Dolton Treasurer Reports Village Expenses 1911 1912
The Dolton Illinois treasurer George H. Schaefer submits a detailed annual financial report covering expenditures from 1911 to April 6 1912. It itemizes payments to trustees clerks janitors police labor electric utilities materials and services across departments and notes balances and receipts. The document records numerous vendors including Sanitary Dist Chicago Central Electric Co Fort Wayne Electric Works and Chicago Telephone Co among others.
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M. Stanczick
Henry Schnoor
Ada Hahn
Ea ON
Soewee Co
Cc Eee
Enere Penee Neeneeneny
A. Verhoeven
Special
Fred Weber
Asmus Clausen
J. Pomozzo
Carl Wulff
Sanitary Dist
Chicago
Elec
Chicago Telephone Co
Marshall-Jackson Co
Chicago & Riverdale Lumber Co
Central Electric Co
Wm. Franke
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Eses
H. F. Wegener
Kinney Bros
William Schmuck
Fitz-Hugh Luther Co
Reese
Fort Wayne Electric Works
A. E. Moomaw
Csises
R. E. Hoppe
H. Horton
Prick
Wm. J. G. Maurer
Wendrich House
Henry Hahn
A & Stl
Sanitary
Brazil Blouk Coal Co
Chicago Brick Co
Fuller & Fuller Co
Money
Aid & Boney
Agsn
Harry Packard
IWO
Serene
J. H. Prohl
Park Avenue
Scwef
Frank Krueger
F. L. Baecker
First Trust & Savings Bank
Pedaewe
G. A. Verhoeven
G. Henry Hahn
E. Hoppe
Ed. Oppenhuis
Harry Boden
S. K. Markman
Wm. Franke, Sr
Cnaverseeeer
J. A. Decklar
Fred Schnoor
Pricket
Nat’l Bank
Dolton
Peter Koor
G. A. Dolton
Dolton Volunteer Fire Co
Weidner House
Main Street
Eas
R. R. Ti Chicago
Ieeg
Smith Premier Typewriter Co
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Chicago Engine Supply Co
Chiasen Malanhane Cn
Brownell Improvement Co
Ewing & Stone
Dalton
Markman
Henry Ilahn
Eess
Freight and Express
Teaming
Sok Ted l Adh SB Oat
H. J. Wegener
Cope Eee
Jno
F. Boettger
Angie Ae
Marshall-Jacckson Co
Blank Tocotu
Chicago Engineer Supply Co
Grant Bros
Chicago-Riverdale Lumber Co
Kinney Bros. Pub
Esther Gilbert
A. I. Moomaw
RB. E. Hoppe
Electrician
Benj
Wells
Frank Kort
Tibor
Tinagan
Mal Breradatels
TH. Morton
Ces
John Pralle
Wm. Sehmuek
Wyhor
Sehlueter
Sdy
Jlahn
A. Decklar
Franke
Sti
Dalton Volunteer Fire Co
Campire
A. Claussen
Dees
Brazil Block Coal Co
Central, Electric Co
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Ft. Wayne Electric Works
Faethard Bo-Gene
Fuller & Uber Co
the Mercantile Printing Co
National Meter Co
Legal Adviser Pub. Co
Com’s
Chas. C. Schnoor
Privhet
Henry Peterson
Eugene Labraque
Geo. A. Dolton
Kanawha St
Main
Lot Blo
Dolivu
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Eton
Roger Lupton
Lupton
Bost
Hton
Charles Henry Bramwell
Bethell
Montagu Williams
Hawtrey
Model in a Double Sense Mystery at Unseemly Hour
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Mr. Jones
Mrs. Jones
Thask
Jones
Thash
Miss Ethel Barrymore Recites Leap Year Proposal Tale
Miss Ethel Barrymore at the Colony Club in New York told a leap year joke about a girl who tells her caller George she proposes because it is leap year. The tale ends with George rushing to explain he cannot marry on his salary, prompting the punchline that he should let other eligible men have a chance.
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Ethel Barrymore
Colony Club
New York
George
Leave It to Her in Ungentle Advice
A mother counsels her daughter to marry a poorer man, sparking a witty reply about the husband’s dwindling wealth. The exchange, quoted from the Boston Transcript, highlights clever social banter on marriage and money.
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Boston Transcript
Once Emblem of Royalty and the Ermine’s Seasonal Change
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Edward Iiii
England
Bell
The Little Traveler Pays Her Fare in Yonkers
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Yonkers
New York Press
Eagles Defend Sturgeon From Bear in Columbia Tale
A large sturgeon on the Columbia River becomes the focus of a clash between two eagles and a bear named Brain. The birds defend the feast, ripping at the bear with talons and wings for about half an hour until the bear retreats. The pair then return to their nestlings and resume carving the fish for their young.
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Oregon
Columbia River
Brain
Eyes of Night Prowlers and their Night Adaptations
The article discusses nocturnal creatures and eye adaptations. It notes that some animals have optic nerves with many cylindrical and conical fibers, enabling better night vision. Von Kries is cited on conical fibers perceiving dark colors and intermingled fibers aiding darkness visibility.
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Mit
von Kries
Harper’s Weekly
Wright at tea critiques speed focused monoplanes
Orville Wright in Dayton condemns fragile 200 horsepower monoplanes built for speed. He recalls an aviation anecdote where one pilot urges another to be modern, joking that the fall should come before the flight rather than the cart before the horse.
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Orville Wright
Dayton
Past and Future Neighbor Banter Turns Ominous
A Suspicious Neighbor remarks on a woman's past while an Old Neighbor notes others may face consequences. The exchange hints at hidden histories and inevitable reckoning as the speaker reflects on fates to come. The dialogue carries a dark, fateful tone about pasts and what lies ahead.
Mayor Crump Discusses Bitter Factions in Nearby Town
Memphis Mayor Crump spoke on two rival groups in a neighboring town, noting their deep enmity. He recounted a banquet exchange between two Browns, one spelled with an e, highlighting sharp tempers and taunting remarks between the sides.
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Crump
Memphis
Brown
Browne
Wright teases about famed daredevil airman at Dayton tea
Wilbur Wright at a Dayton tea discusses a celebrated French daredevil. A banker's daughter asks if he is successful and Wright responds with a dry joke about the aviator's jeweled, platinum prosthetics praising his notoriety.
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Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Mr. Wright
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