Ten Years Ago With The Pointer
Arthur Harms and sister Elisabeth travel by auto to Pittsburgh to visit Frances DeWalt and expect a ten day to two week trip. Several locals depart for study or work including Howard Propper in Arizona and Weidner, Waterman, Thomsen and others heading to Illinois institutions.
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Arthur Harms
Elisabeth
Pittsburgh
Frances
Homer DeWalt
Art
Junior Weidner
Arthur Waterman
Carl Thomsen
Fred Ehlert
Alfred Vandenberg
Illinois State University
Vernon Day
Legionnaires Attend State Convention in Danville
Carl Maurer commander of Paul Gall Post and Bela attended the American Legion state convention in Danville on September 17 and 18. Chicago and suburban posts traveled by auto and were given favorable travel conditions.
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Carl Maurer
Paul Gall
Red Bela
The
American Legion
Danville
Chicago
Vanlinn Tsnagt
Perpen Sete de
Legion
Local Visitors Return From Denver Trip
Mr and Mrs Harry Dykstra and daughter returned home Tuesday from Denver after a few weeks with Mr and Mrs John Kappe Bess Dalenbere is assistant teacher at the Thornton school The farm owned and occupied by John J Gouwens at Lansing was purchased by J Vanderwey of Sehrumville
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Harry Dykstra
Denver
John Kappe
Bess Dalenbere
Thornton School
John J. Gouwens
Lansing
J .Vanderwey
Sehrumville
Local Transfers and Arrivals Highlight Community Activity
Wm Kuipers buys Henry Meyer ten acre farm and plans to farm next year. Henry Ridder, Thornton Forest Preserves manager, bought Kuipers property on 157th street and will drive for Premium Oil Co. Nick Paarlbere now owns a seven passenger Buick and uses multiple cars. German family Klopmeker eight children arrive from Germany and lodge with A Vanderzeee while seeking a permanent home.
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Wm. Kuipers
Henry Meyer
Henry Ridder
Thornton Forest Preservces
Turn Weave
157Th Street
Ridder
Oi Co
Nick P. Paarlbere
Springfield Doctor Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
Dr. Charles W. Compton of Springfield has been commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the Sixty second Evacuation Hospitalization corps by the U S War Department. He is chief surgeon and previously held the rank of major, with a long record of service in the medical reserves and World War I. The Sixty second Evacuation corps comprises many Springfield physicians.
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Charles W. Compton
Springfield
Sixty-second
United States War Department
Compton
What the NRA Aims to Do and Not Do
The NRA is not about government control of private business or price fixing. It denies plans to unionize labor, promote a short boom, or revive past excesses. Instead officials say it seeks to put more people to work and increase buying power while ensuring fair rewards for capital and labor by erasing unfair competition.
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NRA
Washington
No one else can hold your job says appointed kin
A terse, sarcastic assurance hints at a formal appointment to placate an alleged group. The remark suggests job security is fragile and may provoke further controversy about who holds power and influence in personnel decisions.
State Capitol News Highlights Illinois Tax, Labor, and Politics
Reports cover retail tax definitions for coupon book sales and auto dealer sales, a $1,500 gasoline tax suit against Rodman E. Grigsby, and Martin P. Durkin's appointment as labor director. Also noted are liquor control plans post eighteenth amendment, 800 public works proposals under the National Industrial Recovery Act, and details of a future special session. The piece mentions J. Earl Major’s retirement, Charles B. Deneen’s political rise, and John G. Oglesby as a potential governor candidate, plus a large Illinois Court of Claims docket led by a $50,000 voice-loss claim.
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Federal Public Works Advisory Board For
Illinois
Washington
Chicago
Cook County
Federal Board For Illinois
United States
Charles 8. Deneen
Downstate
Deneen
John G. Oglesby
Elkhart
Ilinois Court of Claims
Springfield
Lillie Bell
Illinois Eye and Ear Hospital
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Henry Redman
Blue Island Hospital
Ethel Hankey
Anna McGrain
South Holland News
Public Service Company OF
Northern
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State Capitol News
J. M. Braude
Department of Finance
Rodman E. Grigsby
Blandinsville
Grigsby
Grigsby Oil Company
Martin P. Durkin
State Department of Labor
Horner
Durkin
Barney Cohen
Harold G. Ward
Ward
State Commission For the Study of Liquor Control
Minors General Assembly
State Commission
J. Earl Major
Hillsboro
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