Push Underway to Open 134th Street to Link Ford Plant
A 25 member delegation from Hegewisch Riverdale West Hammond and Burnham urged the Board of Local Improvements to open 134th Street from Indiana Avenue to Hegewisch. Led by Aldermen Govier and Cross the group cited Ford Plant access and regional growth, noting the project may take years but promising strong council support and needed bridge work at Torrence and 124th streets to unlock Calumet district development.
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Hegewisch
Riverdale
West
Hammond
Burnham
Board of Local Improvements
134Th Street
Indiana Avenue
Ford Plant
Lake Calumet
Calumet
Govier
Cross
184Th Street
South End
124Th Street
130Th Street
Thornton Township
County Board
Torrence Avenue
147Th Street
Calumet River
Great Territory
City Engineering
City Engineering Department
Card of Thanks and death notice for F W Baecker
Card of Thanks from the F W Baecker family thanks neighbors and friends for sympathy and respect at their father's death and burial. Also classified items list including employment and sale notices for paragus labor, house work, and shop fixtures with contact details and locations.
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F.W. Baecker
Harvey council installs new board and appointments
The Harvey city commissioners were installed with Mayor Stobbs announcing appointments. Key posts include City Clerk John Alten and Superintendent of Streets F. E. Stevenson. Library Board members are Prof. F. L. Miller H. Dickenson Mrs. J. F. Zimmerman Henry Hilgendorf and Mrs. J. A. Scully. George Mahan, retiring, received chair and silver cane amid decorations and bouquets.
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Harvey
W. L. Voss
Walter Haines
Fred Fowler
I. G. Foltz
George Mahan
Louis Geiman
Mahan
Local items and notices from Blue Island area
Local brief mentions include Peter Lau hospitalized in Blue Island for foot surgery, Rock Island railroad hiring migrants from the Texas border for Illinois Steel Co. in South Chicago, and Harvey Zimmer nursing a boil. Dolton stationer George Lake injures a broken arm in an accident near St. Louis while traveling for business. Also noted are cataract surgery recoveries, a theatre advertisement for Twain satire at Dalton theatre May 22 23, a baby born to Jennette Rothfort, and a Ladies Aid meeting at Dalton M E church May 24.
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Peter Lau
Blue Island Hospital
Rock Island Railroad
Texas
Illinois Steel Co
South Chicago
Harvey Zimmer
George Lake
Dolton
G. & I. L Railroad
St. Louis
Mr. Lake
George
Henry Gondaker
Harry Robinson
Globe Rendering Works
Jennette
James Rothfort
Lying In Hospital
Robinson
James Hartman
E. Henschman
Lewis Willis
James Black
Lowell
Ind
Ray Vandeursen
Sarah Steenberger
Cottage Grove Avenue
Elizabeth Robinson
Alice Jane Hyatt
Adel May
Virginia Stanley
Calumet Conservatory of Music
Department of
Palmer Park
Louisville
Riverdale
Schuman Heink to Sing for Hammond Veterans
Ernestine Schuman Heink the renowned contralto will perform at the Parthenon theatre Hammond next Monday evening May 21 for the benefit of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post of Hammond. Tickets priced from 1.00 to 2.50.
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Ernestine Schuman-Heink
Parthenon Theatre
Hammond
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Twin City Nine Win Second Straight Souls in 19 to 9 Rout
The Twin City baseball team crushed the Speedy All Americans 19 to 9. Zooming hits and a clutch shoe string catch by Zimerson Clausen with bases loaded highlighted the game. Next Sunday they meet Alderman Cermak's Tigers at Twin City grounds 183rd and Indiana Ave. Game starts 3 PM. Supporters urged.
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Twin City
Zimerson Clausen
Cermak
Tigers
Riverdale Boosters
Warriors
Twin City Grounds
183Rd
Indiana Avenue
Dalton District to Present Recitations and Pageant
On Friday evening May 20 the primary and intermediate grades of District No 148 will present recitations dramatizations and songs. On Tuesday evening May 29 the upper grades will present a pageant The Liberty Bell with Thornton Township high school orchestra. Admission is 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children, with proceeds to the Library Fund.
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Thornton Township High School
Sonny at Riverdale theatre this week
Riverdale theatre screens Richard Barthelmess in Sonny on Wednesday and Thursday May 23 and 24. Bernard O'Brien, young son of Mr. and Mrs. John O'Brien, was taken to Blue Island hospital for appendicitis surgery this week. Mrs. Edward Ballard, formerly Mary Buechler, learned her deserting husband of nine years died in Detroit after a fall from a chimney. Edward Bailard had worked at Pope Beet Sugar works about 12 years ago. his wife supported three children faithfully.
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Riverdale Theatre
Richard Barthelmess
Sonny
Bernard O’brien
John O'Brien
Blue Island Hospital
Edward Ballard
Mary Buechler
Detroit
Edward Bailard
Pope
Alice Freutel
Norwood
Minn
Gus Baumgartner
J. A. Koilar
Illinois State Medical Society
Emma Hooker
Charles Tompky
St. Mary’s Church
Liebreich
Logan Hotel
Carl Dieck
Mabel Hess
Richard Hess
Fred Brand
Roseland
Indiana Avenue
Riverdale
Walbrooke Avenue
Pullman Company
Uncle Sam
Q O. K
Luanna Beaker
Evanston
Chas. Baker
Helen Hein
Jacob Lau
Germany
Jake
Prill
Cahamet Avenue
Stotzer
Patterson
Michigan Avenue
116Th Street
Daniel Perry
Dalton
St. Bernard’s Hospital
American Legion Buddies Invite Ex-Service Men to Join
The American Legion appeals to ex-service men to join at five dollars a year. Dues include a year’s subscription to the American Legion Weekly. The post highlights efforts for hospitalization and compensation claims, plus support for the National Bonus and Adjusted Compensation Bill. Paul Gall Post No 308 meets on the first and third Thursdays at post HQ.
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American Legion
American Legion Weekly
Ilinois
Paul Gall
Girl Scout News and Local Life Highlights
The paper lists tenderfoot pins awarded to Grace Dengler Dorothy Alpert Gertrude Baumgartner Florence Henken Margaret Barfield and Irene Rampke with Bertha Krueger missing due to absence. Talks on the National Girl Scout Convention and Camp at Lake Geneva Wisconsin are noted. Also reported are several local marriages and a severe streetcar incident with a worker injured.
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Grace Dengler
Dorothy Alpert
Gertrude Baumgartner
Florence Henken
Marggaret Barfield
Irene Rampke
Bertha Krueger
Dune
Miss Jackson
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
Blue Island Faces Power Cut as District Plans Energy Shift
The Sanitary District of Chicago will stop supplying electricity to Blue Island on August 5 1923 after three year notice. City must decide quickly whether to use Public Service power or a city plant to meet light and power needs. The notice explains growing demand from sewage plants and the Districts legal duty to operate its works. Local events: Father Dettmers choir at St Marys church drew a large crowd and The Man From Home at the Dalton theatre received praise with another show scheduled.
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Blue Island Sun
Sanitary District
Chicago
Blue Island
Public Service Company
Illinois
Sanitary District of
The
Philip Harrington
Austin Manufacturing Converts Building for Worker Lodging
The Austin Manufacturing company converts a building into a rooming and boarding house with a kitchen eating area cots washroom and lockers for workers. Lodging and meals are planned at seven dollars per week, contrasting Harvey area prices reportedly around twelve dollars for board and room. Scarcity of housing is driving workers away or preventing arrivals.
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Harvey
Austin Manufacturing Company
Harvey Tribune
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Want
Rilen Dolton Estate
Dolton, IH
Sam Bach
Calumet Avenue
Pullman
Oswald Obeldohel
157Th Street
Harvey Council IN
Stobbs
Theodore Schlueter
Waukegan
Schleuter
Johns-Manville Co
Asbestos Shingle Co
Schlueters
William Vandeursen
San Francisco
California
Irene
Frank Noel
Rudolph Stotzer
Baseball News
Dalton Schools
Girl Scout News
Helen E. Stathezik
City of
Delter
Delton
Father Dettmers
Dalton Theatre
Masonic Community Club
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