Birth announcements and social notices from Lansing area
The column lists numerous birth announcements including Melvin James born at St. Margaret's hospital and a 10 pound son to Mr and Mrs Croniel Buttema of Bloom township. It also notes residents and visitors such as Mrs Minnie Rinkenburger, the Fitz Henry and Nunn families in Chicago, and various social visits and hospital visits among Lansing residents and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Peters
Minnie Rinkenburger
John Tiltge
Bloom Township
Melvin James
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Croniel Buttema
Wm. Fitz Henry
Chicago Heights
Walter Nunn
Helen Fitz Henry
Chicago
Harry Sherrows
H. C. Shaw
LaCrosse
Ind
Chas. Knipp
C. B. Merriam
Converse
Otto Bunger
Alvina Burge
Frank Freses
Edw. Fulton
Danville, Ill
L. E. Brady
Louis Frese
Indiana Avenue
Willis Lufkin
South Ridgewood Avenue
Jess Brown
188Rd Street
Mabel Lange
North Torrence Avenue
Jas. Peterson
Fred Lorenz
Wm. Lorenz
South Torrence Avenue
Clarence Martin
Indiana Harbor
Robert Steinbach
Floyd Bothwell
Matt. Wies
Calumet City
A. Rosenbaum
Munster
Wm. Wackmack
Clyde Sherman
South Boy Street
Army's Weightiest Report Exceeds Five Pounds
Washington Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown chief of the army corps of engineers likely authored last year's weightiest book. The official report covers all river and harbor projects, weighs five pounds four and a half ounces, and measures over nine inches long and nearly four inches thick. It runs 2,198 pages and contains more than a million words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Washington
Lytle Brown
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
16 Killed In Big Airliner Crash Near Oceanside
A tri motor Tal Maddux passenger airliner crashed ten miles from Oceanside California killing sixteen aboard including eight women. The plane departed Agua Caliente Mexico for Los Angeles and exploded in a muddy field after impact. Pilot Basil Russell and Freddie Russell were among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Califf
Mlaming
Here
Los Angeles
Maddux Airways
Agua Caliente
Mexico
Santa Margherita Ranch
Oceanside
San Clemente
Virgil Westbrook
Rockwell Field
Edward J. Small
Benjamin Miller
San
Michigan Governor Eases Life-for-Pint Law
Governor Green commuted five prisoners under the state habitual crime act, reducing life sentences for Frank Baker, Mrs. Etta Miller, Alonzo Noyes, Fred Palm, and Tony Popish to seven and a half years. He said the framers did not intend life terms for prohibition violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Green
Frank Baker
Etta Mae Miller
Alonzo Noyes
Fred Palm
Tony Popish
20 Years Ago With The Pointer
Master Robert Emmit Rodman celebrated his first birthday with family and friends on January 19. The Dal ton M. E. Ladies Aid Society enjoyed a sleigh ride hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John Berger, with refreshments at their home after a pleasant afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Emmit Rodman
Ladies’ Aid Society
Dalton M. E. Church
John Berger
Mr. Berger
Mrs. Berger
Homewood News Twenty Years Ago Highlights
In Homewood twenty years ago Louis School reports on local incidents. A teamster markets patience as horses pull poorly. Fred Domm orders a new sleigh at DeYoung & Sons. Stolzenbach and Fred Gold Jr pursue Carnegie Medals. Metz horses frighten riders on the golf course. lads corral them. Henry Gottschalk sells land on Morris street to Mrs. Thomson of Chicago for spring construction. Peter Fleming plans a long trip to England and Scotland. Judge Howe hosts 18 West Pullman ladies after a sleigh mishap. joke turns to jury duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis School
Fred Domm
T. DeYoung & Sons
Geo. Stolzenbach
Fred Gold, Jr
England
Scotland
Judge
Auto Deaths Reach 27 000 in 1929 Nationwide
The best estimate places motor vehicle fatalities at about 27 000 for 1929. About 9 000 of these deaths occurred in the 78 largest U S cities. The death rate rose to 25.9 per 100 000, up from 22.5 in 1928, an increase of 15 percent, according to the Automobile Club of Illinois survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Club of Illinois
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dalton Home
Pointer
Whippet Six
John Dusseljee
Glenwood Public School
Glenwood Road
P. C
Joe’s
South Park Ave
South Holland
Ill
Monroe Street
Dalton
A. C. Reich
Telephone Interocean
R. D. Long
Irwin Avenue
John Ravesfoot, Jr
State Street
Lll
Harvey
East 186Th Place
Riverdale
Lincoln Avenue
Dolton
144Th Street
Chicago Street
148Th
A. S. Diekman
Struction Co
East Riverdale
Anthony Basile Plumbing
Lincoln Ave
A. R. Harris
Caloric & A. R .Harris Cast Furnaces
Carondolet Ave
Hohman St
S. C
Hammond
Dee
John W. Ross
Call Riverdale
South State St. Riverdale
Kettler
Riverdale Pharmacy
Ernest Kettler
R. Ph
East 187Th Street
Riverdale, Ill
George Tuch
Peter Farney
Aspen Kruiter
Indiana Ave
California
Palm Beach
Lake Worth
William Lindley
Daytona Beach
Arthur Amps
Id Lipsky
Id S. Butler
Minami
Elder Stossel
West S’alm Beach
Florida Airways Company
West End
Bahamas
Homewood News
International
Dick Vogel
South Park Avenue
Carl Dieck
H. G. Wills
Edbrooke Avenue
Henry W. Schnoor
Majestic Electric
Rudy
AL Wived Telephone
East
137Th Street
Walter R. Stroh
Sanderson Ave
Dolton, Ill
Frank C. Ott
Chicago St
Gladstone
K. L. Sherrill
Leyden Ave
Interocean
Res. Riv
WM. C. Zesch & Son
Avalon Ave
Saginaw
Isaac Shilling
159Th Street
South
Holland
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