Ninth Police Precinct Food Supply Points to Stable Local Prices
Beverly Hills Weekly Review notes Chicago Ninth Police Precinct food statistics show local retailers not hoarding as $1,395 in potatoes and $68.10 in rice stand among $269,388 canned goods. Territory spans 95th to 119th streets and Halsted to Baltimore & Ohio tracks with retail highs and lows recorded.
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Beverly Hills Weekly Review
Chicago
Department of Police
95Th Street
119Th Street
Halsted Street
Baltimore & Ohio
New Mine Safety Device Warns and Halts Gear on Breakage
A new warning device used in Idaho mines detects worn belt or rope parts before failure. A delicate feeler rod senses unraveling strands or lacing and tilts a bar to release a cam hook. The released weight drops into a glass cage completing an electric circuit that triggers a warning bell.
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Idaho
Annual Town Meeting And Election Notice 1917 Thornton Township
Legal voters of Thornton Township Cook County Illinois are informed of the annual town meeting and election on Tuesday April third 1917. Election hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at designated precincts across Harvey Dolton West Hammond South Holland Oak Glen Phoenix Hazel Crest and nearby towns. Officers to be elected include five justices of the peace five constables and one highway commissioner. The town meeting begins at Harvey City Hall 2 p.m. with reports and budgeting. Signed James B. Ellis Town Clerk.
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Thornton
Cook
Illinois
Village
Homewood
Til
Harvey, Ill
8Th Ward
Hose House
Harvey, MI
Harvey
154Th
Park Avenue
Kervey
City
West Hammond
Ill
Village Hall
Burnham
Village Hal
Dalton
Trith
High Lawn Hose House
Riverdale
Jos
Patnall's
189Th
Seeley Avenue
Blue Island
Lexington Avenue
52D
Whittier School
Loomis Avenue
152D Street
State Street
Oor
Diehl’s
Iil
A. D
James B. Ellis
Dolton Approves Sale of Village Real Estate and Plant Site
An ordinance authorizes selling village owned land in Dolton described by Park avenue Engle street and adjoining rail right of way. The property includes a brick building formerly the electric light plant and a reservoir deemed no longer necessary or profitable for Village use.
Notice of Bid Sale of Delton Village Real Estate
Sealed bids for the Delton village real estate and brick building used as the electric light plant will be received by the Village of Delton trustees until 8 p m June 4 1917. The property covers 1.19 acres in section 3 township 36 north range 14 east with a switch track to the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. Each bid must include a certified check equal to one tenth of the bid. The village reserves the right to reject all bids.
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Dolton
Board of Trustees
Park Avenue
Dalton
Cook County
Ilinois
A. D
Village of
Engle _ street
Engle Street
Ealf
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
County
Cook
State of
Illinois
Delton
Winois
Meridan
Beron
Automobile Bargains at Duplex Motor Car Co Roseland
Used cars of Studebaker Buick Rambler Peerless Stoddard Dayton and others offered for immediate delivery in perfect mechanical condition. Each car sold with guarantee and service. some late models with electric starter and lights. Prices range from 175 to 750 dollars. See them before you buy elsewhere at 114 S. Michigan Avenue Roseland.
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Studebaker
Buick
Rambler
Peerless
Stoddard- Dayton
Duplex Motor Car Company
Michigan Avenue
Roseland
Dolton Ordinance Sets Trustee Pay at per Meeting
An ordinance fixes Dolton village trustees compensation at three dollars for each board meeting attended. The measure, approved March 19, 1917, takes effect immediately and was filed with the village clerk.
Dolton Amends Officials Pay in 1917 Ordinance
Amended Section Eleven of Chapter Two of the Dolton Revised Ordinances to set the Village President’s annual compensation at two hundred dollars. The ordinance, approved March 19, 1917, to take effect May 1, 1917, and filed with the Village Clerk.
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WM. G. Dolton
J. Helort
A.D
Dolton
Dalton
A. D
Fred J. Fhlert
Lost Money by Defection as Nordenskjold Accepts Decor
Nordenskjold, while near Siberia, faced a czarist telegram offering a decoration. A member of Antidecoration Club, he finally accepted, only to learn Russia had planned 300,000 rubles for his refusal. The official hinted Russia admired his firmness in yielding.
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Baron Nordenskjold
Ceylon
Nothern
Siberia
I. Cian
Gass
Liemsen
Nordenskiold
Russia
Cedars of Lebanon Stand Amid Global Interest
The Cedars of Lebanon remain a historic sight in Syria with about four hundred trees on a plateau at 6128 feet. Though famed for scripture connections and ancient stature, California redwoods now dwarf them in height, yet the cedars’ enormous trunk girth highlights their lasting significance.
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Lebanon
Syria
California
Solomon
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Aston
Mawist
A. Dd
WM. G
Chas. H. Brandt
Richard J. Ton
110Th Street
Michigan Ave
Roselana
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