Foreign Language Press Service

About two years ago a member of our editorial staff, who at that time was also Mechanic's Institute, advocated the erection of a polytechnical school in Illinois. The Institute adopted the detailed recommendation, and in 1859 Representative C. Butz introduced a proposal to the state legislatu

The St. Louis correspondent of the New York Tribune writes: "Fourteen days ago I wrote about the underhand and infamous way in which General Sigel was treated. The scandalous system has had the desired result: General Sigel has resigned. It seems that the authorities want

Requests for employment 1,273 Employment secured for 579 Advice or information given to 1,818 Aid secured from County Agent or Re

Death of Dr. Ferdinand Weitze who was chief physician of the 44th Illinois Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War and did valiant service in the battles of Pea Ridge and Perryville, later on becoming a highly popular physician on the Chicago Westside. Dr. Weitze, born in Aschersleben i

(Report on the Peace Celebration runs to about 18,000 words. Only a very abbreviated abstract can be of interest. The Staats-Zeitung estimates the number of people who participated in the parade at 25,000, the number of hourses 11,000, and the cost at $200,000.) "The parade has the importance

A meeting yesterday at the house of the German Society elected Mr. Schutt ita chairman; Mr. Roos, secretary. Mr. Heilmann, who really had brought together the meeting, made a speech in which he explained by an analysis of the aims and purposes of the North American Teachers' Association (the

The more I look at American life, the more do I become convinced that the American needs the compulsory school system... A German teacher's Association is planned for Chicago with the aim of mutual education and also discussion of the various methods of instruction. In order to start on this

A number of teachers met yesterday in the "Deutsche Gesellschaft" in order to receive the report of the Constitutional Committee of the German-American Teachers Association. On some paragraphs extensive debates ensued. The conception of "German-American" particularly caused difficulties. With

A great number of our German colleagues have suffered terribly by the conflagration of October 9. Some of them have hardly been able to save anything and are facing, with their families, the direst need, because even with a sufficient practice they can hardly hope for any cash income during t

Quite unexpectedly Chicago lost, yesterday, one of its best and most favored German citizens, namely, Mr. J. G. Gindele. He was born on January 30, 1814, in Ravenburg, Wurttemburg. After a good deal of schooling he went, still an adolescent, to Lindau, near Lake Constance, then to Munich wher

Mr. Von der Hohl, local editor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung, died yesterday morning. He was born 38 years ago in Germany, he acquired there considerable philogical knowledge. After his emmigration he spent at first some time as a merchant in Cuba. At the time of the rebellion he was in Rich

There are five or six vacancies in the public schools for teachers of the German language. The examination committee holds a meeting, today, at 10 A.M. and will accept applications. The prospects for applicants are favorable as there is a dearth of German teachers.

The Board of Education is asking once more for German women teachers. Since the fire many vacancies have occurred. But the Board of Education was unable to fill all the vacancies.....Up to yesterday, there were five vacancies during the last four months. Inquiries were made at St. Louis and M

At the examination for German women teachers for the public schools which took place yesterday, were only nine women. Three of them did not understand one word of English, and two others were deficient in other regards. Only two seemed to be qualified. This is a sad situation and the German c

The first annual meeting of the German Dispensary was held yesterday, at 10:30 A. M., in the office of Mr. Julius Rosenthal. Mr. Christoph Holtz was elected chairman, and Julius Rosenthal, secretary. Then Dr. F. C. Holtz read the following "Annual Report" on the Activity of the German America

Through the death of Mr. Schmid, Chicago has lost one of its ablest architects and builders. He was born in the Province of Posen forty eight years ago and educated in Berlin. He came to Chicago in the year 1853 where he resided ever since but for a short time, which he spent in Dubuque and S

Today, November 18th, Rev. Joseph Hartmann has been pastor of the First German Evangelical Parish of Chicago - St. Paul's Church - for 25 years. Rev. Hartmann was born Sept. 18, 1824, at Bornheim in Bavaria. He received his education in the Gymnasium of Speyer and that of Zweibrucken. He also

Dr. Fessel celebrated the day before yesterday his fiftieth jubilee as physician. To the sorrow of his friends and especially to his colleagues Dr. Fessel has just recently moved to New York. The physician enjoyed in Europe already great esteem where he worked himself up to the position of a

The physicians of the discontinued German American Dispensary held a meeting on the 20th of last month for the purpose of reorganizing this institute. Dr. Schaller, presiding over the meeting, introduced Dr. Matthei, who explained how the Dispensary had to be closed for lack of interest on th

Rose Hill, one of Chicago's most beautiful suburbs is located a few miles north of Lincoln Park and not far from Lake Michigan. It is interesting for Swedish people to know that one of our countrymen, P.S.Peterson, has planted and is now the owner of a prominent nursery, well known, not only