Salt Creek Sewer Contract Advances Chicago Pollution Plan
The Underground Construction Company wins a $1,864,720 contract for Section Two of the Salt Creek intercepting sewer, part of the Sanitary District of Chicago program to end untreated sewage discharge in Cook County streams. President T. J. Crowe says by next October the Des Plaines and Salt Creek will be free of untreated sewage from North Avenue to Riverside, with western Salt Creek work pending ordinances from Brookfield and La Grange Park.
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Underground
Salt Creek
Chicago
Cook County
T. J. Crowe
Des Plaines River
North Avenue
Riverside
Crowe
Brookfield
la Grange Park
Harlem Avenue
43Rd Street
Roosevelt Road
West Side
Stickney
Great West Side
Western Springs
Lyons
la Grange
LaGrange Park
Forest View
North Riverside
Lake Michigan
Des Plaines
Park Ridge
Schiller Park
Franklin Park
River Grove
Michael Rosenberg
Sanitary District Committee On Finance
Rosenberg
Pick Burial Place Carefully
In choosing a burial place the Chinese exercise the greatest care for it is believed the choice affects the happiness and prosperity of the surviving relatives.
Dutch Herring First Catch Feeds Queen’s Summer Feast
A medieval Dutch custom grants the season’s first herring to the queen. Each year fishing smacks race to deliver the inaugural catch, marking the start of summer fisheries.
Yank Commander Dead General Dickman dies at 70
Major General Joseph Theodore Dickman, retired commander of the Third American Army, dies at his Washington home after a heart attack. He had led troops in six World War I campaigns and was decorated by the U S and five foreign nations. Born in Dayton Ohio about 70 years ago, he retired Oct 5 1921 after 45 years of service.
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Washington
Joseph Theodore Dickman
Germany
Dickman
Dayton
Ohio
Castor Oil Plants Wild in Mexico, 80 Percent Oil
The American Chemical Society reports vast fields of castor oil plants in Mexico. Two varieties exist: woody type yielding about 80 percent oil from seeds and herbaceous type yielding around 50 percent. Locals call the plant higuerilla.
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Mexico
American Chemical Society
Dangerous When Aroused Hippopotamus Urges Caution
The hippopotamus is naturally timid but prone to panic or rage when wounded or enraged. Sportsmen regard this animal as among the most dangerous beasts to encounter, demanding caution in its vicinity.
Films at Hawthorne Works portray Chicago industry
Charles W. Barrell oversees two Western Electric produced films What the Job Pays and Winning Her Way at the Hawthorne Works. The movies highlight social athletic and recreational life of 25000 employees and will be shown to theatres schools parishes and civic groups. Carlyle Ellis assists with production while Chicago actors Joseph Osborne Craig Boylston John Brady Gloria Carnes Violet Manning Aleck McIntosh and Mary Renner star in the films.
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Charles W. Barrell
Western Electric Company
Motion Picture Chamber of Commerce of America
Association of Motion Picture Advertisers
Hawthorne
Chicago
Western Electric
Mr. Barrell
Carlyle Ellis
Joseph Osborne
Craig Boylston
John Brady
Gloria Carnes
Violet Manning
Aleck McIintosh
Mary Renner
Public Service Company of Northern Illinois reports big year
The Public Service Company of Northern Illinois says customers saved about 1 068 000 dollars in the year ending September 30 1927 due to voluntary rate reductions. Earnings rise as territory develops with growing service use. Three months ending September 30 operating revenues reach 6 070 934 56 and net income 939 928 28. For year ending September 30 revenues total 25 396 971 88 with net income 4 879 021 59.
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Public Service Company of
Northern Illinois
Chicago
Open Halsted Street Bridge Plan Foresees State-City Split
City engineer L B Dayton says a Springfield visit will seek state action to end the Halsted Street tie up at the city line. The temporary span is to be funded one quarter by the city and three quarters by the state, with urgency to restore south side access and allow Western avenue widening.
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State Highway Department
Halsted Street
City Bridge Division
Springfield
L. B. Dayton
State Department
George A. Quinlan
Dayton
Maj. Quinlan
Chicago
Western Avenue
Illinois Hosts Four Major Truck Fleets with 800+ Trucks
Four of the nation's largest motor truck fleets operate in Illinois, each running more than eight hundred vehicles. The presence of these large fleets highlights Illinois as a major hub for freight and logistics activity.
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The
United States
Illinois
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Sanitary Board
J. T. Dickman
Castor Oil
Churchill Farms
Westwego, la
Calumet
Charles Richards
West 103Rd Street
North Roseland Improvement Ass’n
South End Chamber of Commerce
Calumet Real Estate Board
Halsted ST
Little Calumet
Fray’s
Dolton
First Trust & Savings Bank of Riverdale
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