Village Boards and Local Organizations Listings
A compiled notice lists Dolton and Riverdale village board meeting times and locations, plus numerous fraternal, civic, and school groups meeting monthly. It names officers for groups including United Workmen German Oak Lodge 257, Modern Woodmen Calumet Camp 6142, Catholic Foresters St Luke's Court 186, Women’s Catholic Order of Esters, George Washington Lodge 189 S A N A, Modern Maccabeers Twin City Tent 1150, Bricklayers Local Union 6, Riverdale Improvement Association, Highlawn Hose Co No 1, Corps No 279, Dolton School Board, and Riverdale Board Directors.
Wireless Telegraphy Trials Aimed at Train Operations
Union Pacific Railroad conducts extensive experiments to enable wireless telegraphy for train operations improving efficiency and safety across routes.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
Things to Forget When a Tall Leader Passes by
A reflective poem urges forgetting scandals or secrets that could mar a leader’s reputation or cause lasting harm. It warns against revealing a hidden skeleton from the past or any fact that could darken joy or provoke grief, advocating discretion and silence.
The Printer's Devil and Its Romantic History
The term printer's devil refers to the boy who works boring in a printing office. In Venice during Aldus Minutius's era a homeless urban youth was displayed to prove he was human, not a demon, yet the nickname persisted for boys in printing shops.
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Aldus Minutius
Venice
Resumed Work on Harvey High School In Earnest
Work has been resumed in earnest on the high school building at Harvey and will be rushed to completion. A report claims school will not commence until November, but Professor Smith says the report has no official foundation.
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Harvey
Smith
Do Your Duty To Your Community And Family
A readers’ note extols doing full duty to town and institutions while tolerating a stubborn neighbor. It shares a parable about arrears in a small post and presses editors to seek aid from reliable citizens to settle debts and renew support.
Blaze 49 Trail Traveling with an Old-Time Ox Team
Kara Meeker, the Diegan Hontpseman, spoke at the Chicago Historical Society for the second time last Monday on his way to Washington to seek legislation marking the Lewis and Clark trail across the continent. Mucker began in 1906 on a return trip, and traversed the route as a pioneer in 1852. monuments have since been erected along the way.
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Prairie Schooner
Kara Meeker
Diegan
Chicago Historical Society
Washington
Mucker
Morgan Park Trustees Pass $10,000 Appropriations
The former Morgan Park trustees met to approve $10,000 in appropriation bills and levy a matching amount on Monday. Acting on J I Greenacres advice they provided funds to maintain village operations should courts decide the area remains a separate village rather than part of Chicago.
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Morgan Park
Chicago
J. I. Greenacre
He Remembered Justin Time
Four men went on a camping and fishing trip. The Banker cooked for a week while others fished. He added coal oil to biscuits for flavor. The Druggist tasted them at breakfast and exploded in shock, exclaiming a foul verdict though he kept to the agreed rule.
Bride-to-be in Kansas refuses marriage over parental duty
The Kansas bride-to-be ends engagement claiming she cannot leave her elderly parents. The Philadelphia Press reflects on filial obligation vs personal love, noting parental sacrifice and the act’s stark contrast to eastern norms.
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Kanaas
Kansas
Philadelphia Press
Train Schedule Fragment South Holland Stop
Daily service noted with Saturday and Sunday exceptions. The train departs 47th Street at 5 57 a m arriving South Sjolland at 6 05 a m.
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South Holland
47Th St
South Sjolland
Various Classifieds From Dolton and Riverdale Area
A compilation of local wants and sales including sale items for a Thor motorcycle, a 25 foot launch, real estate lots in Leonard's subdivision, farm property, and multiple residences for sale. Also listed are services, lost and found notices, a tandem bicycle for sale, a platform wagon, store fixtures, and farm equipment notes with contact references to The Pointer office and residents in Dolton Riverdale and Dalton.
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Thor
Peter J. VanDrunen
South Holland
Pointer
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
M. BE
Thurday
Lalling
Henry
F. A. Reich
Riverdale
Dolton Bakery
Telephone Dolton
Henry Dulner
Dolton
Telephone
Larson
C. J. Tracks
Panhandle
Pointer Office
Herman Werner
Leyden Avenue
Hkiverdale
C. R. RE
Atlantia Street
Chas. Rose, Sr
Oakland Cemetery
Riverdale Sealed Bid Call for Water Taps
Sealed bids for making water taps in Riverdale Village are solicited. Bids must be received by Tuesday August 8 at 8 PM. The Village Board may reject any or all bids. Contact Village Clerk Alvin G Wilkens Riverdale Illinois for details.
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Riverdale
Alvin G. Wilkens
Ill
Panhandle PCC and St Louis Avendale Locatard Schedule
Eastbound and northbound trains listed for Panhandle PCC and St Louis with times 7:00 a.m. and 1 a.m. 9:23 a.m. 4:15 p.m. 5:18 p.m. 7:23 p.m. Schedule notes indicate same timings for Dalton with two minute differences in each direction.
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Chicago
Dalton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Ave
Doltop Station
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Asmus Claussen
Henry Hahn
Village Board
Village Hall
F. W. Schmidt
Alvin G. Wilkins
United Workmen
German Oak Lodge No. 257
A. QO
A. W. Hall
Carl Wulff
Chas. C. Schnoor
John F. Boettger
Henry W. Schnoor
Treas
Woodmen Calumet
George H. Schaefer
O. Obeldobel
Henry Mobr
Catholic Order Foresters
St. Luke’s Court
Hiverdale
Conrad Kern
John B. Kinney
Albert Schumann
Peter Ripley
Women’s Catholic Order Foresters
Magdalen Ripley
Emma Kelly
Catharine Kurz
George Washington
S. A
N. A
A. O. U. W. Hall
John O’brien
D. J. Gallagher
J. A. Keadiey
Andrew Baumgartner
John 8. Harter
R. Vandenberg
Brickmakers’ Local Union No
A. O. A. W. Hall
Frank Krueger
Albert Kasten
Andrew Messerschmidt
Riverdale Improvement Association
Highlawn Hose CO. NO. 1
Hose House
Lightawn
Ludwig
Martin Wilkin
Herman Dreesen
Trea Urer
G. W. Spencer Corps
Emily Claussen
Dorothy Niemeyer
BOY Scouts
Park Avenue
Balding Dolton
W.L. Grissna
Stanley Smyth
Edward Winney
Herbert, Diekmian
Srd
Carlyle Rieger
Fred Hanschmann
Sec’y
Devald Jenness
Dolton School
Riverdale Board
Bowen School
Justin
Gity
Randolph Street
Randolph St
South Riverdale
North
Western
Indiana
R. R
D Lion
L.lo -Lo
F.H. Reynolds
Margaret Street
Jersey
John Evers
144Th Street
Iraiload
West 137Th St
Lansing
Henry C.krumm
Frisco Chi. & I
Chicago. S
Zast
Averdale
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Actantific
New York
Fordtran Bros
Chicago Blue Island
Chicago Heights
William Minardow
WM. C. Zesch
Riv
Midway
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Carl Wulffe
Dolton, Ill
Edward F. Dillner
Summer Garden
Chicago St. Dolton, HI
DOTON
Fred J.ott & Son
Chicago St. Dolton, Ill
GEO
Tuch
137Th Street
Ernest Hanschmann Carpenter
Grant Bros. General Machinists
Phone
Cor
138Th St
Chicago Street
E. F. Tripp
Abel Housinger
Homewood, Ill
W. Fulford
Blacksmit
Leyden Ave
Riverda
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