Ten Years Ago With The Pointer In Brief Notes
Mrs John Hoppe and Mrs Arthur Fisher left for Birds 1 to visit Mrs Hoppe’s daughter Mrs Freida Montgomery. A warm spell broke with rain and a wind dropping temperatures to ten below. Miss Mary Rosengren and Gladys Stutzkem on vacation to Joliet to visit relatives. Miss Mary Reen and family guests of Mrs Ray Baumgartner in Riverdale for a daughter Sylvia’s marriage to Elmer Rentner of Dalton. Mrs William Ehlers and George Stier travel to Shelby Michigan for several weeks with Mrs S E Trussell, ill in Chicago hospital. Grandma Pauls celebrated her 80th birthday with 30 guests and a large birthday cake.
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John Hoppe
Arthur Fisher
Birds
Earl
la Crosse
Indiana
Ray Baumgartner
Riverdale
Sylvia
Elmer Rentner
Dalton
Preacher to Speak at First Reformed Church in South Holland
The Rev. C. Van Oostenbrugge of Schenectady will deliver Sunday afternoon sermons at the First Reformed church. A crowd gathered at D. Couwenhoven’s home for a farewell surprise for Miss VanderRepe, who will not return for the next school term. Mr. and Mrs. N. De Boer and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Shilling visited friends in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by auto.
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C. van Oostenbrugge
Schenectady
New York
First Reformed Church
D. Couwenhoven
VandeRepe
VanderRepe
N. de Boer
Isaac Shilling
Visits Cross Wisconsin City as Local Winds Cause Minor Damage
Mrs Peter Besbopr and three children left Friday for five weeks with her mother in Randolph Wisconsin. Mr and Mrs A O VanZanten of Grand Rapids Michigan with Rev and Mrs J G Brower and sons Paul and Mark arrived in South Tolland on Wednesday. The VanZantens plan to stay for the Fourth. Rev Houwer and family left for Pella Otley and Des Moines Iowa for the Christian Endeavor Convention. A chimney toppled near the post office in high wind but no one was hurt and only minor damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Besbopr
R. Osenga
Randolph
Wis
A. O. VanZanten
Grand Rapids
Mich
J. G. Brower
Paul
Mark
South Tolland Themsday
VanZantens
Houwer End
Pella
Otley
Des Vmoines
Iowa
Christian Endeavor
Mall
Central office opens to house township relief workers
Cook county bureau of public welfare opened a central office at 12100 Western avenue Blue Island to staff personnel for Calumet Worth Ure men and part of Rich townships. Persid Gerson will supervise a district with about twenty five staff and twenty nine hundred families on relief lists. The Midlothian office will close and staff moved to Blue Island.
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Central Offee
Tour
Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare
Western Avenue
Blue Island
Arhef
Calumet
Worth
Uremen
Persid Gerson
Berwyn
Gerson
Midlothian
Mic Gerson
Blue Island Star
Educator E. L. Boyer Dies After Long Service
Chicago mourns as E. L. Boyer longtime head of Sloom Township High School for 25 years dies at his home 29 Whildowney Street. He had suffered ill health since early this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fdwin i Boyer
Sloom Township
Bloom school principal dies after long illness
In Chicago Heights Star report, Mr. Boyer lay in critical condition for two weeks before dying. Mrs. Boyer and close family were at his bedside as the community mourns a respected teacher and community leader with services held Wednesday at Matteson cemetery.
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Boyer
Chicago Heights
Star
Bloom
Hint
Matteson Cemetery
Convict Cochran Claims Graveyard Murder Tale
A story from Hammond Indiana reports Woodrow Wilson Cochran a Pendleton Reformatory convict saying he buried two murder victims four years ago in a Slew near Hammond. Thousands mobbed the area but police barred digging while investigators assess the tale as possibly a ruse for a prison vacation.
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Uduxi
Accenetes
Hammond
Ind
Woodrow Wilson Cochran
Pendleton Reformatory
Cochran
Lawrenceville
Aged Man Dies After Auto Collision in Harvey
Robert Young 71 of Traivey died June 18 at Ingalls Memorial Hospital from injuries after a car he drove collided with a machine driven by Howard Carlseen of Chicago Heights. The coroner's inquest was postponed due to a missing witness. Carlseen was not arrested. The crash occurred at Park and Lexington avenues as Young allegedly ran a diagonal, crossing into Carlseen's path, corroborated by Emmett Richards Jr. who was with Carlseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Young
Traivey
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Howard Carlseen
E. G. Carlseen
Chicago Heights
Youns Cailseen
Park and
Lexington Avenues
Harvey
Cailseen
Young
Emmett Richards, Jr
The Cross Roads Post and the Globe Debate
In Cross Roads, Squire Ramsey and locals spar over mail delays and the war's aftermath. The talk shifts to Frank Taylor in Siberia and a mock debate on the earth’s shape and motions, ending with a bustling morning at the post office store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire
Sean Jack
Squire Ramsey
Cross Roads
Jack
Tatecowan and Hoys
Tom Brown
Jim Taylor
Tom
Jim
Frank
Siberia
San Francisco
New York
Fire destroys large stable at Washington Park race track
A late morning fire of undetermined origin destroyed a major stable at the Washington Park racing facility near the northeast corner. Firefighters from four towns battled the blaze as it spread through the wooden structure, threatening nearby buildings and prompting rapid response from Podsmoor Tomewood Hazel Crest and Harvey units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Park
Podsmoor
Tomewood
Hazel Crest
Harvey
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Pointer
William Ehlers
George Stier
Shelby, Mich
S. E. Trussell
Streator Hospital
Grandma Pauls
John Pauls, Sr
Frank Zornow
Grandmother Pauls
South Holland News
E. L. Boyer
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
Public Service
By R. A. Gouwens
Mantume
Napoleon
Santa Tet
Senora Vertuti de
Save Your Kodak Films
Chicapo Street
Bonnie Lou Beauty Salon
Leyden Ave
Interocean
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