Lansing Obituary and Local News Highlights
Mrs. Alwine Rahn dies after stroke at 56 in Lansing home at 24 Walnut Street. Funeral set for Friday 1:30 from home and 2:00 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran. burial in Oak Glen cemetery. Edw. Rose, 81, dies from accidental gunshot wound while hunting. Fargo report reaches Lansing. Miss Laura Lorenz hosts kitchen shower. plans wedding October 20 to Walter Schultz Jr. Lansing Boy Scouts swim at Hammond High. Cable Studio Midget piano arrives for Lena Lange family.
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Alwine Rahn
Herman Rahn
Walnut Street
Lansing
Rahn
Carl
Herman
William
Walter
Elsie Kemp
W. J. Schultz
L. W. Holtz
Chicago Heights
Chas, Wittenhagen
St. John’s Ev. Luth
South Church Street
Oak Glen
Fargo
North Dakota
Edw. Rose
Carl Rose
Calumet City
Otto Schultz
Hattié Rose
Frank
Theo
Rose
Harvey
Laura Lorenz
Bunco
Lammertin
Frank Rose
Rolse
Stelling
Lorenz
Walter Schultz, Jr
Boy Scouts of
Hammond High School
Howard Benson
Arthur Bauman
Jacob DeVoung
Wm. Gutowski
Geo. Henderson
Wendell Knipp
Wesley Noergran
Paul Tinberg
Clarence Weidenaar
Paul Weis
Lena Lange
Otto Shultz
Theo Rose
Fred Vierk
Chicago
Minnie
Abramham
St. John’s Lutheran School
Tragedy at Ridge Road Crossing Kills Teen
Evelyn Maross a 16 year old Bloom Township High School student was killed when the sedan she drove stalled on the Ridge road railroad crossing in Thornton and was hit by a Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train. Her parents August and Mary Maross were injured with Mary critically. Esther Lind 17 of South Chicago Heights escaped injury by leaping from the car. Roadhouse patrons witnessed the crash as rescue workers freed the injured and transported them to Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey.
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Evelyn Maross
Bloom Township High School
Chicago Heights
August
Mary Maross
Evelyn
Ridge Road
Thornton
Chicago and
Homewood
Mrs. Maross
Ingails Memorial Hospital
Harvey
For Sale Gas and Coal Stove by Wm H Anker
For sale combination gas and coal stove in good condition. Contact Wm H Anker at 16080 South Park Avenue South Holland. 23-3p.
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Wm. H Anker
South Park Avenue
Holland
Local Happenings and Births in Riverdale Community
Arnold Dreshall suffered four broken ribs in an Acme Steel plant accident and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital. Mr and Mrs William J Haney leave for a two to three week southern vacation including Havana Cuba. Clarence Stump and family welcome a baby boy born October 17 at Blue Island Hospital. Floryan A Kasha underwent gallstone surgery at Blue Island Hospital and is improving. Fred Lundquist and wife welcomed a baby boy born October 12 at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey named Fred Jr. The Chicago Street School Parent Teachers Association met October 15 with varied topics. Robert Burwell trained master for Indiana Harbor Belt Railway had stomach surgery at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey and is recovering. A M Dickenson of Battle Creek Michigan visiting since hospitalization.
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Arnold Dreshall
Riverdale
Acme Steel Co
Roseland Community Hospital
Floryan A. Kasha
Michigan Avenue
Blue Island Hospital
Fred Lundquist
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Fred, Jr
Robert Burwell
Indiana Harbor Belt Railway
A. M. Dickenson
Battle Creek
Mich
Henry Zornow dies after six month illness at Oak Forest Infirmary
Henry Zornow aged 45 died Saturday October 183t at Oak Forest Infirmary after six months illness. Born in Dalton in 1885 he lived in this community all his life. Funeral services were held at Bachmans parlors with interment at Oakland cemetery in Dolton. He was a bachelor and lived with his sister Ida Trapp of Riverdale prior to illness. He leaves a sister Emma Koch of Dolton and brothers Frank and John Zornow of Riverdale.
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Henry Zornow
Oak Forest Infirmary
Dalton
Bachman
Oakland Cemetery
Dolton
Ida
Dan Trapp
Riverdale
Trapp
Emma
Fred Koch
Frank
John
Death of John Wognum Jr Shocks South Holland Community
John Wognum Jr died at Bethesda Sanatorium Denver Colo on Sunday at age 22. He was the eldest son of John Wognum Sr and wife and left behind parents four sisters and four brothers. Funeral services were held October 17 with burial at Oak Ridge Cemetery. The era saw a new concrete road open and several local notices including church services and a new dry cleaning plant under construction.
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John Wognum
Bethesda
Denver
Colo
Elizabeth
Leonard Prince
Antoinette
Tunis VerMeulen
Pearl
Marjorie
Andrew
James
Willis
Erwin
South Chicago Road
First Reformed Church
T. W. Muilenberg
Oak Ridge Cemetery
J. C. Wielhouwer
Grand Rapids
Mich
Calumet Township Highway Plans Boost Farm Land Values
Indiana Ave. road project eyed as a boon for South Holland farms with improved drainage and higher land values. Realtors assessed land at 800 to 1500 per acre and a six-member jury set damages at 30 dollars. Landowners released by Vanderaa except VanZanten family. village moves to condemn more land. bridge over Calumet River approved. construction hoped for next year.
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Ellis Whipp
Calumet Township
Thornton Township
John Vanderaa
South Holland
VanZanten
Calumet River
Film Schedule Promises Drama and Adventure This Week
Friday features Tonite Gene Stratton Porter's Freckles and Saturday offers Surrender with Mary Philbin and Ivan Mossukine about Russian oppression. Sunday shows A Man's Past with Conrad Veidt, Our Gang Edison Marconi, and a matinee. Week includes Ramon Navaro Renee Adoree Forbidden Hours and The Strange Case of Capt. Ramper.
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Tonite
Gene Stratton Porter
Mary Philbin
Ivan Mossukine
Conrad Veidt
Africa
Our Gang
Edison & Marconi
Ramon Navaro
Renee Adoree
FBI
Capt. Ramper
Riverdale Theatre Weekend Shows At A Glance
Saturday program features Our Gang in Thunderin Flees Wally Wales in Meddling Stranger News Fables and Yellow Cameo. Sunday presents Stark Love a life battle. Also big screen Metropolis previews October 24 25 with dazzling visuals and giant palaces soaring skies and underground giants.
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Riverdale
Wally Wales
Metropolis
State Theatre Previews October Movie Lineup Features
Matinee schedule lists Norman Kerry and Lewis Stone in The Foreign Legion for Oct 18 19 with FBI. Oct 20 presents Mlle From Armen taires a comedy highlight with Harold Andersen and Keith Orpheum Vaudeville. Oct 21 shows Buddy Rogers in Red Lips plus vaudeville. Oct 22 24 runs Sunrise with further program notes.
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FBI
Norman Kerry
Lewis Stone
the Foreign Legion
Harold Andersen
Mlle
Armentaires
France
Keith Orpheum
Charles
Buddy” Rogers
Tubs
Coming Events In October Social Gatherings
The Gaily Girls host a Halloween Party and Dance at Riverdale Village Hall on October 27. The Dalton M. E. Ladies' Aid holds an all day meeting at the church parlors on Thursday October 25 with BYOL. Ivanhoe Civic Club meets 8 p m October 22 at Branigar Building 144th and Stewart. St Pauls church Sunday school hosts a dance party Thursday October 25 1928 at the school hall starting 8 15 p m. Everyone welcome.
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Riverdale
Dalton M. E
Ivanhoe
Branigar Bidg
144Th
Stewart Avenue
St. Paul’s Church
Immense Gladstone Dock Boasts Vast Liverpool Quays
The Gladstone dock in Liverpool at Moyland can handle the largest vessels at any tide. It features three miles of quay and a water area of about 55 acres.
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Gladstone
Liverpool
Moyland
Must Go Together There can be no economy where there is no efficiency
Lord Bacons remarks underscore the link between efficiency and a thriving economy, stressing that prudent management and coordinated effort are essential for productive growth. The quote highlights a foundational belief in business and governance.
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Lord Bacons
Card of Thanks for Henry Zornow
We thank relatives neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy shown after the death of our brother Henry Zornow. Special thanks to those who sent flowers and donated cars and to Rev Kemnitz.
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Henry Zornow
Kemnitz
City Mainly French in Montreal Population
About 75 percent of Montreal's 1,130,000 residents are of French origin, indicating the city's strong linguistic and cultural dominance. The figure underscores Montreal as a center of Francophone life in the region.
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Montreal
Prosperity warns against neglecting opportunities
Quotation from E. W. Howe's Monthly emphasizes that prosperity does not help the poor unless they seize opportunities, arguing one can be poor in a rich land if they choose poverty through inaction.
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America
E. W. Howe
Monthly
Man Finds Joy Hearing Love Letters Read In Court
A man with an intense longing for attention attends a court hearing to hear his own love letters read aloud. The scene highlights his megalo mania as observers note his fixation on the courtroom reading.
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Miss Lorenz
Martin Bultfies
Wm. Mastenbrook
Winnie
Roseland
Winifred
Robert Wright
Kenneth Warren
Wil Conley
John Mueller
Wm. Benson
Jonathan
Grimes
Delicious
WN. J. Paarlberg
California
Pass Brothers
J South Holland
Ill
William J. Haney
C. & E. I Dixie Rlver
Southland
Havana
Cuba
Clarence Stump
George H. Schaeffer
Parent-Teachers Association of
Chicago Street School
Gibson
Ira DeYoung
Hoekstra Overall
Indiana Ave
State Theatre
110Th Place
Chicago Street
B. Wesse
Prop
Deyoung Bros
Chicago Road
South Holland, Ill
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