Dolton considering stoker system for village hall
August board session notes discuss installing a coal fired stoker to cut fuel costs. clerk ordered to seek bids. Various committee reports cover bills, insurance tax funds, street repairs with oil mix, Lincoln avenue weeding, and lighting complaints with Public Service Co for globe replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Board
Bil
Dalton Board of Trustees
Finance
Schnoor
Judiciary
Maurer
Erffmeyer
Lincoln Avenue
Lincoln School
Diekman
New Chicago
Public Service Co
Weber
Death follows appendicitis of Dalton boy Kenneth Shields
Kenneth Shields ten year old son of Mr and Mrs McKinley Shields of 14244 Lincoln avenue Dalton died Thursday morning at Inga ls Memorial hospital Harvey after abdominal pain and an appendectomy begun Friday evening and completed Monday evening He leaves his parents and brother Myron 17 Funeral services will be held Saturday September 1 at 2 PM at A Griesel & Son Funeral Home 8944 Commercial avenue Interment at Oakwood cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Shields
McKinley Shields
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Inga’ls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Kenneth
Myron
A. Griesel & Son Funeral
Commercial Avenue
Oakwood Cemetery
Opening of Bowen School Delayed One Week
Bowen School will open Monday September 10 after the board delays the start to complete work in the new auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen School
Dalton Riverdale Schools plan nine month term start
Dalton Riverdale Schools District No 148 will open September 17 with a nine month term replacing eight months from last year. Schools include Lincoln Franklin Washington and Roosevelt. A teacher list and further details will appear later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton-Riverdale
Lincoln
Franklin
Washington
Roosevelt
South Holland Seeks Extension of Intercepting Sewer
A local committee led by Mayor Bruggeman and including Walter Haines Wm. Vess John J. Vanderaa and Thos F Kinney met with Sanitary District leaders President Thos J Bowler Ross Hall and Chief Engineer Herrington to press extending the intercepting sewer to South Holland. They reported courteous reception and a board debate set for Thursday Sept 6 with hopes the extra one mile will clean Calumet river of local sewage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruggeman
Walter Haines
Wm. Vess
John J. Vanderaa
Thos. F. Kinney
Thos. J. Bowler
Ross Hall
Herrington
Sanitary District
South Holland
Calumet
Death of Herbert M. Carney Veteran and Railway Man
Herbert M. Carney of this community died Sunday at the Maywood Illinois Veterans Hospital from complications. He served in the Spanish American War the Philippine Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion. He was a member of the United Spanish-American War Veterans Switchmen's Union of North America and Loyal Order of Moose. He worked as a switchman for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway later for the Pullman Company and at his death was a watchman for the C and W I railway at Lincoln avenue crossing. He is survived by sister Mrs. Haney son Edward and daughter Alice. His wife Esther died March 8 1913 in Dalton. Funeral was held from 5516 Ashland Avenue with services at St Basil's Church and interment at Mount Olivet cemetery. Born in Erie Pennsylvania on December 15 1875 he was 58. A military funeral was conducted by the Major Ennis Camp of the United Spanish-American War Veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert M. Carney
William J. Haney
Veteran’s Hospital
Maywood
Ashland Avenue
Edward
Alice
Haney
St. Basil’s Church
Mount Olivet
Esther
Dalton
Erie
Pennsylvania
China
Ennis
United Spanish-American War Veterans
Father Diederich Home From Europe Visit
Rev. D. A. Diederich pastor of St. Marys Riverdale writes from Bremen Aug 16 384 detailing return from months in Europe. He plans to reach Riverdale toward month end after a brief stay in New York and a final voyage aboard S. Bremen. He sends greetings to Riverdale and Dolton residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diederich
D. A. Diederich
St. Mary’s Church
Riverdale
Europe
Bremen
New York
Old Riverdale
Altho
Counterfeit $10 Bills Flood Chicago Area
A flood of counterfeit ten dollar federal reserve notes is reported in Chicago with experts spotting ink and texture clues. The southern Illinois region has also seen widespread bad money including Wills and fifty cent pieces. U S district attorney for southern Illinois urged merchants in East St. Louis to report suspect cash to aid a Secret Service crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve
Chicago
United States District Attorney
Illinois
East St. Louis
Secret Service
Bearcats Clinch Hammond Calumet District Title
The Bearcats kittenball team won the Hammond Calumet district championship last Wednesday at Hammond High School with 5000 fans. They advance to face North Indiana champ in South Bend next Tuesday or Wednesday. George Voss writes the big game piece on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bearcats
Hammond- Calumet
Hammond High School
South Bend
Indiana
George Voss
Local notes on fishing trips arrivals and community events
Edward Hoffman returned from a two week east trip and deep sea fishing with a party, bringing in twenty two tuna and other catches. Several residents including Viola Schlacks of Philadelphia and Eds cousin share stories and kin relations. A bridal shower for Mrs Herman Baumgartner Jr is noted with guests and gifts. Riverdale stores open in Reich building and new fire department equipment gains vignettes. A baby girl joins the Obeldobel family and the newlyweds Schoenberg Richards plan to live in Milwaukee after Niagara Falls cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hoffman
Beach Haven
Gaff
Viola Schlacks
Philadelphia
John Schlacks
Ilinois
Riverdale
Calumet River
Fred J. 'Hirschman
Sagnaw
Michigan
John Flahive
Charles Goeb
Evelyn
Adele
Charles
Penn
Christine Nelson
Goeb
Agnes Nelson
Rev. Thompson
Desplaines River
Chas. Krueger
St. Francis Hospital
Bye Island
Herman Baumgartner, Jr
Joseph Ervine
West 112Th Street
H. Baumgartner
H. Baumgartner, Jr
Vernor Ritz
Ginsberg
Stuart Thompson
Carribbean Sea
Central America
Otto Lentz
Kenneth
Fred Buckart
Stevensville
John FE. Propper
Carol
Jack
Clifton
N. J
Dalton
George Obeldobel
Blue Island
Carl Schoenberg
Oak Street
Gertrude Richards
Chicago
Two Men Killed in Drunken Hit and Run Incident
Two men died when a car driven by Stephen Compreh of East Chicago Indiana struck them as they walked home from work on 130th Street near Indiana Avenue and 136th Street. Witnesses placed the vehicle fleeing the scene. Compreh is held to the grand jury on manslaughter charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominic Cimaroli
Calumet Avenue
Silvia Moro
117Th Street
130Th Street
Stephen Compreh
East Chicago
Ind
J. F. Boland
Lowe Avenue
Ed Gorman
Compreh
136Th Street
Indiana Avenue
Walsh and Daley
Gorman
St. Anthony’s Church
Cimaroli
Juddita
Domencio
Maria
John
Felix
Guerino
Michael
Lino
Lucille
Italy
Moro
Salvator
Louisa
Calumet waterways funds extended to November 10
A letter from Harold L. Ickes to Mayor Edward J. Kelly extends the deadline to November 10 for local governments to meet conditions for $2,814,500 in federal public works funds aimed at initial Calumet river improvements. The extension requires local land easements to be provided at no cost to the federal government as part of the program. A Sunday eleven hour boat trip by seventy five boosters, including Congressman Moynihan and local officials, explored potential benefits and maps for the deep waterway project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Kelly
Harold L. Ickes
Galumet
Ickes
Calumet River
Moynihan
A. G. Lindell
Herman C. Diehl
William Venning
James Crane
Calumet Federation
Lockport
South Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pullman
Pullman Branch
St. Mary’s Catholic School
St. Paul’s Lutheran School
Senators
Highlawn Hose House
South Holland Sewage
Clean Streams Committee
Sanitary District Board
Bettajean Nairn
Ida Wagner
Mary Gertrude Speaker
Burlington
Wisconsin
Emil Dieck
East 188Th Street
Riverable
Miss Pearl Dieck
Miss Pearl
Fred W. Propper
Howard
Rancagua
Chile
S. A
Ronald Martin
M. A. Horen
Mary Ellen McLaughlin
James McLaughlin
Springfield
Jessie Moomaw
George
Moomaws
John Harms, Jr
John Rieger
Carlyle Rieger
Margerie
Marion
Harley Roney
Georgie Marie
George Schaefer
George Bohl
Wabash Avenue
Riverda’e
G. Diette
Gilda Caperopti
Bernard Birch
Dolton
Carl Devore
Gertrude Simnick
Canada
L. H. Williams
Morgan Sr
Dalton Police
Community Firemens’ Association
Thornton
John Link
Wilbur West
East 137Th Place
California
Michael Schuster
Harvard Avenue
Driver
Calumet District
Glenwood- Lansing Road
W. Claussen
Winona Ave
Sunnyside
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