Nuisance repairs urged as village acts on crossings
Board reports crossing repair requests to Indiana Harbor Belt railroad and orders continued drainage work on Sibley Chicago, 144th Place catch basins, with two new basins planned. Cave in at Margaret Street causes driving inconveniences. concrete basin proposed. Police report 21 arrests in two weeks and tar to fill loose manhole covers on Main Street. Three scarlet fever cases noted. maps of village available from Assessor. Arthur Dillner appointed special assessment attorney. band instruments collected. Also notes widows outnumber widowers. purse lost by Mrs. Powell Clayton found by police dog downtown.
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Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Indiana Avenue
Erffmeyer
Sibley
Chicago Street
144Th Place
Hastings
Margaret Street
Fire and Water
Frank Diekman
Main Street
Lincoln Avenue
Henry Schnoor
Wm. F. Propper
Arthur Dillner
Albert Harris
Band Commission
Salinas Rancher Sues Railroad For Damages
J. E. Griffel of Salinas California files suit against a western railroad company seeking fourteen thousand dollars in damages. He alleges a train derailed and then sped onto the highway hitting his truck and forcing a crash into a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Griffel
Salinas
Cal
Western Railroad Company
County Board Awards 15 Road Projects in $1.27 Million Package
The county board approved awarding low bids for fifteen paving projects totaling 1,266,841 dollars with 55 percent county funding and 16 percent from the federal works progress administration. South side jobs include Fifth Street, Greenwood Avenue, and additional streets with bids ranging from about 23 thousand to 129 thousand dollars.
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Roads and Bridges Committee
Federal Works Progress Administration
South Side
Jifth Street
Vincennes Avenue
Allied Bridge and Construction Company
Greenwood Avenue
159Th St
Chicago Avenue
Dalton, Holway Construction Co
Will-Cook Road
Kean Avenue
Arcole Asphalt Co
Forest Avenue
Oak Park Ave
167Th Street
Black Top Roads Co
Oak Park Avenue
Midlothian Turnpike
135Th Street
Harlem Avenue
Glenwood-Lansing
Glenwood-Dyer Road
Wentworth Ave
Holway Construction Co
Final Primary Figures From County Clerk Report
County clerk released final April 14 primary tallies. Polanski led township committeeman race with 4 415 votes while Croak had 5 795 and McConnell 879. Outside county board area Polanski 3 348 Croak 2 836 McConnell 207. Propper edged Ehlert by 1 300 votes 3 164 to 1 864. Ring trailed McGrath for seventh district seat 29 628 to 43 837. Vander Vries and Foster led Republican renomination for state representative with 8 0272 and 25 689. Olsen followed with 20 141. Harvey Tribune.
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Dan Carey
Roman Polanski
Wendelein Croak
Calumet City
J. E. McConnell
Harvey
County Election Board
Polanski
Croak
McConnell
Wm. Propper
Fred Ehlert
Propper
Ehlert
Frank G. Ring
Uimary
Emmett McGrath
Brookfield
Ring
McGrath
Bernice T. Vander Vries
Winnetka
Frank Foster
Foster
Arthur Olsen
Harvey Tribune
Reich to Address Pioneers Society at Library Meeting
The Calumet Pioneers Society will hold its spring meeting at the George M. Pullman Branch Chicago Public Library on May 21 at 7 PM. Otto F. Reich, prominent attorney and Indian lore expert, will speak on The Indian background of the Community. The notice also mentions unrelated local anecdotes about Charles Woessner and Alfred Spry.
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The
Calumet Pioneers’ Society
George M. Pullman
Chicago Public Library
Indiana Avenue
Reich
Illinois History Quiz Nuggets From Cahokia to Lovejoy
A Q and A style chronicle surveys Illinois lore from Monk’s Mound in Cahokia to Fort Massac’s Massiac naming. It notes monks’ burial, Wild Bill Hickok’s birthplace, Elijah Parish Lovejoy memorial at Alton, and William Parlin’s steel disc harrow innovation in Canton Illinois.
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Monk’s Mound
St. Clair’s County
Cahokia
France
Fort Massac
Marquis de Massiac
Massac
Ilinois
Illinois
Wild Bill” Hickock
Troy Grove
la Salle County
James Butler
Hickock
Bil
Illi- Q
Springfield
John F. Rogue
Baker - Architect
Sangamon Journal
Elijay Parish
Lovejoy
Alton
Victory
William Parlin
Parlin
Canton
Ill
The
International Harvester Co
Portraits of a Courtroom and a Policy Slip Case
In New York City a man identifying as Negro Mickey Mouse is arrested for possessing policy slips and asserts the name has persisted for 35 years. In Seattle a divorce case hinges on Mrs. Fuge’s diary containing numerous dated entries cited as key evidence.
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New York City
Mickey Mouse
Charles L. Fuge
Seattle, Wash
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Powell Clayton
Boonville
Glenwood
Lansing Road County
Federal Works Administration
Thornton Township
Paul J, Green
Jena
Otto F. Reich
Pioneers Society
Charles Woessner
Fresno, Calif
Alfred Spry
Plymouth
Eng
O., F. Reich
Justice of the Peace
C .S. Smith
Jacksonville, Ill
China
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
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