Five Men Steal $100 000 Mail Sack at Pullman Station
Five men in a large closed car robbed a mail sack containing $100000 en route to Pullman Trust and Savings Bank. The theft occurred near 111th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue as a 2:02 p.m. train arrived. Police and postal inspectors swarmed the scene, but no suspects or money recovered.
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111Th Street
Pullman
Pullman Trust and Savings Bank
Cottage Grove Avenue
Fleet Motor
A. L. Melville
Kensington
Andrew Harrah
Harrah
Ton Family Reunion at Calumet Grove Riverdale
The Annual Ton Family Reunion was held at Calumet Grove in Riverdale on Thursday August 26. Ideal weather brought a large gathering of the pioneer family to renew friendships and enjoy a day of sports and merrymaking.
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Calumet Grove
Riverdale
Grange Attends National Mail Superintendents Meet in Detroit
Riverdale post office superintendent Otto F. Grange attends the National Convention of Mail Superintendents in Detroit this week and shares a note promising good news for wet subscribers. The card features a scene of a street to Walkerville Ontario Canada with a golden fence around it.
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Otto F. Grange
Riverdale
Detroit
Walkerville
Ontario
Canada
Riverdale Hose Co. Outing Planned for Members and Families
Firemen's Notice says Riverdale Hose Co. No. 1 will host a members and families outing on Sunday August 29, 1920, at Pat Dally's Grove on Ash land avenue near the Calumet River. Bus departs the hose house at 10 a.m. Ladies should bring lunch. refreshments to be provided by the hose company. F. OQ. BERGOLD, Sec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Hose Co. No. 1
Pat Dally
Ashland Avenue
Calumet River
Hose Co
Protein Food Products Co to open Harvey factory
A new ten thousand dollar protein food plant named Protein Food Products Co organized in Harvey last Saturday aims to put the city on the map as a food manufacturing center. Mayor Fred H. Gold, Wm. Mauer of Riverdale, Rufus F. Robinson of Chicago, and local backers support the venture. The product Protena is described as rich in muscle building material and has been sampled as promising to diversify local industry.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Protein Food Products Co
Fred H. Gold
Hemewood
Wm. Mauer
Riverdale
Rufus F. Robinson
Chicago
Harvey
Harvey Press
Thornton Township High School Opens 1920-21
The Thornton Township High School will open for the 1920 21 school year on Tuesday September 7 1920 at 830 am. Students should report that morning and those needing to register or change registrations may visit the principal office on September 3 or 4 between 8 am and 5 pm. Several courses Economics Commercial Geography French IV Cicero are not offered due to insufficient enrollment. A faculty meeting is set for September 6 at 8 pm to discuss opening matters.
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Thornton Township High School
Cicero
Store Hours Notice
Our store closes every Tuesday at six o'clock and every Thursday at noon. Open all other evenings until nine p m.
Eye Test Required For Auto Licenses In Proposed Law
A proposed auto license law would require a certificate of eye examination and hearing with the license application. The article notes vision weakens with age, especially after forty, and urges testing by A. B. Reich, Registered Optometrist, Dolton, phone 462, to prove sight quality.
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A. B. Reich
Dolton
Fatal Injuries In Yards Accident Kill Mt. Vernon Youth
Oliver Dillon 19 of Mt. Vernon Illinois a switchman at Indiana Harbor Yards died after slipping while boarding an engine. He suffered severed hands multiple injuries and died at Blue Island hospital around 9 AM. Dr Kohlar attended earlier but could not save him.
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Oliver Dillon
Mt. Vernon
Indiana Harbor
Blue Island Hospital
Kohlar
Harvey Tribune Purchaser A. M. Lambert S Co Brightens
James A. Hall, new owner of the Harvey Tribune, plans a price raise to 2.00 per year and brings Frank Glassner as associate editor. Hall owns a Marion printing plant and is praised for local insight. the Pointer welcomes the new editorial team to Calumet district.
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James A. Hall
Harvey Tribune
A. M. Lambert
Tribune
Frank Glassner
Mr. Hall
Marion
Ind
Pointer
Calumet
Local festival closing nights draw crowds and raffles
Local notes urge attendance at the KC festival closing nights with a Sunday confetti event and a piano rocker raffle. Community letters mention visitors, returning relatives, and travels from Evanston to Lima Peru, plus updates on local clubs, a bakery reopening, and upcoming sports events.
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K. C
Riverdale Alderman Pushes Fire Engine and Playground Plan
Alderman Sheldon Govier urges residents to back two proposals in Riverdale. He reports Chicago Fire Department manager Cullerton promised a fire engine this fall and supports a municipal playground. Govier notes a 5.5 million bond issue for playgrounds was defeated but may be reintroduced.
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Sheldon Govier
Shell
Wildwood
Riverdale
Forest Preserve Commission
Riverdale Pointer
Mr. Kinney
Cullerton
Chicago Fire Department
Madderom
Ninth Ward
W. Govier
Subscriptions Due Notice From The Pointer Publisher
The Pointer asks subscribers to settle the annual subscription of 1.59 dollars promptly. It notes sharp increases in paper costs and wages over four years and urges action on a yearly cleanup as it carries fifteen to sixteen hundred accounts.
Busy week in Dalton Illinois includes festival wrap and travel notes
Mrs. Lester Brookfeldt was hospitalized at Blue Island. The K C Festival closes Sunday with a confetti shower. Gale Deam returns from Saratoga Ind after a week with his mother. Mrs Deam expected home soon. Mrs P W Johnson moves to Riverdale. Doc Johnson at P R R Dalton office pleased. Ruth Dickelman sails for Denver and Colorado Springs. Kummerer returns from Cincinnati for two weeks with family. Orrs back from Greenfield Ind after visit. G J Vulcanizing Shop advertises tire repairs with free inspections and guaranteed work at 510 Washington Ave Dalton Ill.
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Pointer
John Maher
Lima
Peru
South America
Maher
Buda Company
Harvey
Albrecht
L. B’s
Marshall A. C
Inner Mission Society of
Minneapolis
Deer Island
Pepin
Wis
Ohio Synod
Blue Island
Charley Benjamin
Rosa
Pansy
Charles Lanmon
Stubenville
Ohio
Gale Deam
Saratoga
Ind
Deam
P. W. Johnson
Riverdale
East 138Th Street
C. A
Doc” Johnson
Dalton
Russell Trimble
Goldie
Joseph Kummerer
Cincinnatti
C. Orr
Greenfield
G. J. Vulcanizing Shop
Wash. Ave
Ill
Baby Welfare marks second annual health event at Village Hall
The second annual Baby Welfare event, supervised by Mrs. Armstrong and Miss Verna Phillips, featured 50 mothers and children measured and weighed. Dr. Hedger gave an instructive lecture as Miss Harriet Fulmer attended as guest. Blue ribbons honored standard or near standard children, with Junior Dieck winning a $5 prize from the Woman's Club.
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Armstrong
Verna Phillips
Harriet Fulmer
Hedger
Junior Dieck
Ernest Dieck
Woman’s Club
Harold Nintz
Ruth Peterson
Dorothy Wegener
Myrtle Berandt
Florence Wirth
Edward Stomp
Ray Vandenberg
Kenneth Maxwell
Janet Estrup
Gladys Wesley
Charles Brickman
Dorothy Maxwell
Dorothy Rademacher
Dorothy van Osten
Alice Bright
Virginia Peterson
Margaret Newald
Virginia Good
Franklin Berandt
Liberty Boys Fall to City Oak Leaves in Rough Game
Liberty Boys were defeated 14 to 7 by City Oak Leaves on Sunday. The Leaves exploited miscues as Liberty downsized. next Sunday Marshallgy visits at 138th and State. The Liberty lineup gains Lefty Albrecht and Fred Hess aids Hausman in rebuilding the team.
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Liberty Boys
Oakleaves
Marshallgy_ will
138Th
State Street
L. B’s
South Side
Albrecht
Hausman
Fred Hess
Dalton Bakery Reopens For Business
The Dalton Bakery is again open for business. EMIL KAISER, Prop. invites patronage and announces fresh baked goods and service continuer.
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Dalton
Emil Kaiser
Prop
Baby Died ofill Struss
Five month old Orville Struss, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Struss of 16 East 137th Street, died on Thursday August 23 and was buried at Oakland Cemetery on Sunday August 26. The Struss family receive the sympathy of many friends in their loss.
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Rael DeYoung
Los Angeles
Cal
Henry de Ridder
Boston
England
France
Laly
William West Andon Wilbur
C. W. Berger
John
Momence
Elgin
Orville Struss
Fred Struss
East 137Th Street
Oakland Cemetery
Struss
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Ton Family Reunion
Grange
F. OQ
Bergold, Sec
R. R. Yards
C. A. Nauman
Evanston
Mrs. Finch
William Wunsch
Billy
F. L. Logan
Grass Lake
Fred
Helen Hankey
I. C. Depot
Lillian
Red Cross
Seattle
Wash
John Dahlke
North Judson
Tennessee
Conrad Kern
Adv
Govier and
Lester Brookfeldt
Base Ball News
Lefty
F. Gallegos
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