Dolton approves bonds for Lincoln Ave underground line
Dolton Village voters authorize a 40000 bond issue by 402 to 305. Pending bond sale by April 8 will retire 33000 tax warrants and fund other needs. American Telegraph installs a 16 duct conduit from Leyden Ave Riverdale to beyond town limits along Lincoln Ave in phases to Chesterton Indiana.
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Dolton
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Lincoln Avenue
Leyden Avenue
Riverdale
Irwin Avenue
Chicago
Chesterton
Indiana
Webb
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Pastoret-Dorsey- Barrett
Harris
Nydick
Dalton
Atten
Albrecht
Graelke
Motor Club
Chicago Motor Club
Chicago Street
Thanking Dalton Fire Dept After Monday Fire
The Zimmer Family thanks the Dalton Fire Department for prompt action extinguishing a fire on their premises last Monday that threatened their residence. A brown coin purse with money was lost between North Park Avenue and Acme Steel Co. A liberal reward is offered. Inquire Pointer office. Gas store and library table for sale at 227 Lincoln Avenue.
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Dalton Fire Department
North Park Avenue
Acme Steel Co
Inquire Pointer
Lincoln Avenue
Riverdale Bandit Robbery Ends in Slaying on Roadside
Starry Winters is shot and killed near the Acme Steel plant after Arthur Leland and Winters attempt to cash a $700 payroll. A woman accomplice drives the escape car as E Lotts chases the robbers for a mile. police report no arrest by press time and an inquest was held for Winters.
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Riverdale
Starry Winters
Acme Steel Co
Arthur Leland
H. H. Robertson Roofing Co
Harry Winters
Riverdale Bank
187Th St
Acme
Winters
Leland
136Th Street
Blue Island Road
Halsted
E. Lotts
Decklar
Bachman Mortuary
Hail Champs At Homewood Lincoln A C Wins Hess Cup
The Lincoln A. C. basketball team defeated Stephen and Lux Chicago Heights to win the Hess cup and nine gold medals at an open tournament in Homewood. More than 300 local fans packed the gym as the hosts rallied from a late deficit to tie and then lead in the final minutes. The win follows earlier feats by Ivanhoe Supers in the South Suburban League and Betty Robinson’s 100 meter dash at Amsterdam.
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Wolton
Riverdale
Ivanhoe Supers
Betty” Robinson
Amsterdam
Lincoln A. G C
Homewood
Homewood Central School
Stephen and Lux
Chicago Heights
Lincoln A. C
Heights
John R. Stanley Dies After Short Illness
John R. Stanley, 63, father of W Harold Stanley of Dolton, died Monday from liver disease after a brief illness. He lived in Dolton while working for the C. B. & E. I. R. R. He is survived by his wife who died in 1928, a daughter Margaret Brunnell of Chicago, and a son Fred of Chicago. Services were held at Lain & Son chapel and interment was at Cedar Park cemetery.
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John R. Stanley
W. Harold Stanley
Dolton
Stanley
Margaret
Arthur Brunnell
Chicago
Fred
Lain & Son
68Rd and
Harvard Avenue
Cedar Park Cemetery
125Th and
Halsted Street
Woodshed to Open Monday April 8 with Bread Orders
The Woodshed announces opening on Monday April 8 offering its usual service and urges customers to phone in bread orders early. The note provides no additional details about hours or address.
Death of Otto F. Granje Former Riverdale Post Office Superintendent
Otto F. Granje died suddenly Monday in Riverdale. Former Irving Park post office station superintendent, he served in the German navy and worked for the Gould family as a yacht man. Funeral services were held Wednesday with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Riverdale
Granje
Gould
Post Office Department
Irving Park
Rosehill Cemetery
Local and Personal News from Riverdale and Dolton
Notes on residents including Mrs. Herman Wegner recovering from gall stones and appendicitis at Roseland Community hospital, the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schaafsma, and Easter visits across Dolton, Riverdale, Joliet, and Columbus. Reports of quarantines for scarlet fever, home remodels, club entertainments, and a brain tumor operation healing for Shirley Alpert with Loyal Davis at Wesley hospital.
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Herman Wegner
Dalton
Roseland Community Hospital
Theodore Sehaafsma
Calumet Avenue
Riverdale
Schaafsma
Karl Dumais
Toledo
Joseph Berschinski
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
137Th Street Exchange
Arthur Mullens
Wentworth Avenue
Walter May
Mothers Club
A. H. Paynter
Mildred
Joliet
Ill
Arthur Paynter
Emil Seelbinder
Arcadie Farms Milling Co
Nettie Hinkle
Thetis
Bill
R. R. Hinkle
East Chicago
J. M. Deam
O. Warren
Chesterfield
Chicago
Henry Wilkens
Buckley
Sodorus
Louis Casinov
Gladstone Co
Bridge Club
William Stewart
Milwaukee
Ramon Zoller
Violet
Frederick Schmidt
Raymond Baumgartner
Sherman
Woodcraft
Emma Rampke
Bertha Goos
O. Lentz
Herman Dreesen
Haddon
H. Wilkins, Jr
H. Bock
W. Ehlert
McPike
C. Williamson
Dolton
Brink
Roseland
Columbus
Ohio
Ray Wertman
Peoria
Dickman
Mary May
Wertman
Diekman
Charles Ramsey
Dallas
Texas
George Collinson
Shirley Alpert
Loyal Davis
Wesley Hospital
Joseph Alpert
Shirley
Shot by Shell Govier Johnson Go Promises to be Worth Watering
Alderman Sheldon W Govier replies to a congratulatory letter from his rival Arthur C Johnson after the 1929 aldermanic race. Johnson pledges a return in two years and criticizes the campaign as slanderous while praising Govier as clever and wishing success in the coming term.
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Govier-Johnson
Sheldon W. Govier
Arthur C. Johnson
Johnson
Chicago
9Th Ward
Cottage Grove Avenue
Ilinois
Mr. Govier
Govier
Vernon Avenue
Illinois
Mr. Johnson
Govier's Reply and Local News items
Letter from Alderman Govier defending his campaign against Arthur Johnson. Also notes: Thorn Township High Bloom Township High basketball series canceled due to friction. Riverdale resident Chrine DeVries ill at home. Ray Hartman leaves Dolton for Cleveland to work. Louis Cohen of Dolton recovering from arm injury after November 30, 1928 car crash.
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Chrine DeVries
Riverdale
State Street
Louis Cohen
Dolton
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cohen
Dolton Township Election Thanks From Henry Dillner
Voters and neighbors in Dolton and the township are thanked for support in the election. A separate notice offers rewards for a lost or stolen Brindle Boston bulldog named Riverdale 0244 and for a laundry bundle stolen from a Model Laundry truck in Riverdale or Dolton Illinois.
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Dolton
Henry J. Dillner
Riverdale
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Lincoln Ave
Zimmer
Paymaster
John Lotz
Branigar Bros
Ivanhoe
Bill” Lotz
Eric Anderson
Y. Bruhn
Sens
Fadden
Hodge
Sanne
Tomsheck
Bbe
Tee
Stephens & Lux
Hall
Paul Gall
Lyon Healy
E. Brookfelt
Citizens Military
Dr. Kollar
Magesti
Paradi
Michigan Avenue
Saders Radio
Gladstone
Otto Granje
Aldermanic
Thornton Township High School
Bloom Township High School
Ray Hartman
Cleveland
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