Riverdale notes and industrial outlook ten years ago
Ten years ago in Riverdale: visiting McRill sisters from Ohio and Angvia, with talk of siblings in North Harvey. Locally, Midwest Sugar Co. prepares for fall refining with new machinery, Acme Steel Goods builds expand, Forester team to contest at Forest Preserve encampment, and Chas G Schnoor buys the Nasser bakery property for 5356 dollars with A S Diekman handling the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. McRill
Youngstown
Ohio
Maud Mills
Angvia
Riverdale
Barnes
North Harvey
McRill
Bie Midwest Sugar Co
Acme Steel
Aeme
Forester
Calumet
Cook County Foresters
Forest Preserve
Joe and
Desplaines Avenue
Homewood
Chas. G. Sehnoor
Nasser Bakery
Chicago Street
Dalton
Burton
Danville
Ash
A. S. Diekman
Dalton Board Warns About Night Horn Noise
Residents report excessive horn blowing and open mufflers at night in Dalton. The city enacts a warning and assigns a motorcycle officer to make arrests if the nuisance continues.
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Dalton
Ter Lidee
Su Asuin
Local homes and trees hit during passing storm
In the pasture Van Eerden J J Vanderaa and A Van Baren's homes were struck along with several trees and fences. Rev Nelson Dalendberg and family returned to Peoria after weeks with relatives. Mrs Louis Workman continues to recover from a serious operation at St James hospital. Mrs G Tysse and three children prepare to return to Holland Michigan after visiting the Van Oostenbrugge family.
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van Eerden
J. J. Vanderaa
A. van Baren
Nelson Dalenberg
Peoria
Louis Workman
St. James Hospital
G. Tysse
Holland
Mich
C. van Oostenbrugge
Governor Proclaims Fire Prevention Week Observance
Governor Henry Hor ner proclaims October 8 to 14 as Fire Prevention Week. He urges municipal and school groups and the press to observe the occasion and promote continued effort to reduce fire waste and destruction.
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Henry Horner
Severe storm damages livestock in South Holland
A severe electrical storm last Sunday night caused heavy rainfall and a bright sky display with little wind. Lightning killed a valuable horse owned by Anthony Jacobs and two cows belonging to John Van Zanten, among other damages in the town.
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Althe
Anthony Jacobs
John van Zanten
Illinois coal output rises in first seven months of 1933
Illinois coal production for January through July 1933 totaled 18,549,104 tons, up from 16,249,240 tons in the same period of 1932. The department of mines and minerals reported a gain of 2,299,864 tons year over year.
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Ilinois
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Amateur Garden Show at Century of Progress
Amateur gardeners may exhibit garden flowers at the Century of Progress show from September 4 to 10. Sponsored by the Men's Garden Club of Chicago, the display will fill the Horticultural building with blooms from Chicago area gardens. The event divides into two periods, September 5 to 7 and September 8 to 10, with entries eligible for either or both. members and non members judged separately with distinct ribbons and medals.
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Century of Progress
Men’s Garden Club of Chicago
Chicago
Men's Garden Club
Lecturer Ends Speech as Clockless Room Sparks Banter
A lecturer sighs at finishing after two hours and jokes about the missing clock. A voice from the back quips that a calendar is behind him, prompting lighthearted laughter and a quick exchange.
State Capitol News on Auto Act Challenge by Farmers Group
The Agricultural Transportation Association filed an injunction suit in Sangamon County Circuit Court challenging two sections of the motor vehicle act. They claim sections 24a and 2 are unconstitutional and would affect farmers hauling stock to market.
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The
Agricultural Transportation Association, Inc
Sangamon County
Cicut
Lincoln Douglas debates remembered by cadet series
The Abraham Lincoln association with the Illinois State Historical Society and Lincoln's Home Philatelic Society sponsors seven cadets in a commemorative series marking the seventy fifth anniversary of the Lincoln Douglas debates of 1858 the events that helped shape the 1860 presidential campaign.
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Abraham Lincoln Association
Illinois State Historical Society
Lincoln’s Home Philatelic Society
County Contracts Approved for Peoria Clark Macon Highways
Chief Highway Engineer Ernst Lieb erman announces approval of contracts totaling 49 928 71 from motor fuel tax shares. Projects cover Peoria Clark and Macon counties with work to proceed under county highway program.
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Ernst Lieberman
Peoria
Clark
Macon
Illinois Business Outlook Rises With Chamber Survey
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce reports stronger business signals in employment and construction across cities. Notices go to about a thousand ice cream makers about raising butter fat requirements to 12 percent under a revised dairy law. Roosevelt appoints J Earl Major to the federal bench, replacing Louis FitzHenry. State finance chief Joseph J. Rice rules two percent sales tax applies to private and municipal utilities.
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Ilinois
Illinois
J. Earl Major
Hillsboro
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Louis Fitz- Henry
U. S. Court of Appeals
Chicago
Joseph J. Rice
State Department of Finance
Chicago Labor Day Celebration at Century of Progress
The Chicago Federation of Labor sponsors a Labor Day program at A Century of Progress featuring speeches by Wm Green and Frank Morri son, a concert by the Chicago Federation Band, and remarks by Ruben Soderstrom and General Hugh S Johnson. A fireworks display closes the day with free seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Federation of Labor
Wm Green
Frank Morrison
Ameican Federation of Labor
WCF
WOXAA
Chicago Federation
Pete Cavallo
John Fitzpatrick
Ruben Soderstrom
Labor
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South Holland News
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Public Service Company
West Adams Street
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