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A very interesting and thrilling theatrical play was staged last Sunday afternoon at the large Polish hall near Bradley Street. The play, given for the benefit of the Polish orphans (sheltered at the Holy Family Home), was directed by the Sisters of Notre Dame, the guardians of the Holy Famil

Dzien Swiety (Holy Day)--a Polish periodical[weekly] devoted to short stories and moral and religious subjects, edited in Chicago by Mr. W. Smulski--appeared under a new cover last week. It is enlarged and greatly improved. The current issue--the first number of its twelfth year of existence-

The Polish library at Saint Stanislaus Kostka's Parish has received a fresh shipment of books from Europe. The shipment contains one hundred volumes.

Last Sunday, at 4 P.M., the Organizacya Patryotyczna [Patriotic Organization] of Saint Stanislaus Kostka's Parish held its annual meeting, at which we had the opportunity to hear about the good work it accomplished last year. The Organization is progressing slowly but steadily. That it progre

Erasmus Jerzmanowski, who recently paid the Chicago Poles a short visit, has shown the measure of his kindness by giving Reverend A. Nowicki one hundred dollars for the Polish Hospital, which is operated by the Nazareth Sisters. This kindly deed again shows the attitude Mr. Jerzmanowski takes

Realizing the great difficulty and cost of importing school books from Europe, and realizing also the need for books that deal with American and Polish affairs, that is, books that offer instruction in reading and writing, books that cover important facts of Polish and American history, etc.,

Plans for a fair for the Polish Hospital have been finally completed and the opening date has been set for January 13. The fair will be held at the St. Stanislaus Kostka School hall, Bradley and Noble Streets. Proceeds from the fair will go toward the support of the Polish Hospital.

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Mr. Erasmus Jerzmanowski, who spent a few days with his friends in Chicago, made his stay here doubly interesting by making another donation for a benevolent purpose. The visitor made a contribution of one hundred dollars to the fund for the proposed Polish hospital, leaving this amount with

A church fair for the benefit of the Polish Hospital will open tonight at the school hall on Bradley Street, under the auspices of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. Single admission tickets will cost ten cents and combination tickets seventy-five cents. There are indications that th

On Sunday, January 14, the young ladies of the Holy Family Society presented the play "Lobzowianie" [name of a place near Cracow, Poland] at Pulaski Hall. The amateurs played their parts splendidly, and every seat in the hall was occupied. The following amateurs took part: Mr. J. Pl

We have been asked to publish the following announcement in the Dziennik Chicagoski: On January 22, the Poles of John Cantius parish held a meeting for the purpose of organizing in their parish a new Polish society, entitled Polska Organizacja Patryotyczna (Polish Patriotic Organiza

Two days ago, the societies of St. Adalbert's parish celebrated the thirty-first anniversary of the Polish Insurrection of 1863 at Pulaski Hall. The celebration was opened by Mr. J. Napieralski, who called upon Mr. K. Zychlinski and Mr. A. Szydlowski to act as master of ceremonies a

Thanks to the efforts of Reverend W. Fuhrman, pastor of St. Casimir's Parish, and several outstanding citizens of this community, the members of the parish have succeeded in organizing a unit of the Polish gymnastic society Sokol Polski, or Polish Falcons. To head the new unit, which already

We have received the following report for publication: Although our church is not quite finished, the people attend all its services with great pleasure. Yesterday being the day of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin (a candle day), there were church services in the aft

The Polish Youth Alliance was born yesterday. This is confirmed in the statement made by the delegates representing the youth societies of St. Adalbert's parish, and which appears in the next column of this issue. In our opinion this is a very important event, because our future depends upon

Delegates representing Polish youth societies met yesterday at St. Adalbert's school hall, Sixteenth and Paulina Streets, for the purpose of organizing the Polish Youth Alliance of America. The delegates accomplished their purpose, organizing the Alliance. The following youth societ

One of the readers of Dziennik Chicagoski, residing at St. Adalbert's parish, sent us the following report: "Inasmuch as for some time a certain individual has been trying to mislead the Poles living in St. Adalbert's parish, I feel it my moral obligation to warn all Poles against h

Last Sunday, the foundation of the cornerstone for the new Lutheran Jerusalem Church, Burlin Street and Willow Street, tooke place under the guidance of Rev. Albin Matthes. The congregation has now over 200 voting members, who are mostly Germans or German-Americans. The congregation was found

p. 5 – The modern church was launched yesterday afternoon at Bricklayers’ Hall. The meeting was announced for three o’clock but a number of persons, including the Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, who was to deliver the address, arrived fifteen to twenty minutes before that time. They found the doors

The delegates representing the four Polish youth societies belonging to the Polish Roman Catholic Union held their second meeting last Sunday. The four societies represented were the Polish Patriotic Educational Youth Society, the St. Casimir's Society, the St. Stanislaus Cadets [Society], an