Special Assessment Notice for Dolton Water Main Project
The Village of Dolton boards and president levy a special assessment to fund cast iron water main lines and appurtenances across streets including 147th Street Ingleside Avenue Greenwood Road Drexel Avenue Fairview Avenue and more. Final hearing set August 16 1926 in Cook County Court with costs payable in ten annual installments at 6 percent interest.
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Dolton
147Th Street
Irving Avenue
Ellis Avenue
Ingleside Avenue
146Th Street
Greenwood Road
Drexel Avenue
Cook County
Dalton
Illinois
Joseph L. Locher
Notice of Bids for Dolton Chicago Street Improvement
The Village of Dolton invites sealed bids for paving grading and drainage of Chicago Street in Cook County Illinois. Bids due August 9 1926 at 8 pm CDT at the village hall and opened publicly.
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Board of Local Improvements
Dolton
Chicago Street
Cook County
Illinois
Dalton
Scarlet Fever Effect on Diphtheria Antitoxin Levels
Medical observations indicate scarlet fever attacks destroy circulating diphtheria antitoxin, leading to a positive Schick test. This suggests scarlet fever can compromise immunity to diphtheria and affect testing outcomes.
Electrification Celebration Marks Illinois Central Suburban Lift
Chicago plans a multi‑hour event on August 7, 1926, to toast the $75 million electrification of the Illinois Central suburban service. A parade, official tours, a Field Museum reviewing stand, a children’s program, and a grand banquet at the Palmer House will honor officials, railroads, and progress toward cleaner, faster transit for the South Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Central
Loop
Times
South Side
Illinois Central Railroad
Randolph Street
Matteson
Edward H. White
Grand Marshall
Greater South Side
35Th Street
South Park Way
Soldiers’ Field
Field Museum
Miss Transportation
C. Y. Hinchey
Wabash
Blue Island
South Chicago
Sanitary District
Interstate Commerce Commission
67Th Street
12Th Street
Haylett
Wentworth
Women of
E. S. Bailey
Chicago Federation of Woman’s Organizations
Palmer House, Grand Banquet Hall
Markham
United States
Congress Sets New Pace in Lawmaking
Washington reports the sixty ninth congress closed its first session on July 8 with 896 laws and resolutions enacted in 158 days. Public laws 528, public resolutions 46, private laws 827, plus five omnibus pension bills totaling 2,717 private acts. Senate originated over half of enacted measures. total bills introduced reached about 13 900.
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Washington
William Tiller Page
House of Representatives
United States
Senate
House
Congress
Sixty Eighth
Grand jury stalls on McPherson case in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles grand jury, in its fourth session on Rev. Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance, declined to indict any person for kidnapping or related charges citing insufficient evidence. McPherson, who vanished at Ocean Beach on May 18 and reappeared in a gray gingham dress near Agua Prieta on June 28, had testified alleging she was abducted for a $500000 ransom.
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Granda Jury
Aimee McPherson
Los Angeles
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Ocean Beach
Soonora Desert
Agua Prieta
Suppression of Berlin Paper Red Flag Ordered
The Communist organ Rete Fahne in Berlin has been suppressed for two weeks by order of the interior minister for slandering President von Hindenburg. The move targets a periodical deemed hostile to the regime amid mounting tensions between authorities and radical press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Rete Fahne
Red Flag
Interior
von Hindenburg
Alcohol Deaths Up 600 Percent, Met Life Reports
Metropolitan Life Insurance reports deaths from alcoholism among policy holders have risen sixfold since prohibition began. The statement notes the first year of prohibition as the baseline and highlights a substantial increase in alcohol related fatalities.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Banquet Reservations Open for Jackson Park Hotel Event
The Jackson Park Hotel Association announces banquet tables of ten at five dollars per plate with a July 29 deadline at 12 00 noon. Reservations should be made by contacting K E Boussam in Dorchester 1954 to arrange seating and ensure advance payment. Tables will be clearly labeled with the reserving organization firm or individual. Individual tickets or fewer than a full table will be available after July 29 from Mr Boussum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Local Improvements
William G. Dolton
Board of
Tineal Improvements
Dolton
Illinois
Jackson Park Hotel Association
K. E. Boussam
Dorchester
Boussum
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Oaklawn
Peter A. Anker
Chicago Road
South Holland
Ill
The
Oaklawn Cemetery Association
Ilinois Marquette
South Dearborn Street
Randolph
S. A. Blish
F. E. Hanna
Co. L. van Valkenburg
T. C. Jones
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