Riverdale Improvement Association Meets Monthly
Riverdale Improvement Association holds its second Monday meetings at the Village Hall. Officers listed include President J. M. Deam and Secretary John J. Schafer, with treasurer Kelechi Ueasuriel.
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Boards Village Boardh
Dolton
Dalton
M .Dior Warpar
Geo. EL Schaefer
Village Board
Riverdale
Village Fall
F. W. Schmidt
Jacob A. Decklar
Ancient Order United Workmen
A. O. U. W. Hall
Richard Hoppe
Chas, C. Schnoor
Rec
John F. Boettger
Henry W. Schnoor
Calumet
Village Hall
Kinney
Q. Obeldobel
H. Hahn
Catholic Order Foresters
Gonrad Kern
John E. Kinney
Nicholas Sumog
Peter Kipley
Women’s Catholic Order Foresters
Vilage Hall
Magdalen Kipley
Hinma Kelly
Mmlibs
Catharine Kurz
Business Men's Association
A. U. U. W. Hall
P. Wu
J. Diliner
Frank O. Berguid
Tieury Dlatu
O. Obeldubei
M. J. M. Deam
John J. Schafer
Bh. Aa
Kelechi
Ueasuriel
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Tred Ludwig
Geo. L. Koehler
Herman Dreesen
G. W. Spencer
Bertha Sprick
Dorothy Niemeyer
Rush 8 Million Rail Elevation At Grand Crossing
The Chicago railroads Ilinois Central Nickel Plate Lake Shore and Fort Wayne push the Grand Crossing track elevation despite winter. Engineer M K K Trumbull notes a new speed record and cites safety and cost concerns as eight pile drivers work through subzero weather.
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Grand Crossing
M. KK. Trumbull
Chicago
Ilinois Central
Nickel Plate
Lake Shore
Fort Wayne
Trumbull
Calumet
Favorite Poems No 10 Led Kindly Light
Poem selection presents the verses “Led kindly light amid the encircling gloom” and related lines. The speaker asks for guidance on a difficult journey, hopeful for mercy, rest, and eternal peace. References to savior and faith appear as the path through night toward morning and heavenly faces.
Years That May Be Yours After We Are Dead
A Harper's Weekly summary shows life expectancy odds by age. For a 20 year old the chances of reaching 30 are about 12 to 1 and reaching 90 are under 1 in 100. At age 30 the odds to 40 are 11 to 1 and to 90 about 1007 to 1. The piece notes odds rise with age, even as survival to 90 becomes more plausible for some.
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Harper’s Weekly
City Wins $200 Verdict Over Grand Trunk Crossing Gates
The city of Harvey wins a $200 verdict against Grand Trunk Railroad for failing to install crossing gates as ordered. Justice Applegate presided. attorney DeYoung led city cases, with additional village cases against the same company. Illinois Central praised for prompt response and new electric gates installed at the depot area.
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Grand Trunk
Applegate
DeYoung
South Holland
Harvey
Binlenl
Liab Vaey
Tribune
Illinois Central
Buda Company
Harvey-Tribune-Citizen
Park and
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Terminal
Indiana Harbor
Chicago fire origins told in Oakglen reader letter
J B Tabley of Oakglen Illinois writes to the Harvey Herald recounting his version of the Chicago fire of October 8 1871 linking the blaze to Mrs O Leary and a lamp in the barn. He claims personal witnesses and adds further speculative details about hay and fuel sources. He dismisses competing theories and ends with a vignette about a neighbor and a flower pot.
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J. B. Tabley
Oakglen, Lil
Harvey Herald
Chicago
Jim O’leary
O’neill
O'Leary
Father
Twelfth Street
O'Neill
John Kilie
Value Marking Prompts A Farce In Express Office
A young man sends a package with declared value of 75 dollars to an upstate recipient. The clerk notes V75 in small print, prompting the man to request a visible marking near the recipient’s name, revealing he is sending a present to his intended.
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Lower Broadway
New York Sun
Moment of Laughter Over a Simple Desk and Pot
A playful scene where two people joke about a clash turning ridiculous. One holds an old desk while the other offers a flower pot, and they laugh together at the silly moment.
North Riverdale Timing Shorthand Summary
Fragmentary notes show time markers and figures including morning 4 44 am and 7 34 am with later entries 11.58 am 0 19 p m and 1 19 pm. Additional figures 623 77.59 700 649 and 2.36 3.59 appear, followed by may be business related terms.
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Riverdale
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