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Newspaper

Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1912

Page

12

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.

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 U.eee 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 Com 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 Eeseee 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

Eton Celebrates Threepenny Day Traditions At School

Eton continues the threepenny day custom dating to Roger Lupton's tenure as provost from 1502 to 1535. The distribution allocates funds among provost, fellows, chaplains, scholars, and choristers with a February 27 penny for scholars. A half sheep myth once persisted, involving a boy demanding his half sheep and a fellow's angry flogging threat.

Eton Roger Lupton Lupton Bost Hton Charles Henry Bramwell Bethell Montagu Williams Hawtrey

Model in a Double Sense Mystery at Unseemly Hour

A drunken Mr. Jones returns home to find his wife with a lamp and a model she bought to fit dresses. The conversation reveals a misunderstanding as the model is revealed, and Mrs. Jones laughs yet remains angry. The prankish scene ends with Jones praising the model.

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.

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.

Boston Transcript

Once Emblem of Royalty and the Ermine’s Seasonal Change

The ermine once symbolized royalty under King Edward III, banned to non royals. The fur’s color shift to pure white is a natural marvel not by new hair but by color change, akin to the ptarmigan. The ermine’s tail stays black year round, as with the bird’s tail feathers.

Edward Iiii England Bell

The Little Traveler Pays Her Fare in Yonkers

A six year old girl travels alone on an Yonkers streetcar and signals the motorman to stop. The conductor helps her aboard and refuses change when she presents two pennies, saying she is now a young lady per her mother.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wilbur Wright Dayton Mr. Wright

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