Pullman Standard Sells Lyndora Hotel in Hammond
Lyndora Hotel the city’s largest, built to house army officers during wartime, was sold June 7 to the Sisters of Mercy. The nuns will run the hotel as Lyndora Home with a wing for St. Vincent's Home for the aged, under Mother Carmelita, with 142 rooms and banquet facilities.
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Lyndora Hotel
Hammond
Standard Steel Car Co
Sisters of Mercy
St. Vincent's Home For
Mount Mercy Sanitarium
Highland
Wallace Barker
Pullman - Standard Car Co
T. P. Galvin
Peter Bick
Lyndora Home
Mother Carmelita
St. Vincent’s Home
Haneht Asia Commercial
Hit-Run Motorist Gets 1 to 14 Years
John Vaughan, 25, of 189 East 155th street, Harvey, was sentenced to 1 to 14 years in Joliet penitentiary for manslaughter in the hit run that killed Terman Rhoder, an I. H. B. section hand, at 189th and Halsted. He denied a new trial after a jury conviction. he had been intoxicated at the time. Vaughan drove on after the crash until his car left the road at 138th and Halsted. Homer Underwood, also of Harvey, with Vaughan, was cleared by the jury. State witness Deputy Chief Frank Stieman testified for the prosecution.
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John Vaughan
East
155Th Street
Harvey
Terman Rhoder
Joliet
Vaughn
Rhoder
189Th and
Halsted Street
E. I. Frankhauser
Criminal Court
Bene
Frankhauser
Rhodes
138Th and
Homer Underwood
Frank Stieman
Riverdale Police
Chicago Police Field Meet set for July at Wrigley and Comiskey
The annual three day Chicago Police Field Meet begins Saturday July 4 at Wrigley Field with a second game there and a final match Sunday July 12 at Comiskey Park. Proceeds from ticket sales support widows and orphans of fallen officers. The event runs daily from 2 PM featuring a championship baseball game between North Side and South Side teams.
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Chicago
Wrigley Field
Comiskey Park
South Side
Concrete For New Bridge Is Ready On Torrence Avenue
Concrete work for the Torrence avenue bridge approach, part of a 1,150,000 project to open the Calumet river west of the Ford plant, has been completed by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. The new lift type bridge will be 300 feet long with a four lane roadway and wide approaches to replace the 1905 pontoon structure.
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Torrence Avenue
Calumet River
Ford Assembly
Great Lakes
New Barge Line Formed In Chicago Area
Articles of Incorporation filed at Springfield establish the Chicago St. Louis Barge Line with an office at 219 East North Water Street Chicago. Operations planned to start about July 6 with a tow every eight days. Frank H Black, previously with Black Barry Barge Line on the Illinois River, is active in the new enterprise.
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Springfield
East North Water Street
Chicago
Frank H. Black
Illinois River
Ford Plant in Hegewisch Reports Record June Output
Ford assembly plant in Hegewisch runs 495 cars daily six days a week with 4 300 workers, up 400 in two weeks. The plant recalled workers and will delay model change over from 1936 to 1987 until late August, due to increased demand from bonus bonds.
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Ford Assembly
Hegewisch
Riverdale News: Family Announces Impromptu Marriage Plan
Suite shares surprising announcement about impending marriage to Riverdale Junior. The response from Junior reflects shock and quick banter as the family breaks the news.
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Junior
Riverdale
Sam Reynolds Arrested in Atlanta Tire Boom Case
Sam Reynolds, an Atlanta garage worker, was arrested after police discovered he used tacks to sabotage tires to boost his tire-changing business. The incident prompted police to warn motorists and investigate further for similar acts.
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Sam Reynolds
Atlanta
Illinois facts and figures from historical Q and A
A compilation of Illinois questions and answers covering landmarks liquor licenses 1935, Library loans, Public Works duties, Giant City Park location, Supreme Court composition and jurisdiction, Henry county ban, Lincoln in Black Hawk War, short wave radio stations in Illinois, Augustus French governorship, and Joe Davies County hotel opening.
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Vachel Lindsay
Springfield
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Division of
Union
Jackson Counties
Makanda
Carbondale
Cairo
Supreme Court of Illinois
Henry County
Patrick Henry
Continental Congress
Virginia
Lincoln
Illinois
Beardstown
United States
Henry Atkinson
Volunteers
Ilinois
Chicago
Augustus C. French
A. French
New Hampshire
Joe Davies County
James Smith
Slow English Car Race Defies Speed Mania
A slow automobile race in England saw the winning car move only half a mile per hour yet keep its motor running without stalling. The contrast with the current speed craze is noted as unlikely to start a new motoring fashion.
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England
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Pullman-Standard
Harry Smith
Walkerton, Ind
Anton N. Sanders
Victoria, Kan
Ford
Dom Lavin
Telephone Company
Ster A
Kelly
Navy Pier
Edward J. Hughes
Secretary of State
Hannah Lutz
Fidelity
Ill
A. A. Johnson
Los Angeles
J. F. Chandler Roofing CO
Chicago ST
Dolton, Ill
Dolton
Oscar R. Vincent
115Th Street
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
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