Riverdale Village Board Met in Regular Session
The Riverdale Village Board discussed bond payment and a new bond, sewer route changes near Pope beet sugar works, and a slight jog at 135th street. They granted permission to deposit earth on 137th place, planned cinder walk repairs, approved water contract, noted a scarlet fever case, and endorsed a Guide Book write-up for manufacturers despite budget limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Bonse
Julius Willigan
Reich
Pope
Schmidt Strip
135Th Street
Niemeyer
A. F. Reich
137Th Place
Goos
Highlawn
Ludwig
Belz
138Th Street
Wabash Avenue
Schmidt
General Business
Deam
J. H. Hollander
Bills ordered paid by trustees after committee OKs
Motion by Trustee Deam leads to bills being approved for payment as directed by the committees. The passage notes the action was taken in a formal meeting, reflecting routine financial housekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deam
Rau Fischer Wedding Ties Two Families in Chicago Ceremony
Eugenia Rau and Louis A. Fischer wed Saturday at 8 p m in the Ray home parlors on Halsted street. Rev Nl Wind officiated before about 75 relatives and friends. The couple will reside at a home prepared by the groom and begin housekeeping after April 15 at Colonial and Grove streets in Blue Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenia Rau
Louis A. Fischer
Ray
Halsted Street
Fred Fischer
Nettie Fischer
Henry Matthay
Mendelsohn
Fred Rau
Albert Meyers
Frederick Rau
August Wendt
Emil Longhi
Angelo
Chicago
Geo. Dutt
Fischer
Colonial and
Grove Sts
Blue Island
Night prowlers plague Riverdale and nearby towns
Over the past week unknown night prowlers have called at the homes of Chas Petersen Wm Maurer Thos Glenn John Kramer and others in Riverdale and nearby Blue Island with little of value taken and rumors pointing to a possible suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Chas. Petersen
Wm. Maurer
Thos. Glenn
John Kramer
Blue Island
Three Boys and a Move Stir Riverdale Notes
The report recalls births in the neighborhood with a Feb 19 boy at Herman Faden and a Feb 21 boy at Joe White after a Wisconsin Lime and Cement official announced a birth. The piece notes a race death by own action and details Fred Hameister family moving from Riverdale to a Sollet Lil area, with furniture shipped via the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Faden
O. E. Cook
Wisconsin Lime and Cement Company
Homewood
Joe White
Fred Hameister
Riverdale
Sollet
Lil
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Hameister
Childers
Beecher
Ill
Locals Share Weekend Visits Across Dolton and Nearby
DeKalb resident Will Conners and Ada Winters of Kensington spent Sunday in Dolton with family. Waddell and Van Deursen households hosted guests, while Mrs Berger and Mrs Baecker visited Ottawa Illinois to comfort a relative. Several locals announced trips, gatherings, and birthdays with notes on hospital openings and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Conners
DeKalb
Dolton
Ada Winters
Kensington
Mat van Deursen
F. A. Ward
West Pullman
Robert Waddell
John Berger
Carl Baecker
Ottawa Ul
Hattie Harter
Irvin Harter
Chicago Heights
Hattie Fischer
Chicago
William Waddell
Kansas
Missouri
West
William Koehneke
Dolthn
John Koehneke
Spring Lake
Mich
Pioneer Ernest Diekman 82 Dies After Fifty-six Years on Ridge
Ernest Diekman age 82 12 died February 22 after a long illness. One of the Sand Ridge pioneers he lived on the Berger ridge for 56 years with his wife Minnie Osterhagen Diekman born 1827 in Lippe Germany. Survived by 11 children 30 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Funeral at 1 30 pm at home and 2 pm at German Methodist Berger with six sons as pallbearers. Burial Berger cemetery. Rev Henry J. Schmidt conducts service. Last of the five pioneer families Waterman Engel Fadke Pohlers Diekman marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Diekman
Lippe
Desmond
Germany
America
Henry
New Orleans
Mississippi
Illinois
Chicago
Milwaukee Plank Road
West Randolph
Lake Streets
California
Ernest
Osterhagen
Wilhelmine
Minnie” Osterhagen
William
Emma
Louis Schroeder
Andrew
Frederick
Minnie
Albert Meyer
Elizabeth
Frank Engel
John A
Liddie
Fred Waterman
Frank
Clara
Diekman
the Ridge
Berger
Berger Cemetery
Henry J. Schmidt
Sand Ridge
Gottlieb Pohlers
Bernhardt Engel
Waterman
Engel
Fadke
Pohlers
Dieksmans
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rau-Fischer
Nicholas van Buren
Alma Lund
Epworth League
Mary Conner
Henry J. Dillner
Fred Zachau
Zachau
Dalton
Edward Ripsey
South
Cuba
Jacob Decklar
Wm. Rampke
Decklar
Helenora Jonas
Eugene Lincoln Boyden
Lincoln
Asa Boyden
Wentworth Avenue
Boyden
Calumet
Billy
I. J. Thompson
Joint Protective Board
Danville
John C. Franz
St. Mary
Kan
Peter Ripley
Franz
Ripley
Hhis County
Wm. Vandeursen
Pointer
127Th
Halstead Street
Indiana Avenue
Riverdale Park
Inder
Constance Meyer
W. A. Bastian
O. G. Schaefer
Frankfort
South Dakota
Nicholas Balsiger
Redfield
S. D
Pullman
Roseland
WLR
Watt Avenue
B. A. McBride
East Main Street
Jas. McLaughlin
M. E. Wahmhoff
P.S. Johnson
F. F. Smith
F. Darby
G. W. Luckenbill
C. M. O’brien
Dan Perry
Harry Martin
Harry
Irvan McBride
Ralph L Luckenbill
Gale Johnson
John Perry
Naomi Grant
Mamie McBride
Irene Johnson
Mabel Luckenbill
Edna Elvira
Isabelle Wahrhoff
Sloan
A. ©. Metzger
Charles E. Reading
I. N. Powell
H. J. Hildreth JR
Bae
H. Marks
F. D. Connery
Tee
Fhius
Aio
William C. Hunt
A.C. Metzger
Wm, McLachlan
Isaiah Campbell
E. W. Jager
Chas
M. White
Reading
A. C. Metager
William McLachlan
Paneer
Edward W. Jager
Bee
H. M. Sloan
Joseph EB. Daly
S.y
Valentine A. Gindra
George
Bremner
Charles H. Keyser
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