Foreign Language Press Survey

The popular West Side Bank of Schiff and Co. is now officially a State Bank, under the auspices of the State. Mr. Benjamin J. Schiff president, and Mr. Sam S. Shuster, cashier, yesterday handed the State Auditor the sum of a quarter of a million dollars, as the capital and surplus o

The annual meeting of the Spolek Ceskych Hostinskych (Bohemian Cafe Owners Society) was held in the hall of the Cesko-Slovanske Podporujici Spolky (Bohemian)-Slavonic Benevolent Societies) yesterday afternoon..... The meeting elected new officers.....and chose delegates to the conve

The Italian Consul in Chicago has sent us the following letter: My dear Mr. Director: Because of the continual influx of workers and, in general, Italian workers, from the East and Middle west to California and the rest of the Pacific Coast, and the grave difficulties whic

Some time ago we sent an appeal to every Lithuanian organization of garment workers in America in regard to the selection of one of the Lithuanian newspapers as their official organ. Very few have paid any attention to our appeal. Some have refused to give any consideration to this matter bec

The Danish immigration to Chicago, it may truly be said, began with Peter Allen. Allen came to Chicago in 1837, when it was still a small town. Though his permanent residence was in Chicago, he sailed as a captain of sailing ships on the Lakes. Another early arrival was Jorgen Peter

The American Cocoanut Butter Company is building a factory at 2505 - 2511 West 18th Street for $50,000.

Rudolph Beck, Professor of Surgical Anatomy at Chicago College of Dental Surgery, aged 44, March 28, 1913. Isaac Black, communal worker, aged 72, July 10, 1912. Ephraim Hamburg, colonel, Civil War, aged 97, June 13, 1913. Isaac Horner, wholesale grocer and municipal worker

The first banquet given by the Italian Chamber of Commerce, January 17th, in the Gold Room of the Congress Hotel, was in honor of Dr. Antonio Lagorio, recently elected president of the Chicago Public Library. Among those present were: Count Bolognesi, Italian Consul; Mayor Carter H.

The meeting was called to order and the minutes read and approved. A delegate was elected to represent this Council at the third Congress of the Italian Chambers of Commerce in foreign countries, which is to take place this coming June in Rome. Cavalier G.B. Vitelli of the New York

Producers of Sacred Art Objects, Altars, Pulpits, Statues, etc. In marble, scagliola, and composition. John E. Rigali- President; Lawrence R. Rigali- Secretary; John F. Bruckner- Treasurer.

Young Men's Federated Jewish Charities, 730 Stock Exchange Bldg. Secretary, L. F. Jacobson. Auxiliary of Federated Orthodox Jewish Charities. West End Physicians' Club. Mayflower St. Congregation. Chicago Association of Jewish Religious Teachers! Organized April 1912. Secretary, Mil

The management of the popular Atlas Brewery does not fail to remember our important welfare and national institutions each year, and so this New Year it did not make any exception. Generous New Year's gifts with which the Brewery remembered our foremost institutions are to the Sbor Utulny a S

Mr. Andrew Alexopoulos, Mr. Ginis, and Mr. John Karas, have purchased the bakery at 801 Blue Island Avenue. These men have had experience in this type of business and are expected to be very successful. Mr. Fafoutis, Mr. Columbus, and Mr. Vambos have opened a first-class bakery on B

Lauritz Olesen is erecting a $10,000 garage next to his wagon factory and automobile repair shop.

Chicago, a fairy-tale city, where our Norwegian peasant and our youth of the working class have made good! Listen to a few tales, some of them strange, but [all] true. In 1858 a youngster, Helge A. Haugan, came to America with his parents, where he almost immediately became an appre

The following Scandinavians were elected to offices in Chicago banks: State Bank of Chicago: vice-president, Henry A. Haugan; assistant cashier, C. E. Carlson; directors, H. G. Haugan, A. Lanquist [Swede], William A. Petersen [Dane], and J. J. Dau. Union Bank of Chicago: c

J. Haras of 2814 Clifton Park Avenue is building a three-story brick house at 2734 Clifton Park Avenue for $6,000. J. Chvatal of 2938 Union Avenue is building a one-story brick residence at 3216 Komensky Avenue for $1,700.

The condition of the State Bank of Italy at the close of the fiscal year on January 13, 1914, is reported as follows: ASSETS Loans and Discounts $648,621.39 Surplus

A general meeting was held February 17th, and many members were present. The president made his report on the activities of the Chamber of Commerce during 1913. The president of the Industrial section, Mr. Spagiari reported that through the efforts of that section many fir

Today the departed Henry Greenbaum will be brought to his everlasting rest in Rosehill. The corpse will be brought to Sinai Temple from where, after a eulogy by Rabbi Hirsch, the funeral procession will wend its way to the cemetery. The deceased was not only one of the founders of t