For Sale Items and School Election Notice 1925
Multiple classified sale notices list farm animals eggs nesting equipment oil and hardware with prices and addresses in Dolton and Lansing Illinois plus a School Election Notice for District No. 148 detailing election date April 11 1925 polling places and terms for board members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
County of
Cook
State of
Illinois
P. B. Good
Lincoln Avenue
Highlawn
Board of Education of
A. D
Emil C. Kasten
Southern pastor greets newcomer at church
A southern pastor notices a new attendant at Sunday services and welcomes Rastus after the meeting. Rastus explains he came for strength because he has a job whitewashing a chicken coop and building a fence around a watermelon patch.
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Rastus
Saint Michael Honored by Orders of Chivalry
The article notes Saint Michael honored by orders including a French founded Order of the Cockie known for cockie shell shawls. It also mentions the Society of Fools begun at Cleves in 1881 aiming to curb youth vice. Knights bore fool emblems and bells, reflecting the folly of reforming youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael
Louis XI
France
Society of Fools
Cleves
Inspector's playful remark echoes schoolroom charm
A county inspector visits a village school and praises the pupils in reading and general knowledge. After a pause he jokes he wishes to be a boy again, then a child softly answers that he forgot all he ever knew. The moment captures a humorous clash of adult pride and child wit.
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Cas
Atlanta Journal
Nothing Out of the Way Animosa Shrub
A note describes the animosa plant as a sensitive shrub that develops nervous prostration when touched too often. The speaker senses a human quality in the animosa and shares a personal feeling echoed by many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Hobby Counts Life Languish When Busy With Employment
A reflective line notes that hobbies may suffer when individuals occupy themselves with work. It suggests that even active people may see their personal pursuits fade as employment takes precedence.
Dolton Heavies Face Harvey in Season Final at Highlawn
The Harvey heavies travel to Highlawn gym on Saturday March 21 for a season finale against Dolton. The Blue Island Lights visit Dolton with plans to win and have signed new players including J Kleinz formerly of Notre Dame. The game starts at 8 00 p m with hoped for strong play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Heavies
Harvey
Lights
Highlawn Gym
Demonstration Involving a Traveling Beggar at a Farmer’s House
A tramp visits a blunt farmer seeking food and old clothes. The farmer questions the man’s livelihood and travel ability. The beggar boasts of travel skill prompting the farmer to test his claim.
Light of Cats and Owls
A discussion debunks the idea that cats and owls see in complete darkness. It explains the eye’s iris variation and the retina’s rods and cones, noting that many animals with more rods or cones adapt to low light, while absolute darkness leaves all creatures helpless.
Great Naval Station Malta and its Mediterranean role
The Maltese Islands cover 118 square miles with 224,680 residents including Gozo and Comino. Malta joined Great Britain in 1814 under the treaty of Paris, has an elected legislature but reserved powers rest with the governor and executive council. Exports include vegetables, fruits, cumin, livestock, cotton goods, and stone. Malta lies about 4,300 miles from New York, 66 miles from Sicily, 140 miles from Europe, and 180 miles from Africa with a natural harbor at Valetta, serving as a key coaling station and Britain's premier naval base in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Gozo
Comino
Great Britain
Paris
New York
Mediterranean Sea
Sicily
Africa
Valetta
England
Oyster Dredging And Dock Labor Then And Now
A noted writer praised oyster dredging as among the hardest work, describing eight man crews battling wind and time to cull aboard and unload. The piece notes dock labor demands extreme physical effort with cargo handling and quick turnover on ships. An inquest into a dock worker’s death revealed he had unloaded 36 000 paving blocks that day.
Snowfall Readers in Australia Reach Deep Winter Coverage
The report notes that in southeastern Australia winter brings snowfall from May to September. Heavier accumulations occur on mountain ranges and plateaus in northeastern Victoria and southern New South Wales, with forests buried under snow. Tasmania’s high lands also see snow though no perpetual caps exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Melbourne
Sydney
Victoria
New South Wales
Tasmania
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136Th Place
Riverdale
Wabash Avenue
139Th
Edgebrook Avenue
Best Buy
Calumet
East 136Th Street
A. C. Reich
Indiana Avenue
M. Ridder
Oakglen
William Rockmohr
Dalton
Ira Hastings
Margaret Street
Oakland
Twin City
Edison
Tegtmeier-Rothe
Senora
William & Mary-Edi& Co
Michigan Avenue
Roseland
Victor Victrola
Sadock
Cable’s
Miester
Cable Piano Company
Conrad Kern
John Ravesfoot, Jr
State Street
W. Res
South Holland
Hino
Fred Pohlers
Chicago Street
Farrow
Wyandottes
Ill
D. T. Farrow Chickeries
Peoria
Beeman Tractor
Bargain
Wm. Rietveld
Lansing
Koopman
Parnell Avenue
Chicago
Pullman
Amoor River
Call Dalton
Chas. Mihlahn
Dolton
UH. Greick, Dolton
Paarlberg Bros
167Th Street
Lansing Farm
S. Ebien Dalton
Nords
Wentworth Avenue
West Pullman
Roseland Loan CO
Rullman
George H. Schaefer
Great Naval Station
Isaac Shilling
J. E
159Th Street
Calumet Hotel
East
137Th Street
Riverdale, Hl
John F. Sheahan
Clark Street
Dearborn
Wabash Ave
C. C. Holden
144Th Place
Delton, Ill
Delton
Telephone
Joseph G. Radtke
Leyden Ave
A. R. Harris
Carondelet Ave
Hegewisch
Indiana Ave
Cor
137Th St
Helmsoth
Riverdale Transfer Co
Bayer Bros
Tel
W.J. Malloy & Co
Lincoln Ave
E. I
PhoneDolton
A. C. Wesse
Chicago & Main Streets
Chicago St. Dolton
P. B. Goop
Undertaker
Indiana
Daniel C. Bachman
Henry W. Schnoor
WM. C. Zesch Plumbing
Ges
Severag
Avalon Avenue
Saginaw
Fred W. Propper
Roeeland
Nicholas J. Gowens
Pro
Vusns
American Co’s
Michigan Ave
T.O. Anderson
M.D
Geo. Tuch
Alpenkrauter
Carl Dieck
M. Joffee
General Merchandise
Riverdale, Il
G. Gallegos
Riverdale Bank
H. L. Fuller & CO
Ice
Martin Krueger
Sheridan Ave
Frank C. Ott
Chicago St
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