Dolton election ends with three tickets and mixed wins
Voters chose between Citizens Peoples and Independent tickets in Dolton with James McLaughlin leading the Citizens on the presidency and Thomas Harper close. Final tallies show McLaughlin 327, Harper 298, Dilner 207, with various trustee and police magistrate wins for each slate and post election calls for harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Citizens Party
Dillner
Oneerse
Independent Party
Mans Womans
Harper
Cc. Krueger
Ehlert Ween East Eee Ees
Packard We Te Eeenee
Maurer
Peoples
Annexation defeat noted in Blue Island and West Hammond listings
Blue Island lists Mayor Paul T. Klenk city attorney George Landgraf and other officials. Annexation to Chicago defeated. West Hammond lists Mayor O Ahnerad city clerk Andrew Stachowicz and officials. officials shown.
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Blue Island
Paul T. Klenk
George Landgraf
Harvey Melvin
Henry Buhring
John Swankiewics
John Paliza
Peter Ricci
Stanley Pasinski
Chicago
West Hammond
O. Ahnerad
Andrew Stachowicz
Fred Sidzisz
John Kowalski
Two Laborers Die in Local Railroad Work
Two unidentified laborers employed in local railroad work died this week. Trank Lyons was found dead in a field near Chicago street with organic heart disease cited by the coroner. Joseph Donovan died at the County hospital from pneumonia. The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Shop Laborers arranged for burial. Both bodies were interred at Hazelwood cemetery from Good chapel, with Fred W. Lineman and Harry Fuller assisting.
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Trank Lyons
Chicago Street
Good
Joseph Donovan
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Hazelwood Cemetery
Fred W. Lineman
Harry Fuller
Store Robbery Strikes Dalton During Weekend Storm
George H. Schaefer’s shop was broken into Saturday night while a storm raged. Thieves pried the basement door, cut glass, and stole thousands in silk shirts, jewelry, gloves, and lace as an automobile carried away the loot. Village officials and residents expect swift punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Schaefer
Dillner
Schaefer
Dalton
Shaefer
Pointer
Bowen School Notes May First Week Closure and Games
By order of the school board there will be no school during the first week of May. L. E. Reich was re elected to the Bowen school board. Riverdale and Highlawn played a final practice game with Highlawn winning 4 to 2 as Krause and McGrain fanned many batters. Bowen team travels to Chicago Heights Wednesday to face Cottage Grove in the season opener. Baseball league features Highlawn Berger Cottage Grove Phoenix Burnham and Bowen. A school entertainment is set for Friday April 22 at 8 15 p m. Bowen girls beat Riverdale city girls in baseball by a large margin.
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L. E. Reich
Bowen
Riverdale
Highlawn
Krause
McGrain
Santy Cale
Chicago Heights
Cottage Grove
Berger
Phoenix
Burnham
Riverdale City
James McAdams
Texas
Dalton
Rio Hondo
Eugene Block
Gene
Chicago
Father Dettmer
Selis-Floro Circus
Coliseum
Charley
Twin City Baseball Club organizes for local season
Four local men back a new twin towns baseball club to be led by Bernard Jennings. Groundwork at Chicago and Fredericka streets Dalton is underway with stands rising ready for an opening in about two weeks. Keith Gilbert and Eddie Taylor went to White Water Wisconsin for a tryout with a Canadian team. The Oriole Baseball Club to stage a benefit at Dolton theatre May 4 featuring Parlor Bedroom and Bath.
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Twin City
Riverdale
Dalton
Bernard Jennings
Chicago
Fredericka Streets
Keith Gilbert
Eddie Taylor
White Water
Wis
Oriole Baseball Club
Dolton Theatre
April church and community events listed for St Pauls and area
The Ladies Aid plans an apron sale and lunch in the St Pauls basement on April 2. Young Peoples Society hosts a Bunco party on April 23 at the church basement. Darktown Sunshine presents a minstrel at Berger school April 29 and 30. A 3 act comedy My Irish Rose by Lockport youths for St Marys Riverdale on April 30 at 8 15 PM. Tabernacle Guild bakery sale at Orr drug store April 23 from 2 PM with bread cake and cookies. no baking needed for the sale.
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Ladies’ Aid of
St. Paul’s Church
The
Young Peoples Society of
Darktown Sunshine
Berger School
Lockport
St. Mary’s Church
Riverdale
Father Liebreich
Tabernackle Guild
Orr Drug Store
Charley Busby Visits Riverdale Then Heads for California
Local notes show Charley Busby passing through Riverdale on his way home to Detroit from Mississippi where he has 40 acres of oil land near Columbus and a 640 acre mineral tract in Lower California. He plans to settle near fall and maintains ties with Riverdale via the Kelly family.
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Charley Busby
Riverdale
Detroit
Mississippi
Columbus
California
Lower
Charley
Kelly
Charles Ray
Peaceful Valley
Twin City
Fred Pearson
Dalton
L. E. Reich
Louie
Packard
George Trapp
Fred Heineke
Carl Krause
Emil
Death by Poison Linked to Dalton Boarder Casey Vandenberg
Cornelius Vandenberg was found dead at 611 Irwin Avenue Dalton on Tuesday April 19. The coroner's physician says death resulted from carbolic acid poisoning. Funeral services set for today at 2 p.m. at Good's chapel with interment at Oaklawn cemetery. The 52 year old bachelor known as "Casey" left his father and two brothers.
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Cornelius Vandenberg
Irwin Avenue
Dalton
Good’s Chapel
Oaklawn Cemetery
Casey
Vandenberg
Bank Book Insurance Policy by Riverdale Bank
An insured bank product from First Trust & Savings Bank of Riverdale presents a safeguard against theft loss fire and accident described as a no premium policy in a promotional note. The message emphasizes protective benefits and the bank’s name and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Trust & Savings Bank of Riverdale
Arrest HoldUp in Dolton and Riverdale Ends in Arrests
Edwin Bettke of Dalton and Gus Schultz of Riverdale were seized by Indiana deputies and Kensington officers after a Shoreville Indiana holdup. George Gard, postmaster, identified a car and machine, leading to extradition papers and custody in Crown Point jail. Eugene La Breque was cleared.
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Dolton
Riverdale
Indiana
Kensington
Edwin Bettke
Grant Street
Dalton
Gus. Schultz
Shoreville
George N. Gard
Gard
Bettke
Daugherty
Crown Point
Blue Island
Eugene la Breque
Schultz
Bureau of Identification
Message to Voters From Cohen The Peoples Party
The Peoples Party thanks voters for their cooperation and support at the Tuesday election. They pledge to act squarely with the tax paying public and earn continued good will in the future.
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The
Peoples Party
Clean-Up Week Promotes Health in Dalton and Riverdale
Health Promotion Week is observed in Dalton and Riverdale with street cleaning and parkway projects. The towns urge orderly premises for success, noting Dalton’s new parkways along Lincoln Avenue. Friday is School Children's Day and Saturday Medical Examination Day as part of the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Stone
Pennsylvania
Dalton
Riverdale
Thomson
Lincoln Avenue
Riverdale Village Urges Household Rubbish Cleanup
All householders are urged to have rubbish ashes and garbage ready in the alley for the wagon as the cleanup work is now under way. President Board of Trustees Village of Riverdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Village of
Riverdale
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McLaughlin
Haney, Krueger, Ehlert and Maurer
Niemeyer
Selim
Lotz
Wilkens
Im Riverdale
Henry Dillner
Citizens Ticket
Independent Ticket
Dalton Theatre
Henry
Tom Harper
James McLaughlin
Thomas Harper
Henry Diliner
Wm. J. Haney
Fred Ehlert
Wm. Krueger
Wm. Maurer
Independent
Thornton
Citizens
John Bielfeldt
Wm. S. Bank
Fred Schultz
Peter de Young
John Hollenberg
Andrew Jankovich
Peoples Ticket
Frank Flanigan
Henry Hering
Wm. Hart
Marvin Emic
Riverdale Peoples
Sreretetere
Sellin
Lotz Wilkins
Essere
Homewood Citizens
Fred Gold
Louis Schoof
Henry Moecker, Jr
Marshall Haas
John Patton
Eugene Doe
Frank Trafis
Fred Hartman
John Buchner
Geo. Meyforth
Baseball
F. P
First National Bank of
Gus Schultz
Edwin Bethke
Shererville
Cohen
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