Calumet City and Dolton Announce Boundary Ordinances
Calumet City Council passes an ordinance to disannex disputed territory claimed by Dolton. Dolton Village Board follows with a similar ordinance to take possession of land recently annexed to the village. Talks continue with South Holland to resolve remaining land questions as developers push for sewer water and sidewalks.
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Calumet
Calumet City
Dolton
South Holland
Dalton
Hersey
Pointer
Dalton and Vicinity
American Legion Notes Pledged Members and Post Insurance Info
The Paul Gall Post planned a large turnout for a district meeting on 68th street but snow kept attendees away. The adjutant offers insurance conversion blanks and government insurance booklets by mail. Eight new members were pledged at the recent meeting, including Reuben Rooney.
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American Legion
Paul Gall Post
68Rd Street
Riverdale
Reuben Rooney
Lincoln highway to get new markers this spring
Lincoln Highway will install cement posts five feet high with red white and blue rings along the entire route. Ben jamin H. Vannatta local counsel says markers arrive and will be erected by May 1. J. C. Hoge adds the signs on poles have been unsatisfactory and the new standardized markers will settle marking gaps.
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Lincoln Highway
Benjamin H. Vannatta
Lincoln Highway Association
J. C. Hoge
Chicago Heights
Calumet River widening advances to 138th Street
The Sanitary District reports rapid progress on widening and deepening the Calumet river. A hydraulic dredge is at 136th Street behind the Western Steel Car Co plant and will pass the county bridge at 138th Street in less than two weeks. A dipper dredge will then operate to Grant Park for filling the lake front park.
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Calumet River
136Th Street
Western Steel Car Co
County Bridge
138Th Street
Riverdale
Grant Park
South Park
Lake Front Park
New Calumet City High School Opens in 154th Street Building
The new high school on 154th Street near Burnham Avenue Calumet City opens with about 250 pupils, planned to serve 400 from Burnham Lansing and Calumet City. Wentworth rooms revert to grammar school use as the high school operates in the new building with a modern cafeteria under Jim Finneran who will make permanent arrangements soon.
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154Th Street
Burnham Avenue
Calumet City
Burnham
Lansing
Wentworth School
Jim Finneran
Dalton Chamber seeks 100 members this year
The Dalton Chamber of Commerce Membership Committee reported 22 new paid memberships, raising total to about 60 with goal of reaching 100 by year end. Members urged to join at local banks and bring prospective members to the next meeting on April 7.
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Dalton Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Dalton
First Trust and Savings Bank
Riverdale
Community Events Announced For April Activities
The Ladies Aid of Our Savior's church meets at Mrs Herman Werner's home on Wednesday April 1. The Tabernacle Guild hosts an Easter Monday card and dance benefiting St Marys church on April 5. The Buda Girls Club dances April 38 with Cope's orchestra. The Pioneer Boys Club presents All-of-a-Sudden Peggy at Dolton theatre April 8 and 9. Tickets via Larson's Sweet Shop for Community Boys Club House fundraiser. Dolton Volunteer Fire Dept performs All the Comforts of Home On I Gets Half at Dolton theatre April 22 and 23. Get tickets early.
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Ladies’ Aid of Our Savior’s Church
Herman Werner
Brandt
Tabernacle Guild
St. Mary’s Church
Buda Girls Club
Cope
Black Hawks
Silver Foxes
Pioneer Boys Club
Dolton Theatre
Larson’s Sweet Shop
Fixtures For Sale After Partnership Dissolution
Fixtures from a Riverdale store are offered for sale due to a dissolving partnership. Valued at 1800 dollars, the seller will take 650 dollars. Items include an ice box electric meat chopper coffee grinder two scales shelving and counters. Contact Theodore Koch Dolton Indiana.
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Riverdale
Local and Personal Notes From Dalton Area
Raymond Lotz returns home from Biloxi Mississippi for the summer and plans to return in fall. The Dalton Schools announce spring vacation with no reported cases of spring fever among staff or students. Mr and Mrs M F Smith of St Paul Minnesota visit their son P M Smith and family in Dalton. Easter church services are set. church notices appear on page 2. A chimney fire on East Main Street brings out the Dalton fire department. The Izaak Walton League meets April 8 at A S Diekman & Son’s office. Helen Haney undergoes appendicitis surgery and is recovering at Wesley hospital. Nathan David sustains a broken left leg at Arcada Milling Co. after a pulley failure. Al Burger shows signs of recovery after two blood transfusions. St Paul’s Ladies Aid hosts a dance on April 10. The Riverdale theatre features Leq Horses with Jack Holt and others for three days April 7–9. National notes report one billion dollars lost to white collar crime last year. American Washing Machine Manufacturers’ Association cites 4,355,000 electric washers in 13,500,000 wired homes in the U S. 726,222 sold in 1925.
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Ferdinand Stieman
East Main Street
Dalton
Dalton-Riverdale
Izaak Walton League
A. S. Diekman & Son
Helen Haney
Wesley Hospital
Nathan David
Arcada Milling Co
Kollar
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
St. Luke’s Hospital
al” Burger
Frank
St. Paul’s Church
Jack Holt
Florence Victor
George Bancroft
William Powell
Riverdale Theatre
American
United States
Vault Phones for City Banks Move in Chicago
An ordinance aims to install telephones in all bank vaults in Chicago after a city hall basement incident where a clerk was trapped for hours. A night watchman freed the worker only after pounding on the vault door, suggesting quicker release if phones had been available.
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City of
Chicago
City Hall
Postmasters Meet In Blue Island
Postmasters from Blue Island and surrounding towns gather for a large meeting in Blue Island Elks hall with 70 attendees. Congressman Elliott Sproul praises postal salary increases, inspectors explain duties, and members consider joining state and national associations ahead of the Mount Vernon convention in May 1926.
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Postmaster’s Association
Third Congressional District
Ilinois
Elks’ Hall
Blue Island
Elk’s Club
Lemont
Calumet City
Dalton
Flossmoor
Glenwood
Harvey
Matteson Mt. Greenwood
Oak Forest
Palo Park
Richton
Robbins
Steger
Tinley Park
Elliott W. Sproul
Postice and Post Roads Committee
Postal Service
Army, Navy
Department of Agrculture
Vest
M. L. Goldsmith
Illinois Postmaster’s Association
Illinois Postmasters Association
Mount Vernon
Ill
Blue Island Sun
Surprise 72nd Birthday for Marie Jonas At Home
Marie Jonas was happily surprised on her 72nd birthday Tuesday March 30 when friends and Spencer Corps W R C members occupied her home. Mrs Christ Dillner 86 added to the cheerful afternoon. All wish her many more happy birthdays.
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Ers
Marie Jonas
Spencer Corps W. R. C
Christ Dillner
Inspection Rules For Slaughtered Cattle In Chicago
A bulletin from Commissioner Bun desen’s office outlines that only carcasses with ante mortem inspection may enter Chicago markets. Carcasses of cattle sheep swine and goats may be received if head and most viscera are removed and official inspection is performed. Calves under ten weeks are exempt from these rules.
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Commissioner
Bundesen
Chicago
Water sewer extension approved for Calumet Park View
Riverdale board of local improvements agreed to extend water mains and sewer to Calumet Park View Subdivision. Gallareau Co through Mr Bordman pushes the project with costs to be paid by special assessment on Park View lots. Public hearing set for Saturday April 10 before construction begins on new houses.
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Riverdale Board of Local Improvements
Calumet Park View
Gallareau Co
Bordman
Park View
138Th Street
Gallareau Company
Deneen Ticket Candidates Set for Two Meetings
A slate of Deneen National Republican candidates will address two meetings at Dalton Village hall and South Holland Village hall on Tuesday evening April 6. Speakers include William W. Wilson Alderman Guy Guernsey Ed Litzinger Wm Busse George A. Miller Dudley D. Pierson F. W. Penfield L. W. McLean and others invite old friends to attend.
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Deneen National Republican
Dalton Village
South Holland Village Hall
William W. Wilson
Guy Guernsey
Ed Litzinger
Wm. Busse
George A. Miller
Dudley D. Pierson
F. W. Penfield
L. W. McLean
From Throttle to Manager P. M. Smith for 7th District
Dalton candidate P. M. Smith a former C and E I railroad engineer and current sales manager at E J Dal ton Co. is endorsed by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and holds his card in EI Will Division No. 613. He lives at 431 Fredericka street with his wife and three children and is known as a capable mechanic and businessman with broad ties to local and Chicago manufacturers.
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P. M. Smith
Dalton
E. J. Dalton Co
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Fredericka Street
Chicago
Street Car Ridership Sets February Record for Chicago Lines
The Chicago Surface Lines reported February as the peak month with a daily average of 2,418,050 revenue passengers, about 10,000 above the previous record, despite four Sundays and two holidays. February total rides reached 121,282,868, up 5,452,248 from last year, continuing a string of monthly records since June 1926.
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Chicago
Weather Notes Point to Snowy Easter Ahead
The weather man says March set snow records in this region and April is following suit. A westward blizzard is forecast this morning if conditions persist. Snowing heavily, with a white Easter outlook.
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Dalton Village Board
Lincoln Way
Lake Front
NEW High School
Chamber Commerce
Theodore Koch, Dolton
INL
Raymond Lotz
Biloxi
Mississippi
Branigar Bros
Golf Hills
M. F. Smith
St. St. Paul, Minn
Mr. Smith
C.M
St. Patrick
Chicago Bill
Calumet Park View Subdivision
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