Homewood Notes On Sweden Editor Visit And Local Affairs
The Avalon Club held a picnic at Nietfelds woods last Sunday. Carl A Lagerstrom of Stockholm, editor of a Scandinavian paper, visited Homewood, meeting Henry Almer and Marshall Haas. He travels for both pleasure and business, seeking printing industry insights for his government. He plans to visit Cincinnati Philadelphia Washington then Leipzig where his son studies at Frankfort on the Main and will work with R. Donnelly Co. in Chicago. Lagerstrom notes American ladies are pretty though their cheeks lack Swedish color. Local hires and moves are listed with Pubrman and Kitterer changing posts and Ed Schmaedeke planning a westward move. Albert Stelkensbach narrowly escapes a street accident. Anna Pubrman visits relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl A. Lagerstrom
Stockholm
Sweden
Henry Almer
Marshall Haas
Lagerstrom
Chicago
Becays
Cincinati
Philadelphia
Washington
Leipsig
Germany
Frankfort
R. R. Donnelly Co
Messere Almer
Haas
South End
Leonard Schoof
Alex White
Henry Funk
Ed. Schmaedeke
Horace Greely
Bhatz
Schatz
Labor War Reunion Reveals 1200 Rail Workers Autobiographies
Autobiographies of 1 200 former Illinois Central Railroad employees were presented at a Tur ner Hall meeting. Accounts cover poverty disease and crime since Sept 30 1911 when 38 000 workers quit or were locked out. Frank Comerford to file answers with the federal commission and push labor warfare legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
Turner Hall
75Th
Dobson Streets
Frank Comerford
Department
American Federation of Labor
Comerford
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Our Mutual Girl at Riverdale Theatre
A nostalgic verse praising film fame and the allure of cinema as a man of wealth or power imagines joining the glamour of Our Mutual Girl. The piece anchors its setting at the Riverdale Theatre and imagines famous names in the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Vanderbilt
Gould
Teddy Roosevelt
Moving Picture
Riverdale Theatre
South Holland News Item Roundup
South Holland reports Miss Anna Gibson visiting South Bend family members. J Burstra recovers from heart trouble and can walk. Mrs L VanDerBilt operated for appendicitis and improves. Mrs M Mulder back from St Augustine hospital, feeling better. Tilstra’s new store rising with sturdy construction. Mr and Mrs Harry Shilling welcomed a baby boy. Local police urged to curb activity of weary willies. Rumors of cattle theft near Lansing. Dykstra cow reportedly killed. verification pending.
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Anna Gibson
William Gibson
South Bend
Ind
Tuesdale
Burstra
L. VanDerBilt
Wesley Hospital
M. Mulder
St. Augustine Hospital
South Holland
Lansing
Dykstra
Dolton Theatre Weekly Program Opens With Photoplays
Friday features Her Big Scoop with Maurice Costello followed by Kathryn and Turnelle Love in two part Girl of Mystery No 2. Sunday shows A Pack of Cards photoplay in two parts. Uncle Tom's Cabin vaudeville Monday and Tuesday. The Southerners three reels July 22 with Civil War battles Chickamauga and Farragut. Open nightly except Thursdays. doors at 7 p m. 5 and 10 cent admission.
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Maurice Costello
Kathryn
Tuenlle Love
Chickamauga
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Joan G. Haupy Mer
Painter's Notice for School Painting Bids
The Board of Directors of Barger School District No 149 invites bids to paint the schoolhouse. Specifications and particulars may be obtained by addressing A Steniko.
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Barger School
A. Steniko
Pullman School Contracts For Free Manual Training Plant
Lanquist and Elialey Company awarded contracts for the George M. Pullman Free School of Manual Training to be built on forty acres northeast of 111th Street and Indiana Avenue. The project includes several 50 by 100 foot shops a three story T shaped academy a fireproof power house and a tunnel system linking buildings. Total cost is about half a million dollars with Prof L G Weld to oversee operations while he is away. A Calumet Index reporter notes survey work and excavation preparations are underway.
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George M. Pullman Free School of Manual Training
Pullman Car Company
Pullman Car Works
Lanquist and Elialey Company
North
Clark Street
111Th Street
Indiana Avenue
Calumet Index
Best
L. G. Weld
Church Services Schedule on 186th Street and Lincoln Ave
Morning and afternoon worship times listed for multiple churches. Rev H Winple leads Sunday services at St Marys Catholic Church with high masses benediction at 7:00 and 10:00 low mass with 2:30 instruction. Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church schedules Sunday School at 2:15 and a 7:30 pm service led by Rev Geo P Kabele.
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186Th Street
Lincoln
H. Winple
W. H. Derrmer
OUR Savior
S .Ev. Luth
Geo. P. Kabele
Immanuel Evangelical Church Service Schedule
The church offers English preaching on the first Sunday of each month at 10 30 AM German preaching on all remaining Sunday mornings at 10 30 AM English evening services on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 7 30 PM Sunday School at 9 30 AM every Sunday. Rev J O Horrmsister is the pastor.
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Rev
J. 0
Horrmsister
Dolton M. E. Church Sunday Services and Activities
The Dolton M. E. Church invites all adults to a Teachers Training Class at 9:00 a.m. Sabbath School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. with a gracious welcome. Morning worship at 11:00 a.m. features the pastor Rev R. N. Miller and special music. A junior choir rehearsal is at 2:00 p.m. at 820 Foster Street, Evanston.
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Rehersal
R. N. Miller
Foster Street
Evanston
Riverdale Theatre Weekly Reel Lineup
Friday presents Was She Right in For giving Him a powerful drama starring Maude Fealy Acres of Alfalfa and our largest birds A Keystone. Saturday features Shorty s Trip to Mexico and The Man in The Couch a comic. Sunday From Out of The Dregs a Kaybee double reeler The Water Dog a Keystone. Tuesday Our Mutual Girl No 19 The Hour of Reckoning in 2 parts Broncho. Wednesday Moonshiners under Kaybee The Million Dollar Mystery A leap in the dark. Thusday The Mutual Weekly eye of the world When Reuben fooled the Bandit a Keystone Four thousand feet of pictures nightly Auditorium 20 degrees cooler House open 7, second 8:30 Sunday matinee 3 pm Admission 5 and 10 cents Conrap Kern Proprietor.
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Maude Fealy
Keystone
Shorty
Mexico
Mexican
Our Mutual Girl No
Hour of Reckoning
Moonshiners
the Mutual Weekly
Eye
West Pullman Park Site Chosen For New Municipal Grounds
West Pullman Commissioners select a park site known as the Becker tract ten acres between 123rd and 124th streets and Princeton avenue and Stewart plus seven and one half acres west of it owned by W H Jones of California. Plans call for an assembly hall seating about 500, a swimming pool, gymnasium and playground apparatus once title is secured.
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West Pullman Commissioners
Becker
123
124Th Streets
Princeton Avenue
Stewart
W. H. Jones
California
For Sale Young rabbit hounds in South Holland
For sale by B P VanDrunner Jr of South Holland two young rabbit hounds. Contact via phone Harvey 1601 R3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Rabbit Hounds
B. P. VanDrunner, Jr
South Holland
Harvey
Cattle and Horse Insurance Notice
Notice offers insurance for cattle or horses against death from any cause. Apply or write to A. B. Dickman, Dolton, Tl, Phone 468.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick+ man
Phone
Dolton
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Homewood News
Avalon Club
Nietfeld's Woods
Ceri Pubrman
Mr. Woodward
Albert Stelgenbach
Main Street
Albert
Misa Anna Pubrman
Pauline
Iowa
Frank Pulerman
Martin Pulerman
Homewood
Hazel Crest
Vincennes Road
I. C
South Holland News
Pullman Training School
ST. Paul's Evang. Lutheran Church
ST. Mary's Catholic Church
Arte
Martin B. Bird
Bird Optics College
Bird
Teweler
Alhan P._ Relch Pasroesss BB BEN eS AHH
Immanuel Evangelical Church
Dolton M. E. Church
Tery
Conrap Kern
West Pullman Park
137Th Street
Riverdale
THE
First National Bank
Dolton, Illinois
Chas. E. Waterman
John Shilling
Horace Holmes
Awe
Rin
Via
Restor
Dphington
Schaack
Leyden Avenue
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