grave undisturbed as the last century bed remains hidden by undergrowth. No relatives are known to be living in the area.
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Boston & Maine
Bellerica
Asa Grost
Levi Frost
Eleanor Farmer
Sarah Hodgman
Samuel
Batchelder
Ores
Jillerica
Lowell
Circuitous Retribution and Muckraker Target
The Washington Star quotes Farmer Corntessel denying aiding a political ally due to personal popularity. He says he suspected the man for a long time and aimed to push him into the muckraker spotlight for scrutiny.
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Farmer Corntessel
Washington Star
Housekeeper Wanted Good Wages Inquire at The Pointer Office
A brief classified notice seeks a housekeeper with good wages. Inquiries directed to The Pointer office for details and application.
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Poninter
Irreverence and a New York chaperon system
A theater remark about a fat man in the back of a seat leads to a bited quip about buckwheat cakes. In New York a finishing school uses professional chaperons paid per assignment and bonded, to escort girls to trains and back.
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New York
Notable Exclusions From The House Of Commons In History
A fragment recounts historical expulsions and suspensions in the House of Commons. It notes an Irish peer expelled for directing a lottery, Sir Robert Sutton and two others barred in 1730 for organizing a shady Charitable Association, Steele of the Tatler banned for insinuating danger to the Protestant succession, and Mr. Ays Gill barred for a treatise on avoiding reath.
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House of Commons
Robert Sutton
Steele
the Tatler
House of Hanover
Aysgill
Reath
London
Carontale
The French Doctor Pages a Clever Dog Ruse
A Montpelier physician in a new town feigns a lost dog and hires a public crier to announce a 25 louis reward. The message lists his titles and residence, stirring town talk as patients later appear. The dog remains unfound, but patients arrive.
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Montpelier
France
Louis
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Bernice News
Andrew Ward and Son
State of
Ohio
Oakglen
South Holland News
Mary Paarlberg
Milwaukee
Tyse A. Kuizinga
William Lade
Blue Island Hospital
Harry Vinke
Atreet
Hirst National Bank
Delton
Powter
End of
Mass
Peter Ripley
Dolto
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