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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1923
Page
1
Paul Gaul Post American Legion leads a campaign to raise money for a memorial to local service members who died. Businesses and homes have been contacted, with next week set as Gold Star week. A house to house canvass will offer subscribers a gold star flag for display in windows or car windshields.
The committee reports plans to place memorial markers in every home and appears to be exceeding the goal with strong support. The contributors span individuals and institutions including First National Bank Dalton First Trust Savings Bank Riverdale and numerous named donors with gifts ranging from 1 to 10 dollars. A lost typewriter repair grip between I H Belt office Blue Island and Hammond is also noted with a five dollar reward.
New automotive regulations require immediate license applications within 24 hours of possession and set a 35 mph speed limit for passenger cars off municipal boundaries. Rules update headlight dimming near oncoming traffic, mirror rear views for second division vehicles, and limit using dealer plates to sales demonstrations. Penalties include a $200 fine or up to one year in jail for hit and run without notifying authorities.
Bas eball results show Riverdale Boosters defeat Libertyville A C 9 to 6 on Sunday July 1. The Yank ey Boys edged the Boosters 2 to 1 on July 4 with the game called in the eighth inning due to rain. On July 8 they face the Marshall Sportsman from Chicago. The Twins, now reorganized, plan to play the Blue Island Feds Sunday at Twin City grounds Indiana avenue and 1388rd street in Riverdale. Slim Cheskie pitches and Bert Woods fields. A good game is expected.
President Smythe of Dalton was called to Oklahoma on business. Trustee John O'Connor will serve as acting mayor in his absence. A Ford run-about at 138th street crossing was struck by the Pennsylvania accommodation train last Sunday evening. occupants jumped out before impact and the car was demolished. Jim Propper had a collision at 138th and Lincoln avenue with notable damage. Robert Haney leaves for a Wisconsin summer resort assignment. Edward Ripley Jr. visits Decatur Indiana. A fundraising card and banco party is planned by Tabernacle Guild at St Mary’s church basement on Friday July 13. George Koehler moves into a new two flat on Michigan avenue near 139th street Branigar subdivision. Evelyn Goeb visits grandmother in Woodlawn while parents travel to Buffalo and New York City. Dr Liddie C Stotzer travels to Brooklyn for three weeks to visit relatives.
A syndicate led by P. W. Meyn of Hammond and Wm. Maurer, a Riverdale real estate man, near-complete purchase of about 41 acres along Chicago and Fredericka streets and five acres west of the village hall. The bank holding the land, First National Bank of Chicago, acquired it after John R. Walsh fell through on a terminal project. Maurer aims to subdivide the area south of Panhandle tracks with lots to be sold soon.
Sealed bids for building 138th Street from Lincoln Avenue to the B and O R R right of way with tarvia bound macadam are to be received by the Board of Trustees of Dalton until 8 p.m. July 16, 1928. The board may reject any or all bids. See Henry Milhahn for specs. WM. G. Dolton, Village Clerk.
Heavy afternoon rain swept Riverdale on July 4 starting around 4 30 pm and lasting nearly two hours. Lightning struck a Public Service Co pole by the village hall and set it afire while roads filled with merrymakers and sports events were disrupted.
W J Haney argues saving has increased globally yet shifted from hidden tin cans to investments. Building and Loan associations grow, funding homes and trades, with humanity and profits driving popularity. Dolton Riverdale Association sells 24th series. contact Horace Holmes at First National Bank of Dalton for details.
Pohler family descendants gathered at the old homestead east of Propers Corners for a reunion. Grandma Mary Pohlers aged 88 remained active as kin enjoyed the day with children, grandchildren, and other relatives.
Property owners and tenants in Riverdale must cut Canada thistles and obnoxious weeds on their premises at once by order of the president and board. A jumbled closing paragraph remarks on names and wedding gift advice in a fragmentary aside.
Harry Hanschmann of Riverdale and Hilda Lang of Chicago married June 23 at St Stephen's Evangelical church. Riverdale relatives attended with a reception at the Masonic hall. The couple left June 24 for a western honeymoon and will start housekeeping at 63 East 137th Street, Riverdale.
Ford will start operations at the Hegewisch plant within six weeks employing about 5,200 workers with a $6 daily minimum after sixty days. A. W. L. Gilpin announced the plans to Hammond Chamber, noting transfer of the Chicago plant to Hegewisch, and detailing output of 600 cars daily plus 500 closed bodies, under one roof on 510 by 1300 feet with rail and river access and room for expansion.
A quirky note explains the bathroom door is always at the end of the hall, the last door tried, and it tends to stick and is usually locked. Curants for sale advertised with a contact to Chas Milhahn and a Dolton phone number 391.
The Village of Dolton invites geared bids by 8 p.m. July 16 for 50 tons of Franklin Co mine run coal or 50 tons of 8rd vein Poca hontas mine run coal. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Also for sale a baby buggy in good condition at 22 East 137th Place.
Notice invites bids for painting exterior wood work cornice and fire escape on the village hall. Bids due by 8:00 p m Monday evening July 16 1923. Board may reject any or all bids. See John J Connors for specifications. Village Clerk
Our Savior's church announces its annual picnic on July 12 at Calumet Grove. A bus will depart from the church at 9 a.m. The event promises a big time and welcomes all attendees.
Otto Maccabee and James Carr, both 21, pleaded guilty to holding up Harold Trussell of Dalton and Miss Genevieve Sprague near Highland. They received 10 to 20 years in Jeffersonville penitentiary after capture aided by Dorothy Randall of Hazel Crest. Sprague was wounded by a bullet. chase ended with arrests in Crown Point Hob.
Proclamation from June 1 to Sept 1 requires all dogs in Riverdale to wear a substantial wire or leather muzzle securely on to prevent biting. By order of the village board. CHAS NIEMEYER President Riverdale Village.
Betz is recovering at St Margaret’s hospital Hammond after surgeons removed a carbuncle weighing one pound. The operation marks a significant improvement in the patient’s condition.
Property owners in Dolton must cut weeds and Canadian thistles on their property at once by order of the Board of Trustees. Wm. G. Dolton, Clerk.
A humorous guide lists seven rules for spinning fish stories. It advises sizing listeners, avoiding photos, not exposing the tale at home, and confiding in a wife or second wife if needed. It also suggests choosing a nonexistent stream, sticking to the story, and ends with an unrelated demand for rags for office presses.
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