Enlisted For Life One Night In April 1917
A wartime reminiscence recalls a group of volunteers marching from the Recruiting office to the Illinois Central depot on State Street to join the armed services. Herman Faden Lyman Lee and Edward Kinney later served front line roles and returned home safely. Lee and Kinney wed in Chicago and set up in Roseland.
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State Street
Illinois Central Depot
Herman Faden
Lyman Lee
Edward Kinney
Faden
Kinney
Lee
Kinney Blaseus Wed at Bride's Home in Watertown Wis
Edward Clinton Kinney and Miss Lucile Blaseus married at the bride's home in Watertown Wisconsin on Wednesday September 15 They will reside at 15317 Lexington Avenue Harvey and will be at home to friends after October 1 The scribe notes a playful family aside about wanting a girl in the tribe and asks if they are happy.
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Edward Clinton Kinney
Lucile Blaseus
Watertown
Wis
Lexington Avenue
Harvey
Locher Bowman Couple Wed During War Service Era
Fred Locher nephew of Mr and Mrs Jacob Meeck of Dalton enlisted again on September 15 amid wartime calls for volunteers. He married Hazel Bowman at the bride’s home and the couple plan to reside at 231 Lincoln Avenue in Dalton on the Reynolds property.
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Fred Locher
Jacob Meeck
Dalton
Cupid
Hazel Bowman
Lincoln Avenue
Reynolds
Corriveau Marries Olive Miller in Chicago Ceremony
Wilfred Corriveau, ex-soldier with a splendid record, wed Olive Miller of Chicago on September 4. They commence housekeeping at 602 East 7th Street, Chicago, as The Pointer offers wishes for a home filled with love peace and happiness.
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Wilfred Corriveau
Olive Miller
Chicago
East 7Th Street
Pointer
Boy Finds Pot of Gold on Schultz Farm Near Highland Park
Fourteen year old Raymond Horen berger uncovered a buried pot of gold while digging a new foundation on Adolph Schultz’s farm southwest of Highland Park. The gold is appraised at 1800 dollars and Schultz will receive half. Edward Meyer, who sold the farm last spring, said the treasure was likely buried by his brother John who wandered the country after a broken engagement. John, aged seventy, is in a Hastings sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Horenberger
Adolph Schultz
Highland Park
Schultz
Raymond
Edward Meyer
Widen Calumet River Dredging Plan Discussed by District
The sanitary district engineering committee last Friday studied dredging and widening of the Little Calumet river at an estimated cost of 200000 dollars for this year. The plan calls for widening to seventy five feet and a depth of fourteen feet for eight miles, with work expected to start soon. FOR SALES Ford touring car in good running condition. John Lag satel, South Holland. 17-41
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Sanitary District
Little Calumet
John Lagsatel
South Holland
Thompson Ticket Dominates Cook County as Primary Returns Lag
Indications show lower state returns while Cook County supports the Thompson slate for state offices. All Thompson nominees in Cook County are confirmed. Congressman Wilson appears renominated after dodging the Tammany vote. House race totals are incomplete. Willam I F Propper and Alfred Van Steenberg polled well at home. Voter turnout was under fifty percent of registered voters.
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Cook County
Thompson
Congressman Wilson
Willam
Propper
Alfred van Steenberg
Harvey Community Fair Opens in Harvey this September
The Harvey Community Fair runs Wednesday morning through Saturday night at the three corners near 154th Street and Lexington Avenue. It features tents for school exhibits and livestock, daily demonstrations, moving pictures, and health First Aid displays. Baby contests offer blue ribbons and cash prizes. admission is free to departments except amusements.
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Harvey
Harvey Public Deals
Tobin
F. L. Miller
Special Election Notice for Dalton School District 148
Special election to select one Board of Education member for an unexpired term due to Webe VanderVeen's resignation. Held Saturday October 16, 1920 from 5 to 7 p m standard time. Petitions under new law due 20 days before election by order of Board of Education District 148 Cook Co Ill.
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Dalton
Cook County
Ill
Board of Education
Webe VanderVeen
Cook Co
Sidewalk Bids for Highlawn School District 148
Board of Education District 148 Cook County Illinois invites sealed bids by Sept 14 1920 at 8 pm for removal of old sidewalk around Highlawn school and laying 225 feet of new cement sidewalk per village ordinances in Riverdale. Work must be completed by Sept 30 1920. Details from Harry Sellin Riverdale. Board may reject any or all bids.
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Board of Education
Dalton
Cook County
Ill
Chicago
Highlawn School
Riverdale
Harry 8. Sellin
Cook Co
Local and Personal Notes From St Pauls Church Events
A Bunco party at St Pauls church hall Saturday evening September 25 hosted by the young folks mixed choir invites all for a jolly time. Various residents share travels visits and family news including Agnes Buchler winning a church centerpiece and births of babies to Kollar and Gary families. Irwin Harter visits Dolton. Van Dyke accompanies William Vandeursen and Stanley to Holland Michigan.
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St. Paul’s Church Hall
Paul Jagodzinski
Magdalene Dumais
Ohio
Detroit
Bay City
Mich
Wm. West
Wilbur
Moving Pictures
Los Angeles
Cal
James Perry
Boston
A. P. Bowman
Nice
Hazel Bowman
Frederick Locher
Eagle as an emblem across nations and ages
The article compares the American bald eagle and the German imperial eagle, noting the bald eagle's adoption on the U.S. great seal in 1782 and its first coin usages in 1788. It traces imperial eagles in Persian, Etruscan, Roman, Napoleonic, Austrian, Russian, and Prussian heraldry, and describes the German eagle as the single headed black eagle with the Charlemagne crown.
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Europe
United States
John Adams
Great Britain
John Prestwich
Austria
Russia
Charlemagne
Babylonian Relics at Y.l University Reach Ten Thousand
The Babylonian collection at Y.l University now exceeds ten thousand clay tablets and bricks and grows steadily through prudent purchases. It is the world’s second largest such collection, with Josford’s held as the largest. Professor Clay curates the most important unciphered and unpublished materials.
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Y.l University
Josford
Clay
Love as Camouflage Artist Decorates the Fool
A modern novelist claims love defeats judgment and turns flaws into beauty. Lovers distort reality, transforming ugliness into charm and cruelty into kindness while risking friendships. True discretion vanishes, leaving the beloved and the lover viewed as fools by onlookers.
Dolton Methodist Church Guest Preacher at Albritton Home
Rev J Walter Niel of Hamlet is guest speaker at Dolton Methodist Church invited by Mr and Mrs Albritton. Services Sunday at 11 a m and 7:45 p m with Sunday School at 9:45. Epworth League 6:45 led by Edna Wahmhoff. Adjourned Fourth Quarterly Conference postponed to next Monday night the 20th. Members urged to attend at 8 o'clock. Pastor J L Albritton.
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J. Walter Niel
Hamlet
Edna Wahmhoff
J. L. Albritton
Primary Department Notice at Church Practice Date September 18 1920
Let the children come to the church Saturday September 18 1920 to practice for graduation services later this month. Recently the children were given the prayer and last Sunday a Good Bye exercise was taught. Alice Harms Primary Superintendent
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Alice Harms
Our Savior's Church Service Schedule at 138th St and Wabash Ave
Our Savior's Church on 138th Street and Wabash Avenue invites all to a September 19 schedule with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and main sermon at 10 30 a m from Luke 7 11 17. A 7 30 p m vesper service features a sermon by Pastor E T Finck. Junior Catechetical class meets September 25 at 9 00 a m for parents to enroll children twelve or older.
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Wabash Ave
E. T. Finck
Didn't Tell All the Story
Garry McIntyre, a prominent town figure, boasted to soldiers that he alone swam the Snake River. Days later, as troops crossed by cable ferry, a ferryman heard a rumor of his wealth and recalled McIntyre’s claim, noting they shot at him while he swam.
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Garry McIntyre
Snake River
Philadelphia Ledger
Tattoo as Art In Marquesas Islands History
The Marquesas Islands marked tattooing as the peak of body art in remote Pacific culture. A man without facial stars was shamed, while full body tattooing required months of pain and great wealth, Frederick O Brien notes in Century Magazine.
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Marquesas Islands
Tts
South Sea
Marquesas
Frederick O'Brien
Century Magazine
L. B s Beat Garfield in Three Straight Wins 7 to 1
The L. B s defeated Garfield 7 to 1 in a standout Sunday game on local diamonds. Lefty Albrecht pitched strongly for the Liberties with Messerschmidt backing him, as fans saw one of the season’s finest exhibitions. Next Sunday the Chicago Athletic Club visits to face the locals at 3 PM, a rematch with the previously undefeated Athletics.
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L. B’s
Garfield Gang
Lefty Albrecht
Chicago Athletic Club
Athletics
Albrecht and
Messerschmidt
Liberties
Marquard and
Doyle
Acme
Lyons
Iil
Lyons Baseball Club
Keck
I. C
Farmer Committee Names Prices Plan For Grain Marketing
The Committee of Seventeen, formed at a Chicago conference, names J R Howard as its head. Members include William G Eckhardt, Clifford Thorne, and Co V Gregory, drawing from Farm Bureaus, Chicago dealers, and Agricultural Editors groups. Other supporters include the Society of Equity, Farmers Union, Agricultural Colleges, The Grange, and the U S Department of Agriculture.
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Farm Organization and Co Operative Marketing Associations
Chicago
J. R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
Ilinois
William G. Eckhardt
Farm Bureaus
Illinois Agricultural Association
Clifford Thorne
Farmer's National Grain Dealer’s Association
Co. V. Gregory
American Agricultural Editor’s Association
The
Society of Equity
Farmer’s Union, Agricultural Colleges, the Grange
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Theatres Riverdale Theatre Weekend Features
Saturday Shirley Mason stars in The Law of the North a tale set in the great northwest. Sunday Mildred Harris Chaplin appears in The Inferior Sex from Frank Stayton’s stage play. Wednesday Mme Petrova presents Tempered Steel from theatrical life. Coming Mary Pickford in Pollyanna.
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Shirley Mason
Dolton Theatre Weekend Program Offers Four Films
The Dolton Theatre lists Friday features Dorothy Gish in The Battling Jane plus a comedy and Educational Weekly. Saturday shows Harry T. Morey in The Darkest Hour. Sunday features Frank Mayo and Josephine Hill in Burnt Wings. Wednesday presents Lila Lee in The Cruise of the Make Believers and Roscoe Arbuckle in The Butcher Boy. A forthcoming production The Virgin of Stamboul is touted as a $500000 master production.
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Dorothy Gish
Jane
Harry T. Morey
Frank Mayo
Josephine Hill
Lila Lee
Roscoe
Fatty” Arbuckle
For Sale Old Ward Tire Wagon and Spring Wagon
For sale two wagons described as a four inch tire wagon and a spring wagon. Inquire George Beckman at Center Avenue and 140th Street Riverdale. 17-2tp.
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George Beckman
Center Avenue
140Th Street
Riverdale
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Hazel Berner
Roseland
115Th Street
Corriveau-Miller
Calumet River
Harvey Community
William Vandeursen
Stanley
Holland, Mich
Anna van Dyke
Irwin Harter
George S. Harter
Dolton
Eagle
Dolton Methodist Church
Rimary Department
Our Savior’s Church
Man
Harry
Base Ball News
Riverdale Theatre
the Dolton Theatre
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