Village Board Proceedings on Dec 22 Discuss Auditing and Meters
Riverdale trustees meet in regular session with all members present. Miss Itter urges village nursing support at 15 dollars monthly. Auditors began village books Dec 14, expected March 1. Drainage upgrades at 139th Wentworth Atlantic street now ok. Illinois Bell line fault caused sewer shutoff. owner reimbursed or village will sue. Free dance request for Paul Gall Post. meter supplier Price proposes cost savings and contract details. Communications note thanks from Albert Bros. Page 4 continued.
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Tru Riverdale Stlogo Board
Claussen
Miss Itter
Riverdale
Bishop
Wentworth Avenue
Atlantic Street
Reich
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Indiana Avenue
Telephone Co
Graves
Ashland Avenue
138Th Street
Gruhlke
Woosnam
Jerome Smith
Mr. Smith
Paul Gall Post
Halsted Street
State Street
Jacob Lotz
Price
A. P. Smith Mfg. Co
Albert Bros
142Nd
Halsted Streets
Prowler Warning Urges Locking Doors Tonight
Police urge householders and businesses to secure doors and windows at night as prowlers roam the neighborhood. Officers are patrolling and residents should act quickly if they spot a prowler. Call Dolton 700 or Riverdale 40.
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Dolton
Riverdale
South Side C. O. F. Basketball Opener Set for Sunday
On Sunday January 3 the South Side C. O. F. Basketball League will start at St Wilebrand Hall at 2 pm. First game features St. Lukes against Calumet and the second Holy Rosarry faces St Willebrand.
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St. Wilebrand Hall
St. Lukes
Calumet
Holy Rosarry
St. Willebrand
Basketball Sunday Card Promises Fast Local Games
Sunday lineup features St Paul Lights vs Gauge Park Hawks curtain raiser at 1 15, St Paul Heavies vs Illinois Interior Finishers at 2 15, and Acme Steel Co. vs Gauge Park Heavies at 3 15. Previous results include Dolton Vagabonds defeat St Paul Lights 25 23, Illinois Interior Finishers beating St Paul Heavies 28 25 in overtime, and Acme Steel edging Harvey K C 21 20 in OT.
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St. Paul
St. Paul Heavies
Gauge Park Hawks
Acme Steel Co
Gauge Park Heavies
Fui
Igh
Dolton
St. Paul Lights
Illinois
Smith
Marcus
Gauge Park
Acme Steel
Harvey K. C
Acme
Ed. Howard
Harvey K
Harvey
Harvey Boys
Archer
Auto Accident on 147th Street in La Grange area
Carl L. Nelson of the Masonic Orphans Home in La Grange suffers a serious morning crash on 147th Street near the Y M C A. His car skidded into a ditch, turning over. Four nurses from Hinsdale Sanitarium traveling to Battle Creek were in the car. Amy DuBois sustained shoulder and side injuries and was treated at Ingalls Memorial hospital.
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Carl L. Nelson
Masonic Orphans Home
la Grange
Ill
147Th
Amy DuBois
Dorothy Jewell
Helen Sargeant
Clifford Cook
Hinsdale Sanitarium
Battle Creek
Mich
DuBois
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
For Sale: Lots in Dalton and Livestock Items
The notice shows parcels of land in Dalton offered by A C Reich priced at 200 dollars each with a contact phone Inter Ocean 9710. Also advertised are butchered hogs and a team of heavy horses via Beecher 63M1.
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Dalton
A. C. Reich
Bedrock
Interocean
Beecher
Four Riverdale Boys Start a Crime Spree
Four Riverdale youths held up five cars in the Calumet City area during the night of the 93rd, stealing a total of 72 dollars. One suspect’s alerting led to arrests by Dalton, Riverdale, and Kensington police. all four were fined 50 dollars each, placed on one year probation, and the charges reduced to misdemeanor.
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Riverdale
Daily
Calumet City
Frank Tully
Savoy Hotel
Hammond
John Krikau
East 186Th Place
Dalton
Kensington
East 136Th Place
William Schimpl
Ray Kopishhke
South Park Avenue
Adam Miller
East 136Th Street
Schimpl
Kowalski
Mrs William Niemeyer Dies After Stroke at 68
Mrs. William Niemeyer of Riverdale died Monday morning December 28 1931 at St Francis hospital Blue Island after a paralytic stroke on December 7. She was born Ellen Behrens December 28 1863 in Crete Illinois and married William Niemeyer in Joliet in 1884. Survived by two sons Arthur H and Edwin G Niemeyer four sisters and three brothers. Funeral January 31 1931 at 1 30 at her home and 2 at St Paul Ev Lutheran Interment Oakland cemetery Spencer Corps W R C to install officers January 8.
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William Niemeyer
Riverdale
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Ellen Behrens
Crete
Ill
Joliet
Arthur H
Edwin G. Niemeyer
Mary
Herman Roche
Emma
Emma Nommensen
Natchez
Miss
Dora
William Steiber
Chicago Heights
Til
Anna
John Wilkening
Conrad Behrens
Woodworth
Tll
John Behrens
Bliss
Idaho
Fred Behrens
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
William, Jr
Brooks Pharmacy moves to Logan Square Chicago
The Brooks Pharmacy at 18741 Leyden avenue Dolton area closed last week and moved stock and fixtures to 2101 North Western avenue Logan Square Chicago. A local note highlights trusted Mr. Brooks as industrious and deserving of success amid Dolton Riverdale competition.
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Brooks
Leyden Avenue
Riverdale
North Western Avenue
Logan Square
Chicago
Imal
Baseheart
Dalton
Margaret
Robert Strassenberg
Ehlert
Pontiac
California
James Gouwens
South Holland
Edna Lund
Alma
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Halifax
Panama Canal
Mary Connor
Little River
Kansas
Everett
Dolton
Otis Marlatt
Main Street
Mr. Marlatt
Paul Sehmedl
Paul
Koehncke
Father Diederich
St. Mary’s Church
Clarence Stomp
Ruth Schaefer
Herman Werner
East 136Th Place
Lincoln Avenue
188Th
Park Avenue
John 8
Vandeursen
William
Cupertino
George Smith
Four youths steal and sell $20 000 worth of ice boxes
Four young men admitted theft of over 100 electric refrigerators sold to South Side residents cracked by Kensington police. Since December 17 arrests, officers recovered more than 100 boxes as victims including local contractors reported losses. Police rallied residents to identify stolen units amid midnight deliveries.
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Kensington
Chicago
South Side
Michael Grady
Grady
South End
Edward du Moulin
Hanley Hallen
Rydeen
Shannon
Curtain, Mahoney
Daly
Stanley Alberto
Julius Conrad
S. LaSalle Street
Smith
Ryan
Rocco Angone
Frank Buglio
Frank Chappette
Drexel Avenue
Michuda Bros
Michigan Avenue
Burnside
Illinois Commerce Commission approves fewer C E I trains
Dalton agent Heinke reports reduced service on the Chicago to Momence line with discontinuation of southbound trains 35 and 87 daily. northbound trains 32 and 36 stay, new schedule lists trains 30 3 31 1 and 5. Edward H. Ehlers reports theft of a Model T Ford coupe from St Francis hospital area in Dub Island.
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Heinke
Dalton
Illinois Commerce Commission
Chicago
Momence
Indiana
R. R
Edward H. Ehlers
An Street
St. Francis Hospital
Bhu Island
Banco Party At St Pauls Church School Hall
The Ladies Aid of St Pauls church announces a banco party at the school hall on Wednesday January 6 at 2 pm. Thereafter the afternoon banco will be held promptly at 12 pm.
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Ladies’ Aid
St. Paul’s Church
Banco
Schoo Hall
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Federal
C. O. F. Basket Ball
Maggie Vandenberg
William Jay
East 137Th Street
Spencer Corps
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