Lost on the Desert Air
An irate elderly man bursts into a city office and berates a stock tipper on a disconnected telephone while a stenographer tries to interject. The caller refuses to listen until a realization ends his tirade about a lost investment.
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Central
Umson
Youngstown
Becket Legend of a Moorish Wife Stirs Old Debates
December recalls Thomas Becket's martyrdom on December 29 1170 as historians debate the legend of his parentage. The tale tells Gilbert fathered by a Crusader married abroad after a Moorish captive’s daughter coerced him to wed. She tracked him to London Cheapside using only the name Gilbert and converted to Christianity at St Paul’s.
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Thomas A Becket
Canterbury
Henry II
Reginald Fritzurse
Hugh de Morville
William de Tracy
Richard de Breton
Becket
England
Gilbert
Palestine
Cheapside
London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Lowell Dreaded Old Age in His Final Years
H S Nadal recalls poet James Russell Lowell fearing aging more than any man. He notes Lowell’s vivid interest in youth and age, including a March blizzard visit to Boston where Lowell watched the narrator struggle on the front steps, revealing his lifelong preoccupation with growing old.
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Lowell
Boston
Stoppin
Tie
H. S. Nadal
Starper
Treasurer's Report of Thornton Township for 1916 17
The document records William F. Propper as Thornton Township Supervisor sworn to present a financial statement for the fiscal year ending March 27 1917. It lists funds on hand at start receipts from various county and town sources and detailed expenditures by date to multiple highway clerks auditors and polling place expenses among others.
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William F. Propper
Thornton
A. D
Daniel T. Curran
John Shilling
Henry Stuckart
Eee
Hee
John B. Bielfeldt
Highway Commissioner Services
Wm. J. van Drunen
Henry Milhahn
Highway Commissioner
Thomas Harper
Frank Green
Peter de Young
W. F. Propper
Cce
Ails
Harry Elsass
BE. Monckton
Stenographer
Wm. R. Brandt
Wm. Minardow
Auto Hire
Cess Eee
Perfection Legal Blank Co
Legal Advisor Pub. Co
John O’kray
Oak Forest
Harvey Garage
M. Dargus
Homewood
H. A. Puhlman
J. M. Seaton
Thomas Cuddigan
Dune
Lillie Hilmer
Vic Roberts
Wees
City of
Harvey
Eaty
Lo—Fred Dragula
Geo. Woodward
Chas. Fredericks
J. L. Hudson
Geo. E. Salkeld
Robert O. Livers
James Lawson
John G. Dale
Geo. E. Sidle
F. Labbart
Will N. Buehler
M. F. McCullough
L. M. Davidson
John Brown
Henry_B. Ansory
A. V. Brown
J. C G. Ellis
E. W. Lunn
Chag Gallett
Geo. Monckton
A. B. Dunning
L. Kreyscher
W. J. Reed
F. E. Lundin
Cere Nance
O. J. Brown
B. S. Kellogg
Cccceceaee
Florence Rank
Ceeeens
Maud Jewell
Eneee -Chas
Yoerger
Fred Camp
Felix J. Malewski
Burnham
L. T. Smith
Dalton
Edward F. Dillner
Robert F. Kaiser
Riverdale
Philip Schreiber
Henry Ray
R. Kiken
Chas
Whalen
L. Strome
H. W. Lane
L. F. Eddy
George Nusbaum
James Finneran
Andrew Finneran
J. C. DeWolf
John Ciciora
Frank Shhelke
August Radziejewski
Stephen Groszewski
George Diehl
H. F. Wegener
F. B. Schubert
George Prickett
Wm. van Drunen
Henry Anker
Talev
Miss E. Monckton
Cesence
N. E. “Oliver
Dalton Pointer
George Swanson
P. B. Good
Eens
Chicago Legal News Co
James B. Ellis
Charles Behrens
Thistle
Maud Smith
Hammond
Edward Berwanger
Samuel Burnham
Fred Richler
William Rockrohr
August Verhoeven
Joseph Pattinaude
A. C. Fischer
L. Shepard
B. Mietch
William Vincent
A. M. Leitzan
George Peteers
Paul Kamradt
John Mielke
Ap Foaes
John Harter
C. F. Murphy
J. B. Bielfeldt
Jane E. Thomas
Adam Bouk
Jas. A. Bates
A. M. Propper
Geo. E. Whyler
Harvey Pty. & Pub. Co
Joe Kraag
J. van Drunen
D. P. de Young
J. W. Blair
M. D
Tees
Claude Roeder
W. P. Cadmus
Bernard McCarthy
O. J. Kiersey
Chas Wittenberg
C. G. Kiersey
William Waddell
Arthur T. Harms
Samuel G. Holmes
Fred Ludwig
Edward Scholl
Fred Bauer
Ceeee Eee Eae
C. H. Wiegand
Fred Geiss
Treas
Board of Education
D. G. Plum
James Hamilton
Jacob Hilderbrandt
Joe Leitzan
John Kowilski
Bernhard Burezk
A. S. Diekman
Wm. F. Propper
Wilda Fradgley
G. W. Walvoord
Frederic R. de Young
Ruthenate Sent
Kircchner Meckel
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Becket Turk
Thornton Township
Minois
Cook
Thawtan
Su i
H. E. Faskett
A. Dahlin
Henry Almer
Charles French
Joseph Sweet
J. G. Ton
Chas. C. Schultz
Zech
F. H. French
Ee Eevee A. van Steenberg
Gornelus Blocker
Anthony H. Koselke
John van Steenberg
Ludwig Czechanski
Andréw Stockowicz
Clements Lessner
Edward Lukowski
Albert Dwojaski
Frank Kossak
Joseph Skwiertz
Esses —Jacob Czaszewicz
South Holland
H. M. van der Aa
H. Middle
Ee Peace Ene
Wm. Gouwens
Esse Wees
S. D. Couwenhoven
Eee Ee
C. W. Gouwens
Village of
Phoenix
Waler Borys
R. E. Peirson
Edward J. Volz
Henry G. Jones
Errr Reese
Ray Snyder
Oswald Woegner
Toney de Graff
W. H. Anker
Henry Weld
T. de Graff
Tred Be Young
N. G. Gouwens
Wick Cook
Hazel Crest
Wm. Hamilton
Albert Anderson
James L. Sloyt
Francis S. Waterman
James Baston
John V. Feny
Andrew Nelson
Albert RO Koehn
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