Miss Clara Schultz Serves as Godmother in Riverdale
Twenty years ago in Riverdale Clara Schultz of Park Manor visited her aunt Mrs. Carl Krause and acted as godmother to Clara Dorothy Krause. Government soldiers guarded C E I railroad bridges at Riverdale and South Holland led by a sergeant and two corporals from the First Illinois Regiment. Firemen saved Fred Pohler's barn and home after a shed fire started by children playing with matches caused minor damage.
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Clara Schultz
Park Manor
Carl Krause
Riverdale
Clara Dorothy
Bridse
South Holland
First
Illinois Regiment
Fred Pohler
Local youths enlist in government service list
Honored roll lists volunteers from the vicinity for Navy, Battery 1C, Artillery and Cavalry. Names include Lester Brookfelt Paul Gaul Harold Packard James Burch Lawrence Engel George Nairn Irwin Gundaker Herman Faden Lyman H. Lee Edward C. Kinney Donald Jenness with branches shown.
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Navy
Lester Brookfelt
Paul Gaul
Harold Packard
James Burch
Lawrence Engel
George Nairn
Irwin Gundaker
Herman Faden
Lyman H. Lee
Edward C. Kinney
Donald Jenness
South Holland News Twenty Years Ago Notes
James Huizenga moved into the cottage vacated by Mrs. Tanis on Chicago street. A spike of chicken pox cases spread through the community due to careless handling. Tuesday featured a trustee race with Peter A. Anker unopposed for President. Citizen Non-Partisan ticket won two seats J Meeboer 288 votes D P De Young 229 R A Gou wens 148 Joseph Fisher 116. Total votes cast 100. Chicago street bridge opened but incomplete awaiting final touchups.
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South Holland News
James Huizenga
Tanis
Chicago Street
Peter A. Anker
Citizen
J. Meeboer
Ohlings Plan Move to Elwood Farm Purchases
The Jacob and Harry Ohling families will relocate this week to Elwood Illinois near Joliet after purchasing 25 acres of improved farm land. Their mother Mrs Jacob Ohling and son Peter stay in the Dalton homestead on Chicago Street. A card from George Gallegos in the city notes well wishes.
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Jacob
Harry Ohling
Elwood
Ill
Joliet
Ohlings
Jacob Ohling
Peter
Chicago Street
Dalton
George Gallegos
Blue Island Aldermanic Hopeful Leaves for Costa Rica
New York native plans trip home to San Jose Costa Rica and is a candidate for alderman of Blue Island's 5th Ward. He counts Dr. Gallegos as a brother and has many Riverdale friends. A Paul Gall Post American Legion Auxiliary group attended the Fourth District Committee meeting at Blue Island city hall.
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New York
San Jose
Costa Rica
Gallegos
Charley Carrell
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
South Shore Hospital
Blue Island
Riverdale
Paul Gall
Ruth De Young Elected at Smith College Amid Petition Call
About 300 signatories protest Calumet River pollution while Ruth De Young daughter of Judge De Young gains prominence at Smith College being elected president of the Judicial Board. Her future may follow in her father’s footsteps as a lawyer. A baby Lou arrives at the home of
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Calumet
Ruth de Young
Frederick R. DeYoung
Judicial Board
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Ruth
Lou
Local Births And Hospital Update In County
Mr and Mrs John Patz welcome a baby girl on April 2. A daughter arrives for Mr and Mrs John Vanderbilt on April 3. Fred Wiegert, treated for a fractured skull and pneumonia after a motorcycle accident, is released to return home.
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John Patz
John Vanderbilt
Fred Wiegert
War on Crow Pests Sparks Birdland Hunt
Local gunners are urged to join a season long war on crows which raid nests and prey on game birds. Illinois pioneered the effort by dynamite roosts, now cannons loaded with gunshot are used. The piece notes crow nesting peaks and offers hunting sport and benefit to game birds. It also oddly references the liner Queen Mary carrying twenty tons of fish.
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Birdland
Aaleta Manta
Illinois
Daltonism and Dolton origins in Calumet twin towns
A Chicago News item traces the name Dalton and its mispronunciations in Dolton and Riverdale Illinois. It notes Daltonism meaning color blindness linked to John Dalton and discusses town name pronunciations and possible merges.
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C. E. Dull
Robert Hair
Bobby
Chicago Daily News
Ill
Riverdale
Dolton
Calumet Area
Calumet-Sag
Great Lakes
Gulf
Calumet River
Chicago
Stephen A. Douglas
Thomas F. Kinney
Dalton
Webster
Dalt-on
Mr. Kinney
John Dalton
Philadelphia
Albert Santeford
Riverton
Doledale
Doldale
Frozen Mammoths Found in Permafrost Reach 10 000 Year Mark
Russian and Siberian discoveries reveal mammoths preserved for over 10 000 years in thawing ground. Hard tissues, hair, stomach contents, and plant remains survive in ancient carcasses as locals feed preserved flesh to dogs.
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Europe
Asia
Siberia
Arrival of the Tuxedo Changes Men’s Evening Dress
The tuxedo emerged in the 1880s New York pleasure halls shaping men’s evening wear with embroidered shirt fronts white satin waistcoats and diamond studs. Its name reflects cheap tailors and coincides with the Lorillard resort rise and societies like Cloth Spongers and Buttonhole Makers.
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New York
Cloth Spongers Society
Plumbers’ Helpers
Pierre Lorillard
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Pointer
Frigidaire
General Electric
Westinghouse
Public Service Company OF
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