Cleanup Time Brings Block by Block Neighborhood Pride
In 1958 the Better Neighborhood Crusade expands to 187 blocks on the South Side with the Chicago Real Estate Board backing homeowner efforts. Hyde Park and Hyde Park area tenants swept alleys using ward officials’ street brooms, creating a shared sense of accomplishment without official enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Real Estate Board
Chicago
Englewood
S. Princeton Ave
W. 59Th Pl
W. 60Th St
Hyde Park
S. Greenwood
S. University Aves
East Side Separated by Calumet River Traffic Delays
East Side Chicago faces daily delays as barges and ships pass the Calumet River cutting off the district for up to an hour. Fire and ambulance response could be hampered. the area relies on a single fire truck and police cars refuel in South Chicago. Civic league urges a tunnel or fixed bridge. officials vow immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Calumet River
Lake Michigan
State Line
Eggers Grove Forest Preserve
East Side
East Side Civic League
Richard J. Daley
Langueers Ald
Emil V. Pacini
Mayer Daley
Ode To The Potato And A Note On Philosophy
A playful verse extols potatoes and root vegetables praising fried chips and wholesome meals. The piece shifts to Francis Duc de Rochefoucauld on philosophy noting present evils win over theory and urging self reliance with examples from Christian and pagan viewpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Duc DE Rochefoucauld
Christ
Dorothy B.C
The Potato Praise and Seed Catalog Dreams
The poem extols the potato as peerless and the temptations of Polly Dream Pictures seed catalogs. It depicts planting, watering, weeding, and the long wait for harvest, ending with a biblical line about sowing and rejoicing. The speaker signs as James W. Owen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Owen
The Purple Spud and Mowing Verse Prelude
A fragmentary verse note contrasts a hypothetical purple spud with nostalgia for early mowing days. It recalls Tom Thumb and a skilled mower using a scythe, bending with cadence, pausing to rest, and returning home at twilight after a day’s labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud
Tom Thumb
Frank T. Sujack
Seed of Kindness in Garden Grow Poem
A short poem urging daily care and kindness as a seed planted in a garden grows. It speaks of nurturing the shoot with patient watering and heavenly rain to bring blossoms, attributed to Bessie Price Owen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Price Owen
Storm Clouds and Graduation Messages Readied
A mixed collage of reflective verse and a graduation note fills the page. Helen Prodoehs and Jessie M Williams contribute poems about storms and self reliance, while Laverne Larson offers celebratory graduation lines. A final note from H M L discusses a potato sack metaphor for chosen ideas.
Your Health Swimming Offers Pleasure and Safety
An article extols swimming as a joyful sport and a protection against accidents. It warns that carelessness, improper supervision, bad water quality, and dangerous pranks cause drowning and injuries, urging learning to swim safely through classes, supervision, and adherence to safety rules.
Grant Park concert welcomes Alatrie and Simoneau
Pierrette Alatrie and Leopold Simoneau headline weekend concerts at Grant Park. The free shows start at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday June 28 and 29 with arias and duets from American and European opera. Chicago Park District presents the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierrette Alatrie
Grant Park
Leopold Simoneau
Chicago Park District
Order of Svithiod Plans Annual Outing in St Paul Park
Southeast members of the Independent Order of Svithiod will join the annual outing Sunday in St Paul Park Morton Grove. Subcommittee chair is Gertrude Gabrielson aged 107285 S Avenue. Southeast lodge officers listed: Thor HH Alvine 7251 Cornell Ave Louise Peterson 7631 S Colfax Ave Ellen Jeffers 10640 S Avenue J Ethel Martin 13106 S Buffalo Ave Lilian Hallberg 13506 S Burles Ave and Gertrude Cranonelsan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Svithiod
St Paul Park
Morton Grove
Gertrude Gabrielson
S. Avenue
Lodgl
Thor HH Alvine
Cornell Ave
Louise Peterson
S. Colfax
Ellen Jeffers
Avenue J
Ethel Martin
Buffalo Ave
Lilian Hallberg
Burles Ave
Anda Gertrude Cranonelsan
New Quarters for Quarters and Publicity Praise
Mid week public forum notes gratitude for publicity coverage by the Southeast Economist of the Arthur Dixon P-TA. Publicity chairwoman Mrs Grange J Glover thanks supporters as CTAs new quarter fare boxes roll out. An Air Engineer critic comments on Americanism and Cold War concerns, urging independent thought amid public opinion pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P-Ta
Southeast Economist
Arthur
United States
J. Kestner Kahn
Corner column recounts Capone era gang lore in Chicago
Harold Cross recalls the Capone syndicate’s rise in Chicago, from the Four Deuces on Wabash to the Metropole Hotel, with anecdotes about Capone Guzik and Torrio. Tales cover raids, payoffs, gambling, and alibis, including Capone’s betting habits and a cautionary wedding gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capone Syndicate
Jim Colosimo
Uncle Sam
22Nd and
Wabash
Capone
Metropole
Burnham
Canada
Guzik
Torrio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Southeast Zronomist
Accredited Newspapers of America, Inc
Nairona
Vows
Edihoecal Associat Betion Newspaper
Govetecle
Soroeos
Association of Newspaper
National Editorial Association
Illinois Press Association
Bruce Sagan
65Th St
Hudson
Southeast
E. 79Th St
Bayport
South Shore
South Chicago
Woodlawn
Chatham
Chatham Fields
Windsor Park
Cheltenham
Grand_ Crossing
Bencome Park
Essex
Parkside
Burnside
Brookline
Wakefield
Chesterfield
Chesterfield Heights
Avalon Park
Bryn Mawr
America
Jackson and Burnham
Mary Hill
Polly
Helen
Jessie M. Williams
Laverne Larson
Maine
Idaho
Timothy J. O'Connor
PBA
R. Sarbarneck
Glenview Naval Air Station
Wrigley Field
The
Illinois State Medical Society
Museum of Science and Industry
Lenox R. Lohr
Globe
General Motors
Radio Corporation of America
United Air Lines
Hammond Organ Company
Garfield Park
Clifford C. Gress
Chicago National History Museum
Gregg
James Simpson
Nat Lickets
Grange J. Glover
S. Rhodes Ave
CTA
Maryan Schofield
Harold Cross
John W. Dienhart
Joe
22Nd St
S. Wabash Are
al Capone
Jack Guzik
Johnny Torrio
Syndicate
Hachman
Hegewisch
Jake Adler
Florida
Welch
S. Wabash Ave
Jim
S. Dearborn St
Canone
Clark Street
Joanna Western
Paind Co
Paiad Co
E. 79Th ST. South Shore
F Sews Company
East 75Th Street
Clyde Ave
Telephone
Midway
Pisee
Suburbs
Stony Island Ave
Dorchester
Catacora
Accredited By
Illinois Superintendent of Public Institution
Abraham Buchman
Akiba
S. Yates
Houser
NAMCO
Newark
Philadelphia
Jamaica
Hicksville, MY
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