Public School Activities Chronicle Students Engaged in Projects and Programs
The Dolton school news detail kindergarten wagon making and gravel hauling ideas, first graders farming on sand tables and caring for Goldfish, second graders making Japanese books, third graders farming and drawing birds, fourth graders Switzerland study with high spelling averages, fifth grade debating prep, Madeline Daniel returns after illness, sixth graders weigh-ins and spring play plans, seventh graders costumes and sentence analysis, G A A reports 27 members with point goals and a May initiation canceled for a Weenie Roast, athletic plans include baseball and soccer under Miss Calhoun.
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Switzerland
Madeline Daniel
Miss Gasteyer
Miss Hanson
Thornton Forest Preserve
Miss Calhoun
Molly Harden Fires Cannon After Brother Falls
Molly Harden, living near a Civil War battlefield with her brother Bud in charge of a cannon, rushes to the fray after Bud is shot. She dresses his wounds, then fires the cannon five times to repel the Rebels and witness victory. Bud learns Molly’s hidden courage.
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Marjorie Kleage
Molly
Bud
Moll
Chicago Street School News First graders share farm project excitement
The first graders show strong interest in a farm project and expect a banner crop of corn carrots and lettuce. The school notes a perfect attendance record again and reports Cecil Cole a second grader recovering from pneumonia and moving to Tennessee.
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Cecil Cole
Tennessee
School Notes From The Third To Sixth Grade
Cecil remaining a top pupil. Hazel Curry out a month. Fourth graders work on a Jamestown Colony history project. Raymond Pals back after two months away for tonsil removal. Mrs Pearson oversees fifth and sixth graders with Miss Heywood returning soon after facial infection. McComb Frye Reddy Andersen teachers spent weekend with Mrs Little of Lowell Indiana.
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Cecil
Hazel Curry
Jamestown Colony
Raymond Pals
Pearson
Miss Heywood
McComb
Frye, Reddy
Andersen
Chicago Street School
Little
Lowell
Indiana
Highlawn School News Highlights Student Projects and Activities
First and second graders watch a garden sand table grow with beans corn tomatoes radishes cabbage celery and lettuce. Third and fourth graders present a southern plantation project while fifth and sixth grade girls form an indoor baseball team. The sixth grade builds a Boonesboro village on the sand table. Seventh and eighth graders complete princess slips. A spring program May 7 with admission 10 and 20 cents funds library books.
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Highlawn School
Boonesboro
Girl Scout May Festival at Coliseum
Eight girls attended the May Festival at the Coliseum with Mrs. Deam and Mrs. Hazen. Edith Dengler is ill. Hats made by the troop show originality under Mrs. Deam’s guidance. A program is planned for May 18 at the institute. The May 7 program repeats at the 16th Armory with Lady Baden-Powell as honored guest.
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Coliseum
Deam
Hazen
Wisconsin
Edith Dengler
16Th Armory
Baden-Powell
Girl Scouts
Robert Baden- Powell
Boy Scouts
Supers to Play Blue Island on Rival Field
The Supers baseball team travels to Blue Island due to a damaged home diamond. Dreshall starts at third with Pewee Spate at shortstop and Silk Socks Miller at second. Cicero McGrain covers first while Radtke Jereb Jordan and Steinhauer handle the outfield. Battery: King Tut Struss and Grain Doors Miller. Game Sunday May 9 at 2:80 p.m.
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Blue Island
Western Avenue
Dreshall
Pewee
Radtke
Jereb
Jordan
Steinhauer
King Tut
Struss
Miller
Illinois Central tests motorized trains for Chicago line
Officials and real estate leaders rode a test run between Filin Street and 79th Street to showcase the new electric train service. The transportation chief announced the Kingston to city line would run by July 15, with six car trains and expanded platforms to boost seating by about 30 percent.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central Road
Filin Street
79Th Street
Markham
The
Illinois Central
Kensington
Henry Diedrich
H. B. Darling
Commonwealth-Edison Company
A. H. Woollen
Randolph
51St Street
Motors
Diedrich
Woolen
Mr. Cardwell
Chicago
Peter the Hermit and the First Crusade Milestone
Peter the Hermit of Amiens rose as a famed Crusade preacher in 1095. He rallied about thirty thousand followers in France and led them toward Palestine, joining Godfrey de Bouillon after crossing into Asia Minor and aiding in the Jerusalem endeavor. He preached from the Mount of Olives in July 1099.
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Peter the Hermit
Amiens
Holy Land
France
Palestine
Europe
Bosporus
Asia Minor
Peter
Godfrey de Bouillon
Jerusalem
Mount of Olives
Kansas City Star
Torrence Avenue Repaving Plan Reassessed
The plan to widen and permanently repave Torrence Avenue between 112th and 130th streets was changed. Officials will first control surface and overflow water with sewers before paving, with repairs funded by the wheel tax and equipment ready to start May 10.
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Torrence Avenue
112Th Street
130Th Street
Board of Local Improvements
112Th
Burnham Avenue Resurfacing Delayed to Next Year
Cook County began resurfacing Burnham Avenue from the Grand Calumet river to the Little Calumet river a little over three miles on a state aid road. The project was delayed by the eight foot main sewer from 159th street to the Grand Calumet river, pushing completion to next year after sewer construction finishes.
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Cook County
Burnham Avenue
Grand Calumet River
Little Calumet
159Th Street
Supreme Court Validates 5 Million Bond for Jackson Park Rehab
The Supreme Court ruled the 5 million bond for the Fine Arts building rehabilitation in Jackson park legal after a February 18 opinion refiled last week. Engineers and architects plan an immediate start, rechecking plans, revising estimates, and advertising bids to beautify and permanently restore the World’s Fair relic.
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Fine Arts
Jackson Park
South Park Board
Supreme Court
Esterhazy Linked to Dreyfus Affair Secrets
In the Dreyfus case Major Esterhazy is implicated as the writer of the bordereau that allegedly exposed French military secrets to German officers. Col Picquart’s 1896 findings pointed to Esterhazy as the author, though he was not convicted and later left France, dying in England in 1923.
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Esterhazy
Dreyfus
Bordeau
Picquart
War Office
France
England
Dogs That Do Not Bark Sled Dogs of Siberia
Captain Oliver notes Siberian sled dogs are reputedly the best, wolflike and gray in color with short hair. They allegedly average larger than Alaskan sled dogs, seldom barking but howling. Teams typically include about eight dogs and pull sleds across tundra in both summer and winter.
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Captain Oliver
Adventure Magazine
The Case for Books
The passage argues books uniquely enlarge experience and provide enduring understanding, broad vision, and knowledge essential for security, growth, and happiness under civilized conditions. Other devices may stimulate or delight, but only books deeply link minds and unite people.
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Jesse Lee Bennett
The
Bookman
Art Photographer Seeks Private Commissions
A New York artistic photographer, famed in art journals, receives private engagement requests. A caller, the wife of a newly rich man, asks the rate. The photographer quotes one thousand dollars, prompting surprise and a question about picture size.
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New York
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