Around Town historical snippets and curious notes
A daily column blends light trivia and local lore from bygone days. It recalls a math brainteaser, a dusty 1891 university field day tale, old anti horse thief watchdogs, women drivers debate, Paxton correspondent Mrs. Murphy’s Mexico letters, and a 1914 sedan fugitive in Calumet park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Minos
St. Louis
Champaign
Missouri
P. J. Murphy
Paxton
Tamanundale
Mexico
Ripley
Charles Gerds
Exchange Ave
Calumet Park
Gerds
Eternal Revenue Mixup Delights Southeast Office Worker
A Southeast side office worker misaddressed a letter meant for the department of internal revenue to the department of eternal revenue. The quirky mishap arose as she mailed the note, while the piece also notes a collector’s unusual hobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eternal
Department of Internal Revenue
Department of Eternal Revenue
James Bisset
Damen
Five youths hitching on E 69th car seen again
An economist interviews the father of a boy killed while hitching on an E 69th Street Surface Lines car. Minutes later a sighting shows five more youngsters clinging to the rear of a street car on the same line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Economist
E 69Th St
Melanie Leeb
Blackstone Ave
Nelson Eddy
Jack Simpson
Dobson Ave
Young Republicans to Hold Annual Outing Tomorrow
Hill Blackett guest of honor at Seventh Ward Young Republican club annual outing and dance set for 8:30 p.m. at Marquette gardens. Other guests include Rep Elmer J Schnackenberg and Clement A Nance. entertainment led by Willie Shore with Lew Diamond orchestra. garden tables and buffet supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Blackett
National Republican
Safety Gate Court Denies Falcone Petition in Hall Slaying
Carlo Falcone 34, indicted for the slaying of Robert Hall 44, loses a petition to use county funds for a psychiatrist other than Dr Harry Hoffman. Judge John A. Sbarbaro sets September 5 for a sanity hearing. Hall named Falcone as slayer in a death bed statement. Falcone, linked to the 1734 West Worth Avenue homicide, was nabbed after a nationwide search and returned from New York on a fugitive warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlo Falcone
Robert Hall
John A. Sharbara
Wm Criminal Court
Falcone
Harry Hoffman
Crimnnal Court
Richard Austin
Hoffman
Sbarbaro
Hall
Austin
W. Worth Ave
J E M Mahon to be buried today
Funeral services for J Ed ward McMahon 46 will be held at 9 30 AM from the chapel 7659 Jeffery Ave to St Philip Neri church burial at Mount Olivet cemetery He collapsed Monday at Midlothian Country Club after serving as a naval aviator in WWI and worked as a LaSalle Street broker for 21 years Surviving are his widow his mother two sisters and four brothers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward McMahon
E. 68Th St
Midlothian Country Club
Jeffery Ave
St. Philip Neri
Mount Olivet
LaSalle St
South Shore Country Club
Bond Men's Club
Ellen N McMahon
Denis Bugler
Eileen McMahon
Joseph P
Martin J
John F
Bernard
Southeast Side Resident Named State Moose Head
Wayne W. Wallace of 8454 Dante Ave was elected president of the Illinois Moose association by delegates at the eighth annual convention in Waukegan. He serves as junior past dictator of Greater Chicago lodge No. 3 and is Mooseheart High School alum. Mrs. Wallace guides Greater Chicago chapter No. 129 Women of the Moose. Belleville was chosen as the 1940 convention city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne W. Wallace
Danteave
Order of Moose
Ilinois
Illinois Moose Association
Waukegan
Wallace
Greater Chicago
Loyal Order of Moose
Mooseheart High School
Wallacee
Women of the Moose
Belleville
Ill
SixYearOld Arden Leavitt Killed Crossing Street
Six year old Arden Leavitt died after running into a car driven by Dr. Jerome Kaiser at Cottage Grove avenue and 73rd street. He suffered a skull fracture and internal injuries and died at Jackson Park Hospital. An inquest at Carl J. Adams funeral home was adjourned to September due to conflicting testimony on the crash corner. Funeral services will be held at 72nd street and Ellis avenue with burial at Evergreen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arden Leavitt
Kaiser
Ard St
Cottage Grove Ave
Lawrence Rassmussen
Young Arden
Charles Edward Leavitt
Leavitts
72Nd St
Ellis Ave
Ivvergreen Cemetery
Premier World Listen: Episodes in Education Debuts in Jackson Park
Southeast side music fans will hear the world premiere of the novelty suite Episodes in Education next Sunday at 8 p.m. in Jackson Park. David Bennett, a South Side figure and former Blackfriars director, composed the satire in three parts Gridiron Grandeur Exams and The Prom. Harold Bachman leads the Chicago Federation of Musicians sponsored concert with soloists Freda Draper and Vernon Gerhardt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Side
Jackson Park
David Bennett
Harold Bachman
Chicago Park District
Chicago Federation of Musicians
Bennett
South Side
Blackfriars
University of Chicago
Bachman
Freda Draper
Vernon Gerhardt
Dante
Anderson
Music Fete Draws 8000 In South Chicago Park Crowd
More than 8000 Southeast side residents are expected at an outdoor music festival next Sunday at 6 30 p m in Bessemer park near 9th Street and South Chicago. The South Chicago Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event with Chicago Park District and South Chicago Y M C A support. Community groups include choral societies drum and bugle corps glee clubs string ensembles barbershop quartets and nationalistic groups in native costumes performing folk songs and dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Side
Bessemer Park
South Chicago
John Sheehan
Edward Gariesel
Jack Sheehan
Severn Golkowski
George Termoehin
Frank M. Stanley
John Y. Hanberg
William R. Gibson
John &. Burhorn
George R. Hedges
Dan Martins
Robert Williamson
August Greene
Woodlawn Jubilee Show Highlights Jackson Park
Jackson Park lake front hosted an amateur talent show sponsored by the Woodlawn Golden Jubilee committee. The event crowned a bathing beauty queen to represent Woodlawn in future jubilee events while local talents including Mrs. Alma Wilson McMahill and performers from the Chicago Ps2 district entertained. Judges named for the beauty contest included Dr. Eugene Wells and W. H. Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn
Henry Beutel
South East National Bank
Woodlawn Ave
Jackson Park
Woodlawn Golden Jubilee Committee
63Rd St
Beutel
WEBM
Alma Wilson McMahill
Marilyn Walker
Rita Kass
Anita Williams
Richard Custin
Joan Zigich
Gladys Cottam
Glen Pickering
Skating Meteors
Woodlawn Radio Shop
Chicago
John Balham
Eugene Wells
W. H. Watson
William Hoppens
Eugene Montgomery
Dirk Smut
New Playlot Opens on 71st Street Woodlawn Ave
Paul Revere PTA with Alderman Sheridan Smith and Chicago Recreation Commission open the second supervised playfield in the Southeast side for children under ten at 71st and Woodlawn. Community donors fund equipment as PTA seeks swings slides and teeter totters for future donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Revere Parent-Teacher Association
Ald
71St St
Woodlawn Ave
Chicago Recreation Commission
Ion
R D. McDaniels
PTA
Midway
75Th St
Oglesby
Thomas J Daley
Andrew Reed
South Shoe
Homes Springing Up on New Fish Lake Section
The final new section of homesites at South town Beach in Fish Lake Indiana is rapidly taking shape with many visitors securing best lakefront lots. Prices remain 78 dollars per lot with 10 dollars down and 3 dollars monthly. Owners gain full clubhouse privileges, lake access, private beaches and parks, plus fall improvements.
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New Fish Lake
Southtown Beach
Economist
Fish Lake
Ind
Colony
Platform gate to begin use at Bryn Mawr station
The Illinois Central will install a platform gate at Bryn Mawr on its South Chicago branch as an accident prevention test. The gate, similar to the one at Austin Avenue, lowers an apron to deter crossing tracks when a train is present. Alderman Daley urged the safety measure, backed by local groups.
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Jeffery Ave
Bryn Mawr
Limes Central Raiload
South Chicago
Commerce Comission
Austin Ave
Lake St
Commerce Commission
Illinois General’s
Commission
Ald
Thomas J Daley
Opening Day Set for Park Fishing in Jackson Lagoon
Fishermen on the Southeast side toast the new season as the Jackson park lagoon opens Saturday September 9. Evan T Kelly Chicago Park District director announced the event and the Izaak Walton league will again offer cash prizes for top catches with rules and award amounts to be announced later.
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Southeast Side
Jackson Park Lagoon
Evan T Kelly
Chicago Park District
Izaak Wallon League of America
Kelly
Camera Club to Hold Print Criticism Tonight
Jackson Park Camera club members will bring August assignment prints of summer scenes to the meeting at 8 o clock in the Gladstone hotel 62nd street and Kenwood. Prizes will be awarded for winning prints. Richard M Stevens will conduct appraisal and criticism at 1448 E Marquette rd.
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Jackson Park
Camera Club
Gladstone Hotel
62Nd St
Kenwood
Richard M. Stevens
Courtesy Week Observance Planned by City Leaders
Southeast residents join Chicagoans to observe Courtesy Week proclaimed by Mayor Kelly. Keep Chicaga Safe initiative funds bumper streamers and windshield stickers at low cost to promote courteous behavior and pedestrian safety across a week of themed days led by churches and local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Side
Chicago Motor Club
Illnoi Automobile Club
The
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions
Civic and Service Club
W E M A Hear Traffic Engineer Speaker
Willam Ro McConochie traffic engineer of Cimengo Surface lines will speak at the Woodlawn Business Men's Association luncheon at Hayes hotel 64th street and University Avenue at noon next Tuesday. He discusses plans to improve traffic and trade in the 63rd street district with an illustrated talk drawn from a recent survey by surface lines engineers. A Q and A period follows with Homer L Davenport presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam Ro McConochie
Cimengo
Woodlawn Business Men's Association
Hayes Hotel
64Th St
University Ave
B. 63Rd St
McConochie
Homer L. Davenport
Association
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Frank Rogers
Brown
Hotol Gerds
Seventh Ward
Longwood Country Club
Thomas J. Downs
Young Republican National Federation
Schanckenberg
John A. Sbarbaro
J. E. M’mahon
Southeast Sider
Country Club
73Rd St
Tage
Music
I. C
Bryn Mawr Station
Peg Horton
Willsdale University
National College of Education
W.E.M.A
E. 63Rd St
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