Christmas Greetings From Area Families
The Oscar Alsips hosted a family gathering on Christmas Day with relatives from Bluesland Calumet City and Munster joining. Gustave Bock family rested at home while daughters Mildred and Ruth convalesced from tonsil operations. Other local households shared holiday meals and visits across Indiana Illinois and Ohio with relatives in Cleveland and Columbia City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Alsips
Trier
Bluesland
R. Baxman
Calumet City
Wm. Harder
Munster
Gustave Bocks
Mildred
Ruth
Wm. Lehmker
Crete
David Anderson
Ludwig Pearson
Roseland
Coldprof the ideal winter motor oil ad features and services
An assortment of local ads promotes Coldprof motor oil available in light medium and heavy grades with guaranteed satisfaction. Ads urge oil changes at H and H Motor Co Habich Bros South Holland Winterhof Motor Sales Square Garage and bulk sales by Peter J VanDrunen. Additional notices invite shoe repairs piano tuning furniture and garden land for sale with local businesses in Harvey Dolton South Holland and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. & H. Motor Co
1011St St
Mich. Ave
Habich Bros
Blue Island
Winterhof Motor Sales
Lansing
Square Garage
South Holland
South Holland Notices and Local Updates
John and Mrs John Dalenberg announce the birth of a son on January 1. B J Swets is recovering at home from illness. Albert Huizenga improves after illness and is about. P T DeYoungs garage burned last Friday at 10 pm. a coupe burned and car moved outside. Fire likely from welding sparks during repairs. Christian School program canceled by weather will be held Friday at 7 20 PM at First Christian Reformed church. For sale Universal cook stove in good condition by K VanderWoude. Lost pearl beads with white gold clasp, return to J Sweats for reward. Readers may renew or subscribe to De Grondwet De Heid enwereld and De Hollandsche Amerikaan at Mrs A Pluymert 15807 State St South Holland Tl 34 2p.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dalenberg
B. J. Swets
P. T. DeYoung
First Christian Reformed Church
de Grondwet
de Heidenwereld
de Hojlandsche Amerikaan
A. Pluymert
State St
South Holland
Forty Acre Cemetery Plan Near Chicago Road
A local report notes plans to clear forty acres north of the brew ery at the bend of the Chicago road for a new cemetery. Miss Nellie Shilling endured a few days with a bad friend the erin. Carrie Bardwick and Cora Bardwick visited Princeton Tl. Bessie Macbeer suffered burns from a tub accident. Thornton gypsies were fined ten dollars and costs for cruelty to their horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Shilling
Erin
J. Bielfelt
Chicago Road
Carrie
Cora Bardwick
Princeton
Bessie Macbeer
Christmas on the Ridge A Newborn Boy Brightens Home
Mr and Mrs August Kunstman of Chicago and family visited Mrs John Engle last Sunday. Santa arrived on Christmas Eve not by sleigh but atop a stork delivering a fine boy baby to the Steinke home. Christmas services at German M E church were pleasant and children enjoyed a Christmas tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Kunstman
Chicago
William
Raymond
Edward
Ray
John Engle
Santa Claus
Albert Steinke
M. E
Bequest of 383 486 For Glenwood School
A sum of 383 486 from the two million dollar estate left by Charles C. Lloyd, vice president of Butler Brothers, bequeathed to Glenwood Manual training school. The transfer tax appraisal filed in New York disclosed the bequest of Lloyd, who died last April. Other beneficiaries include New York hospitals, relatives, and many company employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Lloyd
Butler Brothers
Chicago
New York
Glenwood Manual Training School
Lloyd
Health Hint on Money for Children
A health tip warns against giving children money to play with. Young children often put objects in their mouths and may transfer disease germs from currency to their hands and mouths, posing health risks.
Theatres Weekend Lineup and Special Appearances
The program lists Saturday shows featuring Warner Baxter and Mary Duncan in Truly Different Eyes and The Collegians, with Sunday screening of Gloria Swanson in Sadie Thompson. Tuesday and Wednesday January 7 and 8 present Wast Life with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Loretta Young. Also Tuesday night China Night with Mike and Herman from WENR and The Mysterious Island 100 Percent Technicolor spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Baxter
Mary Duncan
the Collegians
Gloria Swanson
Sadie Thompson
Tropic
South Seas
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Loretta Young
Mike and
Herman
WENR
Mysterious Island
Riverdale Theatre Vaudeville and Thrillers This Weekend
Saturday features six vaudeville acts and James Oliver Curwood’s The Yellow Back with Tom Moore, hailed as a top north woods thriller. Sunday brings a Jazz Age program with Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Marceline Day in a stirring drama of tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Oliver Curwood
Tom Moore
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Marceline Day
It's Here! State Theatre Gala Starts New Year
Commencing with a gala New Year's Eve Midnight Show the State Theatre on Michigan Ave at 110th Pl presents The Cock Eyed World starring Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe for four days. Also on stage is Joan Crawford in The Untamed as singing voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Theatre
Michigan Ave
110Th Pl
Victor McLaglen
Edmund Lowe
Joan Crawford
Homewood Notes and Local Updates for New Year
Twenty years ago Louis School writes that Captain Gleason, Homewood’s chief of police, is ill with neuralgia. The column also notes cold weather, waterworks optimism, cement walks, and mentions the Plattdeutsche Gilde officers led by Master Wm School and other officers. John Van Eyle remarks on property values near Capitalist Boulevard and local neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis School
Gleason
Cap
Plattdeutsche Gilde
Wm. School
H. Stogntin
H. Brochmaan
Carl Smetecek
Carl Steiner
F. Holz
J. Meier
John van Eyle
Capitalist Boulevard
L. Sturmer
B. J. Rosenthal
Telephone Co Employes Dance at South Side Temple
The Stewart Local of the Illinois Bell Telephone Employees Association will hold a dance at the South Side Masonic Temple at 64th and Green on Thursday evening January 9, 1930. A card room will be available and prizes awarded. Husk O’Hare's orchestra will provide music. Charley O’Conner, formerly of Dalton, is in charge. tickets available by calling Stewart 9941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Ilinois
Dalton
Dry season crowds may toughen chicken legs say Taplin analyst
The piece questions whether feed-scarce dry seasons force chickens to hustle for meals, potentially yielding tougher leg meat. It notes observer Taplin as source and frames the idea as a theory rather than a proven fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taplin News-Tleratd
Flapper Thieves Accused Of Forging $150 Check
Two young girls, Josephine Mendrek 16 and Genevieve Papugowska 17, are alleged to forged and cash a $150 check last Thursday. Mendrek allegedly used an envelope from Roman Matuszonk’s candy store addressed to Mary Synemeyzk and altered the amount to $150. Papugowska is said to have cashed the check at Blue Island Trust and Savings Bank. Police and a Specialville magistrate set hearings. a Safe-Way driver George Jackson was briefly jailed on bail. Officer John Zielinski credited for spotting the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Mendrek
144Th
Grove Street
Posen
Roman Matuszonk
Mary Synemeyzk
145Th
Sherman
Genevieve Papugowska
147Th
Western Avenue
Dixmoor
Blue Island
Jackson
Charles Rass
Specialville
John Zielinski
Blue Island Sun
Dolton Pair Wed in Chicago Union
Miss Mary Axtell daughter of Mr and Mrs Geo Axtell Dolton married Mr Jack Edwards of Chicago last Friday evening December 27 in Chicago. The couple will reside in a Chicago flat and be at home after January 1 at 2019 Washington boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mary Axtell
Geo. Axtell
Dolton
Jack Edwards
Miss Axtell
Mr. Edwards
Washington Boulevard
In Memoriam Addie VanderVliet Dear Wife and Mother
In loving memory of Addie VanderVliet who passed away one year ago on January 4. A loving wife and mother we miss you each day and yearn for your voice. Your patience and faith kept our hearts strong. Loving husband and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie VanderVliet
In Loving Memory of Jenny Dickleman
In loving memory of our daughter and sister Jenny Dickleman who passed away one year ago January 7. We miss you dearly and our hearts are sad and lonely as we shed a silent tear. Gone but not forgotten by Father Mother Sister and Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny Dickleman
Jenny
In memory of our dear sister Mrs Bertha Noyi
In memory of our dear sister Mrs Bertha Noyi nee Bertha Baumgartner. Loving Father, Brothers and Sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Noyi
Bertha Baumgartner
Illinois Supreme Court key ruling on Modern Woodmen rate scheme
The Illinois Supreme Court voided a reclassification in Modern Woodmen rates arguing pre 1919 and post 1919 members cannot be unequal within the fraternal society. The decision affects thousands of members and upends the plan to balance surplus across classes. Lawyers for Jenkins plan a Supreme Court appeal to seek a rehearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modern Woodmen
Illinois
State Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Cook County
Edward J. Jenkins
Tolman
Jenkins
Rock Island
Supreme Court
Judge Brothers
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Ida Boch
Mrs
Frederick Bock
Hammond
Rin
Pele the
Nieses
Louise Kirk
Iva Freeman
Clayton Taff
Indiana
Geo. Jarnecke
Agnes
Cleveland
Ohio
Jackson Kiester
Columbia City
Ind
Peter Molenaar
Anthony Meeter
West Ridge Road
Peter C. Tanis
Ruth Young
Eastland
Texas
Clyde Sherman
Harry Grout
Fernwood
Warry Mouat
Birmingham
Ala
Geo. Mouat
Jas. Henderson
Sam Swets
Wilbur Canaga
BE. V. Price
Triangle Toggery, Dolton
Adv
W. H. Martin
National Assn. of
Harvey and Vicinity
Arlington Hotel
Harvey P. O
A. Schulterus
Wichert, Iis
Do-Ap
DeYoung Bros
Dr. J. Finley Kettles
Louis St
So. Holland School
Harvey 1126
Harvey
East 154Th Street
Albert Huizenga
Universal Cook Stove
K. VanderWoude
J. Sweats
Berger
Glenwood
Daniel C
THE
Riverdale Theatre
Homewood News
WM. A. Herrick
E. 147Th St
Halsted Harvey
Flapper
Axtell-Edwards
Memoriam
Steve
Furnace
G. R. Collinson Coal Yard
Park Ave
Pennsylvania Tracks
de Young Bros. Funeral Home
South Park Ave
South Holland, IL
W. 71St Street
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