Notice to Contractors for paving bids Dolton Illinois 1929
Sealed bids for paving and street improvements on Greenwood Avenue and other streets in Dolton Cook County Illinois are due September 24 1929 at 8 00 p m at the Village Hall. Bids on blanks furnished by the Board of Local Improvements with 10 percent certified funds. payments in bonds at 6 percent interest. Right to reject bids reserved. Crops mention unrelated strawberry production omitted.
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Board of
Dolton
Greenwood Avenue
Cook County
Illinois
Board of Local Improvements
WM. G. Dolton
A. D
Heating System and Vault Work Mark Village Meeting
The village boards approved a Roseland firm Hainer and Barth for 1475 to install a new heating system in the village hall and relocate radiators. A vault in the clerk’s office will be built for records. Auditor and finance updates followed with a 3 percent interest on Special Assessment funds and a tax levy approved.
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Hainer & Barth
Roseland
Schnoor
First railroad in Washington opens in 1875 era
The Walla Walla & Colorado River railroad opened November 1 1875 becoming the first line in what is now Washington state. The 82 mile route extended from Walla Walla to Wallula in Washington.
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Early Western Railroad
State of
Washington
Walla Walla & Colorado River
Walla Walla
Wash
Wallula
Richer by Comparison Quote in Falloden Papers
A poor man tells four millionaires he is richer because he has as much money as he wants while they do not. Related by Lord Grey in Falloden Papers.
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Lord Grey
Falloden
Modern Conveniences in Hotels Across Time
In 1929 a Western Newspaper Union piece contrasts early hotel life with modern rooms boasting baths, in-room telephones, radios, air conditioning, ice water, laundry, press services, reading lamps, and a range of amenities. The author recalls a frigid, barely furnished hotel stay thirty five years earlier, highlighting progress in hospitality.
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St. Louis
Birmingham
Hoover
Western Newspaper Union
English Expert Sees Better Teeth If Candy Shops Near Schools Are Closed
An English dental expert states that closing candy shops near schools and substituting apples for crackers with milk during lunch would greatly improve the teeth of the rising generation.
Stubbornness Cited as Barrier to Wisdom and Happiness
A quotation notes that a stubborn mind contributes little to wisdom or knowledge and that stubborn temper similarly inhibits happiness, attributing the idea to Southey.
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Southey
Russian Travel Tale From Rabbi Roseland In Russia
Attorney F J McMahon recounts his visit to Russia describing customs checks in Leningrad, military parades, anti religious museums, bread lines, crowded housing, and repurposed czar palaces as working peoples homes and public museums with notes on Black Sea coast resorts. He promises more to come.
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F. J. McMahon
Roseland
Russia
South End
Odessa
Leningrad
Black Sea
Batum
Sebastopol
Yalta
Special Assessment Notice for Dolton Water Main Project
The Village of Dolton announces a special assessment to fund the cast iron water main system on Kimbark Avenue and connected streets in Cook County Illinois. The final hearing is September 10 1929 with objections allowed before then and the assessment payable in ten annual installments at 6 percent interest.
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Dolton
Kimbark Avenue
Sibley Street
149Th Street
Cook
State of
Illinois
Cook County
Dalton Specail
Dalton
A. D
Charles T. Heidenrich
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Charles Heidenrich
Ehlert
van Laningham
Propper
Ward
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Dickelman
Chicago
David Maloney
Thomas Arkle Clark
University of
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Russia Today
Land of
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Ney Sage
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