Dalton Village Board criticizes bus service and routes
The Dalton Village Board pressed for permanent authority for Illinois Roadway Lines to replace temporary detour service via main streets after Halsted street reopening. The plan includes a clause barring passengers between Thornton and 111th street, and disputes a Gold Star Lines franchise claim while noting Sunday and holiday service gaps. Village Attorney Propper to attend ICC hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Village
Illinois Roadway Lines
Illinois Commerce Commission
Halsted Street
Thornton
111Th Street
Gold Star Lines
Henry Mohr
No Line
Gold Star Line
Chicago Heights
William F. Propper
Local and Personal News: Health, Travel, and Trains
Lorenz Schumann underwent successful thyroid surgery at St Francis hospital Blue Island. Stuart J Thompson visited his parents at the Methodist parsonage. Carl Jennings, former Veterans hospital patient, heads to Little Rock government hospital for stomach ulcers and nervous condition. Pfotenhaur duo return from Stuttgart Ark. after two week trip. A Chicago and Crete train wreck near 21st street disrupted service. engineer John Campbell blamed frozen brakes. no injuries. Conductor Samuel Clem collapsed dead on No 6 near 51st street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenz Schumann
Riverdale
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Stuart J. Thompson
Erwine Thompson
Carl Jennings
Veterans Hospital
Dwight
Little Rock
Arkansas
Government
Carl
H. C. Pfotenhaur
Stuttgart
Ark
Chicago
Crete
Pennsylvania 14
21St Street
Chicago River
John Campbell
Dalton
Samuel Clem
51St Street
Clem
Lost Russian police dog with brown coat in Erdale
A brown Russian police dog with a mange spot on the right side is missing in Erdale near 13837 School Street. A reward is offered for its safe return. Call 1-1p with any information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stronerdale
Auto strike injures three at dangerous Riverdale crossing
Miss Anna DeRidder bindery chief at The Pointer and her sister Mrs. John Klinkhammer were seriously injured when Albin Lundin of Thornton drove a car into them Tuesday at Indiana avenue and 137th street Riverdale. The sister’s son Cornelius escaped unharmed. DeRidder suffered a fractured pelvic bone and both women were treated at Dr Weidner’s office before the injured were sent to Blue Island hospital. Lundin was held on $500 bond with a preliminary hearing set for December 12. Local authorities plan to install Stop and Go signs at the crossing to curb future incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna DeRidder
Pointer
John Klinkhammer
Albin Lundin
Thornton
Indiana Avenue
137Th Street
Riverdale
Illinois Central Depot
Lundin
Miss DeRidder
Dolton Village to Hold Special Meeting on Bond Issue
The Dolton Village Board schedules a special meeting in executive session for Monday December 10 at 8 PM in Village Hall to discuss a contemplated bond issue to place the village on a financial basis. Residents are earnestly requested to attend. President John Harms Jr and the finance committee members Fred J. Schubert Emil C. Kasten and William Gentry are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
John Harms, JR
Fred J. Schubert
Emil C. Kasten
William Gentry
Murder of South Chicago Heights Police Chief
LeRoy Gilbert chief of police was shot to death in his home last night by suspected members of an alcohol ring. He was reading in a chair when a vehicle drove up and a shotgun fired through a side window. His wife lost a finger in the attack, and their eldest daughter, 18, rushed to his side as the assailants fled. The Allen Hotel Riverdale announces meals served starting this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Gilbert
Chicago Heights
Gilbert
Race Course at Dolton to Get $2,500,000 Improvements
More than a hundred workers are on the project to upgrade the Dolton race course at Washington Park Jockey Club. Officials say the new clubhouse and grandstand enhancements will be finished by next June, boosting capacity and crowd flow for the upcoming season. total outlay is not fixed but may reach about $2.5 million with brick or stucco exteriors and 850 boxes in a 160 by 312 foot clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homewood
Washington Park Jockey Club
Jockey Club
Washington
Mount Vernon
Lincoln A C Five Opened Season With Victory Over Roseland
The newly organized Lincoln Athletic Club opened its season Sunday at the Lutheran School Gym, defeating Roseland Harders 42 to 40 before a capacity crowd. The finish was exciting as the lead changed hands and the outcome remained in doubt until the final whistle with Calumet City looming next Sunday at 2 15 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lincoln A. C. Five
Lutheran School
Roseland Quintette
Lincoln Athletic Club
Roseland
Lincoln A. G.’s
Calumet City
Financial condition of Dalton village discussed at special meeting
The Dalton village faces persistent annual deficiencies in finances driven by municipal operations and street improvements. The municipality has cut staff, including two police officers, due to unpaid salaries and growing costs tied to development around Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Dolton
Chicago
Elmer Riegel Dies At Rivendale Home
Elmer Riegel former head roller at the Acme Steel Go plant died Thursday December 6 at Theodore Hedtke residence 11 West 138th Street Riverdale where he had roomed for the past year He was born August 23 1887 and underwent brain tumor surgery at Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota last summer Funeral services are set for Saturday December 8 at 2 30 p m at Bachmanns Chapel Dalton with interment at Oaklawn Cemetery Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Riegel
Acme Steel Go
Theodore Hedtke
West 138Th Street
Riverdale
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Acme
Bachmann’s
Dunbar Kinney Mr Robert Kinney Weds Miss Emma Dunbar
Robert Kinney returned from Kansas City with Miss Emma Dunbar and the couple were married there on November 29. Emma had worked as an assistant bookkeeper at The Pointer before moving to Kansas City, and Kinney heads the Type Craft Press, a rival of The Pointer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kinney
Kansas City
The
Pointer
Emma Dunbar
Bob
Type Craft Press
Cooney Meegan Wedding Celebrated At Holy Rosary
Veronica Cecelia Cooney and Patrick Edward Meegan wed in a Thanksgiving morning ceremony at Holy Rosary church. The nuptial mass was led by Rev. Edward S. Keough with assisting clergy, followed by a breakfast reception at the Shoreland hotel for about four hundred guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veronica Cecelia Cooney
Martin M. Cooney
Patrick Edward Meegan
Margaret Meegan
Crandon Avenue
Holy Rosary Church
Edward S. Keough
Henry Walsh
Peter J. O’dwyer
St. Rose Church
Shoreland Hotel
Jaworski and Showers Wed in Dalton Roseland Ceremony
Mary Jaworski of Dalton and Edward Showers of Roseland were married Sunday by Father Liebreich at St Marys Church. Friends extend best wishes for their future happiness and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jaworski
Dalton
Edward Showers
Roseland
Liebreich
St. Mary’s Church
Christmas Seal Sale Moves Forward With Public Support
The Christmas Seal sale proceeds well as the Tuberculosis Institute mails stamps to buyers via Chicago and local committees. Donors may send duplicates to the local chairman to ensure credit goes to the Dalton Riverdale area. The Health Center reports three new babies thriving and mothers attending weigh-ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tuberculosis Institute
Dalton
Riverdale
Calumet City
Local Food Ads and Beauty Bargains Featured
A reader notice spotlights Mrs. L Bettenhaus selling sauerkraut English mince pies jellies and pickles from 63 East 180th Street phone Riverdale 8416. Mathiel's Beauty Shop offers permanent waves at a bargain with free demonstration treatments on a reducing machine and directs readers to another page for details.
Ivanhoe Women seek State Federation entry at club meeting
Mesdames Woosnam Neander and Davidson attended a Third District Club session in Chicago Lawn where the Ivanhoe Women's Club filed an application to join the State Federation. The next Ivanhoe Women's Club meeting is scheduled for Tuesday December 11 at 1 30 p m in Miss Beulah Giffins office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Woosnam
Neander
Davidson
Chicago Lawn
Ivanhoe Women’s Club
Ivanhoe Woman’s Club
Ivanhoe
C. Neander
G. Byrnes
W. Woosnam
Dick Davidson
O. Neander
J. Dowling
Roy Meurisse
Joseph Dowling
A. Woosnam
Dunn
Wertmans Visit Diekmans in Illinois Family
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wertman and daughter Mary of Peoria Illinois spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. A S Diekman, the Wertmans' parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Wertman
Mary
Peoria, Ilinois
Mrs. Wertman
A. S. Diekman
Indiana Avenue Crossing Crash Sparsley Injures Seven
Seven men in a large sedan including William Hagen of Dalton were struck by an Indiana Harbor Belt freight train backing up over the crossing on Indiana Avenue Sunday at 11 pm. The car was wrecked but occupants escaped with minor scratches. The crossing lacks protection amid heavy traffic on the newly paved highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hagen
Dalton
Indiana Avenue
Indiana Harbor Belt R. R
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dalton Board
Berger
Allen Hotel
Major Henry W. Lee
Calumet Harbor
Tory
Pirates
Dunbar-Kinney
Cooney-Meegan
Ivanhoe News
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!