Riverdale street paving push sparks tax fairness question
The City Council orders paving of Indiana avenue from 135th to 187th streets and Leyden avenue, with an engineers estimate of 63000. The piece argues for wheel tax funding, cites 10 reasons to back public cost sharing and questions political favoritism toward Riverdale property owners.
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Indiana Avenue
Leyden
135Th Street
187Th Street
Leyden Avenue
Riverdale
Board of Local Improvements
Thompson
Madderom
Govier
Pointer
Washington Park
9Th Ward
Halsted Street
Torrence Avenue
Calumet River
Chicago
Calumet
Busse
Biel
Vanderbilt
Halsted
Harvey
Reading
Block
130Th Street
Danville
Western Avenue
Ashland Avenue
Seak
Alphabetic Order Varieties Across Scripts
The Runie Futhark assigns A to the fourth position while Ethiopic places A at the thirteenth. This shows differing alphabetic orders across writing systems and highlights how letter sequencing varies by script and tradition.
Dolton Peoples Party Caucus Sets Village Primary Nominations
The Peoples Party of Dolton will meet at the village hall in Dolton on Tuesday evening February 20 to nominate candidates for the village primary election on March 18. John Connors is the chairman.
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Peoples Party of
Dolton
John Connors
Mrs Soetler Died at 66 in Dolton Family Notices
Mrs Marie Soetler died Thursday February 15 aged 66 Funeral from the home of her son in law Fred Klaege 804 Pohlers Court Dolton Monday February 19
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Marie Soetler
Fred Klaege
Pohlers Court
Dolton
Dolton pupils awarded Red Cross hygiene certificates
Twenty nine students from Lincoln avenue and twenty from Chicago street schools completed the Hygiene and Home Care of the Sick course under Miss Inez E. Baker of the Chicago chapter. Since Armistice, twelve thousand Chicago area girls and women have taken the course, covering well being, ventilation, infant care, sickroom practices, feeding, medicines, heat and cold applications, and disease care.
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Lincoln Avenue
Chicago Street
American Red Cross
Inez E. Baker
Chicago
The
Red Cross
Congress
Public Farm Implements Auction at Rau Farm
The Rau Corporation plans a public sale at the Rau Farm at Halsted and 136th Street on Tuesday March 1 starting at 10 o clock in the morning. A lot of farm and garden implements will be auctioned. Henry Dillner is the auctioneer for Co F. Rau Corporation.
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Rau
Halsted
136Th Street
Co. F. Rau Corporation
Henry Dillner
Invitation to Rio Grande Valley Excursion Trip
You are invited to join the Excursion Party on Tuesday February 20 for Rio Grande Valley. The price is 65 dollars per person or 100 dollars for a couple. See A H Tomlinson Harvey before Sunday noon. Your wife will enjoy this 9 day trip with you. Lets go.
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Rio Grande Valley
A. H. Tomlinson
Harvey
Young Mother Dies at 28 in Riverdale
Mrs. Paul Kliefoth died at Blue Island hospital on February 12 from pneumonia at age 28 years six months and twenty one days. She leaves a husband three children William Janet and Christina eight days old her parents Mr and Mrs Howieson of Washington Heights two sisters and four brothers. Funeral was held February 15 at the late home 13737 Illinois Street Riverdale with interment at Mt Greenwood cemetery. Mr Kiefoth works as a local driver for the Borden Milk Co and many mourn her loss.
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Paul Kliefoth
Blue Island Hospital
William
Janet
Christina
Howieson
Washington Heights
Illinois Street
Riverdale
Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
Kiefoth
Borden Milk Co
Klaege Rites Held For Gustave W Klaege Jr
Gustave W Klaege Jr age 24 of 53 E 138th st died Wednesday morning. He was employed by the C and E I R R for 5 years and raised in a Christian school. He was a member of St Pauls Lutheran church and its male choir and Young Peoples Society. Funeral at 1 30 at home and 2 at St Pauls Lutheran church conducted by Rev H Wind. Interment Oakland cemetery.
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Gustave William Klaege, Jr
Gustave Klaege
138Th Street
Hattie
Measurement Near Absolute Zero to Platinum Melting Point
Electric pyrometry, the measurement of temperature by electric means, has been refined to cover ranges from about 490 degrees Fahrenheit below zero to over 3,000 degrees above zero, reaching near absolute zero and the melting point of platinum.
Mrs John Schug Improves at Blue Island Hospital
Local item notes Mrs John Schug undergoing treatment at Blue Island hospital shows signs of improvement and may soon return home. The report reflects a cautious positive update from the hospital.
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John Schug
Blue Island Hospital
Cook County
Frank Zornow
Frank
Community church groups schedule February events
The Ladies' Aid of Our Savior's church offers coffee on Wednesday afternoon February 21. Dalton M. E. church Ladies' Aid hosts an all day meeting February 22 with a noon pot-luck. Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors invite members and families to a social at Riverdale village on Washington's Birthday February 22 featuring dancing and refreshments.
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Ladies’ Aid of Our Savior’s Church
Dalton M. E
Riverdale Village
Washington
State Auto License Rush as March Deadline Looms
The Pointer urges readers to obtain the 1923 State auto license by March 1 to avoid arrest. South Holland reports early enforcement with Judge DeYoung issuing fines and the bank securing a new safe for proceeds. Citizens are warned to hold licenses current to avoid trouble, and the local note mentions already renewed compliance.
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South Holland
Judge DeYoung
Bowen School Notes Prevailing Activities and Meetings
Miss Rogge and Miss Hedtke attended the Primary grade teachers meeting in Glenwood last Friday and reported a wonderful session. Theodore Bush and our school orchestra performed at the Thornton night meeting last Friday, met with praise. Achievement Club sectional meetings and Valentine parties occurred last Wednesday, with a Box Social honoring the 1922 Bowen graduates. Irene Wike Edith Dengler Elizabeth Robinson and Evelyn Palmer earned recognition for February 14 auditorium decorations. Thanks extended to friends who transported Bowen students to Thornton. No school February 22 by order of the Board.
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Rogge
Miss Hedtke
Glenwood
Theodore Bush
Thornton
Valentine
Bowen
Irene Wike
Edith Dengler
Elizabeth Robinson
Evelyn Palmer
Notice to Beet Growers About New Contracts
Do not sign beet contracts until Midwest agent reviews you. Good news for growers as prices improve and contracts have been changed. 39 1
Band Concert Postponed in Crete Park Hall
The Crete Band concert scheduled for February 15 and 16 is postponed to Monday and Tuesday February 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. in Park's hall Crete Illinois.
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Crete
Park’s Hall
Cardigan Film Shown for Washington Birthday Civic Education
American Legion Paul Gall Post 303 promotes patriotic education by screening the film Cardigan. A Washington’s Birthday matinee for schoolchildren is planned at the Dalton theatre with evening shows at 7 and 9. Riverdale theatre hosts screenings Feb 23 with adult tickets sold by Legion members and at the door.
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American Legion
Paul Gall
Cardigan
Post
Washington
Dalton Theatre
Riverdale Theatre
Legion
Eddie Taylor Banquet Honors West Pullman Arrows Star
Last Thursday at West Pullman Park the West Pullman Arrows hosted a banquet for Eddie Taylor soon to join the Chicago White Sox spring training. Guests praised the dinner and performances by local acts and presented Taylor with a gold belt buckle as a token of support.
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West Pullman Park
West
Borden Boys
Kaul
Scholz
Blue Island
Clarence Brown
Cettler
Harvey
Bill Etcherd
Freddie Wilder
Art Olson
West Pullman
Eddie Taylor
Arrows
Ald. Govier
Herman L. Barnes
Walter G. Davvis
Eddie
Plan for a world class athletic and social club campus
A proposed development envisions a premier athletic and social club with a full range of facilities including restaurants, baths, billiards, bowling, tennis, handball, an indoor golf course, a modern gym, outdoor courts, a swimming pool with diving gear, and winter sports venues such as an ice track for international skating. The project includes a 200 room club house, a grandstand seating 25 000, a 800 by 100 foot reinforced concrete steel coliseum for 40 000, and barns for a thousand horses. Accessible via electrified Illinois Central lines from the Loop in 20 minutes with drives to Chicago suburbs and northern Michigan and Indiana communities.
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Illinois Central
Loop
Chicago
Nothern
Michigan
Indiana
Derby Dinner Promoters Outline New Washington Park Plan
Promoters of the New Washington Park Race Course in Riverdale IL will host a February 19 banquet at the LaSalle Hotel to discuss advancing the project. The plan includes 280 acres near Chicago with rail access and water services, a million dollar goal half funded by subscriptions, and detailed design and construction roles led by W A Billy Myer architect Scott C Dyer and engineer William J Murray.
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Washington Park
Riverdale
LaSalle Hotel
Washington Park Breeders Association
Springfield
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Pennsylvania, B. & O
Indiana Harbor
Dixie
Lincoln
Salem
N. H
Saratoga
Myer
Finance Committee
Scott C. Dyer
William J. Murray
Connec
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Peoples Party Caucus
Soetler
Dolton Schools
Gustave W. Klaege
al” Schuman
Abraham Lincoln
John O’brien
John Albert Schuman
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