Twenty Years Ago with the Pointer
Cone Meyer visiting his mother near Dalton for nine weeks leaves Tuesday for Isabel South Dakota en route home via Olin Iowa. He seeks a banner crop year despite two poor seasons. Albert Steinke resigns as superintendent of the German M E Camp grounds. Herman Faden takes the post. Steinke moves into a new house on 147th street. The Roberts family welcomes a boy born March 5. William Bachman mourns the loss of his 24 year old horse Baldy. Conrad Kern installs a large electric sign at the Riverdale theatre marking a metropolitan nighttime look.
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Cone Meyer
Dalton
Isabel
South Dakota
Olin
Iowa
Cone
Albert Steinke
M. E
Herman Faden
Steinke
147Th Street
Thr ~An
Faden
Rill
South Holland News Twenty Years Ago Highlights
Mrs A Hwenga and family return from Dakota Minnesota visit. Baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Tums Santeford. congratulations to Toney. Mr A R Tilstra starts building a large two story brick store with 56 by 48 feet, moving current building north to make room. Harry H Anker and John W Anker depart for Texas with stock and farm implements to start new ventures on a 320 acre farm. Locomotive engineer Carl Belz badly scratched when engine collided with cars due to a switch error. Calumet City growth prompts land trades near Torrence Ave and 158th Wentworth area. Agnes Sprich to lead first aid station at a new plant. company now employs about 700. Mrs James Carlyle of Chicago visiting son James Jr at Riverdale.
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A. Hwenga
T. Gouwens
Dakota
Minnesota
Amuch
Tums Santeford
Toney
A. R. Tilstra
South Holland
Bastian van Drunen
R. Jd. van Dijnen
Tilstra
Harry H. Anker
John W. Anker
Touts
Alan
Watch & Car
Carl Belz
Vovuts
Calumet City
Torrence Avenue
Propper
Peter Altringer
Herbert Haas
Indiana Harbor Railroad
Peter
158Th
Wentworth Ave
Herbert
August Jonas
Wulff
Agnes Sprich
Jas. Carlyle
Chicago
James, Jr
Wabash Ave
Riverdale
South Holland News Ten Years Ago Shower for Miss Wognum
Friday evening a household shower honored Miss Elizabeth Wognum with gifts and cheer at her home. Guests included Pearl Berger Winnie Anker Abbie N Anker Sophia Anker and many others. Also noted is a wooden anniversary party for Mr and Mrs Russel Gibson at State street with friends and family providing wooden gifts. Mr Phearman of Prairie City Ta visited Tlenvy Ridder for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wognum
Pearl Berger
Winnie Anker
Abbie N. Anker
Abbie W Anker
Sophia Anker
Gertrude de Graff
Mary Veld
Jeanette Gouwens
Winnie Olthoff
Harry Olthoff
Antoinette Wognum
Pearl Wognum
Sbeison Prince
Nellie Prince
Mabel Koedyker
Lois Dalenbere
Arnold Dalenberg
Ralph Palmer
Minnie Vinke
March Sth
William Gibson
State Street
Russel Gibson
Gibson
Ray Meeboer
Parker Gibson
Phearman
Prairie City, Ta
Tlenvy Ridder
Ten Years Ago With The Pointer
Sam Nuzzo, son of Mr and Mrs Sam Nuzzo of 703 Chicago street Dalton, was taken to the hospital this
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Nuzzo
Chicago Street
Dalton
Woman Called Realist Ahead of Honeymoon
A reader notes that a woman is the realist, predicting practicality and steadiness long before the couple’s honeymoon ends. The remark emphasizes gendered expectations in domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meghbor
Reclamation Plan Pushes Pollution Fight on Illinois River
Sanitary Water Board leads a coordinated effort with counties and cities along the Illinois River to curb pollution and protect health and fish, under Chas. F. Thompson of the Conservation Department. The plan includes two road settings announced by the Division of Highways and a proposed addition to Stateville penitentiary due to overcrowding, with 8,627 inmates at Stateville and 728 in Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois River
Henry Horner
Sanitary Water Board
Ilinois River
Chas. F. Thompson
Department of Conservation
Thompson
Division of Highways
Dixon
Sangamon
Cook
Gallatin
Greene
Hardin
Winteside
Jackson
Lake
Monroe
Saline
Stateville Penitentiary
Department of Public Welfare
A. L. Bowen
Welfare Department
Statesville
Joliet
Bowen
Stateville
Illinois Retail Tax Breakdown Shows Wide County Variance
State finance figures for December show 100 counties paying 33.01 percent of the total 1938 retailers occupation tax. Cook county alone contributed 6461 percent of the December total of 3,522,090.98 dollars, with Peoria at 2.38 percent and Hardin at 60.85 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Finance
Illinois
Peoria County
Cook County
K. L. Ames, Jr
J. M. Braude
Hardin County
Braude
Illinois Farmers Tap $21 Million in Federal Corn Loans
Illinois farmers have applied for over 21 million dollars in federal corn loans through the Commodity Credit Corporation, announced by W. W. McLaughlin of the state department of Agriculture. A daily average of more than one million bushels has been impounded, totaling over 47 million bushels, with warehouse certificates issued across nearly every county. Champaign McLean Livingston and Ta Salle counties each report more than three million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Commodity Credit Corporation
W. W. McLaughlin
State Department of Agriculture
Champaign
McLean
Livingston
Ta Salle
Wife and Friend Quip About Unenforced Home Law
A witty exchange has a wife noting her husband treats his word at home as law while a friend replies that such laws are never enforced, playfully undercutting domestic authority with humor.
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J. i. Twoberts
William Bachman
Baldy
Conrad Kern
Riverdale Theatre
South Holland News
Pointer
Florida
Thomas E. Gorey
Herkimer St
Joliet, I
Mr Gorey
Mr Guy
Ourcomes
United States Bureau of Standards
Public Service Company
Northern Illinois
Garey
Herberrar Street
Gas Heating Division
Public Service Company OF
Northern
Illinois State News
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