Local Social Notes from Lansing and Nearby Communities
Social happenings include visits by the Dunne Eckstein and Peterson families from Detroit Whiting and Hammond and Chicago trips. Dorothy Eckstein returns from a Michigan Canada tour. Vera Daehn marries Theodore Tinburg. Miss Olga Daehn assumes her sister’s store vacancy. Community events feature the Home Maker's club picnic at Wicker Park and the St Anne's church bunco night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Dunne
Detroit
Mich
John Eckstein
Ehlert
Whiting
Ind
Florence
Winamac
Annex
Vera Daehn
L. T. Vanderaa
Torrence Avenue
Theodore Tinburg
Crown Point
Oak Glen
Daehn
Thornton Road
Olga Daehn
O. E. Peterson
Chicago
Wallace Starr
Ernest
Kewanna
Hudkins
Reva
Peterson’s
Home Maker’s Club
Wicker Park
George Dockwieler
Niagara Falls
Floyd Bothwell
Long Lake
Mohr
Guinup
Hammond
Connelly
Jane Guinup
LaPorte
Larson
Mildred Bulge
Ridge Road
Velta Brown
Lucile Brown
Bunco
Lake Eliza
Rev
Frank
Polls for injunctions over Thorn Creek pollution in South Holland
Petitions circulate to raise funds for an injunction suit to stop sewer connections into Thorn Creek and the Little Calumet River. A court decision could halt further discharges as communities seek a remedy to pollution. John Eylander dies after a lingering illness. funeral services slated for July 5.
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Thorn Creek
Calumet
John Eylander
South Park Avenue
First Christian Reformed Church
South Holland
Hobart Wilson
Jennie Weld
Chicago Street
Bardwicks Store
Second Christian Reformed Church
William C. Rietveld
Rietveld
DeYoung Bros
South Holland Officials Order Thistle Cutting
Village of South Holland issues notice to property owners renters and real estate agents to cut Canada thistles before they go to seed. J G Voss clerk signs the notice.
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Village Board of
South Holland
J. G. Voss
Coal Bids Wanted by District 151 South Holland
The Board of Education District 151 South Holland will accept bids on July 7 for furnishing and delivering 40 tons of Pocahontas lump coal and 50 tons of Pocahontas egg coal. Peter Dalenberg, Clerk.
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Board of Education of Dist
South Holland
Peter Dalenberg
Bearcats Suffer Two Tough Losses in July Showdown
The Bearcats dropped a 4 to 3 decision to Hegewisch Iowa and a 2 to 1 defeat to Fair & Square, both pitching duels. After four losses in two weeks the team vows stronger pitching and timely hitting as they prepare for the July 4 showdown at Bearcat field set for 10:00 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bearcats
Hegewisch Iowa
Fair & Square Boys
Indiana
Bearcat Field
Man-Eating Lions Mentioned But Rare in Villages
The article notes that a few lions form a habit of entering native villages and abducting people, earning the label man-eating lions. It emphasizes that this behavior is true of only a small number of lions.
Backlash Described In Machinery And Fishing Reels
The term backlash refers to a play in a gear train or any loose motion in connected parts. In fishing, it also means a reversal winding on a reel causing line tangling.
Took Name From Venice Venezuela
A brief note explains the origin of the name Venice Venezuela meaning Little Venice derived from lake villages on Lake Mara shores where indigenous communities historically lived on raised pile dwellings.
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Venice
Venezuela
Little
Lake Mara
Eleanor Boardman in She Goes to War at TAC Theatre Devon
TAC Theatre Devon presents a Fourth of July program with Eleanor Boardman in She Goes to War a sound wartime drama. Charles Chase stars in The Great Gods a talking comedy. Nixon Dames Jade Box Laurel and Hardy perform in talking and singing sketches. Sunday features William Haines in The Girl Said No and Chills and Fever a talking comedy. July 8 and 9 show The Cock Eyed World starring Victor McLaglen Edmund Lowe Lily Damita.
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Eleanor Boardman
Charles Chase
Nixon Dames
Laurel and Hardy
William Haines
Victor McLaglen
Edmund Lowe
Lily Damita
State Theatre Weekly Billboards and Big Screen Picks
The State Theatre presents Fannie Brice in Be Yourself with song and laughs July 2 to 3. July 4 to 5 features Hold Everything with Winnie Lightner Joe E Brown Sally ONeill Georges Carpentier. July 6 to 8 asks Beware He’s Alive with the Sax Rohmer thriller The Return of Dr Fu Manchu starring Warner Oland Jean Arthur Neil Hamilton. Also on offer Caught Short with Polly Moran Mark Dressler and Divorcee starring Norma Shearer.
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Fannie Brice
FBI
Winnie Lightner
Joe E. Brown
Sally O’niel
Georges Carpentier
Sun
Sax Rohmer
Dr. Fu Man Chu
Warner Oland
Jean Arthur
Neil Hamilton
Polly Moran
Mark Dressler
Norma Shearer
Judge DeYoung Buys Hyde Park Residence for 35000
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Frederic R. DeYoung purchased the twelve room brick house at 4805 Kimbark Avenue in Hyde Park from Paul H. and Ann Richter for 35000. The lot measures 50 by 238 feet, with Edward B. Frysinger acting as broker for all parties.
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DeYoung
Frederic R. DeYoung
Illinois Supreme Court
Kimbark Avenue
Paul H
Annn B. Richter
Hyde Park
Richter
Continental Belt Companty
Pasadena
Cal
Justice DeYoung
Edward B. Frysinger
Second Christian Reformed Patriotic Picnic Held July 4 1930
The Fourth Annual Patriotic Picnic by Second Christian Reformed Church and Sunday School of South Holland Illinois occurs July 4 1930 at DeYoung's Grove two blocks west of Chicago Street and two blocks north of 159th Street on Woodlawn Avenue near C E I tracks. Activities include a 10 00 a m ball game community singing a sport program refreshments and canteen with Laus Dee Band from Englewood and a principal address by Rev K W Fortuin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Christian Reformed Church and Sunday School
South Holland
DeYoung’s Grove
Chicago Street
159Th Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Halsted Street
Laus Dee Band
Englewood
Chicago
Rev
K. W. Fortuin
Grove
Man’s Measure: A Rich Life Requires One True Friend
A thoughtful quotation attributed to Thoreau suggests no man can truly succeed without maintaining at least one loyal friendship. The saying frames friendship as essential to a fulfilling life.
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Thoretn
In Memoriam Jennie Oling Memorial Verse
In tribute to our dear wife and mother Jennie Oling who died July 5 1929. We miss you more each day and feel silent heartache. Happy years we shared. Your friendly face and loving smile kept life worth while. Harry N. Oling Marjorie and Jasper
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Jennie Oling
Stabilizing a Wobbly Card Table With Hairpin Wrapping
When a card table leg sags or folds unexpectedly the solution uses a hairpin wrapped tightly around the center where the braces meet to brace the table. This creates a temporary stabilizing tension to prevent collapse during use.
They Got the Best of It Poets of a Frugal Era
A compact line notes that in older times men reduced meals for literary purposes, with posterity dubbing them poets. The aphorism reflects frugality shaping poetic identity and the press echoing this memory.
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Paterson Press
Guerdian
Satan's Advantage and the Devil's Own Weapon
A South quotation asserts that those who battle the devil on his terms will find him too strong, emphasizing the peril of fighting evil with its preferred means. The line frames moral struggle as a test of strategy and resolve against a formidable foe.
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Satan
Obituary of John H Fraker Belvidere Tenn and Harvey Il
John Henry Fraker born April 27 1888 in Belvidere Tennessee died June 27 1930 at age 42. He married Sally Butler May 28 1911 and had daughter Anna Pearl and son James Henry. A carpenter by trade he moved to Dalton Illinois in 1928 and joined First Baptist Harvey. He was baptized Easter 1928 and served as church trustee. He left a wife two children his parents, three brothers and three sisters.
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John Henry Fraker
Belvidere
Tenn
Sally Butler
Anna Pearl
James Henry
Reformed Church
Dalton
First Baptist Church
Harvey
Fraker
Early envelope making machines patent dates
The text notes that envelope production was manual until 1844 when England patented a machine for making envelopes, and that America granted a similar patent in 1849.
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England
America
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Lansing
WM. A. Herrick
E. 147Th St
Halsted Harvey, Illinois
Daniel C. Bachmann
Prion Dolton
Lincoln Ave
Dolton
THE
TAC Theatre
Devon
State Theatre
Gents Furnishings & Shoe Store
E. 137Th Street
Riverdale
Dr. J. Finley Kettles
Louis St
St. Holland School
East 154Th Street
Harry N. Oling
Marjorie and
Jasper
Broiler
Chigago Street
Tompkin’s Food Shop
Lexington Ave
Harvey Phone
Harvey 51
DE Young Bros
Park Ave
Holland, Tr
Tel
Halsted St
Chicago, Ill
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