Local and Personal News Highlights Oct 1937 Dalton area
Mr and Mrs Victor May of Doiton visited Mrs May's relatives in Morris Illinois over the weekend. Many residents plan gatherings for October including dances at Pipe of Peace clubroom and a birthday party for Master Edward Albrecht Jr. in Dalton. A baby girl arrived to Mr and Mrs Albert Simnick Jr of Riverdale and several residents recover from illness and surgery while others attend youth services and showers.
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Victor May
Mainstreet
Doiton
May
Morris
Illinois
Mossell
Alex Fritz
Calumet Avenue
Riverdale
Arthur Tomky
Dalton
Edward Wernicke
Elsie Dunbar
Plano
California
William Reaugh
Dunbar
Reaugh
John Boulder
Oak Park
O. R. Warren
Place Evangelical Church of
Harvey
Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church
Albert Simnick, Jr
Young Democratic Organization
Calumet ‘Township
Pipe of Peace
185Th
Halsted Street
Henry Jacobsma
Dolton
Russell Harry
Milton Younker
Frank Hair
Kankakee
Frank Kroening
Rose
St. Paul
Minn
Dawe
Tiobert Han
Dilton
Rockford
Rock River
Wilma Wilson
Leyden Avenue
Ray Mannmeg
Dolon
Roseland Community Hospital
Edward Schaefer
186Th Street
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Virginia de Camp
Lorene Waddell
Howard Smith
Irving Avenue
Tolton
James Wilcoxen
Washington St
Gal Deam
Pittsburg
Calif
Della Deam
Banco
Schultz
E. 136Th Street
Irene Ohlsen
Indiana Avenue
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Wm. Neering
Page Avenue
Gerald Emil
Ladies Aid
St. Paul’s Ev. Luth
Edward Albrecht, Jr
Edgar Gest
Billy Gest
West Pullman
Siegel Bock
Roland Nelson
Billy Albrecht
Morris Albrecht
Bobby Albrecht
Bobby Thul
Charles Boseman
Dillon Crawford
Roy Nelson
Kenneth Belz
Donald Vrooman
Clarence Foster
Jimmy Parks
Fred Peterman
Edward
Continental Hotel Roots in Philadelphia’s Early Era
The 1860 Continental Hotel in Philadelphia was the nation’s largest at the time. Its facade stood six stories with an eight story rear section, and it pioneered passenger elevators and a hotel fire tower for patron safety.
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Philadelphia
Twice As Many Old Folks In 1960 Predicted
A 1960 forecast argues that the 65 plus population could double or triple due to longer life, better health care, and declining birth rates. The piece notes social security strains and possible shifts in employment as an aging workforce grows, ending with a Browning quotation.
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Robert Browning
Unforgettable sensation of a dark room water sip
A narrator recalls entering a dark room and drinking water, feeling a strange particle travel down the throat. The moment triggers thoughts about what should come next and which procedure might follow.
Turpentine Dominates Paint and Varnish Uses in U S
The paint and varnish industry consumes about 80 percent of the turpentine sold in the country with shoe polish as the next major use. Turpentine also has applications in making shatterproof glass synthetic camphor insecticides and more.
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