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Local notes from Dolton Riverdale and surrounding areas
Local items include visits by residents to Cedar Lake Kankakee and Jacksonville. News on school openings Bank deposits Labor Day events and community notices. police and postal work referenced with Kensington Station officers Tidd and Haverstein noted for past Riverdale service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Rollert Jr
Cedar Lake
Ind
B. Louise Logan
Kankakee
Olive Swank
Jacksonville
Thomas Harper
Mable Dickman
Fred Denser
Irving Park
Illinois
J.J. Garvey
Dalton
Hot Springs
Ark
Riverdale
Clara Schug
Cecilia
Moline
John Schug
W.R. Meeder
Oklahoma
Thetis Hinkle
Saratoga Ind
J. M. Deam
Omer
A.J. Brookfelt
First National Bank of
Dolton
Clara
Emma Baecker
New York City
Washington
Jamestown
Business Men’s Association
Brickmakers Local Union No. 5
Dillner’s Grove
Herman Horn
Nicholas Muller
Manhattan
Ill
Louis Workman
St. Lukes Hospital
Chicago
William Verhoeven
Blue Island Hospital
August
Verhoeven
New Chicago
Bowen
Dalton State Bank
Tidd
Haverstein
Kensington Station
Secret Service