Palmer Penmanship Awards Earned By Many Local Students
The district reports Palmer Penmanship Awards with Silver Stars to Donald Bigger Charles Cook Edith Sells and Charles Lucas Gold Stars to Willie Reitz Lotus Ahrens Dorothy Paynter Palmer Buttons to Glen Bishon Merit Buttons to Milton Engile hardt Florence Wagner Alberta Maxwell and an Improvement Certificate to Pearl Reed Adeline Schaefer Final Certificate to Alberta Maxwell Initiative grades awarded to Paul Launer Glen Bishop Alice Middleborn Paul Reich Anna Palchinsky and Adeline Schaefer. The note emphasizes reading as essential but affirms other subjects and mentions a social party by sewing girls and a Victrola concert for Rooms One and Two students. The Boy Scouts spent a weekend at their cabin in Thornton and plans for a skating pond and a final soccer game before the holidays are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Donald Bigger
Charles Cook
Edith Sells
Charles Lucas
Willie Reitz
Lotus Ahrens
Dorothy Paynter
E. Palmer
Glen Bishon
Milton Engilehardt
Florence Wagner
Alberta Maxwell
Pearl Reed
Adeline Schaefer
Mlatue Slisen
Thornton
Henry Ford
New Pullman Directors Chosen At Stockholders Meeting
Enlargement of the Pullman Company board from 12 to 14 directors was authorized at the annual meeting. Two vacancies were filled by death, and four new directors were elected: John R. Morrow and George Whitney of New York, and Donald R. McLennan and Lowell M. Greenlaw of Chicago. H. A. Brown was elected treasurer, succeeding A. A. Cummings. Brown joined the company in 1887 and rose to assistant treasurer of the manufacturing department before becoming treasurer. Robert J. Lascelles was named assistant treasurer, filling the vacant post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman Company
Robert T. Linecoln
John A. Spoor
John R. Morrow
George Whitney
New York
Donald R. McLennan
Lowell M. Greenlaw
Chicago
H. A. Brown
A. A. Cummings
Brown
Robert J. Lascelles
L. 8. Taylor
Pullman
Illinois Facts From The State’s Rich Past
The piece notes Illinois mined 98 percent of its coal locally and cites the 1 608 prominent people in Who’s Who born there. It mentions Springfield’s vast meter factory, Shohoken’s frontier history, a Peoria clock passing 200 years, high telephone wiring, Nauvoo relics, and the 1763 France to Britain cedence.
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Illinois
Ilinois
Springfield
Shohoken
Henderson County
Peoria
Nauvoo
France
Great Britain
Active Home Construction Drives City Permits Surge
City clerk records show September and October permit activity spiking for home building, with September home permits totaling 88075 and October nearly matching. Other structures such as business blocks and garages remained less active, while overall year to date permits surpass the seven figure mark, with October showing strong comparative totals.
Fainted Youth Dies From Bath Room Heater Burns
Ignatious Selhavy aged 17 of 607 York Street died at St Francis hospital after burns from a fall onto an electric heater during a basement bath. His brother Emil failed to open the door. neighbors forced entry as the youth cried for help. Police suspect fainting from heat and poor ventilation led to the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignatious Selhavy
York Street
St. Francis Hospital
Emil
Ignatz
Blue Island Sun
Postmaster Appointed for Chicago Heights Station
Chief B E Cornilsen of Chicago Heights was informed by Congressman Elliot W Sproul from the Third district of his appointment as postmaster, succeeding John Mackler. Cornilsen vows to improve efficiency and welcomes public suggestions, aiming for open access and cooperative service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. E. Cornilsen
Chicago Heights
Washington
Elliot W. Sproul
Cornilsen
Cornilson
John Mackler
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Bowen School
Palmer
Harvey
Biggs
Jerecki
Harvey Tribune
Matt Stobbs
Walter Haines
Harry Foltz
Fred Fowler
W. L. Voss
T. C. Stobbs
John Alten
Stobbs
Charles C. Arner
Frederick Madory
Page Avenue
Daniel C. Bachmann
Lincoln Avenue
Dolton, Ill
Dolton
Henry C. Rietveld
167Th St
South Nolland, Ill
Roseland
Buick Sales Co
Michigan Ave
Atlas Plumbing and Heating Supplies
Corner
Elmer R. Berger
Calumet District
Conrad Kern
Indiana Avenue
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