Village Boards Meet on Mondays and Tuesdays
Dolton village board meets the 1st and 3rd Mondays at 8 p m in Village Hall with Thos Harpe as president and Henry Hahn as clerk. Riverdale village board meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 8 p m in Village Hall with Dr PF W Schmidt as president and Alvin G Wilkins as clerk.
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Dolton
Dalton
Thos. Harpe
Henry Hahn
Village Board
Riverdale
Village Hall
PF. W. Schmidt
Alvin G. Wilkins
Woodmen Calumet
George H. Schaeler
O. Obeldobel
Henry Mohr
Catholic Order Foresters
St. Luke’s Court
Conrad Kern
John EH. Kinney
Albert Schumann
Peter Kipley
Women’s Catholic Order Foresters
Magdalen Kipley
Emma Kelly
Catharine Kurz
George Washington Lodge
S. A. of
N. A
A. O. U. W. Hall
Geo
W. Luckenbill
John O’brien
Brickmakers
Frank Krueger
Albert Kasten
Andrew Messerschmidt
Highlawn Hose CO. NO. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Fred Ludwig
Martin Wilkins
Herman Dreesen
Women's Religf Corps
G. W. Spencer
Emily Claussen
Dorothy Niemeyer
Dolton School Board
Park Avenue
Local Lodges and Societies Meetweekly Across Riverdale Dolton
Community groups from German Oak Lodge 207 to Riverdale Improvement Association gather at Village Hall and A O U W Hall in Dolton Riverdale and Dalton. Meetings span Fridays 8 PM Thursdays 8 PM and monthly sessions with officers named for each organization.
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United Workmen
German Oak Lodge No
A. Co. A. W. Hall
Dalton
Carl Wulff
Chas. C. Schnoor
John F. Loettger
Henry W. Schnoor
Treas
Power of Wealth in Health and Confidence
An editorial excerpt discusses money's limited power over health, noting that wealth cannot buy health but can boost a physician's confidence. The piece promotes reading The Pointer Fleement and supporting advertisers.
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Ghout
Bolus
Boy Scouts Meet Plans for Clubroom and Ball Game
The Boy Scouts held a 7 30 p m meeting led by President Smyth with roll call and 20 tenderfoot badges awarded. Treasurer Diekman reported 2 40 on hand as of March 80th and deposited funds in the bank. Scoutmaster Cissna spoke on baseball and a suitable clubroom, six boys were examined as tenderfoot, and the group planned a Y M C A outing with railroad men and YMCA members before adjourning.
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Smyth
Diekman
Cissna
Y. M. GC
Priday
Bright Scholars Exempt From Midyear Exams at Thornton High
The Pointer reports Thornton Township High School Bulletin lists students exempt from midyear examinations for high averages. Seniors Harold Lane Enestine Savade James Webb Fred Zech. Juniors Isaac Couwenhover Frank Daniele Lynden Jeffiman Harry Koedyk er Francie Nobis Adolf Rabn Ithel Rewald Chas Rickhoff Josephine Vandenberg. Sophomores Henry Becker Mildred Ferguson Fred Haschman Louis Hoffman Paul Kehle Frank Mitchell Christina Gickhoff Gertrude Sverkgen. Freshman Fred Stanier Ed Stewart.
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Thornton Township High School Bulletin
Sentore
Harold Lane Enestine Savade
James Webb
Fred Zech
Isaac Couwenhover
Frank Daniele
Lynden Jeffiman
Harry Koedyker
Francie Nobisadolph Rabn
Ithel Rewald
Chas Rickhoff
Josephine Vandenberg
Henry Becker
Mildred Ferguson
Fred Haschman
Louis Hoffman
Paul Kehle
Frank Mitchell
Christina Gickhoff
Gertrude Sverkgen
Frochhmen
Fred Stanier
Ed Stewart
In Memoriam RayMonD JeaAGER/Past Away April 8 1911
In Memoriam notice notes the death of RayMonD JeaAGER one month past on April 8 1911. The family expresses that he was a little darling taken to heaven and references family members and God parents. The ad mentions Sherwin Williams paints tap-a-lac and varnish and a Cruse paint price of 1.25 per gallon from Kern Kipley’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Jeaager
Papa
Mamma
Grandma
Sherwin Williams
Cruse
Kern & Kipley’s
Election Calendar for April 1911 school and village offices
Election calendar lists dates for school trustees and directors, county judicial primary, and village board elections. Poll hours vary by jurisdiction, with petitions due to village clerks by midnight April 3, 1911.
Efficiency Tests On Chicago and Alton Railroad
The Chicago and Alton railroad adopts surprise efficiency tests to gauge how train crews follow operating rules and heed signal warnings. Formerly used on western lines with automatic signals the plan secretly reverses signals drops torpedoes or fuses to test engineer vigilance in emergencies.
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Chicago and Alton Railroad
Alton
Farson for Circuit Court Judge in Cook County Race
Charles T. Farson, a longtime Chicago lawyer and former master in chancery, seeks the Republican nomination for circuit court judge in the 1911 primary. Born 1856 in Lowell Massachusetts he has practiced in Chicago since 1877 and served as examiner of titles under the Torrens system. His career includes notable rulings in Pakhurst v Mexican Southeastern R.R. Co and extensive work in mechanic liens and building contracts. He is a widower with two married children and is active in the Hamilton and Illinois Athletic clubs. He holds the endorsement of the Sixth Ward Republican organization.
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Circuit
Cook County
Circuit Court
Charles T. Farson
Lowell
Mass
Chicago
Union College of Law
Supreme Court of
State of Illinois
Gibbons
Farson
Pakhurst
Southeastern R. R Co
First District
Illinois
Abel Davis
Davis
Ilinois
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Hamilton Club
Ilinois Athletic Club
New England Society
Chicago Bar Association
Fargo
Transit schedule fragment at 47th Street to South Holland
A partial schedule shows weekend service with Saturday only and Sunday only notes. It lists a trip leaving 47th Street at 570 am and arriving in South Holland at 6 45 am with exceptions on days and lines noted as daily except Saturday and Sunday.
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Chicago
Dalton
47Th Street
South Holland
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Indiana Ave
Ill
Dalton Station
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Riverdale, Ill
Maccabees
Andrew Baumgartner
John 8. Harter
R. Vandenberg
Riverdale Improvement Association
F. Kinney
F. R. Baker
John B. Schafer
F. A. Reich
BOY Scouts
Moh. Chiek
W. EB. Cisena
Stanley Smyth
Edward Kinney
Herbert Diekman
Riverdale Board
Vmeet
Mat Bowen
THE
Memoriam
Board of Education
WM. Mau
Charlies T. Farson
Wilson’s Riverdale
Lund
Illinoi
Busines
Randolph Street
Sc Ee
JTH
Azi
Silverdale
North
North Bound
Randolph St. Riverdale
Fordtran Bros
Chicago Blue Island
Chicago Heights
Dolton Bakery
William Minardow
Telephone
WM. C. Zesch
Midway
Leyden Avenue
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
RIV Ly
DALE
Dalton Wit
Western
Indiana
R. R
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Carl Wuleffe
Dolton, Ill
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago St. Dolton, IN
Fred J.ott & Son
Aldmining
Chicago St. Dolton, Ill
137Th Street
Ernest Hanschmann
Grant Bros. General Machinists
Chicago Street
Norton
West 137Th St. Riverdale
C. Depot
E. F. Tripp
W. Fulford Horse Shoeing and General Blacksmith
138Th Sc
Leyden Ave
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