Auto gang clean-up eyed as Chicago police nab ring
Kensington detectives uncover a wide auto theft and moonshine operation spanning Cicero Highwood Thornton Matteson Harvey and Milwaukee. Six gang members held with more arrests expected as two stolen cars two moonshine stills and fifteen gallons of whiskey are seized. Federal authorities take the liquor and mash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Allman
Kensington
Beardsley
George
Gray
Daly
Hamilton
Automobile
Detective Bureau
Cicero
Highwood
Thornton
Matteson
Harvey
Milwaukee
Chicago
Fang
W. O. Warnes
Wallace Street
C. P. Bayne
W. 117Th Street
Warnes
Mr. Bayne
Mattison
McCarthy
Ludd
Peterson
Chicago Police
Calumet Index
Rail Award Sparks Unrest Among Railroad Men
Government Rail Board grants 600 million dollars to railroad workers but demands for more remain. Many older switchmen want to return after May walkouts while younger workers adapt to other jobs. Officials warn that lawbreaking groups will be prosecuted if workers do not resume duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Rail Board
Janitor Position Open at Highlawn School
The Board of Education District 148 will accept written applications for the janitor post at Highlawn School for the upcoming school year. Deadline is 8 p.m. Tuesday August 3 1921. Salary and duties details available from Vanderveen and Sellin. board may reject all applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlawn School
Board of Education
Dist
Vanderveen and Sellin
Highlawn
Board of Education, Dist
Verdunk to Build Store and Flat on Lincoln Avenue
William Verdunk breaks ground for a 30 by 70 foot stucco building at 352 Lincoln Avenue to house a shop for painting automobiles with living quarters above. The project, seen as a notable addition to Pinta Council K of C business districts, proceeds as local infrastructure improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Verdunk
Lincoln Avenue
Pinta Council
K. of C
Chicago Heights
K. C’s
W. R. Lawless
Halsted Street
N. J. Barron
Lawless
Riverdale
Dalton
John Hruby
Minnesota
John
Doe
Canada
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Montreal
Ladies’ Aid
St. Paul’s Church
Fire in Dolton sparks quick truck response at 554 Lincoln
In Dolton a barn fire at 554 Lincoln Avenue prompted rapid action as the Twin City Garage fire truck arrived within minutes. Firefighters led by Hank fought the blaze, saving surrounding buildings and nearby property valued in the thousands despite $600 loss to the barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Klinkhammer
Dolton
Lincoln Avenue
Lund’s Drug Store
Twin City
Hank
Henry Mohr
Klinkhammer
Dolton Board Plans Street Upgrades And Parade Rules
The Dolton Board met in regular session with all members present. It approved plans to keep Lincoln avenue and Chicago streets open during concrete street removal and discussed dumping old concrete. The board awarded 50 tons of Springfield county coal at $9 per ton and set a majority vote rule for using the town fire truck in a July 5 parade, limiting out of town use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Lincoln Avenue
Chicago Streets
Albrecht
Dillner
Greenwood Road
Chicago Street
South Holland
Needles
Chicago
Weber
Krueger
Moomaw
Chicago & Western Indiana
R. R. Lincoln Avenue
Henry Mohr
Board of Local Improvements
Fredericka Street
D D Coal Co
Springfield County
Death of Christ Schaefer longtime Chicago post office employee
Christ Schaefer a former Dalton resident and 35 year Chicago post office worker died at Ravenswood hospital July 21 at age 60. He lived at 4829 West Seeley Ave and will be interred at Oakland cemetery. Survived by widow and son Elmer, brothers Rudolph and George, sisters Louisa and Lilie and many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Schaefer
Dalton
Chicago Post Office
Ravenswood Hospital
West Seeley Avenue
Kleinert
Elmer
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Rudolph
George H. Schaefer
Louisa
Edward Bohning
Deroit
Mich
Lilie
Edward Collins
Chicago
Bowen School Pupils Earn Achievement Credits in County Program
Thirty nine pupils from Cook County schools received eight achievement credits for School and Home Projects. Among them two Bowen school students Esther Wyatt and Violet Gerloff. They were awarded pins and stars, then treated to lunch by the County Superintendent and a visit to the Grand theatre to see Welcome Stranger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook County
Bowen
Riverdale
Esther Wyatt
Violet Gerloff
Grand Theatre
Also Mentioned on This Page
Auto Thieves
Roseland
Harvey, Thornton, Matteson and
The
Rail
Mgr
Henry Dillner
Culver
Will Minardow
Henry Ruge
Fred Kirchof
Lilly Pepht
Beecher
A. Fregeau
Scott McPike
Fred Fadke
George Moomaw
London
Ohio
William Mau
Walter Mau
Walter
Adele
Mau
Lake Leland
Michigan
William Rampke
Ormsby
Minn
Edward
Russell Reich
Edith Garry
Evelyn Stroberg
Rogers Park
Barbara Shuter
Frances Vogt
Garry
Mae Geoghegan
Dempster
Knights of Columbus
Rose Schmuck
Mildred Ohlson
J. E. Kleinz
Alberta
Raymond Wesse
Homewood
Christian Mothers’ Sodality of
St. Mary’s Church
J. C. Wernicke
B. Jennings
John Harms, Jr
First Trust & Savings Bank
Starved Rock
Esther Rieger
First National Bank
Louis Harms
John Prill
Otto
Peoria
Ill
Chris Schmutzler
Carl Belz
August Barkosiski
136Th Street
Anna Rentner
Chas. C. Orr
Greenfield
Winkler
Peter Beck
Beck
Gerben VanderVeen
St. Luke’s Hospital
Goitre
John Kliinkhammer
Christ Schaefer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!