Ninth Ward Soldiers Dance Amour Charity Ball
A Civic notice urges support for the Ninth Ward Patriotic League Charity Ball to aid soldier boys. A uniformed drill, patriotic music, and singers are planned across three South End halls with tickets fifty cents, fifty cents for men and twenty five cents for women, after hours.
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Ninth Ward
9Th Ward
The
Red Cross
Patriotic League
South End
K. P. Kal
Roseland
Market Hall
Pullmag
K. P. Hall
Burnside
Red Cross Branch Meeting Call at Dalton Village Hall
The Red Cross announces its regular branch meeting at Dalton Village Hall on Monday evening December 10 at 8 p.m. Members are urged to attend and learn about local Red Cross efforts for the boys and government. Harry Robinson serves as president.
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Red Cross
Dalton Village
America
Harry Robinson
Bread price cuts set by Illinois food chief
Illinois food administrator Harry A. Wheeler says December 10 marks the switch to a licensing system for bakers. Government price lists will fix loaf type and pricing, with a plan for a 9 cent per full pound loaf and fair profits for retailers.
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Chicago
Harry A. Wheeler
Illinois
Food Administration
First Class Auto Repair Opens in Peerbolte Building
L Van Der Aa announces the opening of a new automobile repair shop in the Peerbolte building on Chicago Street in South Holland starting December 6. The operator, Harvey 266, highlights 15 years of Chicago experience and promises satisfaction and reasonable prices. Call for service.
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Peerbolte
Chicago Street
South Holland
Chicago
Harvey
L. van der AA
South Holland, Ll
Horns Meet Hawks In Semi Final Championship Clash
The Horns advance to the semi finals of the Chicago Football League and face the Ham Jin Hawks, former Oaks Park High School stars who have not been scored on this year. The game is set for next Sunday at 2 15 P M at Pullman Soccer Field located at Lord Street and Corliss Avenue.
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Horns
Hamjin Hawks
Oaks Park High School
Hawks
Pullman
Tvield
L03rd Street
Corliss Avenue
Automobile License Forms Available in Village Clerks
The 1918 automobile state license application forms are with village clerks of the several towns and can be obtained by calling on them.
To the Memory of Two Pioneers Dolton Family Obituary
The passing of S Ellen Dalton on November 29 1917 ends a link to early local pioneers. Her husband Charles H Dolton died March 1900. both were leaders in Dolton Illinois area development and education. Ellen Stronach Dolton, born May 10 1837 near Baltimore, Maryland, and moved to Dolton with Charles H Dolton, raised ten children and shaped the community alongside their descendants.
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S Ellen Dalton
Charles H. Dolton
Calumet
Columbus
Ohio
George Dolton
Chicago
Calumet River
Indiana Avenue
Dolton
Levi Osterhoudt
Pullman Land Association
133Rd Street
Andrew
Charles H
Henry BK
George I
Michigan City
Indiana Line
Riverdale
Charles LH. Dolton
Pennsylvania, C. & Edi
Illinois Central
Times
S. Ellen Stronach
Silicott Mills
Baltimore
Maryland
Columbus City
Iowa
Womainhood
Charles ‘I
Minnie
If. LU. Lewis
Emma L
Catherine
William Stronach
Mikeu J
George Herbert
Harry
Pamella G
OU. Li. Thomson
Harold Kimer
Old Glory and the Fight for Freedom Tale
A nostalgic verse traces American ideals from Plymouth Rock to the Mayflower voyage, the Revolutionary War led by George Washington, Lincoln’s abolition pledge, and Wilson’s call for just laws. It crowns the flag as a symbol of liberty and world peace, then shifts to a land sale listing for a 20 acre truck farm with structures and asparagus.
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George Washington
Lincoln
Washington
Wilson
Earth
Woodrow Wilson
Brandenburg
Local and Personal News of Dalton and Surrounds
Gus Verhoeven cautions about a wool theft on his brother’s farm as the hunter is familiar to him. Jim McLaughlin underwent tonsil surgery at St Bernards Hospital after quinsy pain. Katherine Barndt returned from Columbia Hospital with an abscess operation. Do ton Woman's Club meets December 14 at 2 30 p m in Village Hall. Mrs Packard and daughter Eleanore visit son Raymond in St Louis who is enlisting in the quartermaster division. Mrs Eliza Robinson and daughter Rebecca of Stanton Minnesota stay with the Harry Robinson family. Town growth praised as veterans return from Camp Grant. St Paul’s Ladies Aid Christmas sale December 8 in the school basement. Miss Cora Wesse announces engagement to A M Pierson. Mrs Christina Selmidt celebrated 85th birthday with friends. Delton M E Church Ladies Aid to sew December 13 at Jenness Wilcox building. Irwin Larter of Chicago visited his father Geo S Starter in Dalton. Mrs John Vandeursen visited her Oaklawn mother several days.
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James Mclaughlin
St. Bernamds Hospital
Moondag
Ile
Pointer
Jim
Katherine Barndt
Columbia Hospital
Do Ton Woman’s Club
Harry Packard
Eleanore
St. Louis
Raymond
Quartermaster’s
South
Eliza Robinson
Rebecca Robinson
Stanton
Minnesota
Harry Robinson
Riverdale
Dalton
Camp Grant
Ladies Aid of
St. Paul’s Evan
John Pieplow
Red Cross Stamps Christmas Appeal For Dalton Riverdale
The Dalton Riverdale Red Cross branch has 380000 Christmas stamps to sell in this neighborhood to fund visiting nurse care for tuberculosis patients. Help the Red Cross weed out the white plague.
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Dalton - Riverdale
Red Cross
Death of Mrs Henry Muth in Riverdale
Mrs Henry Muth dies at her cousin’s home on TL Mast 136th Street Riverdale aged 23. She leaves a husband and two children. Funeral held at St Mary's Church officiated by Father Dettmer. Interment Mt Olivet Cemetery. For sale 35 dollar gray round reed baby buggy blue upholstery 12 dollars cash inquire Mrs L Hertford 631 Margaret Street Dolton 716.
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Henry Muth
Frank Morgenthaler
Riverdale
St Mary’s Church
Father Dettmer
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
L. Hertford
Margaret Street
Dolton
Soldier Letters Spark Christmas Pointer Feature
The Christmas Pointer will feature letters from soldiers and sailors in training camps and at the front. Parents and friends are urged to send in letters or extracts describing life in camps, duties, recreations, and mental attitudes while avoiding sensitive military details.
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Camp Grant
Camp Logan
Pointer
Dal toned case of Pacewicz auto collision non-suited
Louis Pacewicz of Kensington sued the C and I R KR for 10000 after his car struck a train at the Fredericka street crossing in Dalton on March 8 1917. The defense showed he approached the tracks at 25 to 30 mph while a crossing watchman warned, leading the Chicago Heights court to grant a non suit.
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Louis Pacewicz
Kensington
Fredericka Street
Dalton
Chicago Heights
Lee
Mushroom's Ancient Roots in Bible and Talmud Texts
The article notes the mushroom as an ancient staple, citing biblical and Talmudic references. It suggests manna as a mushroom-like food that aided Israelites, linking historical nourishment to commerce and natural growth.
Test of a Good Husband Curtain Move Rule
A Dallas News opinion remarks that a man cannot be a good husband unless he notices when the sitting-room curtains have been moved to the dining room. The piece uses a domestic example to critique attentiveness in marriage.
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Dallas News
Conscience as a Guiding Force in Morality
A quotation reflecting on conscience as a powerful inner force with its own piety, comparable to a son's bond to his mother. It suggests conscience can endure even through great depravity and remains a moral compass despite surrounding corruption.
Johnny's Essay's Bold View of Copernicus and Galileo
A London Tit-Bits note recalls a boy writer who mixed science with humor in a Latin essay. The piece mocks Copernicus as copper and nickel alloy while claiming Galileo cared for none of these things, reflecting playful juvenile misreadings by a youthful author.
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Johnny
Howler
Copernicus
Galileo
London
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