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Mrs, Rose Vogel, and Lawrence Flourâ€" d on the street. e > Captain. ~James n Mrs. Meyenberg aid it was the first service he ever had rel biting & person. 0 «police award for issioner Wilson L. but True insisted ward with Lieutenâ€" nd Patrolman Tom x â€"throughout the . finished, the roof nipleted, the stairâ€" : made by the vocaâ€" _just being erected, put in the windows, ches are just being vork. t joined forces‘ toâ€" to find and kill the attacks were in the 300 block on Addiâ€" , four of them chilâ€" n last week in Chiâ€" quirrel.â€" One woman t of health and the â€"his: quick action ca burglar with a and many aliases, rue, of Waukegan, ceal that fact 88. the .years can‘t be issing of the buck ns Are ten by Squirrel . mplain of having t anyway the cats exercise. a progressing veryp urbahn, "and I exâ€" gh by June if all inish_the â€"vocational ed by the industrial of the Deerfieldâ€" rool by . June, Mr. _‘ in charge of the e house, reports the ire now being made. federal ~treasury , but it might have sisted in . theâ€"capâ€" s he was about to the Warner Elecâ€" Reward Killing Bandit m 20 bites on the shoulder, when she station and told of without the help officers he would were bitten were icians said. _ Touches â€" â€" tional House The Manager, John O‘Keefe, has Just finished. his 25th year in the service of the Home society, and reâ€" ports that when he came to the Home in November 1903 there were 18 inâ€" â€"The annual report of the manager of the Railroad Men‘s Home to the Officers of the Home Society and Members of the Supporting Brotherâ€" hoods_for 1928 has just left the press of the .Udell Printing company. It is a very neat and attractive 6%x9, 40â€"page booklet and contains much interesting information in connection with the past and present history of that institution. .3 JOHN O‘KEEFE â€" . Secretaryâ€"Treasurer and Manager Annual Report of Manager mates housed in three old wooden buildings that were heated by 13 stoves and three furnaces, and the danger â€"of fire,â€"especially in zero weather, was difficult to estiniate. 3 ~Valuation The total cash assets at that time were $5,577.57 and $6,000.00 would be a very generous estimate of the value of grounds, buildings and. equipment, making a total of $11,577.57. Today the ~valuation placed on grounds, buildings and equipment is $427,722.â€" 36. There has been admitted to the Home â€"since its inception four hunâ€" dred and thirtyâ€"five (435) men who, John Q__’Keefe of Railroad Men‘s Home is Published ~‘The grounds are well kept, and indeed, during the summer months the Home is inspected by visitors fromâ€"all parts of the country, and we hear many well deserved compliâ€" ments with reference to it. And this newspaper goes. on record as bespeaking for Mr. and Mrs. O‘Keefe, manager and matron, â€"â€"many nfore years | of pleuint business relation: ship in our community. The buildings are fireproof, modâ€" ern and upâ€"toâ€"date in every respect and the equipment of latest design. There are 12 electric motors in use to supply current for the same numâ€" berâ€"ofâ€"powerâ€"driven machines in use, the average cost of light and power being about one hundred and seventyâ€" five dollars. per month. Eight carâ€" loads of coal are used during the winâ€" ter months, at an average cost of $7.35 per ton. °. § to the fact that the service given the men in the Home covers not only meals and lodging, ‘but ~clothing, laundry, ~tobacco, postage ~stamps, barbering, â€" theservices _of doctor, dentist and .oculist, medicines and hospital service (including all operaâ€" tions and the ‘constant service * of trained nurse) and numerous smaller items necessary for their welfare and comfort. ti.s & RAILROAD MEN‘ Fireâ€"Proof Building TH E P R ES S had it not been for this refuge, many of them would have been charges on their ‘relatives and friends orâ€" the community from whence they came. There have been one hundred and fiftyâ€"two deaths and one hundred and fortyâ€"four have vacated, and twenty were expelled. There have been eighâ€" teen insane trials. The number of residents in the Home as of Decemâ€" ber 31, 1928 was one hundréd and three (103). The total cost for mainâ€" tenance for 1928 was $67,053.56. § Expense Per Man The expense per man for the past S HOME . MRS. JOHN O‘KEEFE 1924 .....1.90 : $18.80 . $57.86 _ $634.33 1925 .....238 â€" 16.68â€" â€" â€"1T228 867.37 1926 .:,... .231 _." 16.24 70.39 844.170 1927 .... . AIF \_.} 15.297. 66.17 794.01 1928 ,....21% :\ 14.94 64.74 _ T76.83 Mr. O‘Keefe observes it might be argued that the cost per man per day for maintenance in the Home is large, and sometimes this figure is contrasted «with the cost ofâ€" living elsewhere. If the cost covered only what is generally termed a person‘s meals and lodgings, this cost of opâ€" eration might be regarded as excesâ€" sive, but when consideration is given five years is as follows; inmate: f f Year ,.Per day Por week Per m 1924 .....1.90 : $18.50 . §57 1925 ..... 288 _ 1I6.68â€" _ â€" m 1986 ... L181 .." it T€ 1927 .....211 . 15.27. 66 1928 22200213 0 14 A4 B4 x « 4008 S *« : + hOG <xt> hi * os BAL iré, SPR §+â€"‘m TlB r. O‘Ke Per day Per week Per month Per year Matron Thursday, April 11, 1929 &QQ“t_ per