Charles G Blake for Sanitary District Trustee
A political appeal urging votes for Charles G Blake in the Sanitary District Trustee race. It denounces delays in the canal system, links politics to health costs, and cites endorsements from local leaders to push Blake’s election on September 13th with a call to readers to vote and campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Blake
W. B. Austin
Ughes
Oldom
Dicker
Fred L. Rossbach
Hamilton Club
Frank Nay
Rock Island
ER. R
James R. Gray
Morgan Park
Uy Guernsy
Pronte Court
Yamilton Club
Charles G, Blake
Mr. Blake
Trustee Sanitary District
Riverdale Village seeks bids for water main extensions
The Village Board of Riverdale invites bids to extend water mains on West 38th Street from Atlantic to Halsted and from 38th Street Emerald Avenue to 139th Street. Bids must be delivered to the clerk by September 6 at 8 p.m. A 10 percent certified check accompanies each bid. Specifications available at village hall office or by phone Riverdale 308. F O Bergold village clerk.
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Village Board of
Riverale
Mending Linoleum with Patches and Oilcloth Method
Instructions describe mending torn linoleum by trimming the hole with kitchen scissors, placing a patch underneath or using oilcloth, painting edges on the wrong side, pressing and drying, and painting worn areas to match the oilcloth color.
Speedy end of war hoped as Italy declares on Germany
Column laments wartime frictions and praises German feats while noting Italy's declaration of war on Germany. It critiques railroad strikes, calls for patriotism, and jokes about combining tactics, Edson and Ford, and wartime diplomacy amid global conflict.
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Leerterer
Italy
Germany
Deutchland
Bremen
Calumet-Sag intercepting sewer contract awarded
The T. J Forschner Contracting of Lemont won the $900 761 25 bid to build section 7 of the Calumet-Sag intercepting sewer. Construction began Sept 29 1911 and is four-fifths complete with a Dec 31 1917 finish, cost exceeding 7 million. The project diverts Chicago sewage from Lake Michigan via the canal at Blue Island from South Chicago to 125th Street and Indiana Avenue.
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T. J Forschner Contracting Company
Lemont
Calumet-Sag
Calumet River
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Blue Island
125Th Street
Indiana Avenue
Life’s joys and burdens divide the sexes in playful note
A Ohio State Journal quip reflects on equal pleasures and burdens between boys and girls, noting a little girl cherishes being a flower girl at a wedding as much as a boy enjoys a snake in his pocket at school.
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Ohio State Journal
Daily Thought on Independence and Solitude
A quotation from Hamerton extols independence as having tasks to pursue that can be completed well in solitude. It emphasizes meaningful work done alone as the ideal form of self reliance.
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Daily
Hamerton
Great Western Sugar to Build Missoula Factory
Another million dollar sugar factory will be erected by the Great Western Sugar Company at Missoula Montana on 150 acres west of the city. The plant will reproduce the Gering Nebraska facility and bids for construction will be asked in Denver.
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Great Western Sugar Company
Missoula
Montana
Gering
Nebraska
Denver
Apple Pie Order Origin Traced to Puritan Pantry
The phrase in apple-pie order is linked to Puritan times and Hephzibah the housewife who baked two to three dozen pies each Saturday. She stored them labeled for each day, keeping a pantry arranged in orderly fashion.
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Hephzibah
His Weak Spot Quotation From Houston Post
A historical fragment notes a quotation about temptation and moral steadfastness. It discusses how a good man may be swayed by favored foods or temptations, yet still face inevitable consequences without protest.
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Gibraltar
Eternity
Houston Post
Cause for Difference in Black Household Discipline
The excerpt quotes a dialogue from the Kansas City Star where Brother Shivers argues that a black man’s wife can discipline him more harshly than any other person. The exchange contrasts respect and control within a household, reflecting social tensions in race and gender roles.
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Brother Shivers
Kansas City Star
Postcard Reading Sparks Tense Mailroom Exchange
In a sharp exchange a postmaster asserts the right to read all mail while a clerk defends curiosity limited by importance. The dialogue captures tension over privacy and duties in a 19th century mailroom setting.
Halsted Street Paving Finally Approaches Chicago Limits
Halsted Street paving from 147th Street north toward Chicago connects with earlier improvements. Chicago and Calumet plan to extend south to Riverdale while Riverdale’s concrete road advances. Completion depends on county funding with possible Park Avenue work this season or waits until spring.
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Halsted Street
147Th Street
City of Chicago
Calumet
Chicago
Vilage
Riverdale
Arley
Park Avenue
150Th Street
Homewood
Cook County
Egyptian Trail Association
Harvey Tribune
Lost Valuables Found On Bridgeport Rock
A New York hotel man recalled visiting Bridgeport and dropping a diamond ring while tapping the water with his cane. The ring washed up on the edge of a rock at low tide the next morning, just a sixteenth of an inch from deeper water.
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New York
Bridgeport
Bay
Homecoming Day Planned by West Pullman Association
West Pullman Improvement Association announces Home Coming Day on Labor Day Monday September 4. President A M Ott and committee aim to surpass prior events abandoned for years. A large turnout of old-timers is expected for a social gathering and reminiscences. The group has raised over 700 dollars for entertainment.
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West Pullman Improvement Association
A. M. Ott
Noble-Minded Sadness in Aristotelian Thought
The text presents Aristotle as saying noble minded men tend to sadness due to inward sympathy and consciousness of shared human suffering. It reflects on how moral insight accompanies a melancholic awareness of the human condition.
Fouryearold Quips on Weather Forecast Delivery
Maxine, aged four, puzzled by a forecast in the morning paper, notes God made the sun and rain and jokes that perhaps today God's paper wasn’t delivered after a forecast of "fair and warmer." The tale blends childlike weather curiosity with newspaper lore.
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Maxine
Mother
Compressed Air Outshines Hand Cleaning on Machinery
Compressed air is used to clean dynamos and delicate machinery, delivering superior results to hand cleaning. The method is praised for efficiency and effectiveness in removing dust and grime from intricate components.
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Europe
Koenig
Somme
Standard Oil
Detroit
Edson
Ford
J’dson
Forschner Co
West Pullman
Norfolk
Roseland
Bach Bros
115Th Street
Michigan Avenue
Hart Schaffner and
Marx
Stetson
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