New Riverdale Board Forms Under Trustees Will Wunsch Ed Ripley
Riverdale held its regular session last Tuesday naming Will Wunsch and Ed Ripley as trustees. Officers appointed include A C Reich as Treasurer P P Flick as Village Attorney A Strosinski as Village Collector Dr J A Koilar as Health Officer Henry Goos as Water Supt L E Reich as Fire Marshal. Committees list finance judiciary drainage streets sidewalks light police health buildings license water work. Police officers named include Ben Wells Carl Krause Henry Strosinski John Collett Herman Weibke Wm Ludwig L E Reich Jacob Norman R W Gerloff Theo Reich Wm Reich Henry Englehardt Edward Scholl Fred Rau Wm Boyens Herman Baumgartner Matthew Cosman Emil Mott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Board
Simi Die
Flick
A. C. Reich
P. P. Flick
A. Strosinski
J. A. Koilar
Henry Goos
L. E. Reich
Sellin
Unruh
Wilkens
Wunsch
Ripley
Draingge
Lotz
Kipley
Fire & Water
Ben Wells
Carl Krause
Henry Strosinski
John Collett
Herman Wei
Card of Thanks for Henrietta Zeitler
The family expresses gratitude for sympathy shown after the loss of Henrietta Zeitler. They thank the Ladies' choir Rev Wind those who sent flowers and autos and the Wiersma bank officials. Signed by Mother Sister and Brothers.
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Henrietta Zeitler
Rev
Wind
Wiersma Bank
Coming Events in Riverdale Area
Several community events are listed for late April and May. A 3 act drama An Old Fashioned Mother will be presented at St Marys school hall in Riverdale on Sunday evening April 30 to benefit St Marys church. A Bunco party and bakery sale are planned by local groups on May 5 6 in church halls and village venues. A May Party by the Dalton Volunteer Fire Department takes place May 6 at Dillners pavilion. A meeting of the A L L at St Pauls church basement is set for May 3 with other church and civic listings through May 6.
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St. Mary’s School
Riverdale
St. Bernard’s Dramatic Club
St. Mary’s Church
Ev. Luth
St. Paul’s Church
Dalton Volunteer Fire Department
Dillner’s Pavilion
Walter Rau Died On Apr 23 1922 In Dolton
Walton Rau son of Fred Rau brother of Frederick died suddenly on Sunday from heart leakage at the Rau residence on Halsted street He was born June 13 1910 in Chicago Funeral services were held April 25 at St Pauls church Rev H Wind conducted the burial was at Oakland cemetery The Rau family and Mrs Emily Rowe mourn the loss while the First National Bank of Dolton advertises savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton Rau
Fred Rau
Frederick
Walton
Chicago
Rau
Halsted Street
Fred Ray
Henry Ultsch
Emily Rowe
St. Paul’s Church
Rev. H. Wind
Oakland Cemetery
Letter From Cuba Dear Kinney From the Carrolls
A Cuba trip diary notes no camels in Cuba, 92 degree heat in Havana, crowded Ford taxis, a fatal streetcar wreck, open meat markets, cheap fruit, high clothing prices, limited English, and a return route via Jacksonville Key West and Birmingham. The writer mentions boozy traffic from the Bahamas and Cuba, a Cuba to Key West crossing time and fare, and ends with goodbye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Habana
Cuba
Kinney
Key West
Havana
Riverdale
Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Birmingham
Florida
Bahamas
Wildwood Preserve Purchase Nears Closure
Forest Preserve Commissioners near finalization of the Wildwood purchase with a satisfactory price. Only minor details remain to be resolved per Calumet Index, and the preserve could begin soon after the deal closes.
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Forest Preserve Commissioners
Large Family Mourns Bertha Poeplau Die at 41
Mrs Bertha Redman Poeplau died of a goitre at Blue Island hospital on April 27. Surviving are her husband five daughters and three sons aged 18 to 9 months, plus her mother a brother and a sister all of Riverdale. Born in Linde Germany 1880 she came to America 1886 and married 1892. Funeral Monday at home and St Pauls church Interment Oakland Cemetery.
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Bertha (Redman) Poeplau
Blue Island Hospital
Anna
Elsie
Dorothy
Lilian
Frederick
Clarence
Lawrence
Anna Redman
William Redrean
Dreshall
Riverdale
Linde
Germany
Bec
America
St. Paul’s Church
Wind
Oakland Cemetery
Esau in a Fable Tale Under Catechism Test
Vincent explains Esau as a man who wrote fables and sold the copyright to a publisher for a bottle of potash. Disrupted catechism class narration from the Detroit Varsity News.
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Esau
Dis
Vincent
Detroit Varsity News
Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday Morning
Daylight saving begins at 2 a m Sunday with clocks set ahead one hour and continues until September 24. Railroads prepare new suburban schedules and most businesses plan to observe the move. through trains will operate on central standard time while the change applies to local trains only.
Local and Personal News From Chicago and Suburbs
Daylight saving clocks advance in Chicago area from April 30 to September 24. Fred Pearson, painter, moves to 78 East 137th Street Riverdale and seeks painting work. A Toledo American Legion survey shows ex service men plans for state bonus funds. Dr Thomsen sprays lawns with flowers and shrubs, promoting horticulture. Henry Zuttermeister returns as manager of the Riverdale A and P store. Real estate dealer Stanley Zolla accused by Walter Murcineak in a Whiting Indiana mail robbery and Royal Building and Loan theft. Charley Murphy to attend Harmony Lodge convention in Dallas for two weeks starting Monday.
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Chicago
Fred Pearson
Waring
East 137Th Street
Riverdale
Oeom
Toledo, Q
American Legion
Thomsen
Henry Zuttermeister
Stanley Zolla
East 118Th Street
Walter Murcineak
East 121St Street
Whiting
Indiana
Suburban Time Card Changes Include New Trains
A new suburban time card for the IL C suburban service takes effect Sunday with several added trains and numerous schedule changes. The revised card will be printed in The Painter next week.
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IL. C
Peinter
Notice for Bids Dalton Water Pipe and Hydrants
Sealed bids to 8:00 p m April 28 1922 for 850 feet more or less of 4 inch cast iron water pipe to Frederica street connect to Chicago street and South Park avenue together with 3 Eddy hydrants Dolton Standard and labor to install. Village Clerk William G Dolton.
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Board of Trustees
Dalton
Frederica Street
Dolton
Chicago Street
South Park Avenue
WM. G. Dolton
Lebor
Water pipe and hydrant labor bid for Fred Erica street
Public notice advertises labor for laying about 850 feet of 4 inch cast iron water pipe in Fred Erica street and labor for installing three hydrants. Call Riverdale 0364 for fresh bakery goods delivered daily.
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Riverdale
Adv
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Service Time Notice
Sunday school at 9:00 a.m. Divine services at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Daylight saving begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. set clocks ahead one hour on Saturday evening. Services will begin at 10:00 a.m. new time. H. Wind, Pastor.
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H. Wind
Immanuel Church Schedules New Sunday Times
Immanuel church announces services next Sunday with Sunday school at 9.80 and regular worship at 10.30. The change sets a later morning schedule for congregants and Sunday school attendees.
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Immanuel Church
Dolton M E Church Announces Weekly Schedule
Dolton M. E. Church lists Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship 11 00 Junior League rally tomorrow at St Stephen s M E church 113th and State Rose land. Preparatory and Riverdale classes meet midweek and Tuesday/Wednesday evenings. Strangers welcome to all services.
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Thos. H. Plattin
Junior League
Martha Kalas
Lipworth League
Alice Harrs
St. Stephen’s M. E
113Th
State Streets
Roseland
Dolton
Riverdale
Frank Stomp, Jr
E. 184Th Street
Our Savior's Luth eran Church Sermons and Music Event
Next Sunday is the last Sunday of April at Our Savior's Lutheran Church. A 10:30 a.m. sermon titled The Supremacy of God and the Dependency of Man follows the sermon at 7:30 p.m. Good Shepherd. A Saturday 7:30 p.m. meeting features Prof. Geo. Stump of Chicago directing music. All are welcome.
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Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
God
Good Shepard
Heaven
Geo. Stump
Chicago
Paul Gall Post Events Schedule and Cast Banquet
The Paul Gall American Legion notes a well attended dance on April 22 at Roseland and announces the next regular meeting at Village hall on May 4. Also noted is a Roseland performance of Settin Pretty on April 25 and 26 with a banquet and show for Lettin Pretty cast on May 2 at St Nicholas church and a required cast gathering at Legion HQ by 7 30 p.m. May 2.
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Paul Gall Post
Roseland
Alderman Proposes Ban on Fatty Arbuckle Films Amid City Woes
An Alderman in Riverdale introduces a city council measure to bar future Roscoe Arbuckle films after his third murder trial ended in a not guilty verdict. The editorial blames street neglect on Leyden avenue, calling for repairs and tax relief, while criticizing aldermen for focusing on such ordinances instead of real city needs.
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Guy Madderom
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Fatty
Fatty Arbuckle
Guy Maddecrom
Riverdale
Shell
Leyden Avenue
Chicago Heights
Kriese Sike
Charley
Reading
Gene Block
Hi Vanderbilt
Ernest Biehl
Bowen School Notes and Local School Activities
Miss Hedtke to supervise school gardens and canning classes this summer. Bowen baseball beat St Marys 10 to 3. Lutheran boys defeated Bowen on Monday. History exams held for grades 6 to 8. Teachers attended Lake Shore meeting. Bowen closed by order of County Supt Tobin. C L D Walther plans a May 26 festival pageant at Glenwood. Home Nursing class graduates. Alberta Shoop praises Miss Tauber and presents a gold pencil.
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McKinney
Miss Hedtke
St. Mary’s
Riverdale
Cale
Wilkens
Flahive
Horn
Lutheran
Bowen
Lake Shore
Oak Park
Tobin
Walther
Cook County
Glenwood
Alberta Shoop
Miss Tauber
Mrs Sophia Steffen Dies in Riverdale Age 65
Born in Mecklburg Schwerin Germany on August 19 1857 she came to America in 1892 and lived in Columbus Wisconsin before moving to Riverdale two years ago to live with her daughter and son in law August Middleborn her husband died eight years ago she died April 19 1922 at 65 years 8 months burial will be in Columbus beside her husband she leaves a daughter son in law five grandchildren and one brother in Germany.
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Sophia Steffen
Meckelburg-Schwerin
Germany
America
Columbus
Wis
Riverdale
August Middleborn
Why CAN T I save Riverdale bank inquiry
A cryptic note questions savings capacity at First Trust & Savings Bank of Riverdale. The message hints at financial frustration or bank access issues without detailing specific events or outcomes.
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First Trust & Savings Bank of
Riverdale
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Will Wunsch
Ed Ripley
Niemeyer
Walter Rau
First National Bank of
C. W. Carroll
Jas. Carroll
Seminole Limited
Jim
Wildwood Preserve
ST. Paul’s EV. Luth. Church
Dolton M. E. Church
OUR Savior’s
Paul Gall
Lettin
St. Nicholas Church
Legion Headquarters
Alderman Madderom
Arbuckle Films
Mrs
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