Dolton Board Delays paving Main Street over sewer issues
Dolton village board resumes Tuesday. President Dickelman convenes, Trustees Dillner and Needles absent. Delegation led by Henry Milhahn and George Schaefer urges urgent Main Street action but sewer repair delays paving. Finance to study costs and funding. delinquents warned on unpaid bills. two monthly pay days discussed.
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Dolton
Dickelman
Dillner and Needles
Main Street
Mesars
Henry Milhahn
George Schaefer
Ijagteering
Kaiser
Louis Koch
Ingleside Avenue
Illinois Brick Co
Koch
Logleside Avenue
Kasten
Pinger
Propper
T. F. Kinney
Wulff
Pinger m
Board of Local Improvements
McGarry & Co
George A. Dolton
Asiwus Claussen
Central Paving Company
B. & O Tetiinal
Park and
Lincoln Avenues
150Th Street
Chicago
Grant Street
Seymour
Indians Harbor
Lincoln Avenue
City of Chicago
Village Notice Urges Water Meter Raise on 138th Street
Petitioners on Park Avenue and Kana waha Avenue urge the board to establish an 18 foot parkway from Lincoln Avenue to 138th Street with water shutoff threatened if ignored. Trustees debate, delay, and court action on the 138th Street cinder walk while a plotted triangle near Lincoln Avenue raises alley and cement walk questions.
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138Th Street
Water Committee
Park Avenue
Kanawha Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Pinger
Dalton
Chicago
Stanczik
Propper
Western Indiana Depot
Local Businesses Plan Labor Day Parade Fun
The Brickmakers report happy on Labor Day and expect every business house in town to decorate and participate. Merchants are urged to plan decorations for wagons and join the parade and picnic to create a festive, hum-dinger event.
Scrap-Yard Worker Andrew Vaculka Takes Final Dive
Andrew Vaculka known as Scrap-Yard John, a longtime employee of Ralfe Iron Co, died by suicide on Sunday by jumping into the Calumet River. Chief Baumgartner recovered the body near the surface. The Austrian immigrant, who worked as a scrap iron breaker, had no local relatives and was buried in Thornton after morgue housing at Neidew’s. He left a wife and child in Austria.
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Andrew Vaculka
John
Ralfe Iron Co
Calumet
Baumgartner
Neidew
Thornton
Austria
George Neath
Aon
Pargona
Kansas
Charles
Dolton
Thornton Cemetery
Arne Reitveld
Calumet River
New Chicago
I'wina
Nick Andree
Henry Hahn
Mr.Hahn
Nick
Thornton Township High announces interview dates for students
Principal L W Smith will interview pupils about next year’s work from 9 to 12 on Mon Aug 26 Wed Aug 27 Sat Aug 30. A radical graduation requirement change urges old students to confer before choosing courses. New students should use the dates. school begins Sept 2 at 9. Pupils must attend promptly.
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L. W. Smith
Thornton Township High School
Typesetting Row Sparks Ad Controversy at Local Paper
An angry advertiser stormed a provincial paper office insisting an ad read Thousands of patrons are wearing trousers of our make The foreman asked for clarification and the ad was found to read matrong after a compositor error This incident highlights a typesetting mishap and production tension in the newsroom.
Mias Elvira Wabmhoff guest of aunt in LeRoy Til
Mias Elvira Wabmhoff visited her aunt at LeRoy Til and spent time at the family's home. The event centers on family ties and a brief stay with relatives in the town.
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Mias Elvira Wabmhoff
LeRoy, Til
Harry McGrain
Harry
Martha
Buckley
Ill
Stacia Hoeffelman
Chicago
Mamie Adelman
I. N. Collet
Panhandle
Hursday
Deerfield
Ind
Hin
Richard Buschkiog
137Th Street
Riverdale
Frank Ulander
Pittsburg
Michigan
Cook County to Study Wayne County Concrete Roads
The Road and Bridge Committee of Cook County plans road work similar to Wayne County Michigan where $2,000,000 bond funded quick built concrete roads. Eighty miles completed, with aim to reach 340 miles. Delegations from many states and foreign countries have toured Wayne County roads admired by Good Roads supporters. The Cook County party includes officials like Peter M Hoffman and several city mayors and press representatives.
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Cook County
Wronrammant
Beacha County
Wayne County
Michigan
Detroit
Union
Peter M Hoffman
W. H. Maclean
W. Cornwell
Indiana Avenue Bridge Contract Seen Nearing Letting
Chief Engineer Hammond says the new Riverdale Indiana Avenue bridge contract will be let this week as bids move into the under consideration phase.
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Indiana Avenue
Riverdale
Hammond
Evangelical Immanuel Church Attends Meeting Sunday
Notice calls all members to a church school hall meeting on Sunday afternoon August 24 at 2 30 sharp. Secretary Wm J Albrecht and George Neath oversee attendance and related church matters.
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Evangelical Immanuel Church
Church School Hall
Wm. J. Albrecht
Joe Comes Back A Dalton Local Column Pleads Public Debate
The Pointer prints a rebuttal to Mr Pinger from the Harvey Herald about the Dalton concrete street project. It questions costs and inspection, urges Joe to explain the process locally, and criticizes distribution of rival papers via the post bulletin board.
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Pieger
Harvey Herald
Joe
Graves
USA
Pinger
Dalton
Board of Local Improvements
Bank
Harvey
Chicago Heights
Hammond
Kalamazoo
Dolton
Boettger
Dolton Theatre Presents Western and Biograph Shorts
Tonight at Dolton Theatre a two reel Western The Law and the Outlaw is shown with action and stunts including a dramatic escape and a steer-roping sequence. Saturday features The Mothering Heart and Sunday shows The Lion's Bride with doors opening at 7:00 pm and 10c admission. A gold chain found on Lincoln Avenue is at Rose's barber shop.
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Frige
Selig
Wilson
Watson
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Washington Avenue
Post Office
Rose
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