New Blue Island Trust and Savings Bank Opens
The Blue Island Trust and Savings Bank opened at the Haas corner on Western avenue and Vermont street with a three day reception. The capital is $150000 and the surplus $37500. Officers include Fred C. Brincken president, Jacob Thoeming vice president, and Arthur E. Fordtran cashier. Directors feature Joseph Benzing, H F Brueggemann, Joseph Eames, Charles Haas, Patrick Hallinan, and others from Blue Island business circles. As a rule the less a person knows the surer he is that he is right.
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New
Blue Island
Arthur E. Fordtran
Joseph Benzing
Schmitt Bros. Mercantile Co
Fred
Charles Haas
Charles Habich
Blue Island and
Roseland
Ford and
Lincoln Motor Company
Patrick J. Hallinan
Charles H. Hannagan
American Wire Mills
Joseph Jezisk
Harry A. Johnson
Ingalls-Shepard Company
West Harvey
Illinois
Michael Maisel
Pioneer Southwest Side
West Englewood Trust & Savings Bank
Highland State Bank
Marquette Park State Bank
Chicago Lawn State Bank
Stony Island State Savings Bank
Chatam State Bank
Blair McElroy
Fitzpatrick-McElroy Company
Delaware
Louis Olson
Oakhill
Jacob Thoeming
Salaries Raised by County Board for 1940s Officials
County Commissioners consider new pay scales after retiring official requests raise. The proposal, tied to a state act, would set County Court Judge and Probate Judge at 15000 annually, Board President at 12000, and 14 commissioners at 7500, effective December 6 as terms begin.
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Board of County Commissioners
Charles N. Goodnow
Finance Committee
Goodnow
Circuit
Superior Court
Beecher Quote on Vice and Selfishness
A Beecher quotation denounces universal vice as detestable and unforgivable in others while noting everyone possesses some selfish flaw. The sentiment highlights moral critique and human imperfection across society.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Self-Command First No Man Is Free Quote by Pythagoras
A compact aphorism attributed to Pythagoras states that true freedom begins with mastering oneself and self discipline as the path to personal liberty. The saying remains cited in discussions of willpower and moral development.
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Pythagoras
Fragmented Verse and Wit From A Dated Humorous Column
A collage of quips and poems on crime, bankers, weddings, and daily life. Observations include parsnips, a widow at a bank, snares, dancing shifts to chills, and light social satire on law and virtue. A playful miscellany of names, lines, and wry reflections.
Reasons for Indians Holding Cow Sacred
Stephen Ganagapati Krighwayys argues in Current History Magazine that the sacred cow is central to Hindu devotion and Indian subsistence. He notes Hindu reverence, Muslim beef practices, and cow use in agriculture, dairy, and household tasks, urging cow protection as a religious duty.
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India
Armerica
Stephen Ganagapati Krighwayys
Current History Magazine
British Empire Seen Recast as Commonwealth by London Press
London newspapers hail the imperial conference report as marking the end of the old empire concept and the rise of a British Commonwealth of Nations. They praise clearer imperial relations and a crown-centered unity, while debates focus on governors general and the empire’s looser yet stronger bonds.
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London
England
Great Britain
London Times
Westminster Gazette
United Kingdom
Morning Post
Lord Rothermere
Daily Mail
Dominions
Daily Express
Court Upholds 7 Percent Profit for Public Utilities
The Supreme Court, with Justice Brandeis dissenting on value issues, supports Indiana injunction preventing a public service commission from cutting Indianapolis Water Co. rates. Court agrees utility may charge rates yielding 7 percent on spot reduction value. district judge Geiger found valuation too low and rate cuts confiscatory.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Indianapolis Water Company
Geiger
Pig Woman Declares Truth in Hall Mills Case Testimony
Mrs Jane Gibson testified four hours in Jersey City court identifying Frances Hall and her brothers Henry and Willie Stevens as present at the Hall Mills murder scene. She shouted I have told the truth so help me God as she was removed on a stretcher. The jury was not hearing the remarks. She rested comfortably in a local hospital afterward.
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Jersey City
N. J
Jane Gibson
Hall-Mills
Frances Stevens Hall
Gibson
Hall
Henry
Willie Stevens
Eleanor Mills
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Universal Vice
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Peter A. Anker
Chicago Road
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South Helland
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Oaklawn Cemetery Association Incorporated
Laws of
Aquette
South Dearborn Street
Adewats Randolph
S. A. Blish
F. E. Hanna
Sec Co
L. van Valkenburg
T. C. Jones
Doc Leason
Jim
Jam
Carl Thomsen
John Hausman
Bobby Brown
Bobby
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