Dolton to modernize streets with new concrete project
Dolton residents push a $15,000 bond to fund a concrete street linking Chicago to eastern Indiana and Chicago Heights. McGarry & Co. awarded the contract, pending bond approval, with an expected 30 day completion and street improvements on Lincoln Avenue between 138th Street and the Western Indiana tracks. Also offered two lots for sale at 114th Street and Yale Avenue for $375.
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Dolton
Chicago
Indiana
Chicago Heights
Riverdale
McGarry & Co
Lincoln Avenue
138Th Street
McGarry
Dalton
Roseland
114Th Street
Yale Avenue
Tne
Pointer
Hit or Miss Column Sparks Odd News From Dalton
The Hit or Miss column in District 148 Dalton notes three more girls than boys under 21, jokes about Titanic sightings, odd weather bets, onion tips, and airship honeymoons. It mocks light inspectors and political graft, references governors and barbers, and ends with a quip on the Buil Moose platform and Leddy’s signing.
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Dalton
Homewood
Frank Foster
Ransom Walker
J. C. Howe
Howe
Captain Smith
New York
Michigan
Jacob Decklar
South Holland Light Inspector
Blase
South Carolina
North Carolina
Illinois
Stole His Watch In Dalton Home
John O'Brien village treasurer asks help to catch thief who entered his Dalton home Wednesday night using a skeleton key and stole his $65 watch along with his coat vest and trousers. Police seek clues as arrest potential. FOR SALE One 7 room house and one 6 room bungalow on Park Avenue Dalton inquire at The Pointer office.
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John O'Brien
Dalton
Mr O'Brien
John
Park Avenue
Willbee
Pointer
Edward Kenna
Chicago
Lorenz Ripley
Louisa Sieben
Florence Ripley
Palmer Park
Migg Sieben
Immanuel Church
Horan’s Grove
Oscar Housinger
Kansas City
P. Schoon
Housinger
Ohio
Riverdale
Local and Personal News of Riverdale Families
Grand Rapids guest Mire A A Farbridge visits Walemboffs. Chicago visitors include Mrs Elizabeth Ward and family. Riverdale residents host relatives from Caledonia Joliet and Villa Grove. The Illinois Central plans depot improvements and community notes cover travels, church events, schooling, and a near accident.
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Alex Grant
Leyden Avenue
Riverdale
Illinois Central
Lb. Hadorn
Monee
Ill
Harriette Harter
Isabelle Reed
Villa Grove
Xiitis
John Haney
Ray
Belshaw
Ind
James McLaughlin
Annie (Gallie) Ripley
Joliet
Infant Edith Trussel Dies in Dalton
The six month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel KE Trussel of Dalton died last Monday at 7:00 a.m. Funeral was held Tuesday afternoon and interment followed at Oakland Cemetery.
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Young Ladies Guild
Pullman Presbyterian Church
Grant Home
Naomi
Mabel Grant
Bessie Kasten
Dalton
Peoria
Lil
Augusta
Eva Williams
Dolton
Louisville
I.c
Harrison
Cincinnati
Ohio
Eva
G. M. Guest & Co
Monadnock Building
Chicago
Nellie Stewart
Mamie Ripley
Edith
Samuel KE. Trussel
Oakland Cemetery
Summer Movie Schedule Shows Four Nights Weekly
High Class Motion Pictures announces four night showings each week in summer. Fridays Saturdays Sundays and Wednesdays feature performances with a pleasant electric-lane breeze. Joun Hauny, Manager.
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Joun Hauny
Mgr
Farmers Organize Local Riverdale Association
The second Farmers Association meeting at Village Hall Riverdale drew strong turnout. President August Geweke of the Cook County Truck Gardeners and Farmers Association urged forming a Riverdale area branch to aid farmers with free attorney advice, $1 dues, and a $3600 treasury. Local secretary H A Hess will register members. next meeting called by President Lawrence Rau.
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Farmers’ Association
Riverdale
August Geweke
Cook County
Truck Gardners’ and Farmers’ Association
Association
Associat
Dalton
South Holland
H. A. Hess
Lawrence Rau
Mayor Borrows Chew New York
Mayor Gagnor leaves city hall with reporters at 5 PM and, after a laborer offers tobacco, takes a generous chew and stores it in his left cheek before driving to Brooklyn.
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New York
Gagnor
Brooklyn
Finneran Cleared of Embezzlement Charges in Hammond Court
Martin Finneran, former village clerk, faced embezzlement charges in Cook County Court with Virginia Brooks as accuser. Judge Lockwood Honore directed a verdict for Finneran after the state’s evidence, ruling funds were used properly for the city. Finneran plans civil suits against Brooks for criminal libel and malicious prosecution.
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Mias
Virginia Brooks
Weat
Hammond
Martin Finneran
Cook County Criminal Court
Lockwood Honore
Finneran
Honore
Michigan Central
Miss Brooks
Miss Brook
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Roswell
New Mexico
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Eugene
Valparaiso
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Sollit
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Utah
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Wis
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Milwaukee
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The
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D.C. Noble
Mr. Noble
Thomas R. Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Emma Heusik
Hammond, Ind
Emma and
Elsie Shultz
FL. Baecker
Monce
Joseph Rubin
Steiman
Indiana Avenue
Wind
University of Chicago
Henry J. Dillner
Henry W
Bertha
Arthur Dillner
Paw Paw Lake
Mich
Fred Sachau
Beechwood Hotel
Mra
Sachau
St. Paul’s
E. W. Grothe
Vaparaiso
Dalton Cottage
Gladys West
Toronto
Canada
Louis Boettger
Emil Winters
Mra. Fleischhauer
Prof
Cornelius Keller
Sadoras
Dittmer
H. Wind
Wm. Rippe
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Crete
Wm. Petersen
Carrie Nottorf
Hoopeston
Misa Alice Holmes
Maraailles
Fil
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Aurelia
Clinton
Iowa
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Harvey
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