Second Annual Outdoor Safety Show Planned in Grant Park
Chicago civic leaders urge attendance at the June 30 Second Annual Outdoor Show in Grant Park. George W. Fleming, secretary of The Keep Chicago Safe Committee, invites all organizations to attend and obtain free tickets from Hotel Sherman headquarters or by phone. Mayor Edward J. Kelly founded the group in 1985 to reduce traffic accidents and promote street safety, with notable reductions and a 100 piece orchestra featuring sports, stage and screen stars.
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Chicago
Grant Park
George W. Fleming
Keep Chicago Safe Committee
Sherman
Randolph
Edward J. Kelly
Kelly
Frank B. Smith
Smith
Fireworks Toll of 1935 Recalled
Seventeen persons who wished to see Fourth of July fireworks last year will never again see anything. Forty three others suffered impairment of vision in Illinois alone. Local civic leaders attend a conference at the Hotel Sherman to seek a means of curbing the use of explosives.
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Illinois Society For the Prevention of
Illinois
Society
Sherman
Land crabs' pilgrim instinct drives them under houses
The report notes land crabs migrate to the water carrying eggs, marching straight through obstacles. Males lead the female group two to three days earlier as the pilgrimage begins, signaling their determined, unobstructed path.
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Western Newspaper Union
Riverdale Village ordinance on use of unexpended funds
An ordinance allows any unexpended balance from prior appropriations to be used to pay lawful corporate debts of the Village of Riverdale. It states the ordinance takes effect after passage approval and publication. Dated June 28, 1936, signed by Village Clerk Kurz and President Claussen. published June 26, 1936 by Village Clerk Sure.
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Riverdale
Cook County
Illinois
Board of Trustees
Police Department
Board of Local Improvemens
Board of Local Improvements
Riverdale Fire Station
Ether J. Kurz
William J. Claussen
Village of
Peter ° Sure
Vacillation and Conviction in Puritan Thought
The piece extols Puritans for firm, unwavering convictions and tolerance toward dissent. It warns against hollow agreement and duplicity, stressing that true character comes from steadfast conviction paired with respect for others. It highlights diplomacy and honesty as social balances, linking conviction to lasting credibility.
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Vur
Pulllin
Civil Service Examinations Announced for Federal Posts
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams. Positions include Pharmacologist at $3,800 annually with the Public Health Service Treasury, Assistant animal husbandman at $2,600 with the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, Junior motion picture director at $3,500 and motion picture specialist at $3,200 with the Department of Agriculture. Full information via the Civil Service Board of Examiners at select post offices or the Commission in Washington, D. C.
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United States Civil Service Commission
United States Public Health Service
Treasury Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of the
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Washington, D. C
Hall of Religion displays ancient rolls and preacher images
The Texas Centennial exposition hall features long parchment rolls and pictures of preachers with a pistol and bible. The Centennial Housing Bureau housed 63,000 visitors in ten days at an average $1.75 per day, addressing lodging needs on a large scale. America remains the land of promise, especially in election years.
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Centennial Housing Bureau
America
Local and Personal News Highlights in Dalton and Dolton
Community notes from Dalton and Dolton include six month old Patsy Martens recovering after surgery at St. Margaret's in Hammond, a tenth wedding anniversary party for Grover and Mrs Cogswell with fifty guests, and travel to De Pere for a niece's funeral. Piano recital in Unity hall features Bachmann students. various residents attend visits, picnics, or hospital stays. Local figures attend church events, theaters, and summer programs, while civic projects advance on Riverdale streets and a boy builds a soap-box racer achieving ten mph and forty mpg with a home crafted water pump motor.
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Patricia Ann Martens
Wm. Martens, Jr
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Hammond
Patsy
Grover Cogswell
Chicago Street
Dalton
Fenstermaker
de Pere
Wis
Anna Jeffrey
Grand Rapids
Orly
Evelyn Bachmann
Unity Hall
Muriel Wernicke
Donald Johnson
Robert Bachmann
Donald Wernicke
David Johnson
Violet Klaege
Margaret Lorenzen
Garrett Staat
Edward Stahnke
Muriel Stahnke
Ruth Kemnitz
Ruth Bachmann
Alma Kemnitz
Ralph Lauridsen
Robert O’brien
Ruth Waterman
John Wernicke
Robert Hair
Joseph Kumarowski
East 138Th Street
Riverdale
Frank Hair
Winamine
Ind
Hairr
W. A. Zellers
Virginia Hair
Herman Kortum
Dolton
Albert Kortum
George Kortum
South Holland
August Reitz
August Powers
Park Board
Katherine Younker
Milton Younker
Arthur Smith
Des Moines
R. John
Gary
John Hausman
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Bernard
Gold Star
Schappi Lines
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Old
Saulk Trail
Chicago Heights
Oderick Fait
WPA
Chicago
137Th Street
Frank Thompson
Decatur
Little Riverdale
Ida Waedow
Anita la Dege
Lois and
Dale Roberts
111Th Street
Chas. Dressendorfer
Peggy
Philadelphia
Frank Thompsons
Elizabeth Weiland
Rose Goodstein
Hazel Heffner
Hazel Crest
Bessie la Dege
Cook County
Aurora
Frank Berndt
Washington St
Myrtle
John Wislich
Shirley Ross
R. W. Ross
Wabash Avenue
Curtis Hall
Fine Arts Building
Walton Pyre
American Conservatory
Thornton Township High School
Chicago Normal College
Thomas Braun
E. 136Th Place
Roseland Community Hospital
Ira J. Hastings
Swan Lake
Mich
187Th St
Leon Warren
Mary Ann
Eva Jane
Saratoga
Columbus
Ohio
Jack
Donald Wilcoxen
James Wilcoxen
Danville
Ill
Indiana Avenue
Frank Miller
Daily Vacation Bible School of
Lincoln School
Lee Coleman
Phillip Bassler
Caroline O’brien
Park Avenue
San Antonio
Tex
Dallas
Texas
Robert G. Alderman
Richard
Woodland
Calif
Alderman
Carl Dieck
Republican Committee
Third Congressional District
Cleveland
Doldale Rebecca Lodge
Rebeccas
Wm. DeCamp
Virginia
Mae Fuller
Wm. Haney, Jr
Kanawha Avenue
Edward Kreske
Catherine McLaughlin
Michigan Ave
Dalton-Riverdale Building and Loan Association
Albert Harms
David Scheller
Atlantic Street
Ivanhoe
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Levellug Vleoclual Uevawars
Polonius
Civil Service Examinations
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