Local notes and obits from South Holland 1920
Misses Cora and Margaret Geuwens head to Carlsbad New Mexico to teach. Nightingale dies after illness. funeral at Christian Reformed church Thornton burial. Nightingale a Christian school teacher joins mourners. mourners include widow and four daughters. Gouwens marriage to Gertrude Van Der Heyden. A Boer and Miss Muilenberg wed. Multiple local incidents and farm labor concerns. onion set harvest nearly complete. labor costs high due to foreign labor. Carlands and Zeeland trips noted. various injuries and social news from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Nightingale
Christian Reformed Church
Thornton
Nightingale
Epworth League Rally Day at German M E Church
Ridge invites all to attend the Epworth League Rally Day program at the German M E church Sunday evening at 7 30 Chicago time Special music recitations and speaking Reports from Blue Island hospital say Mrs John Harder is very low and Mr Fred Engel has had a serious week with his illness. family and friends fear for his condition but hope for recovery
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M. E
Chicago
Blue Island
John Harder
Fred Engel
In Memoriam for Elsie Sellbinder from Loving Parents
In loving remembrance of our dear daughter Elsie Sellbinder who died one year ago September 18 1919 Gone but not forgotten from loving parents.
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Elsie Sellbinder
Local Notes From Lansing And Holland Area Society
Mr Albert Kikkert trades his Cadillac for a Dort in Lansing. Geo Phiney of Lansing and Rose Pippen of Hammond wed on Saturday September 11. Jacob Schmal damaged cars in a recent collision with a truck with no injuries. Albert Kingma leaves for Holland to study at Hope College. C Van Weelden returns from New York trip praising it. Theresa Vander Linden visits Chicago sister. Raymond and Edward Fieldhouse spend Sunday in Chicago with relatives. Harry Boender visits sister Mrs J Rottenberg in Chicago. Prof Hospers of Holland to fill pulpit at First Reformed Church next Sunday. Congregational meeting led by Rev Muilenberg of South Holland. Rev Braak of Pella Iowa was unanimously called. Mrs Delia Wickers visits J Fieldhouse home. Wm Van Weelden improves his home with a basement addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Kikkert
Geo. Phiney
Lansing
Rose Pippen
Hammond
Jacob Schmal
Albert Kingma
Holland, Mich
Hope College
C. van Weelden
New York
Messrs
Raymond
Edward Fieldhouse
Chicago
Harry Boender
J. Rottenberg
Prof
Hospers
Holland
Mich
First Reformed Church
Muilenberg
South Holland
Braak
Pella
Iowa
Delia Wickers
J. Fieldhouse
Wm. van Weelden
BerNice News Notes From Roseland and Nearby
Miss Nellie Murray and Mrs Op penhuis visited relatives in Roseland last week. The Carr family celebrated the birth of a baby girl on Wednesday evening. Mrs Pranger returned from a trip to Wisconsin. The Ooms families visited relatives in Chicago on Thursday. Mrs Veldhuis visited D Vander Woude's home in Thornton.
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Nellie Murray
Oppenhuis
Roseland
Carr
Pranger
Wisconsin
Ooms
Chicago
For Sale Ten Acre Farm At 167th And Halsted
Classified notice offering a ten acre farm at the corner of 167th and Halsted ideal for onion sets or general gardening. Inquiries to Theodore Vander Aa in South Holland by phone 1602 R. 3. 154tp FOR SALE Three cottages in Riverdale listed by A C Reich at 18635 Indiana Avenue Riverdale with telephone Riverdale 560. Also reference to Kansas wheat land via A S Diekman in Dolton Illinois 12-6t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Hay
John Beningburg
Oakglen
Ill
Lansing
Dolton
A. Bowman
Vaughan Farm
Hazel Crest
J. C. Vaughan
Lincoln Avenue
Roseland
J. M. Gibbons & Bro
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Ford
Theodore VanderAa
South Holland
Peter Legreau
138Th Street
East
Indiana
National
Halsted St
Andrew Engel
147Th Street
Dalton
John Biesboer
Oakland Cemetery
Haisted St
Miscellaneous for Sale and Notices from Oakglen Illinois
Classified items list hay sale roadsters motorcycles and stoves with contact names and addresses in Oakglen Dolton South Holland Roseland and Chicago area. Includes stray pig reward notice and requests for boat shotgun and livestock inquiries.
Help Wanted Girls and Factory Labor Listings
Help wanted notices seek 16 years and older for light factory work with good wages and steady employment. Also 50 girls over 16 years for light factory work at 35 cents per hour start, potential to earn $25 weekly, with contact Ward Hamilton Co Harvey and Asbestos Shingle Co River Dale. Telephone Pullman 6001 Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apply Asbestos Shingle CO
Riverdale
Ward Hamilton CO
Harvey
Card of Thanks for Funeral Help and Flowers
We express heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for faithful help and sympathy in our bereavement from the death of our husband and father. We also remember the generous flower donations. Mrs. G. H. Nightingale and Children.
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G. H. Nightingale
X-Ray Boon to Humanity Celebrated in 25th Anniversary
A 25th anniversary note recalls Wilhelm Roentgen’s 1895 discovery of X rays by a German physics professor. It highlights the revelation of penetrating emanations, enabling pictures of opaque objects and marking priceless value to surgeons for locating obstructions and abnormalities in the human body.
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Victor Hugo
Writ Roentgen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cora
Margaret Geuwens
Carlsbad
New Mexico
J. C. Rietveld
Orange City
J. F. Zwemer
Western Theological Seminary
Betwen
Mr. Mortis Anker
Party
Minnesota
H. P. Anker
Congo
Africa
Laurine Muilenberg
Alice van Zanten
A. Boer
Gertrude van der Heyden
Gouwens
Simon Cowenhoven
Anna Vinke
Bess Dalenberg
Zeeland
Royal Gouwens
John Baschier
Turlington Avenue
Onion Set
John Ravesfoot, Jr
State Street
South Holland II
Memoriam
Bernice
Erie
Twin City
Delton
Alban P. Reich, R. OC
Dolton, Il
Guy Howland
153Rd Street
Harvey, Ill
Ripley Store
Pathe
Summer’s Pharmacy
Hohman
State St
Hammond, Ind
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