Hit or Miss Column Highlights Domestic Quirks
A collage of items includes Huerta’s election admission, Helen Morton Bayley declared insane by her husband, Cook County finances, a runaway marriage of Papa Smith and Miss Orr, and a bees nest disrupting Grand Crossing police. Weather glimpses wrap the chatter with satire on politics and schooling by movies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huerta
Helen Morton Bayley
Cook County
Papa Smith
Miss Orr
Crown Point
Grand Crossing
Tonabee
T. R
Insurance notice for cattle and horses in Dolton Illinois
A notice advising owners to insure cattle or horses against death from any cause. Inquiries directed to A. S Diekman, phone 468, Dolton, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S Diekman
Dolton, Ill
Riverdale Park District Budget Ordinance 1914
The Riverdale Park District approves an annual corporate appropriation for fiscal year May 1 1914 to April 30 1915 totaling 575.00 funded by tax levy. The measures include legal expenses secretary and treasurer salaries election costs stationery fuel lights printing and other incidental costs and maintenance and improvement of parks along with officer bonds. The ordinance was filed July 3 1914 and published July 10 1914 with signatures of J M Deam Secretary and Dr F W Schmidt President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Park District
Board of Park Commissioners
Rverdale Park District
Park
J. M. Deam
A. D
F. W. Schmidt
Must Be In the Blood Cat Delights in Odd Pastry Seeds
A London cat reportedly enjoys seeds of pastry chocolate blackberries tomatoes egg shells and even wood as a quirky addition to its usual fish and meat diet. A landlady notes a lodger felt he missed things after the cat’s unusual cravings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Grant Park Improvements Begin After Seventeen Years
Henry M. Hyde notes Grant Park upgrades will start soon with the $4,000,000 Field Museum structure on landfill south of Twelfth Street. Congress may authorize war department land filling 300 feet east of the current water line, delaying earlier 900 foot plan. Construction will take three to four years, with Twelfth Street widened into a boulevard extending past the new Illinois Central station and the Field Museum to connect with Michigan Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Hyde
Chicago Tribune
Grant Park
Twelfth Street
Congress
Illinois Central Station
Field Museu
Michigan Avenue
Quip on beauty and clocks from Mrs Pozozzle
A humorous aside quotes Mrs Pozozzle debating the saying that a homely face could stop a clock. She argues against the notion by claiming she knows women whose expressions could make a clock run down from fear.
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. H. Leetle
Chicago Lake Front
Howse Field Museum
K.W.H
K. W.H
Public Service Co
Northern
Illinois
Dolton State Bank
Dolton, Illinois
FORD
Detroit
James A. Bates
Harvey
Drs
Kettles & Ferner
Riverdale
South Holland
Indiana Ave
Paul Heydebreck
Mason Contractor
Calumet Hotel
Riverdale, Ill
Hammond
Hammond Monumental Works
B. H. Krueger
Hohman St
Gooda
Dalton
Michigan Ave
Richard E. Hoppe
Lincoln Avenue
Dolton
Vandenberg
Paul Vandenberg
East 11Th Place
Chicago, Ill
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