Dolton village meeting discusses streets and sidewalks
Dolton trustees meet to review fire apparatus payment, sewers at Monahan Bros, and curb and sidewalk projects. They plan to open catch basins, grade streets, and pursue cement walks plus a village hall purchase. Health notices warn scarlet fever and a nuisance dairy is ordered abated. Arrests from a saloon fight cited for court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Harper
Harter
Lund
Weber
Vandenberg
Hahn
Ward
Heidenrich
Monahan Bros
138Th Street
Chicago Street
Fredericka
144Th Place
Terminal Tracks
Main Street
Engeleide Avenue
David S.meeder
G.E. Richeson
W.R. Meeder
Wm. Blocker
Wm. H. Dieck
J.L. Ready
G.holmes
Park Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
139Th Street
Local and Personal News From Riverdale and Dalton
Community items note Dr Schmidt's favorable recovery and deny amputation rumors. A Young People's Society concert fills the hall. many attendees travel from nearby towns. Local residents travel to Florida and Michigan. several move or recover from injuries. Notices include services by Rev Press, visits, farewells, property updates, found parcel, sales, and a memorial for Mrs. Meyer’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Deam
Gale
Florida
South
Deam
Palatka
Pennsylvania
Louisville
River Junction
Kissemma
Men cook the feast in jingle on church supper night
A humorous verse describes a group of churchmen debating a menu and roles for a church supper. They finally appoint a chef while women are kept out, and the minister jokes about washing dishes and dignity as players in a playful ballpark themed finale.
Lent Arrives Soon For Six Week Easter Season
Lent will begin Wednesday March 1 and run six weeks until Easter Sunday April 16. Notices on local health, hospital visits, and community updates mention Mrs. Geo H Schaefer’s finger amputation at Wesley Hospital after a blood poisoning scare, along with several residents recovering from operations and illnesses. Primary day is February 28 and local newspaper deliveries urge early Sunday paper orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Schaefer
Wesley Hospital
Joy. Kellar
Joliet
Anton Strosinski, Jr
Highlawn
W. FE. Propper
Blackstonian
Marquis of Queeneberry
Tarry Zirzow
Mercy Hospital
Co. I. Smyth
Thomas Harper
Mt Clements
Mich
Epworth League
Ridge
Centre Street Mis
Uhureh
Chicago
Reservoir plans for Riverdale move after frost ends
Riverdale trustees vote to begin building a new water reservoir as soon as weather permits. John E. Schafer notes the village’s stable finances with cash on hand of 1234.81 and bond indebtedness of 5700, plus 2500 in other debts. He argues for consulting a hydraulic engineer to prevent breakdowns and protect the village water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Light
Harter
Hight
Riverdale
Dalton
Sanitary Drainage Trustees
North Shore Electric Company
Indiana Avenue
136Th Street
Cook County
Ilinois
Chicago
John E. Schafer
Photoplay lineup and events at Lund's Hall
Friday and Saturday showings of His Truat Part I and Part II promise a gripping Civil War story. Sunday at 3:00 pm Sea Birds in Their Haunts is highlighted as a premier nature film, with other quality pictures nightly. Also dancing school Tuesday and a men’s class Monday. admission 25 cents. John Hruby, Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lund’s Hall
John Hruby
Duel Ends in Fatal Shooting of Watchman at Wildwood
James Gallagher a private watchman for the Illinois Central railroad was shot and fatally wounded after midnight by fellow guard Thomas Hinchey following a fist fight duel attempt. Gallagher, 45, of 5558 Jefferson Avenue, was treated at Pullman hospital. Hinchey, 3802 Lowe Avenue, is the other party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gallagher
Illinois Central Railroad
Thomas Hinchey
Gallagher
Pullman Hospital
Jefferson Avenue
Hinchey
Lowe Avenue
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Bay Park Avenue
Richard Tloppe
South Holland
Chester Onion
A. S. Diekman
Klinkhammer
Baumgartner
Louis Cerevieu
Bis Physican
Union M
Englewood
G. G. Press
Immanuel Church
D. M. Kent
Magadore
Ohio
L. E. Freeman
Michigan
Hastings
Flint
McBride
Cornelia Anderson
Edgebrook
Helen Willis
George H. Koehler
Robert Moench
South Dakota
Ora Willigan’s Land
Weigand
Indiana Ave
137Th Street
Olliver Boege
West Pullman
Fred Waterman
147Th Street
Lincoln Ave
Coil
Propper
Ira Uastings
Kalamazoo
F. Bacher
Fred Meyer
Lindmond
Ind
Lent
Euugene Smith
Reichard Reich
Joan Stamboraky
Wildwood
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