Four Die As Boiler Roof Collapses At Blue Island Yard
Four men were killed and four injured when the concrete roof of the Illinois Brick yard boiler room collapsed Saturday morning at Blue Island. A steel column snapped, burying eight workers. dead were John Gross, John Leggett Jr, James Newman, Fred Rutz. Injured included Fred Cunningham, James Leggett Sr, George Luscomb, John Weisman. Police and ambulances rushed to rescue. victims sent to St Francis hospital Blue Island. Cause of collapse undetermined. boiler room is a newer section in yard 22.
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Illinois Brick Company
Blue Island
Ilinois Brick Company
John Gross
John Leggett, Jr
James Newman
Fred Rutz
Fred Cunningham
James Leggett, Sr
George Luscomb
John Weisman
Gross
Rutz
St. Francis Hospital
Boy Sues Rail Line For 75000 Damages
Herman Bruggom aged 15 of Princeton Avenue sues Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad in circuit court seeking 75000 dollars for injuries after his wagon was struck by a passenger train while crossing railroad tracks on November 7. The boy’s legs were severed in the accident.
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Chicago & Western Indiana Raiload
Herman Bruggom
First Princeton Avenue
Dressmaking School Opens Feb 14 At Local Studio
Mrs. Weigand invites enrollment at 13617 Indiana Ave for a February term opening. Prepare for a spring position with focused dressmaking instruction and practical skills.
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Weigand
Indiana Ave
Snow filled coal cars move snow south from Centralia
The Illinois Central railroad dumps snow into southbound coal cars to melt en route. Most of it melts before reaching Kentucky, with leftovers shoveled at destination. Fifty coal cars carrying snow passed Centralia, Illinois on the way to Jinka Michigan and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llinoia Central Railroad
Chicago
Jinka Michigan
Centralia
Ill
Kentucky
Cooperation Keeps Bread Prices Low in Copenhagen Bakery
In a large Copenhagen cooperative bakery, rising raw material costs and higher wages have occurred, yet bread prices remain lower than before the cooperative’s founding. The article notes the cooperative structure and the impact on workers and consumers.
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Copenhagen
Gets Fourteen Years John Bartok Killed Wife in 1910
John Bartok was sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary by Judge Clark for killing his wife Anna at their home on July 26 1910. He claimed she refused to live with him and favored another man Joseph Smith. He used a revolver to shoot her at a kitchen table and was captured by police on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad tracks at Thornton-Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bartok
Anna
Wortland Avenue
Clark
Bartok
Joseph Smith
Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Uiinoia
Thornton
Local business notices and listings in The Pointer
A Brockton area classified column lists Broncho Pony for sale, mushrooms fresh daily, a loan request for 500 dollars, lost fur gloves, farm for rent, a found black horse, multiple sales of land and cottages, cottages for sale, residence and apartment rentals, land for sale across the U S and Canada, farm property and riverdale/Dolton lots, a team of horses, cook stove, rubber tired runabout, a slide trombone, a 7 room house with corner lot, a 12 gauge shotgun, a lot at Dolton Main and Grant, and advertising space in The Pointer for buyers and sellers in Dolton and Riverdale.
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Pointer
Pointer Office
Dalten State Bank
Riverdale
F. A. Reich
Black Horse
Dolton
Chas. Rose, Sr
Oakland Cemetery
C.R. R
Dalton
Lincoln Avenue
Bath
United States
Canada
Real State Dealers Association
A.S Diekman
I. A. Reich
Henry Dillner
Anderson
135Th Place
H.H. Meyer’s
Fredericka Street
Los
L. C. Smith
Main
Grant Streets
Grant Street
Taxes due in Thornton 1910 and payment sites listed
Taxpayers in Thornton must pay 1910 taxes at specified locations and dates. Collectors will visit Harvey, Lansing, Oakglen, Schrumville, Bernice, South Holland, Homewood, West Hammond, Sobieski, Burnham, Berger's Corner, Thornton, Dalton, South Harvey, and Riverdale on listed days in February and March. Joan Stillling is the collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton
Harvey
Lansing
Oakglen
Voeste’s
Oakglen Inn
Schrumville
Drake’s Place
Bernice
Ing
West Hammond
Sobieski
Kamradt
Burnham
Berger's Corner
Tod P. m
Dalton
First National Bank
South Harvey
Riverdale
Tod P.m
Real estate show to feature suburban village booths at Chicago Coliseum
Chicago to host its first real estate show from April 28 to May Sth at the Coliseum. The initial exhibit is a detailed miniature suburban cottage with a rear garden and realistic landscaping. Organizers promise hundreds of additional exhibits showcasing nearby villages and towns within reach of Chicago.
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Chicago
Coliseum
Eliot opposes Book of Leviticus in sex education push
Boston Feb. 5 Chas W Eliot president emeritus of Harvard attacked the Book of Leviticus for maligning motherhood by claiming children are born in sin. He urged early marriage to promote morality and called for public discussion to replace old teachings with a new view of life and sexuality.
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Eliot
Harvard
Boston
Mase
Chas.w Eliot
Dr. Eliot
Gary Plant to Resume Operations in Gary Indiana
More than 1,000 former workers at the Gary plant of Illinois Steel are ordered back to duty February 15 as the plant resumes operations. The rail mill will roll on a 50,000 ton order for the New York Central lines. First units of related firms including American Bridge American Sheet and Tin Plate and Bi-Products Coke are expected to start around March 15, employing about 4,000 more men in Gary.
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Gary
Ind
Illinois Steel Company
New York Central
American Bridge
American Sheet and Tin Plate
Bi-Products Coke
New York Declared World’s Best Old Folks’ Town
The city records show nearly ten thousand people over sixty five dying yearly in New York, the highest proportion ever documented for any city. New York is described as the best old folks’ town in the world.
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New York
Central Time Card Details Train Schedules and Fares
Central Time Card lists train times from Riverdale and Randolph Street with morning and evening departures. It shows north and south routes, varying times from 4 44 am to 11 53 am and evening peaks around 7 09 pm. The page also references a Men’s Special on Sunday trains and connections to Frisco Chi and East HI lines.
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Central Time
Randolph Street
Riverdale
Indiana
R.R
Chicago
Dalton
Panhandle P C C and St L Riverdale Local Schedule
Eastbound trains from Chicago Riverdale to Dalton run 7:00 am and 4:15 pm with return times 1:01 am and 5:18 pm, same for Dalton with one trip each way.
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Riverdale
Chicago
Dalton Wit
Weekend-Only Daily Service Details
Daily except Saturday and Sunday schedule shows No 67 leaving 47th Street at 5 57 a m and arriving in South Holland at 6 45 a m.
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Chicago
Dalton
47Th Street
South Holland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kinney Brothers
John E&. Kinney
Dalton Station
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Istana Grad
S P.m. Hos
Liarper
Henry Hahn
Village Board
P. i
Village Dal
L. W. Schumiat
Alvin G. Wilkins
W. Dda
Wuilon
Iliuiy
Carl Wulll
Clas
Nec
Juun
Woodminn Calumet
Abt
Silverdale
Zud Abd
Laursdays
Pb. li
George Slipchaeler
Consut
Uberlobel
Dacury
Linker
Luke’s Court
Lue
Jtiverdale
Conradaseru
Cluelauger
Joun
Jinney
Albert Holuman
Peter Dsipley
YS Vhs
Village Hall
Magualen Inipley
Cnier Jtanger
Minme Wwelly
Catharine Kurs
Washington
Luov
A. O. U. W. Hall
Ihursday
Andrew Kaumgartner
Colmander
John
Juarter
Lk. Vandenberg
Winance Seeper
Riverdale Improvement Association
T. Iw. Kinney
I. ii. Baker
John W. Schafer
Highlawn Hosco
Ilose House
Highlawn
Fred Ludwig
Martin Wilkins
Herman Dreesen
Women's Relief Corps
G.W. Spencer Corps No
Emily Claussen
Dorothy Niemeyer
Dolton School
Park Avenue
Riverdale Board
Imriday
Bowen School
Sues Road
Illinois Central
Chicago Heights
Obela
Wm. Bachmann
John Stamborsky
Telephone Riverdale
Joan Sitlling
Gary Plant
Corre
Illinois
Chi
East
Randolph
South Riverdale
North
North Bound
Panhandle
P.C.C
St.l
Fordtran Bros
Claude J. Dalenberg
Unity
Dearborn St
W.pullman
Roseland
Sirkhoff's
Michigan
William Minardow
WM. C
ZESCH
Riv
Midway
Leyden Avenue
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
Robert Hanschmann
Phone Dolton
Park Ave
Carl Wulff
Dolton, Ill
Edward F. Dllner
Summer Garden
Chicago St. Dolton, Fl
Fred J.ott & Son
Chicago St. Dolton, Ill
137Th Street
Grant Bros. General Machinists
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
Bolton
West 137Th St
J. C. Depot
Munn & Co
Scientific American
York
St. Washington
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