Thanksgiving gathering and welfare drive in Lansing
A Lansing report details a California visit by residents, church group activities, and a large Thanksgiving lunch. The First Reformed church held a bazaar, celebrated a 10th anniversary, installed a furnace, and organized a welfare association to raise funds and provide baskets for needy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calfornia
Mas
Int Hout
Wm. ‘Rhald
Christian Endeavor
First Reformed Church
Lansing
New Animal Cages at Chicago Zoo Preview Spectacle
Lions and bears roam at large will thrill visitors at the Chicago Zoological Gardens nearing completion announced by the Chicago Association of Commerce. The zoo features moated dens for lions bears tigers and leopards allowing animals to view the public across water. The absence of bats and the illusion of freedom are expected to boost visitor appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Zoological Gardens
Chicago Association of Commerce
Chicago
Illinois drivers urged to renew same license numbers for 1931
State license numbers for 1931 must be applied for promptly says the Chicago Motor Club. Section 8 of the Illinois motor vehicle act requires the secretary of state to issue the same number if the application fee and request reach his office before thirty days prior to the old license expiration.
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Secretary of State
Chicago Motor Club
Motor Club
Dolton Special Assessment No 62 for Lincoln Avenue sewer
The Village of Dolton announces Special Assessment No 62 to fund vitrified tile sewer construction on Lincoln Avenue Cook County Illinois A 12 inch interceptor connects to the existing 15 inch sewer and extends along Lincoln Avenue with parallel 10 and 10 inch laterals The final hearing is scheduled for December 8 1930 at the Cook County Court with ten annual installments at 6 percent interest Filed with the Village Clerk and County Court Commissioner Lawrence Dickelman dated November 21 1930
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Dolton
Village of
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Cook County
Illinois
Cottage Grove Avenue
Ilinois
Lawrence Dickelman
Twenty Years Ago With The Pointer In Riverdale Notes
Thanksgiving visits mark family reunions in Downers Grove and nearby towns. Frank Berschinski welcomes a fine boy as lamp lighting duties loom in Riverdale. Cornelius Messmaker visits from Siebert and is remembered as Dal ton’s former village blacksmith. Typhoid illness eases for Mabel and Ralph Luckenbill as they recover. Old Dan the white horse dies after years with the delivery wagon. Grange Line Bridge over the Calumet River near Globe Station opens after inspection by local officials and contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McMahon
Florence
Alice
Downers Grove
James McLaughlin
Frank Berschinski
Frank
Riverdale
Cornelius Messmaker
Siebert
Colo
William
Blue Island
Messmaker
Dalton
Mabel
Ralph Luckenbill
Wm. McCarthy
Cyril DeJean
Indianapolis
Ind
Old Dan
L. E. Reich
Grange Line
Calumet River
Globe Station
Gottschalk, Milhahn
Bielfeldt
van Steenberg
Andrew Ward
Mr. Hughes
Continental Bridge Co
Hazel Crest seeks street lamp lighter for 80 monthly
The Hazel Crest Improvement Association is hiring to light street lamps for 80 monthly. S. Metz & Sons are busy at the Horse Show aiming for blue ribbons, hoping to repeat last year’s success. Ed Kemman’s new Morris street store is under construction, August Staedtke shows the contract. Henry Stolzenbach Jr. departs Monday to manage a Matteson meat market for Mr. Utermark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Simpyay
Hazel Crest Improvement Association
S. Metz & Sons
Ed. Kemman
Morris Street
August Staedtke
Henry Stolzenbach, Jr
Matteson
Mr. Utermark
64 H Club to Attend International Live Stock Exposition
Sixty four 4 H Club members will travel as guests of the Illinois Central System to the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago from November 29 to December 6. They are chosen for outstanding farm work in ten states along the railroad route. The railroad will provide reduced round trip fares from online points to Chicago.
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4-H Club
Illinois Central System
Chicago
Ilinois Central Magazine
Illinios Central System
Ford Salvages 30 000 Autos From Highways
More than 30 000 old automobiles have been taken off national highways through Ford Motor Co salvage plan. Ford dealers trade old cars in for new, and River Rouge plant melts usable parts while rest is burned in steel mill furnaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Ford Company
River Rouge
Tomatoes Once Rumored Poisonous Then Eaten
In 1850, public dining shifted as people moved from avoiding tomatoes to incorporating them in meals. Prior belief held tomatoes were poisonous, a view slowly overturned by practical use and broader acceptance.
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Calumet Avenue
1St Apt
I’ark Avenue
Triangle
Erperia Universal
Wm. Bockelman
Michigan City Road
Acorn
South Green Street
Wentworth
Sadock & Adelman
Michigan Avenue
Commodore
S. Michigan Ave
Commodore Bis
144Th Street
East 136Th Street
Emma Ludwig
Indiana Avenue
State Street
138Th
189Th Street
K. S. Putnam
Emil Verhoeven
John Ravesfoot, Jr
South Holland
Harvey
Nash
Wm. F. Zesch
Wabash Avenue
Fox Farms
Chas, Levy & Sons
South
Oakley Avenue
Wisconsin
Chas. Levy & Sons
Oakley
Western Avenue
Wm. Holleman
Walter Swets
South Helland Bank
Isaac Shilling
159Th Street
Holland
Walter R. Stroh
Sanderson Ave
Dolton, Ill
H. G. Wills
Edbrooke Avenue
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
Majestic Electric
Allien Hotel
East 137Th Street
A. J. Allen
A. W. Hamann
Roseland
St. Michigan Ave
Primrose Coal Citi
G. R. Collinson Coal Yard
Park Ave
Pennsylvania Tracks
Homewood News — Fe
Emerson
A. Lauridsen
H. Leftwich
Watkins
Rei
Lincoln Ave
K. L. Sherrill
Leyden Ave
Gladstone
Interocean
Res. Riv
Carl Dieck
George Tuch
Peter Farney
Aspen Kruiter
Indiana Ave
Anthony Basile Plumbing
Telephone
Larza
Wm. C. Zesch and Son
Frank C. Ott
Chicago St
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