Ten Years Ago With The Pointer In Blue Island
A crowded column recounts ten years of local notes from Blue Island area including Peter Lau recovering from blood poisoning after a rusty nail, land rumors about Dodge Bros and Chicago Strawboard, and several family updates. Hospitals report operations for appendicitis and relatives visiting or traveling to Detroit and Corfu. The Globe Rendering Company expands work due to a hot spell increasing animal deaths.
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Peter Lau
Blue Island
Dodge Bros
Chicago Strawboard Company
138Th Street
Ignace Rubinie
Wm. Jennings
Corner Oak
Sheridan Streets
Dalton
Minnie Ingold
Fredericka Witt
A. S. Diekman
Ralph Rinard
Lili Albrecht
Argus
Indiana
Henry Albrecht
Dolton
Edith Schrum
Henry Schrum
Pullman Hospital
Ruth Schaefer
Ed. Benning
Detroit
Mich
Jacob Moeck
Hazel Locher
June
Buffalo
Corfu
New York
Moeck
Joe Locher
Ernest Dieck
Pullman
Globe Rendering Company
Record Heat Breaks June 1 High After Cold Spring
Weather records show June 1 heat beating all prior measures in 52 years while spring stays unusually cold. Thermometer rose from 55 degrees at 1 a.m. to 86 degrees by 3 30 p.m. with a 31 degree swing.
Harbor project aims to create inland waterway hub
City hall reports plans to transform Calumet harbor into America's largest inland harbor with Arend Van Vlissengen as engineer. Construction scheduled to start next spring after preliminary work.
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Calumet Harbor
Uianstus
America
Arend van Vlissengen
Trefts-Eidam Wedding Held at St Pauls Hammond
Miss Elsie Tretts daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Tretts of Dalton married Rudolph Eidam at St Pauls Lutheran church Hammond on Saturday June 2. They will begin housekeeping at 221 Truman Boulevard Hammond.
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Elsie Tretts
Louis Tretts
Dalton
Rudolph Eidam
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Hammond
Truman Boulevard
Sparger Norton Marriage in Dolton Ceremony
Miss Flossie Sparger and manager La verne Norton of Dolton wed Wednesday June 6 at the bride's home 618 Lincoln Avenue Dolton.
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Flossie Sparger
Mgr. Laverne Norton
Dolton
Lincolin Avenue
DeYoung Family Welcomes Son and Local Medical Notes
Ten years ago in South Holland Mr and Mrs Henry D DeYoung welcomed a son born June 1. Mrs Gerben Hoekstra underwent tumor surgery at St Luke’s hospital. Luke DeYoung required appendicitis surgery by Dr Berger at St Francis hospital. John Vinkes house moved rearward for new home. Nell Triemstra planned a month visit to the great west including Manhattan Montana.
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Henry D. DeYoung
Gerben Hoekstra
St. Luke’s Hospital
John Vinke
Luke DeYoung
Berger
St. Francis Hospital
D. P. DeYoung
Nell Triemstra
Great West
Manhattan
Montana
Harvey 1895 City Officials and Salaries Directory
A 40 year old Harvey directory lists mayor Jonathan Matthews at 1895 with a 250 dollar salary. It shows clerks, treasurer, attorney, police chief, engineers, street wages, health officer, fire marshal, and ward aldermen with their pay and meeting figures, plus township officers and a 1895 state and federal delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey News-Bee
Harvey
Jonathan Matthews
Fred Gage
W. H. Miller
Frank L. Stobbs
M. George Alexan
W. F E. Kissel
Jd. G. Hutton
J. B. Kirk
C. H .Applegate
C. W. Ranger
A. Dean
John DeGraiff
David Reeser
John H. DeVoe
A. A. Dennison
Homewood
Thornton Township
Peter Anker
South Welland
Henry Stave
Thornton
A. JC. F. Rust
Lansing
Andrew Dickman
Dalton
George Dolton
Dolton
M. A. Gibson
Pf. DeYoung
South Holland
Joseph Wack
John P. Davis
West Hammond
William van Drunen
Carl Puhrman
Peter Schrumm
J. Humphreys
J. Lowenthal
G. W. Miller
C. Muir
Congress
J. Frank Aldrich
Young June Bride Seeks Bread Raising Advice
A playful dialogue shows a young bride seeking ideas to raise bread while her husband suggests a derrick and a couple of jacks as a quick joking remedy.
Aluminum train to sprint at 110 miles per hour in UP service
New aluminum streamlined train for Union Pacific to run between Denver Omaha and Los Angeles within sixty days. Powered by a 600 horsepower V type oil engine it uses three unit cars including baggage and two passenger coaches plus a rear buffet. Expected to be the fastest in America potentially surpassing all existing trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
Union Pacific
Denver
Omaha
Los Angeles
America
Cow Birds Named Laziest of Feathery Tribe
A Washington Star correspondent notes the cowbird rests on the cattle herd to feed, rides atop cows during grazing shifts, and is parasitic in nesting by laying eggs in other birds nests. The foster mother feeds and raises the mixed brood unaware of the impostor chick.
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Amon
Washington Star
Self-Opening Parachute Advances Arising From Automation
The article describes a self opening parachute device with automatic timing that releases the parachute bag after a plunge from an aircraft. It notes the automatic operation reduces human error and offers precise landing placement for dropping matter or supplies, highlighting its value in aviation and logistics.
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Heney Va.nchute
Uber
Meriwether Lewis Explorer and Governor of Louisiana Territory
Meriwether Lewis, born 1774 near Charlottesville, Virginia, explored the Missouri River with William Clark and reached the Pacific Ocean. He served as a militia member during the Whisky Insurrection and as Jefferson’s private secretary before commanding the northern Louisiana territory region in 1807. His 1809 death near Nashville remains a mystery, with theories of suicide or possible foul play.
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Meriwether Lewis Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
Lewis
Charlottes Ville
Jefferson
Louisiana Territory
Nashville
Tenn
Pathfinder Magazine
Elephant shaped house towers over Margate City
A six room residence built in the form of a giant elephant sits in Margate City New Jersey. The body measures 38 feet long and 80 feet in circumference with 22 windows eight miles of visibility from the top of the 65 foot howdah. The two hind legs host spiral staircases and the open air sunroom over the back commemorates an beloved elephant owner.
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Howdah
Margate City
N. J
Pointer extras on sale at local drugstore stands
Extra copies of The Pointer are offered at Ed Luken's Drugstore in Dolton and Kurz Newsstand in Riverdale, with sales noted for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Luken
Dolton
Kurz
Riverdale
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Pointer
New Harbor
Norton
South Holland News
Illinois
Magic
Lic
Rvice Company
Pullman Company
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