Curb and Pave Public Hearing on Dolton Streets
Dolton village held a public hearing at the village hall on June 30 to consider curbing and paving Lincoln avenue Park avenue and Washington street. Engineers from Consoer Older and Quinlan outlined costs and benefits while residents urged sewer upgrades and proper grades before paving. A resolution to proceed with the plan was approved.
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Lincoln Avenue
Park Avenue
Washington Street
Dolton
Krueger
Board of Local Improvements
Lincoln Aviue
Connors
Messrs
Arthur W. Consoer
George Consoer
Consoer
Illinois
A. W. Consoer
Cook County
Quinn Koehncke Wedding Surprise in Valparaiso
Miss Helen Quinn daughter of Mr and Mrs James Quinn of Dalton and Mr Harold Koehncke of Riverdale surprised relatives by marrying last Saturday in Valparaiso. The couple plans a short honeymoon and then housekeep in Riverdale or Dalton. Helen is a Thornton Township High School graduate.
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Henry Koehncke
Mason
Helen
Thornton Township
Riverdale
Dalton
Fire damages new residence at 214 East 134th street
Firefighters battled a blaze in a nine room California style home valued at three to four hundred dollars. Workers completing the interior were the last to leave and are suspected to have started the fire with benzined rags. Herman Horn and location details are noted.
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Herman Horn
East 134Th Street
Opportunity to subscribe to Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan shares
Public offers a limited number of shares in the twenty-eighth series to be issued July 1 1925. The Dalton Riverdale Association, with about a quarter million dollars in resources, earns near seven percent on member payments. Apply at Dalton Riverdale or South Holland Banks. Horace Holmes secretary.
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Dalton-Riverdale Building and Loan Association
Dalton- Riverdale Building and Loan Association
Dalton
Riverdale
South Holland
Horace Holmes
Community Picnics and Legion Auxiliary Meeting Notify Dates
The Paul Gall Post American Legion Auxiliary holds a regular meeting at the Dug Out on July 28. The Sandridge Sunday school picnic is at Edwin Waterman’s Grove on July 4 at 11:00 AM, with attendees advised to bring lunch. Our Saviour's church Sunday school picnic occurs at Calumet Grove on July 9 with bus departures at 10 AM and 1:30 PM.
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Paul Gall
Riverdale village orders tree trimming on sidewalks
Property owners in Riverdale must trim overhanging trees to keep at least seven feet clearance from sidewalks. The directive comes from the President and Board of Trustees, with Village Clerk George L. Koehler issuing the notice.
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Riverdale
George L. Koehler
Village board plans early improvements before paving start
Trustees assured property owners that underground work including sewers water mains streets and gas mains would be put in first class condition prior to paving. Conners announced contemplated project includes a 12 inch feeder water main a reservoir and booster pump station to boost water supply and pressure.
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Conners
Local notes on July Fourth open hours and community updates
Dalton post office will be open July 4 from 9 to 10 a m. L E Brookfelt, postmaster. Pat Daly of Specialville celebrated his birthday with a party at his grave joined by John Anderson. A bridge at 186th street over a deep creek will be built by the County Board at no cost to the village. The Fourth will be quiet in Riverdale and Dolton. Calumet City Harvey and South Holland plan big celebrations. Baby girls born to Henry and Mrs Blank June 30 and to Lawrence and Emma Schuman Jun 28. Mrs Hunt of Dolton operated for toxic goitre at St Francis Blue Island. Magdeline Reich and Edward Ripley Jr visit Decatur Ind. Rev Bressler visiting from Oak Harbor Ohio. I C Railway poles placed from Chicago thru Harvey toward Matteson for suburban electrification. Phoenix votes against annexation by Harvey. Jacob Lotz builds a two story brick flat at Michigan and 139th in Branigar. New flying schedule cuts Chicago to New York mail delivery to next morning, effective July 1 at ten cents an ounce.
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Dalton
L. E. Brookfelt
Agor
Pat Daly
Specialville
John Anderson
Pat
P. P. Flick
Riverdale
Dolton
Calumet City
Harvey
South Holland
Henry Blank
George Hunt
Momence
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Magdeline Reich
Edward Ripley, Jr
Decatur
Ind
John Neering
Bressler
Our Savior’s Church
Oak Harbor
Ohio
I. C. Railway
Chicago
Matteson
Lawrence Schuman
Emil Humberg
Mary
James
Benton Harbor
Mich
Clara Baecker
Fred Waterman
Phoenix
Jacob Lotz
Michigan
139Th Street
Branigar
New York
Post Office Department
Birkholz Dolton Tie The Knot In Hammond Church
Miss Leona Birkholz daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Birkholz of 159 Conkey Avenue Hammond Indiana and Lloyd Ralph Dolton of Dolton Illinois married in St Pauls Lutheran Church Hammond Indiana June 30 The service was conducted by Rev Dr Wilse at four oclock with a wedding march and solo Oh Promise Me sung by Miss Charlotte Brown A maid of honor was Miss Catherine Mabrey A three course dinner followed at the bride’s parents home and the couple left for a two week honeymoon touring Michigan and Wisconsin The bride's sister Miss Harriet Lorenzen visiting Arlington Heights this week.
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Leona Birkholz
Ernest Birkholz
Conkey Avenue
Hammond
Ind
Lloyd Ralph Dolton
Dolton, I
Wilse
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Charlotte Brown
Catherine Mabrey
Mrs. Dalton
Michigan
Wisconsin
Harriet Lorenzen
Arlington Heights
County plans extensive paving on Cook county roads
The county board outlines about eighty miles of concrete highways to be paved this season expanding the county traffic network. South region projects include One Hundred Fifty-Fourth street, Torrence avenue, Michigan City road, a Michigan City road to Indiana state line segment, Burnham avenue, and Cicero avenue with several segments already underway.
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Cook County
One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth Street
Michigan City Road
Indiana State Line
Burnham Avenue
Homewood-Lansing
Burnham
Cicero Avenue
147Th Street
70Th Street
Hankey Robbins wedding in Riverdale at Our Savior's Church
Miss Evelyn Hankey daughter of Mrs. John Hankey and Mr Fred O Robbins were married Saturday at 4 pm at Our Savior's church Rev Wike officiating. The church was decorated and a reception followed at the village hall. They will honeymoon in California and start housekeeping in Riverdale. Both are employed at Haney with Evelyn a stenographer and Fred a night yard foreman.
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Evelyn Hankey
John Hankey
Riverdale
Fred O. Robbins
Our Savior’s Church
Wike
California
Haney
Pointer
Hospital Adds Duplicated Nurses' Home on Campus
The hospital plans to erect on the west side of the grounds a nurses' home exactly duplicating the current Ingalls Memorial facility. It will be built to look seamless with the main complex and linked by an enclosed passageway for staff, mirroring existing connections.
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Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Thistle Control Notice for Thornton Township
Notice to all property owners renters and agents in Thornton Township. All Canada thistles must be cut before they go to seed. Anyone neglecting or refusing will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Deputy Thistle Commissioner H M Packard signs this notice.
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Thornton
Death of Sarah Jaworski at Oak Forest Sanatorium
Sarah Jaworski aged 22 of Dalton died June 30 at 7 50 p m after being admitted May 26 for treatment. Funeral services set for Friday at 9 am at St Solomei church Roseland with interment at Holy Cross cemetery Hammond. She leaves parents seven sisters four brothers and many relatives and friends.
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Sarah Jaworski
Dalton
Oak Forest Sanitarium
St. Solomei Church
Roseland
Holy Cross Cemetery
Hammond
Oakglen Gun Club reschedules trap shoot to July 4
The Oakglen Gun Club will hold its regular trap shoot on July 4 instead of the first Sunday. The change invites shooters to bring their guns and compete. St Mary’s Church in Riverdale hosts its annual festival with large evening attendances, signaling social and financial success. Mrs Wm Lorenz of Dalton recuperates after June 26 operation at St Francis Hospital Blue Island, returning home in good condition after 10 days of treatment.
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Oakglen
St. Mary’s Church
Riverdale
Wm. Lorenz
Dalton
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Lorenz
Riverdale Students Excel in Cook County Achievement Contest
Gertrude Baumgartner of Bowen school Riverdale won second prize at the Cook County Achievement Contest held at the courthouse last Saturday. Burton Hoffman and Fred Dahm won first and third prizes amid a field of seventy seven graduates, with Bowen students earning twelve or thirteen percent of all winners and receiving bank accounts in Chicago.
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Gertrude Baumgartner
Bowen School
Cook County
Court House
Burton Hoffman
Barrington
Fred Dahm
Country Life
Riverdale
Commercial Bank
Chicago
Gertrude
Grace Dengler
Ida Vandermyde
Margaret Schaack
Evangeline Wunsch
Adolph Matthiesen
Clifford Wilkens
Theodore Bush
Chester Boyens
Franklin Bergold
Miss McMahon
Our Country Life
Free Illinois road maps distributed by Public Service Co
The Public Service Company of Northern Illinois is distributing folded road maps showing current highways across its service territory. The Chicago Motor Club prepared the map which marks concrete gravel oiled and dirt roads and uses solid lines for completed pavements and broken lines for construction.
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Illinois
Public Service Company of
Northern
Chicago Motor Club
Chambers of Commerce and Company
Riverdale Village Notice To Cut Thistles and Weeds
All property owners in Riverdale village are ordered to cut Canada thistles and noxious weeds now growing or that may grow on their premises as directed by the Board of Trustees.
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Riverdale
Canada
George L. Koehler
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Birkholz-Dolton
Hankey-Robbins
H. M. Packard
Thistle
Gertrude Raumearines
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