Twenty Years Ago in Town News roundup
Mrs. Louis G Reich and daughter Vola travel to Fairmount Minnesota to visit relatives for weeks. Louis Niewald and cousin Henry Mehr head to Athelston Wisconsin for a week. Carl Dieck buys an Overland car. I W Wilcox breaks an arm. Riverdale bonds for water mains fail 73 to 52. Eleven year old Max Nerche injured near Panhandle tower. arm severed. Reiser, Jones and Brueggeman witness the accident. Ruth Warning and Myrtle Burgwald visit grandma Anna Warning.
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Louis G. Reich
Vola
I. W. Wilcox
Barnard Seed Co
Dalton
Riverdale
188Th Street
Emerald Avenue
Max Nerche
William Nerche
Panhandle Tower
Joe Reiser
Frank Jones
Arthur Brueggeman
Reiser
Ruth Warning
Homewood
Myrtle Burgwald
Chicago
Anna Warning
Fire destroys barn and farm outbuildings in South Holland
A fire at South Holland early Saturday morning destroyed S. De Boer's barn and its contents. Engineer Jacob Mossell sounded the whistle to alert locals, and fireman Meeboer rescued one horse while livestock, tools, and feed barns suffered extensive losses.
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South Holland News
S. de Boer
Jacob Mossell
Meeboer
Bottemo Relatives Visit Los Angeles Indefinitely
Mr and Mrs Bottema left Tuesday for an indefinite visit to relatives in Los Angeles California. Mr C Voss died last Friday at age 87. The funeral was held Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Gerrit Schaap welcomed a baby girl born Saturday.
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Bottema
Los Angeles
Calif
C. Voss
Gerrit Schaap
Ten Years Ago with the Pointer
Ten years ago Mr. and Mrs. Wm Cook and Miss Lily Cook and Miss Mary Smith of Danville Indiana visited the Diehl family over Sunday. Mrs Minnie Niewald returned from a ten day visit to her parents in Randolph Wisconsin. Bernice Propper of Dalton fell seriously ill and underwent an appendectomy at Rose Land Community hospital. Wilmer Bowse and wife welcomed a fine son born July 18 at the German Deaconess hospital. Wm Grant and Alexander Bob Grant returned from a two week vacation in Conover Wisconsin. Emily Schmidt and daughter Helen spent two weeks touring Yellowstone and Glacier Parks.
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Wm. Cook
Lily Cook
Mary Smith
Danville
Diehl
Minnie Niewald
John Evers
Randolph
Wis
Ewere
Bernice Propper
Dalton
Roseland Community Hospital
Wilmer Bowse
Wm. Grant
Alexander
Bob” Grant
Conover
Emily Schmidt
Helen
Yellowstone
Glacier Parks
Families Take Trips Across States and Cities
Ten years ago Mr T M and Mrs J M Vanderaa left for Arlington Washington to visit friends and relatives. Mr B J Van Drunen and family returned from Grand Rapids Michigan after a week away. Friends of Mr and Mrs Peter Van Drunen welcomed their Canton Ohio visit. On the 8th of July Mrs R L Gibson traveled to Philadelphia to where relatives live. On the 22nd Mr Gibson joined her with Dr and Mrs Kettles as they cruised in a Willys Knight. The party arrived safely last night after touring New York City and Niagara Falls.
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South Holland News
T. M
J. M. Vanderaa
Arlington
Wash
B. J. van Drunen
Grand Rapids
Mich
Peter van Drunen
Canton
Ohio
R. L. Gibson
Philadelphia
Mr. Gibson
Evening gown style and perilous wildlife misfortune
A Poff of Hinton West Virginia recounts being shot by his cow when the animal backed into a shotgun during milking. His wounds are described as not serious. A warning skeleton at a dangerous curve near Mansfield California is shown with a whiskey bottle. Mrs Frank Pesetz of Milwaukee sues for divorce alleging her husband offered her for 100000 dollars.
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A. P. Poff
Hinton
W. Va
Manysdale
Calif
Frank Pesetz
Milwaukee
Spirit of Adventure Promoted as Life’s Core Power
The piece extols freedom of choice and the spirit of adventure as essential to progress. It credits Edison, Franklin, Morse and others for advancements born from adventurous minds and urges embracing risk and unknown paths to gain life’s rewards.
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Edison
Franklin
Morse
Western Newspaper Union
Vice-President Garner Receives Circus Visitor Remark
In a light moment inside his office Vice-President Garner was greeted by a visitor who claimed to head Hagenbeck's circus. Garner replied jovially that he was the vice-president of the United States and invited the visitor to stay a while. You might pick up some ideas.
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Hagenbeck
Cactus Jack
United States
Chicago Tourist Locked in Tower of London Dungeon
Howard Borman of Chicago, a tourist, was accidentally locked in one of the Tower of London dungeons for several hours before being freed by staff.
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Howard Borman
Chicago
Tower of London
Sheriff Patrol Reports Tavern Fight Detainees and Drowning Incident
Highway police in Homewood report two youths arrested after a Ridge Road tavern altercation. Earl Cadle and Wilbur Nixon, both 19 from Chicago, were fined for their actions. A swimmer named Emmett Fuige drowned at Sauk Trail after cramps. In Harvey, officers investigated a $200 theft from Mrs. Hobbs and arrested Raymond and Clifford Snow. Clifford fined. Raymond bound over to grand jury.
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Sheriff’s Highway
Wagon Wheel
Ridge Road
Earl J. Cadle
Marquette Ave
Chicago
Wilbur Nixon
Kinney
Riverdale
Earl Cadle
Wilbur
Emmett Fuige
Button St
Metropolitan Undertaking
Wentworth Ave
Chicago Heights
159Th
Millard Ave
Harvey
Hobbs
Raymond Snow
Wood Street
Farvey
Clifford
Clifford Snow
Two Men Rob Pearl's Tavern In Hazelcrest And Brewery Theft
Police investigated a stick up at Pearl's Tavern 171st and Park Hazelcrest by two men one six foot one dark complexion in a checker topcoat and hat the other five six light reddish complexion in dark clothes and cap who fled in a Ford V8 unknown plate a search was made with no trace. In addition four men arrived at Thornton brewery in a yard and bought a half barrel of beer then stole a half barrel from a truck one man struck local Mr Miller and the group fled the scene with no trace found by police.
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Sheriff’s Highway Police
Pearl’s
171St and
Park Avenue
Hazelcrest
Sheriff’s Highway
Thornton ‘Brewery
Remarkable health linked to being born before germs were found
An old gentleman jokes that his health comes from being born before germs were discovered, implying fewer worries. He notes that even the well off have to draw shades nowadays and mentions new trains with windows in the upper berths on Western railroads.
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Western Railroads
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Pointer
Harry’s Standard
Lincoln and Park Aves
Dolton, Ill
Dolton
Sheriffs Highway Police
Ill
Fred Mulhausen
The
Lincoln Club
Lincoln Avenue
Fred Irwin
Olympians
W. 138Th Street
Halsted Street
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