Women’s Relief Corps Meeting and Harbor Report
The G W Spencer Post 279 meets Friday at 2 pm and 8 pm at Riverdale Village hall with officers Bertha Sprick and Cora Jenness. George G. Tunnel, traffic expert, told the Chicago Harbor commission last Monday the Calumet River will gain immense tonnage from steel and other industries, and proposed two harbors one near the mouth of the Chicago river with a passenger boat harbor and looped streetcar lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Relief Corps
G. W. Spencer
Riverdale
Bertha Sprick
Cora Jenness
George G. Tunnel
Chicago Harbor Commission
Calumet River
Ife
Calumet Harbor
Chicago River
Defining a Pessimist
A pessimist is a man who will spend more time trying to discover whose fault it is than he will to find a remedy. Birmingham Age-Herald quotes an old adage on blame versus solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham Age-Herald
Married Men in Majority Across New York City
A census style note reports that among New York City inhabitants, 61 out of 100 are married reflecting a majority of married men and women in the population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Miss Prudence Austin Weds I O U Settlement Over Breach Suit
Miss Austin of Dalton Illinois accepted an I O U for 10000 from William E Pilkinton president of Globe Pharmaceutical to drop her breach of promise suit for 25000 dollars. She claims Pilkinton’s 12 year old son objected to a stepmother and jilted her after an extended visit. Pilkinton and attorney Beattie comment the case is settled though details remain undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudence Austin
Dalton, Ill
Pilkinton
The Newlyweds and Their Baby Opens at Auditorium Theatre
Chicago theatre goers will see The Newlyweds and Their Baby a musical comedy based on George McManus cartoons with Aaron Hoffman and Paul West. It opens Sunday January 17 at the Auditorium Theatre and runs three weeks with original songs dances elaborate scenery and bright costumes. The plot features a baby kidnapping by Prof Nichols and a mistaken infant, with Major Knott Much posing as the Baby.
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Chicago
George McManus
Aaron Hoffman
Paul West
Auditorium Theatre
Napoleon
Prof. Nichols
Moonlight Park
Major Knott
Toothache and Crime in Cleveland Experiments Begin
Dr Henry Upson advances dental experiments claiming detective teeth influence criminal instincts and mental health. He has shown effects at Newburg Insane asylum and will start six month trials on workhouse prisoners next week with criminologists and alienists observing.
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Cleveland, O
Henry Upson
Upson
Newburg Insane Asylum
Machine-Cured Sleeplessness Innovative Sleep Aid
A new market device resembles a fan with mirror studded wings. It claims to cure sleeplessness by using revolving mirrors to mimic the soothing effect of watching scenery rush by from a moving train. The machine aims to lull the eye and brain into a deep, refreshing nap.
Domestic spat ends with playful insult at breakfast
A breakfast quarrel escalates as a matron taunts a meek man calling him similar to her former husbands. He retorts with a teasing line about tender men she kept in hot water, then exits the scene dodging a rolling pin.
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Maria
For Sale and Rent Notices from The Pointer
Classified items list multiple ads for sale and rent in Dolton Riverdale Dalton. Includes second hand organ and Holstein cow for sale, newspaper route for sale, several rental flats and houses, lost watch and photography rewards, found ring umbrella pipe at local hall, and a photo lost near Christmas. Inquiries directed to The Pointer office or named individuals.
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Pointer
Dolon
Riverdale
Dalton
A. O. U. W. Hall
Fred Ott
Chicago Street
Mounting on the left side preserves sword safety
A Riding School lesson explains the left side rule. Riders mount from the left because swords hung on the left hip in the past and would hinder a right side mount. Horses accustomed to it and a right side ascent risks being kicked.
Widows Hold Advantage in Matrimonial Stakes Says 19th Century Advice
A Philadelphia Record analysis cites Sam Weller’s counsel and notes widows tend to prevail in marriage prospects after age forty. The piece contrasts widows with spinsters, claiming widows use experience to win a second time while spinsters concede more readily.
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Sam Weller
Philadelphia
Business Men's Special
South from Riverdale timetable fragment notes multiple times in morning and evening hours. The data shows various arrival and departure stamps, including 6 20am and 10.01 am sequences, with times like 4.33 pm 7.09 pm 6.45 and 7.56 pm and 12 42p.m. The fragment appears to describe a rail or transit schedule item labeled Business Men's Special.
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Riverdale
Randolph
South Riverdale
North
Panhandle P C C and St L Riverdale Local Card
Eastbound schedule shows 7.00 1m 7.55 a m 4.15 p m 5 14 p m with same for Dalton and two runs each way Northbound at 9 23 a m and 7 05 p m minutes differros
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Riverdale
Chicago
Dalton
Cruel Candor Sparked Wedding Gift Debate
A playful row over a wedding gift reveals Mrs. Shoddy purchased what was described as cut glass at a bargain sale. The exchange shows blunt honesty about the material while preserving the social moment.
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Kinney Brothers
Indiana Ave
Dalton Station
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Ill
Vilage Board
Dolton
Thos. Harper
Geo. H Schaefer
Village Board
August C. Reich
Jacob A. Decklar
Ancient Order United Workmen
Richard Hoppe
Lierman Kalas
John F. Boetteger
Calumet Camp
Schwab's Hall
Thos. Fisinney
O. Obeldobel
L. F. Kipley
Catholic Order Foresters
Conrad Kern
John E. Kinney
Nicholas Simon
Peter Kipley
Women’s Catholic Order Foresters
Village Hall
Magdalen Ripley
Emma Kelly
Catharine Ruiz
Knights OF the Modern Maccabees
A. O. U. W Hall
R. Schaefer
John Harter
C. Vandenberg
A. O. A. W. Halls
Chas. Dickelman
Henry Hulgendaanf
Andrew Messerschmid
George Washington Lodge
S. A
N. A
Lund’s
Lincoln
Chicago Aves
White
C. D. Culler
C. H. Dally
H. Fuller
Hos. Harper
W. West
Business Men’s Association
John Behrens
Frank O. Bergold
Henry Wahn
L. IF. Nipley
Riverdale Improvement Association
Jelry Sweat
John E. Schater
Aa. C. Reich
BF. A. Reich
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Close House
Highlawn
Henry Goos
Geo. L. Koehler
Herman Dreesen
Dolton School Board
Park Avenue
Riverdale Board
Bowen
Miss Austin
Dolton State
138Th Street
Lincoln Avenue
Irvin Avenue
August Schmutzler
Michigan Central R. R
H. D. Lentfer
Illinois
Illinois Central Time Card
Sity
Randolph Street
Chicago S
Dalton North Bound
Western
Indiana
R.R
North Bound
Panhandle
P.C.C
St.l
A. J. Parker, M.D
D.D.S
Leyden Avenue
Fordtran Bros
Blue Island
Chicago Heights
Andrew Baumgartner
Justice of the Peace Notary Public
Viage Hall Riverdale
Tel
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago St. Dalton, Ui
Ernst Hanschmann
137Th Street
Richard Buschking
Henry W. Schnoor
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Dolton, Ill
WM. C. Zesch
Midway
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
Grant Bros
Intiana Ave
Carl Wulff
Fred J. Ott
Chicago St. Dolton,ill
137Th St
I. C
Geo. Tuch
H. R. Penfield
West
138Th St. Highlawn
ERINT
Tradesmont Council
Shicagg
Calumet
Thornton Townships
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