McCord Farm Sold for Equestrian Country Club Site
The McCord farm at 131st Street and Keene Avenue Palos Park sold to a Chicago syndicate for about $1200 per acre to become Hurlingham Fields Country Club. The 275 acre site will host polo fields ten nis courts two golf courses and a brick clubhouse with English styling. Notable backers include Grover Ellis John A Carroll M J Flynn and Leander J McCormick among others.
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McCord
John
Margaret McCord
Keene Avenue
Palos Park
Chicago
Hurlingham Fields Country Club
England
McCords
Cook County
Wentworth
Dewéy
McCormick
Thelubhouse
Hurlingham Fields Country
Grover -Ellis
Equestrian Society of
John A. Carroll
Hyde Park State Bank
M. J.flynn
The
Inland Rubber Company
Inland Rubber Company; Dr. W. F. Dickson
John Bain
Walter Butler
Leander J. McCormick
John Wentworth
D.B. Silbermann
Dexter Park
Harold G. Townsend
Chicago Trust Company
Perry Bland
Tailor Finds His Suit All Cleaned-Out
Washington Heights tailor at 1237 W 103rd St reports a burglary last Monday night losing nearly every suit valued around 1000 dollars. He found the shop locked and intact with no sign of forced entry and suspects someone may have hidden inside or gained a key.
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Washington Heights
W. 103Rd St
Ulm
Boy Scout Edwin Pratt Near White Lake Recovering From Illness
Edwin Pratt of the Ridgeview Apartments who has been at Camp McDonald Owassipee near White ll Mich for the summer with the Boy Scouts is improving after a week long pneumonia illness. He has been treated at Mercy Hospital in Muskegon and is now reported getting along nicely and in fair way to recovery.
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Edwin Pratt
Ridgeview Apartments
Camp McDonald
Owassipee
Whitell
Mich
Boy Scouts
Mercy Hospital
Muskegon
Visiting Speakers To Fill Pulpit At Morgan Park Church
In pastorless period Morgan Park Baptist Church will host guest ministers. August 1 Rev. F F Bernauer of Oakland Maine. August 8 Dr T F Harvey of Dallas Texas. August 15 Dr Warren H Beahan former pastor and now Ottawa University dean. August 22 Dr Benjamin Otto former pastor and Chicago Baptist Executive Council president. Morning worship at 11 o clock and midweek prayer services Wednesdays at 8. Local members lead prayer meetings with listed host couples on successive Wednesdays.
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Chas. Rufus Osborn
Morrison
Lake
Coldwater
Mich
Morgan” Park Baptist Church
FF. Bernauer
First Baptist Church of
Oakland
T. F. Harvey
Dallas
Texas
Warren H. Beahan
Morgan Park’ Baptist
Ottawa University
Ottawa
Kansas
Benjamin Otto
Chicago Baptist Executive Council
Raymond Smith
E. 2D. Johnson
H. V. Reed
J. W. Weddell
Clara Mingus
C. €. W. Innes
Myr
F. W. MacArthur
Frank Ford
Eighty Acres in Worth Township Transfers to John A O Malley
A tract of eighty acres fronting north on Ninety fifth Street and quarter mile west of Central Park Avenue in Worth Township has been conveyed by the Union Bank of Chicago as trustee to John A. O Malley subject to an encumbrance of 54000 dollars.
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Ninety-fifth St
Central Park , Ave
Union Bank of Chicago
John A. O'Malley
Worth Township
Residents Headed North and East for August Travel
Rev and Mrs P Gregory of 2222 W109th St depart this week to spend August in Wisconsin's northern woods. The Ferguson family of 10863 Irving Ave plan a motor trip to the East. Mrs Elizabeth Spiers visits her son A B Spiers at 2137 W108th Place in the city.
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Gregory
109Th St
Woods
Wisconsin
Ferguson
Irving Ave
Elizabeth Spiers
City
A. B. Spiers
108Th Place
New Pool Opens August 2 At Calumet Park
The new swimming pool at 118th and Western Alley nears completion after delays from rain. The older pool should reopen August 2 with the new brick bathhouse set to welcome bathers a week later. The $20,000 project by Calumet Park Commission includes a high brick wall and separate facilities for boys and girls with same-day swimming.
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Calumet Park
Commis
Traffic Lights Installed at 123rd and Western
Four corner traffic signals go into operation at 123rd Street and Western Ave. The new three-light units behind warning panels will regulate Sunday and holiday traffic allowing pedestrians to cross. Officials say the system costs about five percent more to operate annually.
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123Rd Stept
Western Ave
Western Avenue
Blue Island
Family motor trip report from Niagara Falls visit
The L. M. Foote family at 11044 Esmond St. returned Monday evening from a motor trip to Niagara Falls. They visited Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Crawford in Meadville Pa on the way east and spent a day at Conneaut Lake. The Hagenbuck boys of 9647 Seeley Ave are at Twin Lakes Wis.
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L. M. Foote
Esmond St
Niagara Falls
Hagenbuck
Seeley Ave
Twin Lakes
Wis
Blood Leads to Marriage of Former Nurse Olga Oman
J Blood, longtime Moreau Park resident, wed Olga Oman his former nurse and widow of his prior wife. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Dr Behan at Morgan Park Baptist Church on July 27 with a tan dressed Mrs Blood and yellow tea rose corsage. A short honeymoon was postponed due to illness in Mrs Blood’s family. Blood has served as Morgan Park Improvement Association treasurer for ten years.
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F. S. Blood
Esmond St
Mr. Blood
Moreau Park
Olga Oman
Blood
Behan
Wood St
Morgan Park Baptist Church
Han
Ristenout
New Drapery Store Opens at Auburn Plaza
B Mandelstein and L Schram open Chicago Home Service Company drapery shop at the corner of 78th Street and U S Halsted Street. A large crowd attended the opening days as they are long-time neighborhood merchants and the Star offers best wishes for success.
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B. Mandelstein
L. Schram
78Th Street
U S. Halsted Street
Chicago Home Service Company
Alderman Proposes Crackdown on Shyster Lawyers
An alderman introduces an ordinance to stop lawyers who solicit objections to street improvements, alleging they delay projects and raise costs. The measure directs police to arrest active objectors to enforce Illinois statutes and curb the harmful practice.
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Linois
Donald S. McKinlay
Ilinds
Spur line laid on 82nd by B and O C T
Unexplained spur track built by B and O C T laying from their main line east of Western Avenue to the Belt line west of Western Avenue. The single track extends about a half mile with no grading or ballast. It lies within 100 feet of Western Avenue and cuts through a corn field, disrupting Campbell and Maplewood Avenues for north and south traffic.
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Western Ave
Maplewood
Will Tour the East by Mr Turley Stephenson and Family
Mr Turley Stephenson and family of 9616 Winchester Av plan a trip starting August 1 by auto through the East. They will stop in Washington DC to visit Mr Stephenson's brother.
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Mr. Turley Stephenson
Winchester Av
Washington, D. C
Girls stage charity playlet boosts Daily News Fresh Air Fund
Neighborhood girls from 105th and Church St stage a dancing playlet on H Koch lawn to raise funds for the Daily News Fresh Air Fund. Ten girls, with help from mothers, sold over a hundred tickets earning 25.25, plus neighbor donations, and plan another performance for Park Home for Dependent Children.
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105Th
Church St
Daily News Fresh Air Fund
May Louise Burnham
Evelyn
Janet Wilson
Virginia Ke Sharf
Mildred Buens
Grace Della
Mildred Koch
H. Koch
W. 105Th St
Chil Park
Depee ‘Childen
Ave
Evergreen Golf Club Sold for 2 Million Amid Unconfirmed Plans
Evergreen Golf Course a 120 acre 18 hole facility was sold last week for 2 million to an undisclosed buyer. Located at the northwest corner of Western Avenue and ninety fifth street rumors claim the club may close. Mrs Ahern mother of the former proprietor plans a new course in Palog township on her 160 acres with a hotel and further land purchases.
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Evergreen
Western Avenue
Ninety Ffth Street
Ahern
Propritors
Palog Township
Robbery Attempt At Normoyle Home Sparks Shootings
Monday night an armed intruder tried to force entry at the H. Normoyle residence 11257 Hermosa Ave during Mr. Normoyle’s absence. He fired several shots into the shrubbery before fleeing. police were notified of the incident.
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H. Normoyle
Hermosa Ave
Mr. Normoyle
Retan Park Residents Debate Chicago Library Branch
Morgan Park residents from Retan Park discuss delaying action on Chicago Public Library branch at 108th and Longwood Drive, Sutherland Memorial, to avoid closing the nearby 103rd Street branch. Molten concerns focus on location centrality, proximity to schools, and local transportation access.
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Chicago Public Library
108Rd
Longwood Drive
Sutherland
F.W. Turner
Eia
Morga Fat Improvement Association
103Rd
George C
Morgen
Park
Tim
Carl ‘Bo Raden
Chiceg
Egan
Gan High
Doyle Case Continued Until September Term
The People v Doyle opened in Chicago criminal court and was continued to the September term. Doyle killed his father when he drove into another vehicle at 103rd and Western Avenue while both were under the influence of moonshine. His father died at St Francis Hospital and Doyle was handed to Gresham police, later indicted by the Grand Jury.
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Doyle
Criminal Court of
Chicago
103Rd
Western Ave
St. Francis Hospital
Blus Island
Gresham Station
Grand Jury
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Keene Ave
Chrysler
Chicago Motor Club Auto Laundry
Auto Sales Corp
Country Club
Palos Hills
Hurlingham Fields
Rebori
Wentworth, Deweys& McCormick
Giaxingham
Polos Parka
Niagara
J. Blood
Auburn PLC
East
Chas. Haas, Prop
Evergreen Golf Club
W. 110Th Street
Beverly
Sutherland Memorial
M. P
John McKenzie
Vanderpool Ave
Canada
Marcel
Claiss
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