Our Saviour's Church notices and events
The United Lutheran Church at 138th and Wabash lists services at 9 30 Sunday school 10 30 morning worship with Spirit Versus Flesh sermon and children’s sermon. Weekly events include Ladies Aid Society social Get Together Wednesday 2 pm and Fellowship Get Together September 28 evening. Rally Day October 2 adults attend 10 am service. Rev Edw A Voohees pastor invites all.
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United Luth
Church In America
Edw. A. Voohees
Sunday services at First Methodist Church
On Sunday September 18 Sunday School begins at 9 45 a m with classes for all ages. Morning worship at 11 Epworth League Society meets 6 45 p m Evening service 7 30 with sermons by the pastor and special music. Public welcome to all services. A A Myers pastor.
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Epworth League Society
A. A. Myers
Immanuel Evangelical Church Announces Fall Services and Rally Day
The Immanuel Evangelical Church schedules German services at 9:00 a.m. and English worship at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday September 18. Church school is at 10:00 a.m. A September 17 morning meeting invites all 1928 1929 confirmands at nine o'clock. Harvest Home and Rally Day will close September. Pastor Wm Kreis invites attendance.
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Wm. Kreis
Great Organist Baldwin to Play at Bethany Church
The first fall organ concert at Bethany Reformed Church Perry Avenue 111th Place features Dr Minor C Baldwin of London and New York Monday evening September 26. His Schubert piece By the Sea drew high praise last season and will be featured by request with the choir assisting.
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Bethany Reformed Church
Perry Avenue
111Th Place
Minor C. Baldwin
London
New York
Baldwin
Queen of Harvey crowns Agnes Stakley in Homecoming pageant
Agnes Stakley wins the Queen of Harvey title after aCommunity Homecoming pageant on Broadway. Clark-Jewel sponsors award a round trip to California, with other prizes totaling to 100 for the sponsor and cash prizes for runners up. Final tallies show Stakley leading with 60720 votes, followed by Anna Johnson 49200 and Dorothy Rhodes 28845 among nine contestants.
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Buda
Dorothy Haines
Bell Telephone
Alice Rhodes
Bliss & Laughlin
Agnes Stakley
Clark-Jewel
Anna Johnson
Roi Ackspartness
Dorothy Rhodes
Alice, Brickner
Austin
Stella Hager
Johanna Hille
Midlothian
Leokadya Lozny
Hallet
Lincoln Avenue School News Highlights and Appeals
Lincoln Avenue School reports students in various grades active in reading and health education. First graders begin reading courses with growing interest while second graders study health habits. a weekly motto encourages cleanliness. Fourth graders prep a cave-dwellers sand table and fifth graders read Gulliver's Travels. new pupils join several grades. Seventh and eighth grade items will be continued next issue.
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Lincoln Avenue School
Lincoln Avenue
Lincoln Venue School
Gulliver’s Travels
Mary Bessette
Hazel Curry
Samuel Jessen
Ernest Reynolds
Grace Reynolds
Tennessee
Tony Frigo
Calumet City
In Memoriam for Elsie Seelbinder Eight Years On
In loving memory of our dear daughter Elsie Seelbinder who died September 18 1919. She suffered long and now the pain is ended. The parting was painful but God knew best and she is at rest. May her soul rest in peace. Her loving parents 191p
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Elsie Seelbinder
Bond issue passes in Chicago Heights by wide margin
Chicago Heights voters approved a 150000 bond issue with an annual tax levy to service interest and principal. Hood elected judge 1686 votes, Kirgis clerk 1666 votes, with Carrier and Brennan as write-ins minor contenders. Total turnout 1807 amid post holiday rush. credit upgrade expected to reduce future costs.
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Chicago Heights
Craig A. Hood
Edward H. Kirgis
Lee W. Carrier
Brennan
Hood
Kirgis
Chicago Heights Star
Supers Edge Boosters 7 3 In Hectic Riverdale Batter Battle
The Supers defeated the Boosters 7 to 3 at Riverdale Park in a chaotic game that opened with a five run first inning. Struss pitched fourteen strikeouts and a home run as Needles struggled against his former team, while Lotz backed the win with solid support. next Sunday the Supers host Matteson in the final home game and urge fans to attend.
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Supers
Boosters
Riverdale Park
North Siders
Struss
Whiff
Roosters
Eddie Needles
Boosters Flinging Corps
Lotz
Needles and
Yrick
Matteson
Arrows Crush Steger Cyclones in Big Baseball Win
The Arrows defeated the Steger Cyclones 16 to 11 in a one sided baseball game. Future schedule details will be announced in The Pointer as games are booked. The team thanks fans for their support.
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Arrows
Steger Cyclones
The
Ford Airport in Lansing Expands Runway to Two Miles
Work on Ford Airport extends the runway by replacing an open ditch with six fast tiles. Lee Construction Co. widens the landing area from Burnham to Wentworth, enabling safe takeoffs for large aircraft and paving the way for future passenger service. A new Air Passenger Station at Dearborn Airport, Michigan, is nearing completion with enhanced facilities.
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Ford
Lansing
Burnham Avenue
Wentworth Avenue
192Nd Street
Lee Construction Co
Hammond
Monon Ry
Europe
Dearborn Air Port
Dearborn
Mich
Standard Oil plane leaves port bound for West
The Standard Oil three motor plane departed Port Tuesday at 9 with Pilot Hutton, Slim Arens, Assistant Pilot and Jimmie Phelps, licensed flying mechanic and Standard Oil executives aboard. They head to Minneapolis Denver and points West and will return Saturday afternoon.
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Standard Oil
Hutton
Slim Arens
Jimmie Phelps
Standard Oil Co
Minneapolis
Denver
Points
Lansing Herald
Wall Street Named for Dutch Wall in New Amsterdam
The center of U S money power earned its name from Wall Street in New York city. In 1635 Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant oversaw a wall built on site to defend New Amsterdam from northern attack.
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United States
Wall Street
New York
Peter Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
Thornton Township High School Mourns Death of Esteemed Doctor
The Thornton Township High School Board of Education voices deep sympathy to the family of the deceased. It honors the late comrade with resolutions praising his wide vision and loyalty to town school and community. The resolutions request incorporation in minutes and publication to local newspapers.
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Board of Education
Thornton Township High School
Belixewise
Illinois Historical Facts Snapshot 1920s Data Mix
Illinois records show 82 529 marriages in 1926 to 1925 rise of 2 565. 14 125 divorces. marriages per 1 000 population 11.5 versus 11.3 previous year. Notes include 132 000 volt underground cable in Chicago area power pool. 1719 slave introduction. population growth. foreign born Germans. world’s largest telephone cable plant. 170 000 000 pounds of materials used yearly. geographic center near Illiopolis in Sangamon County.
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Illinois
Chicago
Worl
Illiopolis
Sangamon County
Unprofitable Victory Cadmean lesson in costly triumph
A Cadmean victory is one where the winner bears as heavy a cost as the loser, illustrating that victory without net gain can be ruinous. The proverb warns against victory that harms both sides equally, making triumph hollow.
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Harvey
Memoriam
Steger
Ford Airport News
Street of Money Kings
T. A. Noble
WMBI
H. Framer Smith
Harold L. Lundquist
H. L. McCord
Moody Bible Institute
Radio School of the Bible
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Institute Place
Daniel C. Bachmann
Dolton, Ill
Dolton
Treasury
United States Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
A. W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington, D. C
Pullman
Earl Deyoung
Michigan Ave
Elmer R. Berger
Calumet District
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