Women’s Relief Corps meets schedule at Village Hall
G. W. Spencer Post No. 279 holds meetings the second Friday at 2 p.m. and the fourth Friday at 8 p.m. at Riverdale Village Hall. President is Mrs. Bertha Sprick and secretary is Mrs. Cora Tenness.
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Village Board
Riverdale
August C. Reich
Herman R. Penfield
Calumet
F. ‘_inney
O. Obeldobel
L. F. Kipley
Womben’s
Catholic Order Foresters
Magdalen Ripley
Ksmma Kelly
Catharine Kurz
A. O. U. W. Hall
Dolton
Wally
H. Fuller
Thos
Harper
Insurance Cmewry
W. West
Riverdale Improvement Association
Women’s Relief Corps
G. W. Spencer
Bertha Sprick
Cora Tenness
French female convicts may marry workhouse mates for New Caledonia life
The Path finder reports that French female convicts can marry fellow prisoners and be transported to New Caledonia. Notices circulate every six months inviting willing young inmates to apply through the governor. Marriages are arranged by the colony’s governor with selected convicts and a three to one male to female ratio.
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New Caledonia
South Pacific
Noumea
Language as a Mirror of Animal Thought
John Burroughs argues in Outing Magazine that animals lack language and true ideas, possessing only basic cries tied to wants and stimuli. He reflects on a moonlit vineyard encounter where a poacher cried out like a wild animal, illustrating the blurred line between human fear and animal reaction.
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Huxley
John Burroughs
Outing Magazine
Sought and Found Them Not in Nature and Society
An essay from the Westminster Gazette contrasts writers and artists who celebrate nature with a philosopher who remains silent on love of nature. It notes British public amusements show reduced drinking, and theaters limit alcohol during entr acte with waitresses serving tea and temperance bars still popular.
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Fleet Street
Westminster Gazette
England
Lords of Creation
Sun's Heat Figures Show Solar Power Vastness
The New York American notes the sun’s heat dwarfs earthly coal output. It explains that earth captures only 2,250-millionth of the sun’s heat, enough to warm 2,250,000,000 worlds the size of ours, and even if earth were coal, it would burn for only 36 hours.
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Earth
New York American
The Lost Art of Cooking as Health Founder
An observation on how proper cooking shapes global health and the role of cooks in hotels across the United States and Great Britain. It argues that culinary education is essential alongside music, painting, astronomy, and other studies for a well rounded education.
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United States
Great Britain
Wiggs Move From Blacksmith to Automobile Mechanic
Census taker questions Wiggs family about the man Quincy A Wiggs. Wiggs family confirms he has changed occupations from blacksmith to automobile mechanic since the last census with the daughter asserting the update.
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Wiggs
Quincy A. Wiggs
Miss Wiggs
The Great Divide at Garrick with Anglin Farewell
Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin star in The Great Divide at the Garrick, marking Miss Anglin's farewell before a tour of Australia. Afterward The Gay White Way will follow, featuring Jefferson D Angelis Blanche King and Alexander Carr with lively travesties and catchy music slated for May 3rd in the summer run.
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Garrick Theatre
Henry Miller
Margaret Anglin
William Vaughn Hood
Miss Anglin
Australia
Garrick
New York
Boston
Jefferson D’angelis
Blanche King
Alexander Carr
Playhouse
Riverdale Village to Elect Officers in April Election
Riverdale Illinois villagers vote April 21 at Village Hall for three trustees and one clerk. Polls open 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on election day per Village Clerk H. R. Penfield.
Election notice for Dolton village officers
On Tuesday April twenty first a village election will be held at the Dolton Village Hall for three Village Trustees and one Village Clerk from 7 am to 5 pm. Signed by George H Schafer Village Clerk. Also assorted classifieds list help wanted, items for sale, rentals, lost items, and educational course offers.
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Derby
Dolton
Cook
Ilinois
Dalton
George H. Schaefer
Gotham's Limited Shake
A Chicago man in New York complains about New Yorkers giving only a two finger shake due to carrying items in the right hand. He calls for a brief, full handshake and questions the habit hindering a proper greeting.
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Chicago
Metropolis
Playing at Divorce
A Dundea Advertiser note recounts a mother overhearing two children claim they are “playing Jennie’s suing me for divorce” and deciding custody, reflecting on the large rise of 1,300,000 divorces in the United States over 20 years. The item uses humor to comment on divorce as a social reality.
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America
Jennie
United States
Dundea Advertiser
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Herman Kalas
John F. Boetteger
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John E. Kinney
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Peter Kipley
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LU. Vandenberg
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Chicago Aves
White
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Business Men's Association
A. Co. U. Widall
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Frank O. Bergold
Henry Hahn
Isipley
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Herman R. Fenfield
Geo. L. Whoehler
Herman Dreesen
Dillner’s
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Olto
A. C. Reich
C. N. Holden
Diekman
Chicago Street
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Pan
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Pointer Office
Winchester
Pointer
International Correspondence School
Scranton
Alfred Peats
C. Vandenberg
A. J. Parker, M.D
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Dutt
Grant Bros
Township 36
Range 14
Gotham
Wm. Bachmann
Cook County
Til
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Lord Kelvin
A. H. Teitgen
Fordtran Bros
Blue Island
Chicago Heights
GEO. H. Hilmer
Wentworth Ave
Riverdale, Ll
Edward F. Dillner Summer Garden
Chicago St
Ernst Hnschmann
137Th Street
Riverdale, Hl
Richard Buschking
Henry W. Schnoor
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Dolton, Ill
Andrew Baumgartner
Justice Or the Peace Notary Public
Tele Riverdale
Ducago
Union Printing Office
Thornton Townships
Fred J. Ott
Chicago St. Dolton, Ill
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Schafer’s Hotel Edelweiss Buffet
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Hofbrau ON Draught
137Th St. Riverdale
Carman Brothers
Grant ST
Detroit Free Press
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