For Rent and Sale Classifieds Mix in Illinois Town
Multiple listings including for rent 66 room flat on 187th street and 6 room lower in Highlawn with heat, various sale items such as 130 acre Bloom Township farm 134 miles south of Oak Glen, a 5 acre lot near 147th and Panhandle, and numerous farm supplies and livestock notes. Also ads for motorcycles, phonograph, seeds store, and local theatre notice.
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Bloom Towship
Oak Glen
Pointer
Corner 147Th and
Panhandle Tracks
Old Camp Meeting Grounds
Vaughan, P. O. Drawer V
Chicago, Ll
ARM
Riverdale
Dalton
A. C. Reich
Jiverdale
Yor
Highlawn
South East Front
East End
Homewood
Owen Doyle
Prairie Avenue
Ill
Listen to Your Mother on a Kitchen Apron Wedding Plot
A mother counsels her daughter to test a courting suitor with a playful kitchen ruse. She suggests hosting in an apron, dinner prep, and a staged lunch to gauge his interest and compatibility. The exchange ends with a question about a wedding gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Kaufman
Dingledollar Dan and the Bankrupt Bargains
A humorous tale recounts Dingledollar Dan, a thrifty townsman who hoards a first dollar and scorns merchants. A bankruptcy sale brings cheap clothes and shoes, reviving his finances until the rain ruins his new gear, prompting a trip to the sale that has moved on. Moral: often the customer is the principal sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dingledollar Dan
Jie
Dalton Aula Lectures Schedule 1915 16
The Lincoln avenue school auditorium hosts a 1914-15 lecture course with events listed. William J. Owen Opera Co presents The Merchant of Venice on Feb 12 1915. The Chicago Male Quartette performs on Mar 6 1916. Dalton Choral Society presents an operetta on Mar 26 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
William J. Owen Opera Co
Chicago
Dalton Choral Society
Fire Limit Extension Proposed for City Streets
The City Council weighs extending fire limits to include business streets and suburbs. Supporters argue brick or fireproof construction reduces fire spread and insurance costs, while improving streetscapes. West Pullman Reporter notes petitions on 119th and 120th streets to join the fire limits for safer, sturdier development.
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119Th
120Th
West Pullman
Saloon Keeper Wins Women’s Ward Aldermanic Endorsement
The Women’s Democratic Club of Chicago's second ward advertised for an aldermanic candidate. Six applicants, including a machinist and a physician, competed. the chosen winner was Al Russell, a saloon keeper at 3459 South State Street, who met all club criteria. Unsuccessful contenders were Ernest Gissler, E. L. Dempsey, F. M. Schlacks, Edward M. Carey, and Dr. John Kersher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Democratic Club
Second Ward
Chicago
Ill
Cottage Grove Avenue
al Russell
South State Street
Ernest Gissler
E. L. Dempsey
F. M. Schlacks
Edward M. Carey
John Kersher
Odd Bits of News From Meadeville and Wichita
A coasting party in Meadeville tied ages 84 to 92 with members John Fox Halsey Terrill John Wing and Jonathan Smack. In Wichita T Jocelyn, a divorce proctor, refused Ivy Warner a divorce citing her ninth husband. In Austin the Allison liquor law to ship liquor into dry Texas was deemed practically invalid by the court of criminal appeals per Judge Prendergast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadeville
Terrace Hall
John Fox
Halsey Terrill
John Wing
Jonathan Smack
Wichita
Kans
T. Jocelyn
Ivy Warner
Austin
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Prendergast
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Ave
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Ine
Cook County Press) Club
187Th Street
Atlantic Avenue
189Th Street
Bath
Oak Street
Dolton
F.C. Propper
Alk Bosch
Slickery Street
West Hammond
Lil
Jim Propper
Velephone Dolton
Martin Walkerly
Berger Station
Globe Rendering Co
I. Gouwens
South Holland
Dalton Postolace
Lincoln Avenuer School
Wim Beck
Victor Phonograph Anc
Pointe
A. Housinger Farm
Halsted
Vaugilan’s Seed Store
W. Randolph St
Dearborn
E. Yancock
Winchester
Vaughan Farm
Hazel Crest
Zudora
Riverdale Theatre
Dingledollar
Obel’s
Roseland
Michigan Avenue
The
Women’s Choice
Walter Magay
Riverdale 524
W. P
Leyden Avenue
Paul Heydebreck
Mason Contractor
Riverdale, Ill
Hammond
Hammond Monumental Works
B. H. Krueger
Hohbman St
Geo. Tuch
137Th Street
Propper’s Corner
Frank Waggoner
Mgr
Union Florist P.O
South Holland, Il
WM. C. Zesch
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
Edward F. Dillner
Summer Garden
Chicago St
F. J. Higgins
Wabash
Webster Bldg
LaSalle St
Carl Wulff
Pine
Dolton, Ill
John Turkstra
Olton
Grant Bros. General Machinists
Fred Dracula
Harvey
Illinois
Richard J. Ton Real Estate & Loanns Cor
110Th St
Michigan Ave
Robert Hanschmann
General
Park Ave
Dolton Ill
Emil Fischer
E. 137Th Street
A. J. Ferner
Cottage Grove Ave
Fordtran Bros
Edward F. Fulford
138Th St
Leyden Ave
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
Dalton State Bank
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