Local notes from South Holland and area
Several community updates report injuries and travels. Tunis Wognum broke a leg at third base and went to St Francis hospital. visitors include Florence Laansma of Grand Rapids and Mrs W Lichterman of Indianapolis. Mr and Mrs Janie returned to Philadelphia after weeks with daughter Mrs Russell Gibson. Elizabeth VanDrunen plans return from Iowa and South Dakota. A daughter arrived to Mr and Mrs R Barnegan on July 21. A trip by auto to Starved Rock, Illinois included Nick A Anker, William Brouwers and William Haaksma families. Mrs John Vinke underwent Mayo Bros hospital operation and may come home briefly. Local sale ads list stove, coffee, soap, cookies, salmon, cornflakes and rusk. Oliver typewriters offered on easy payments along with a sermon book by Rev J B Vanderhoek. orders sent to A Plymert. 93p
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Tunis
Armour’s
Holland Rusk
Bardwick’s Grocery
Oliver Typewriters
J. B. Vanderhoek
A. Plymert
South Holland
Queen Esther Circle Cafeteria Supper at Camp Grounds
The Queen Esther Circle of the Sandridge M E Church will host a cafeteria supper at the Camp Grounds starting Monday July 30 at 6 o clock in the evening Chicago time.
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Queen Esther
Sandridge M
Crickets prep for Bearcats tussle at McKinley School
Bernice news notes a Tuesday and Friday 7 30 p m softball scene as the Crickets prepare for a game with the Bearcats. Also reports Miss Anna Cook injured in a car crash with minor injuries to Mgr. Harry Oppenhuis and home confinement for Cook.
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McKinley School
Bearcats
Anna Cook
Mgr
Harry Oppenhuis
Miss Cook
Mr. Oppenhuis
Peter Paarlberg
Doorn
Walt van Kanegan
van Kanegan
Houtsma
Henry Ford
Henry Jr
Neal Kickert
Kickert
R. VanDrunen
Murray
Harry VerKaik
David Bermingham
Chas. Taylor
Bernice
Louis Taylor
Died at 92 Mrs Westphal of Thornton and Chicago Heights
Johanna Westphal 92 died at her daughter Mrs Johanna Runge's home in Thornton on Wednesday July 25 1923 aged 92 years 8 months and 25 days. Born in Germany in 1850 she immigrated to the U S in 1870 and settled in Pennsylvania moving to Thornton in 1892 and later lived in Chicago Heights. She leaves a son Nerman Westphal a daughter Mrs Runge seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1 80 at the home and 2 at St Pauls church Thornton with interment at Oaklawn cemetery. Also a help wanted notice for a Protestant middle aged woman speaking German and English at 824 Center St Chicago Ill. Tel Lincoln 3021.
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Johnna Westphal
Johanna Runge
Thornton
Germany
America
Pennsylvania
Chicago Heights
Nerman Westphal
Glenwood
Runge
St. Paul’s Church
Oaklawn Cemetery
Christine Jochum
Center St
Chicago
Ill
Lincoln
Methodist Church Sunday Schedule and Services
Sunday school at 9 45 a m with morning worship at 11 00 a m. Epworth League and evening service at 7 30 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at eight o'clock led by Mrs. Robert Waddell.
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Epworth
Robert Waddell
Changes in Illinois Motor Vehicle Laws Take Effect
Secretary Louis E. Emerson mails instructions to automobile investigators about the new Illinois laws that became effective July 1. Major changes include a 25 mile per hour speed limit on country roads and a requirement to dim headlights regardless of anti glare lenses.
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Springfield
Hll
Illinois
Louis E. Emerson
Emerson
Will Build Garage At Center And Park Avenues
The Howland Motor company buys triangular ground at Center and Park, bounded north by 156th Street, planning a 50000 dollar two story building. Construction to start soon, to be finished before next fall. The facility will include a storage garage and salesroom with two entrances facing Center and Park, plus a filling station at the south end to serve passing traffic.
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The
Howland Motor Company
Center
Park Avenues
156Th Street
Harvey Tribune
Bungalows For Sale On For est Avenue Dalton
Quality homes advertised by S Ellen Dolton Estate with Dr C H Thomsen as administrator. Statements promise strong, durable houses and invite prospective buyers to view the properties on Forest Avenue in Dalton.
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Forest Avenue
Dalton
S. Ellen Dolton
C. H. Thomsen
Theaters Schedule Rich in New Screen Hits
Saturday features Richard Talmadge in Watch Him Step and Larry Seamon in The Show. Sunday presents Hobart Bosworth in Blind Hearts. August 1 and 2 show Why Girls Leave Home with Anna Q. Nilsson and an all star cast. A powerful human interest photo drama examining a vital home problem.
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Richard Talmadge
Larry Seamon
Hobart Bosworth
Anna Q. Nilsson
Nero Romantic Thrall in Historic Rome Screen Spectacle
Saturday and Sunday showings feature Tom Mix in Choosing the Moon and Frank Mayo with Rhyllis Haver and Nigel Barry in The Bolted Door. July 31 and August 1 present the screen’s beauty and thrills Nero filmed in Rome on actual scenes from Nero’s reign.
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Tom Mix
Frank Mayo
Rhyllis Haver
Nigel Barry
Nero
Rome
Blue Island Mulls Sanitary District Electric Light Deal
Blue Island officials plan a Chicago visit to discuss retaining Sanitary District current for street lights and obtaining Public Service Company power for commercial use under a franchise. An old city plant option remains costly while voters face other measures. engineers favor a city owned plant but at a prohibitive 250000.
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Blue Island
Sanitary District
Public Service Company
Paul T. Klenk
Masena
Chicago
Berwyn
R. B. Hammond
A. M. Gerdes
Iix
Burke
Ma. Gerdes
Joseph W. Lentz
Well Acquainted Buddy’s Prayer Time Friends
A mother lists Buddy’s friends and relatives as he prays. The boy notes he has many friends for a little kid, saying Gee manna Ave got a lot of friends.
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Buddy
Mammoth Nero Film Prompts Grand Ad Pitch
Allen Dale, famed critic of the New York American, hails Nero as mammoth and colossal in a sensational 12 reel feature. Admission priced at 17 and 33 cents, drawing attention to the film’s enormous rise in public chatter.
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Nero
Allen Dale
N. Y. American
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Johanna Westphal
Methodist Episcopal Church
Riverdale Theatre
Auto Live
Sanitary
Public Service
Blue Island Sun
Roseland Auto Wreckers
Nicholas J. Gouwens
Michigan Ave
144Th Place
State Street
138Th Street
Riverdale
Illinois Central R. A
HE. Chamberlain
Langley Avenue
Wm. H. Sikma
Oak Glen
Gardeners Park
Call Pullman
Gladiolus
Bloom
Leyden Avenue
American Auto Insurance Association
Ford
Maxwell
Harold Diekman
A. S. Diekman
Deering Binder
Peter Lezeau
Kanawha Avenue
John Ravesfoot, Jr
State St
Iinois
Conrad Kern
Indiana Avenue
Timothy
Prairie
Roy Fisher
Ind
Main
Delion
Herbert Engel
147Th Street
Pan Handle Railroad
Harvey
H. Zevenhouse
Woodbridge Avenue
Stotzer
Chiropractors
East 136Th Street
Riverdale, Ill
Crosley
Dolton
A. P. Reich
Jeweler
Delton
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