Odd Bits of News headlined from many towns
A collection of quirky items notes a 3500 year old tree in California, a sequence of family deaths in Wisconsin, a bootlegging arrest in West Virginia, San Francisco girls praised for legs, a Pennsylvania butcher of politics Miss Maria Kurr, frog therapy for cancer in Missouri farmers, and a winter cream advertisement.
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San Francisco
Cal
Troy
Pharaoh
Red Sea
Coleman
Wis
Emily Ermis
John Ermis
Ermis
Emis
Charleston
W. Va
Kelly’s Creek
Louis Peters
Peters
Atlanta
Georgia
the Public Schools
Bethel
Maria Kurr
Pennsylvani
Kurr
Millersburg
Monroe City
Farquay
Engineers Life Expectancy for Locomotive Workers
Washington October 17 engineers life expectancy is 11 years and 74 years according to figures from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers insurance department which covers 145 million in member insurance. For the last decade insurance paid out nearly 35 million for accidental deaths related to service. It is also calculated that out of every 100 men who start as firemen only seventeen reach engineer rank and only six of those become passenger engineers.
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Washington
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Buckminster convicted of confidence game. three years
Frederick Buckminster, ex policeman and alleged arson trust member, was found guilty Saturday of operating a confidence game and sentenced to three years in Joliet penitentiary. He testified he was duped by F H May and J Miller, who allegedly swindled Martin Liupe of 3500 in a pay off joint in East Chicago.
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Frederick Buckminster
Old “Arson Trust
Joliet
F .H. May
J. Miller
Martin Liupe
Homewood
Ill
East Chicago
Ind
Miller
May
Buckminster
Trupe
Chicago
Hope
Canada
Brazil
Dolton Woman's Club Study Dept Plans Year in Italy Theme
The Dolton Woman's Club Study Department opens its year with meetings at Chicago Street School every second and fourth Tuesday. A full calendar lists topics on Rome, Italian history art music and literature presented by club members and guests through May including Rome under the Republic Italian life and people and notable Italian artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Woman's Club
Chicago ‘Trea
Chicago Street
Rome
Anna Holmes
Jessie Moomaw
Edith Dalton
May Blanchard
Marion Jones
Elizabeth Sherburne
National Sportsman subscription offer
Outdoor sports enthusiasts are urged to subscribe to the National Sportsman at one dollar per year. The magazine promises nearly 175 pages fully illustrated with valuable information, with F. O. Bergold named as the local agent.
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F. O. Bergold
Village of Riverdale Notice on Tree Branches Trimming
Property owners in Riverdale must trim overhanging branches to at least ten feet above sidewalks and fifteen feet above streets. Order issued by the village president and board of trustees.
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Village of
Riverdale
Board of Trustees
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Obeldoble
Holland
Tilstra’s
Morris Miller
Edwin B. Douglas
Moris Miller Land’s Drug Store
Alta Vista Terrace
Dolton
Chicago, Ill
FORD
Thornton
Bremen Township
Bate’s
James Bates
Prop
Harvey
Illinois
Dolton Womans Club
Oberdoble’s
AR An
Riverdale and
Cor
In & Forest Ave
Michigan Ave
Roseland
Conrad Kern
Indiana Ave
Hudson
BUICK
Roseland Auto Sales CO. Cor
110Th Street
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Ine Vieunas
Oxford
Bach Bros
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