Dredging Planned for Calumet River Westward Step by Step
The Little Calumet River dredging progresses from Hegewisch toward the Indiana Illinois line with officials from Indiana and Illinois and the Sanitary District of Chicago weighing financing and fit with regional improvement plans. Hammond’s Robert H. Harrington leads a committee coordinating with Calumet City and Cook County officials as Calumet City council backs the project.
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Calumet
Gary
Hegewisch
Ilinois
Indiana
Sanitary District of
Chicago
Sanitary District
Calumet Sag Canal
Blue Island
Robert H. Harrington
Hammond Board of Public Works
Illinois State Line
Harrington
John W. Jaranowski
Calumet City
Board of Commissioners
Cook County
Jaranowski
Climatic Effects on Americans in Arctic Regions
The piece notes headaches from ice glare affecting travelers to Arctic regions. It also mentions dryness of skin and boils for temperate zone visitors due to lowered tissue resistance from freezing cold.
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Arctic
Temperate
Supers Back in South Suburban League Play Sunday
Calumet City replaces Chicago Heights as they withdraw to play independent ball. The game will be at 148th street and Wentworth avenue starting at 3 p m with the South Suburban League matchup resuming after the prior page note.
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Calumet City
Chicago Heights
148Th Street
Wentworth Avenue
South Suburban Baseball League Sunday Results
Homewood beat Hazel Crest 20 to 7. Lansing defeated Chicago Heights by forfeit 9 to 0. Supers crushed Matteson 15 to 0. Harvey routed Beverly 8 to 0.
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Hazel Crest
Lansing
Chi. Hts
Matteson
Harvey
Beverly
Lansing Seiner Aerniceetca
Dtcesdane Tans
Hazel Cres
Beverly Weeraee
Matteson Spbennteat Calle Des Snesenie
Chicago Heights
Arrows Face St Stephens After Steger Loss
The Arrows, the league’s youngest squad, suffered an 11 to 1 defeat to Steger last Sunday after a seven run eighth inning rally. They travel Sunday to Hamilton Park, aiming to avenge a 25 to 4 earlier win by St Stephens, with a 3.00 pm game at 75th and Vincennes.
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Arrows
Steger
Hamilton Park
St. Stephens
75Th
Vincennes
Man Without Clothes Causes Stir On Dixie Highway
John Bowler age 60 wandered Dixie highway and Main street in only a hat and low shoes causing a near panic among Homewood travelers en route to Chicago. Police detained him at the Village Hall and he was to be observed at the Psychopathic Hospital after a brief stay at Forest Home infirmary. One resident quipped the man seemed the only sane person in town.
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John Bowler
Dixie Highway
Main Street
Homewood
Chicago
Illinois Central
Walter Gleason
Will Warning
Chief Gleason
Forest Home Infirmary
Godiva
Homewood News
Glenwood School to Add Hospital Facility
At a Rotary Club meeting Dr. C. B. Alexander announced Glenwood Manual Training School will add a hospital. He heads the medical work and supervises reconstruction of a large building at about $10,000, with occupancy expected by November 1. Harvey Tribune reports.
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Rotary Club
C. B. Alexander
Glenwood Manual Training School
Alexander
Harvey Tribune
Inquest Clears Harvey Boy In Fatal Harsh Blow
A coroner's jury at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey exonerated Roy Stokes for delivering a fatal solar plexus blow to Harry Heavilin after a Sunday woodland encounter. Both boys were 15, similar in size, from South Halsted and South Honore streets.
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Ingalls Memorial
Harvey
Roy Stokes
South Halsted Street
Harry Heavilin
South Honore Street
The grocer eyeing wedding boosts canned bean sales
The Cincinnati Enquirer quips that the groom may be fooled into thinking he marries a cook, but the neighborhood grocer sees the wedding as a sales boost for canned beans.
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Cincinnati
New Teaching Cornetist Ludwig Panozzo Opens Local Studio
Ludwig Panozzo of 18839 Dearborn Street Riverdale, a Lincoln Avenue School graduate, begins teaching cornet and trumpet here. He studied under F W Robison in 1917 and with Noah Farantino at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, mastering transposing, tongueing and phrasing for band, orchestra and solo work. Contact Riverdale 1278 to confer at his residence.
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Ludwig Panozzo
Dearborn Street
Riverdale
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Panozzo
F. W. Robison
Noah Farantino
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Poison Ivy and Sumac Quick Identification Guide
Poison ivy shows three leaflets and waxy whitish fruits that resemble mistletoe berries. Poison sumac has 7 to 18 leaflets in paired rows with a single terminal leaflet and cream colored fruits in winter. It grows on wet land and heed leaflets three rule.
Minnows Help Control Mosquito Larvae In Ponds
Common goldfish, silverfish, and top minnows feed on mosquito larvae and can be placed in artificial ponds to reduce mosquitoes. Top minnows are widespread and voracious. Effectiveness improves when water is clear of vegetation and debris, allowing access to all pond areas.
Slow driving fine prompts jeer from state road court
Al Shaw of South Chicago was fined $5 for driving too slowly on the Dunes highway five miles east of Gary. A highway patrolman mocked him saying to walk for scenery, and a justice of the peace upheld the fine. The Indiana state speech law was repealed with June 1 effective date.
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Dunes
Gary
al Shaw
Chicago
Indiana
Shaw
Dredge Plans for Lake Calumet Move Forward
A Chicago city council sub committee told the Reporter yesterday that dredging Lake Calumet is planned before summer ends. They are seeking financing and railroad facilities and expect to begin construction before fall once the logistics are resolved.
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Lake Calumet
South End
Ruby-throated hummingbird range and size notes
The ruby throated hummingbird lives across Canada and the eastern United States east of the Mississippi. It winters in southern Mexico and Central America. It is the smallest bird in eastern North America but not the smallest hummingbird overall, since some Central and South American species are about two thirds its size.
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Canada
United States
Mississippi River
Mexico
North America
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