Prohibition Petitions Filed in Thornton and Calumet Townships
Prohibition petitions with 876 voters in Thornton township outline a vote on anti saloon territory to curb liquor sales. If approved, saloons close for at least eighteen months and violations carry fines up to 100 dollars and jail time. The issue may shrink tax revenue for Dalton Riverdale and neighboring towns. A local businessman notes a rumor about a spring house fly sighting.
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Dalton
Riverdale
Chicago
Thornton
Local listings and society notes from Dolton Riverdale area
Local shoppers see flour feed and poultry foods at Kern and Ripley, and rubber goods at Schwab's. Frances Hart visits Dolton. Mrs. Norton and Miss Robertson visit Hammond. Bank closure on Washington's Birthday. County events include Liquor Dealers Association meeting at Dillner's Pavilion and a baseball association gathering at Lund's Hall. Fire at Calumet School blamed on possible student smoking. various local visits and social news in Dolton Riverdale area.
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Kern & Ripley’s
Kern & Ripley
Schawb’s
Tull
Krueger Bros
Liquor Dealers Association of
Calumet and
Thornton Township
Dillner’s
Snow storms cripple rail traffic in riverdale area
A historic snow storm battered the Chicago region last Tuesday into Wednesday, halting trains and stalling business. Trains on all local lines faced hours of delay, schools closed, and only a few workers braved the weather. Miss Mary Rippe, returning from the city, collapsed in the storm but survived after medical care. several residents moved through drifting streets as high snow piles formed on Leyden and Lincoln Avenues.
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Chicago Weather Bureau
Riverdale
Panhandle
Illinois
140Th Street
Old Boreaus
Pointer
Leyden
Lincoln Avenues
Dalton
William Neimeyer
138Th Street
Leyden Ave
Mary Rippe
C. H. Rippe
43Rd Street
Kenwood
Grand Crossing
Louise Koehncke
Henry Koehncke
Santa Fe Railroad
Grand Cossing
137Th Street
John Abandovitz
Mr. Hastings
137Th
Indiana Avenue
Miss Koehneke
Why Be Brabbed About Age At Chicago Press Club Dinner
Edward Payson Weston honors the aged in a Chicago Press Club dinner remarks on age not a crime. Ben Davies of St. Joseph resents aging, retorts with humor to a St. Joseph lawyer who recalls hearing people say there goes old man Davies.
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Chicago Press Club
Edward Payson Weston
Ben Davies
St. Joseph
Ello
Death at Dolton Yard: Edwin Ealer Killed on Coal Car
Edwin Ealer a switch man for the C and B E was instantly killed Sunday at about 10 in Dolton yards. He was adjusting a coupler on a gondola coal car when four cars rolled from the humps and crushed him. Fireman Carl Belz witnessed the tragedy and called for help. The body was removed after 40 minutes and awaits relatives as insurance funds are noted. Funeral arrangements by Local 621 were held with Rev. Herman Tanis officiating.
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Edwin E. Ealer
Dolton
Henry C. Photenhauer
Dalton
Wm. Delgarno
Chicago
Ealer
Carl C. Belz
Delton
Neidew
Corner
M. P. Hartney
McKeen Lodge
L. F
South Chicago
Reich suffers rib injuries from icy step fall
F. A. Reich slipped on an icy barn step last week and fractured a rib on his left side. Earlier he broke rib cartilage after a fall at his home. Despite a strong bandage, he remains active and tends to most chores himself.
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F. A. Reich
Mr. Reich
Wunsch-Grote nuptials in Chicago tie Burnside line
Wm. Wunsch son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wunsch of Burnside, formerly Riverdale residents, married Miss Bertha Grote in Chicago last Friday afternoon. Birdie Logan of Riverdale is her sister. The couple will reside with the groom’s parents at Burnside for now.
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John Abandowitz
Riverdale
Chicago
Eva Tobias
Wm. Wunsch
J. H. Wunsch
Burnside
Bertha Grote
Miss Grote
F. L. Logan
Birdie Logan
Groome
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Calumet Townships
Edgar Neath
Anna Neath
Flora Robison
Maud Conners
Harvey
Paul Schafer
Calumet Hotel
South West
Herman Werner
Herman Werner, Jr
Lund’s Hall
Alban Reich
Alban P. Reich
August Rave
Reich
Mt. Greenwood
Armour
127Th Street
Michigan Ave
Mabel Sprick
Fred Schmidt
Chadwick
N. Y
John
Boston
Rippe’s Pavilion
Edna Haas
James Walter
Carroll
J. Wickmann
Walter
Flo
Calumet
Miss Rippe
aMusen
Leopold Hadern
Harry Morgan
Northern Pacific
Northwest
North Dakota
Minnesota
Washington
Victor
Henry Hahn
Emil Longhi
Frederick Rau
Henry Jonas
California
Herman Jonas
East Oakland
Cal
Louis Krueger
Louie
Propper
Theil
Crepps
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