Board Seeks Clear Crossings to Aid Fire Apparatus
Dalton Village Board read a prompt action plan to station an additional crossing watchman at Lincoln avenue. Officials noted the busy arterial route serves Chicago traffic with B&O C T and SHB rail lines, urging immediate steps as weather worsens and protection lapses risk delays for emergency vehicles.
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Lincoln Avenue
Dalton Village
Harris
Chicago
B. & O. C. T. Railway
S. H. B. Railway
Bowling News and Local Observations
Frank Claussen of Dolton has been quite ill the past week at home. Mrs Edward Rollert of Dolton has caused anxiety to her family. Riv erdale theatre adds a four piece orchestra Sunday. Guests of Mr and Mrs Ed Claussen at Evanston included John Beck Ed Taylor Irving Hoffman Harold Quinn William Horton Jacob VanDam and Thurel Meeder. Malita Pohlers a Dalton Chicago Street teacher is improving at her aunt in Gary Indiana.
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Frank Claussen
Dolton
Edward Rollert
Riverdale Theatre
Ed Claussen
Evanston
John Beck
Ed. Taylor
Irving Hoffman
Harold Quinn
William Horton
Jacob VanDam
Thurel Meeder
Malita Pohlers
Dalton
Chicago Street
Gary
Ind
Thanks to Firemen and Friends for Quick Home Fire Aid
The Weidners express gratitude to the firemen for their prompt response to a house fire Saturday night and praise their 100 percent efficiency. They also thank neighbors for valuable assistance and kind offers. Dr Weidner and Family.
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Weidner
Aso
Dalton Doctor Fire Rescue Saves Residence After Basement Blaze
In Dalton last Saturday about 11 oclock a fire started in the basement near a furnace pipe at Dr. Weidners home. Local fire departments from Dalton and Riverdale arrived quickly and saved the building though furniture and fixtures suffered smoke and water damage. The doctor a veteran firefighter rushed downstairs to combat the flames with water as his family awoke the others and commend the firemen for their promptness.
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Dr. Weidner
Dalton
Riverdale
Owens and Bisher Wed at Our Saviours Church Parsonage
Owens-Fisher Daisey Owens and Robert Bisher united in marriage at Our Saviours church parsonage by Rev. Voorhees. Both reside in Riverdale and work at Dalton Bakery. They traveled to Winchester Tennessee for their wedding trip.
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Daisey Owens
Robert Bisher
Our Saviour’s Church Parsonage
Voorhees
Riverdale
Dalton
Winchester
Tennessee
Local and Personal Notices From Dalton and Nearby Areas
Mr and Mrs William Speaker of Fredericka Street Dalton welcomed a son born at Roseland Community Hospital last Saturday January 14 George Smith C E I railroad foreman returned home Wednesday after an operation for appendicitis at Blue Island Hospital The infant daughter one month old of Mr and Mrs Stanley Odom of 13707 Leyden Avenue Riverdale died last Monday Burial was at Melbourne Illinois Wednesday Mrs William Jackson formerly Lovella Robert of Dalton is seriously ill with typhoid fever at Kalamazoo Michigan
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William Speaker
Fredericka Street
Dalton
Roseland Community Hospital
George Smith
C. & E. I. Railroad
Blue Island Hospital
Stanley Odom
Leyden Avenue
Riverdale
Melbourne
Ill
William Jackson
Lovella Robert
Kalamazoo, Mich
Dolton
Charles Waterman
Greenwood Road
Sibley Boulevard
Mr. Waterman
J. L. Liebreich
St. Mary’s Church
California
Father Liebreich
Joseph Stafford
Parson’s Crossing
130Th Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Dolton Park Board
Greenwood
No Man’s Land
Forest Preserve District
Dolton and
Rockrohr car overturns on Lincoln Avenue in Dolton area
A Stutz sedan owned by a Chicago man overturned in front of the Rockrohr homestead on Lincoln Avenue Tuesday morning. One broken wheel caused the damage as the driver, returning with a just-delivered car from Hammond, lost control at high speed.
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Chicago
Rockrohr Homestead
Lincoln Avenue
Hammond
Dolton Couple Wed in Chicago Thursday Evening
Fonita Brown of Dolton married Neal Kickert of Chicago Heights in Chicago Thursday evening. The bride works at Theo Koch store in Dolton and the groom serves as chief clerk for Calumet Lansing Lumber Company at Lansing. Friends extend best wishes for the couple’s future.
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Fonita Brown
Dolton
Neal Kickert
Chicago Heights
Chicago
Theo. Koch
Calumet- Lansing Lumber Company
Lansing
Stop Local Jay Drivers Compete With Jay Walkers
A letter criticizes two Jay Drivers who hurry around regular lanes of autos near rail crossings. The piece contrasts them with Jay Walkers and notes two village board members who recently forced the Drivers to back up to their proper positions, pleasing the orderly traffic group.
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Jay Walker
Dalton
Riverdale
Jay
Rail Fare Increase Held Legal by Court
The United States Court of Appeals granted a permanent injunction restraining the Illinois Commerce Commission from blocking a 20 percent fare rise on suburban rail. The commission had approved only a 15 percent hike. Rock Island and Illinois Central railroads are involved, with Rock Island recently allowed to set the 20 percent rate.
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United States Court of Appeals
Illinois Commerce Commission
The
Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Illinois Central
Riverdale Fire Ball Set at Village Hall Saturday
The Riverdale Volunteer Fire Department schedules a masquerade ball at the village hall for Saturday evening January 28. Tickets are 75 cents for members and one dollar at the door. Also on Saturday January 21 the Varieties of 1928 Co. Unit Vaudeville Revue performs at the Dolton theatre.
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Riverdale
Dolton Theatre
Grandma Diekman Celebrates 92nd Birthday at Ridge Home
Grandma Diekman observed her 92nd birthday Friday January 12 at her Ridge Road home. Family and Friends gathered with the Ladies Aid to sing pray and hear a pastor's address. Four generations attended and flowers fruit and plants decorated the living room. She attends church regularly and has lived in her home since 1849 when the area was largely wilderness.
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Grandma Diekman
Ridge
Ladies’ Aid
Grandma Dieckman
Mrs. Diekman
Thornton Boys Club to Present Coffer Miller Players
The Boys' Club of Thornton Township high school plans two performances by the Coffer-Miller players in the school auditorium on January 20 and 21. In their fourth season here they anticipate large crowds with two capacity houses. The program features The Liar and Potter's Son-In-Law. Tickets are on sale.
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Thornton Township High School
Coffer-Miller
Liar
Banko Party at St Pauls School Draws Crowds
Community events list upcoming banco and dance socials at St Pauls Lutheran school and area churches. Jan 21 banco party 815 pm. Jan 31 banco party 815 pm. Jan 25 coffee event. Jan 25 Sewing Circle program. Jan 26 Ladies Aid meetings. Riverdale village hall dance.
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Banco
St. Paul’s New Lutheran School
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Immanuel Church
Ladies’ Aid
Dalton M. E. Church
Ladies’ Aid of Our Saviour’s Church
Riverdale
Health report shows pneumonia cases in state
Weekly report by Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, director of the Department of Public Health, lists four hundred twenty two pneumonia cases in the state with two hundred fifty six in Cook county. It also cites one hundred ninety diphtheria cases and two hundred ninety three scarlet fever quarantined statewide.
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Springfield
Ill
Isaac D. Rawlings
Department of Public Health
Cook County
Calumet Harbor Plan Moves Forward with Chicago Club
Surveyed plans for Calumet Harbor gain citywide backing as Mayor Putnam submits a Chicago Commercial Club proposal. The plan envisions vast harbor complexes across 1,717 acres water area and 3,748 acres Calumet harbor land, highlighting Calumet district’s sixfold importance in industrial harbor facilities.
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Calumet River
Halsted Street
Calumet Harbor
Chicago
Calumet District
Rufus Putnam
Chicago Commercial Club
Chicago and Calumet District
Oscar Hewitt
The
Chicago Tribune
Illinois
Indiana
Commercial Club
Lake Commercial Harbor
Crawford Avenue
Calumet
Commercial Harbor
Lake Calumet
Chicago River
Halsted Street Bridge Construction Advance
City engineer Loring B. Gayton says a temporary bridge over the Calumet River on Halsted Street at 131st Street will be ready by March 1. It sits about 100 feet east of the old bridge site and had aimed to finish by February 1. Permanent bridge plans are developing.
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Calumet River
Halsted Street
131St
Loring B. Gayton
Charles Rowe Dies at Riverdale Home
Charles Edward Rowe died suddenly at age 55 from heart trouble at his Riverdale home. Funeral services were held at St. Pauls church with interment in Oakland cemetery. He leaves a widow Emily Ray, two sons, a brother Peter Rowe, and three sisters Mrs. Reddington Brady and Dolan among many friends.
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Charles Edward Rowe
Halsted Street
Riverdale
St. Paul’s Church
Kemnitz
Oakland Cemetery
Emily Ray
Raymond
Charles
Peter Rowe
L. Reddington
P. Brady
J. Dolan
Lincoln Avenue PTA Holds Fourth Meeting Program Set
The Lincoln Avenue School PTA met Wednesday evening for its fourth gathering. Miss Davenport arranged a program featuring the school orchestra, Bond Issue by Pres. Stanley, Cooperation Between Parents and Teachers by Mrs. Thomsen, Hot Lunches by school nurse Mrs Pendleton, and a talk on Marks and How They Are Tamed by Supt. O T Bright Jr. The talk by Mrs. Thomsen was highly praised.
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Parent-Teachers Association of
Lincoln Avenue School
Objections Filed Over Calumet City Condemnation Suit
Property owners in Cook County seek to block Calumet City's condemnation of the old C. and O. right of way from Wentworth Avenue to State Street for a new highway. The challenge was filed in Judge J Biggs court.
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Calumet City
Wentworth Avenue
State Street
J Biggs’ Court
Cook County
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Dolton Board
Lincoln Avenue Crossing
Bowling News
Shell Boosters
St. Paul
Hausman
Struss Aa
Owens-Fisher
Pius Flick
State Assembly
Ivanhoe
Peoples’ Rooster
Happy Hour Club
Branigar Bros
Howard Nelson
Ray Bishop
G. A. Gruhlke
Elmer Unruh
Herman Baumgartner
Henry Lotz
Ed Schulte
Wm. J. Claussen
Edward C. Kinney
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
James L. Devereux
Steger Road
Western Avenue
Steger
William A. Rockrohr
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Dolton-Riverdale
Putnam
Halsted Street Bridge
Charles Rowe
Parent-Teachers Meeting
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