Elks Homecoming Festival Opens October 27 in Calumet City
Calumet City hosts the Elks Lodge No. 485 Homecoming at the Elks Home on Rimbach Avenue Hammond Indiana from October 27 to November 1 1924. Festivities include dances with Mike Pryor and Chuck Rohde orchestras and Halloween activities for children led by the Lady Elks. Door prizes and booths feature keno art work and food, with ham and bacon booths and no admission charge. Three hundred Elks in the area expected to attend and win prizes including reading lamps and blankets for beds.
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Elks
Rimbach Avenue
Hammond
Indiana
Mike Pryor
Chuck Rohde
Hallowe’en
Lady Elks
Calumet City
Elks Lodge No
Cox
Mrs Geiger Celebrates Birthday With Friends In Hammond
A Saturday evening party honored Mrs. Eugene Geiger of 46 Condit Street Hammond for her birthday. About thirty guests gathered and the hostess and host contributed to a joyful event with many gifts and a midnight supper enjoyed by all attendees.
Popular Teacher Leaves Hammond for Family Care
Miss Jennie Mabbs of Doty Street resigns from the Hammond board of education to care for an invalid sister in Allegan Michigan. Principal of Kerwood school Mabbs is highly regarded by teachers, pupils, and parents after years of dedicated service. Mollie Merklein will take Mabbs's place at Kerwood.
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Jennie Mabbs
Doty Street
Hammond
Miss Mabbs
Board of Education
Allegan
Michigan
Kerwood School
Mollie Merklein
Miss Mabb
Kenwood School
Bowdlerizes Shakespeare Name Enters Language in 1818
In 1818 Bowdler published an expurgated Shakespeare edition, yielding the verb bowdlerize to describe cleaning texts of offensive content.
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Bowdler
Pioneer Frederick Leise 79 dies at Calumet City home
Frederick Leise a Calumet City resident for 43 years and a retiree carpenter died Friday at 9 30 am at his home 6 W State street Calumet City He leaves wife Mra Caro line Leise daughters Miss Minnie Leise and Mrs Anna Bruetsch son William Leise of Chicago and seven grandchildren The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 1 from the home and 2 from St John s Lutheran church Rev Elbert officiating Burial was in Concordia cemetery under Undertaker Neidow
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Frederick Leise
State Street
Calumet City
Mra
Caroline Leise
Minnie Leise
Anna Bruetsch
William Leise
Chicago
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Elbert
Concordia Cemetery
Neidow
Birthday Party Honors Mrs Ruehl in Calu City
Twelve friends from Burnham Avenue Calu City gathered at Mrs H Ruehl Jr to celebrate her birthday. They played bunco with Mrs William Shultz and Mrs Dora Peters winning high holds and Mrs H Wolf low score. A two course luncheon concluded the afternoon as guests presented gifts.
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H. Ruehl, Jr
Burnham Avenue
Calumet City
William Shultz
Dora Peters
H. Wolf
Elliott W Sproul for Congress in Illinois Third District
Republican candidate Elliott W Sproul seeks re election in Illinois Third District for continued service. He touts attendance records in the House and on committees and notes support for Budget Law tax cuts and tariffs, plus wartime justice funding.
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Elliott W. Sproul
Illinois
House of Representatives
Mrr
Sproul
Department of Justice
Treasury
United States
House
Senate
Congress
Grrepullieay
Vote for Joseph F Haas On His Record For Deeds and Titles
A political endorsement praising Joseph F Haas for his tenure as Recorder of Deeds and Registrar of Titles in Cook County. It highlights his efficiency, legislative影响 including Forest Preserve and Municipal Court acts, and claims profits of over one hundred thousand dollars in 1928 reducing taxes.
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Joseph F. Haas
Recorder of Deeds
Hais
Chicago
State Senate
County Board
Cook County
Circuit Court of
Recorder
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Calumet City News
Elks Festival
Joseph F.haas
Ice
Frank Hintz
AL. J. Walz
Ind
Quinlan
Marquette
Randolph
State St
Hammond, Ind
Calumet Concrete Construction Co
West
115Th ST
Roseland
Michigan Avenue
Buick Sales Co
Michigan Ave
Dalton, Ill
Goodfellowship Club of
Acme Steel Goods Co
Pennsylvania
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