Twenty Years Ago with the Pointer
Local column recalls visits and events from twenty years ago including Joseph McGrain’s trip to Natuseer Saini and fishing reports. Residents report broken windows at 18730 Leyden avenue prompting caution. Roseland guests celebrate a silver wedding with Chas Wagner and Elizabeth Wagner from Lawrence Massachusetts.
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Joseph McGrain
Natuseer
Saini
George Dutt
Leyden Avenue
Ernest Hanschman
Roseland
Henry van Meeteren
Chas. Wagner
Elizabeth
Lawrence
Mass
Wagner
Clarence Rinkema injures arm but should recover soon
Clarence son of Mrs. John Rinkema broke his arm this week but not seriously and will be ready to play again soon. The notice also reports the June 10 marriage of Mr. Nicholas Osting and Miss Minnie Voss at the Conner home and Osting’s move to Orange City to run a grocery store. The piece mentions dust been driven by recent street work and a Sunday school picnic at Van Ostelingge’s grove.
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Clarence
John Rinkema
Nicholas Osting
Minnie Voss
Conner
Osting
Orange City
Iowa
Harry Shilling
First Reformed Church
van Osten- Lingge’s Grove
Ten Years Ago In Harvey Area Notices
Ten years ago George Bochman moved from Center Ave to West Alt Wastit Ave Harvey owning houses a barn and seven acres fronting Western Ave and 153rd Street He sold Riverdale 9 acres to Indiana Harbor railroad Mrs Moeck Hazel Locher Ahee Krueger and Joe Locher visit Al Bowman in Buffalo New York They drive there in the Moeck car with Joe as pilot Hazel and Ahee plan to stay and work in Buffalo Miss Alice Fisher at Koch Ripley store will return from two week vacation Her sister Richie helped in the store Clarence Wesse and John Wylcox launched the motor boat Dumb Dora at Cedar Lake Ind They plan to staff the ship with locals and fight the Cedar Lake battle on July 4 Enlistments at Twin City Garage Mass Inathian Smith of Hammond and Paul Haney of Dolton wed Monday at St Marys Church with Father Liebreich officiating
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George Bochman
Center Ave
Wastit
Avenue
Harvey
Western Avenue
153Rd Street
Riverdale
Indiana Harbor Railroad
Jacob Moeeck
Hazel Locher
Ahee Krueger
Joe Locher
al” Bowman
Buffalo
New York
Moeck
Cedar Lake
Twin City
Mass
Inathian Smith
Hammond, Ind
Paul Haney
Dolton
St. Mary’s Church
Father Liebreich
Twenty Years Ago Local Notes From Leota Minnesota
Mr and Mrs Nick DeBoer of Leota Minnesota visit relatives here after arriving by machine last week. Funeral services for Mrs B Vandermeer were held at First Reformed Church on Roseland with burial at Mt Greenwood. Rukus De Graif remains ailing with inflamed nerves and neuraglia and was taken to Ingalls Memorial Hospital. Christian School graduation exercises set for Wednesday June 18 at Christian Reformed Church with graduates named. Tom White and Bertha Langhout of Homewood Illinois wed in Chicago Illinois.
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Nick DeBoer
Leota
Minn
B. Vandermeer
T‘hursday
First Reformed Church
Roseland
Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
Rukus de Graif
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Chistian School
Chistian Reformed Church
Dena van Dyk
Mary Cowenhoven
Dorothy Bernerdia
Arie Singer
Edw Vander Zee
Reuben Bacheuit
Richard Rietveld
Conrad
Man in town ends nudist camp visit with will ruling shirts
A local man who visited a nudist camp discovered he could not see clearly. He grew frustrated and sought legal guidance resulting in a will that required camp participants to wear shirts.
Gas Heat Now Affordable for Chicago Homes
A public service offer promotes gas heat as affordable for 20,000 Chicago area families. The program installs gas heating at our expense, with a one year trial and $3 monthly rental during nine heating months. If unsatisfied, equipment is removed at our expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
World’s Fair opens exotic pavilions and deaf guide service
At the Chicago World’s Fair Sir Ibrahim of the Malay states and Sultana visited on June 7 with a military salute and a reception at the station. Deaf visitors gain a free guide service led by Rogers Crocker, aiding lip reading and sign language as the Volendam Holland village and other exhibits open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Ibrahim
Sultana
Frank Buck
Buck
Chicago
Black Horse
Baer
Rogers Crocker
Volendam
Holland
Michigan
Kilgen organ headlines at Chicago World Fair open air theater
The largest open air organ since 1904 sits on Swift bridge at the Fair in Chicago with Arthur Dunham at the console for daily summer concerts. It blends with the Symphony orchestra during city concerts. Reproductions of fifteen royal crowns from Europe and Asia are shown in the General Exhibits. The collection, owned by Alfred Pitts of Fond du Lac Wisconsin, includes Nero’s laurel crown and Wilhelm II’s diamond crown, plus replicas of the Pope’s tiara and the English orb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Bridge
Chicago
Arthur Dunham
Ity
Europe
Asia
Nero
Wilhelm
Germany
Alfred Pitts
Fon du Lac
Wisconsin
England
Note on Silver Survey Watch and Yale money expert
President Roosevelt approval noted as the treasury engages Prof. Harvey Rogers of Yale University to study silver siftualun. a 9 Chittary study theme appears among the financial discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
The
Treasury
Harvey Rogers
Yale University
Chittary
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry Pfeil
Carrie Dutt
Chicago Heights
Denatta
Robert Moensch
Robert
Mildred
August Raulf
Conrad Zimmer, Jr
Robert Usey
Dalton
Harvey Zimmer
South Holland News
Pointer
the Peeper
Public Service Office
Gas Heating Division
Public Service Company OF
Northern
Illinois
World’s Fair News
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