Dolton Board Advances Lincoln Avenue Drainage and Street Work
The Dolton Board in regular session approved bids to install water and sewer stubs on Park and Lincoln avenues and to pave Park Avenue and other streets by special assessment. The meeting covered drainage fixes, sidewalk issues, street lighting, license inquiries, and plans to straighten Lincoln Avenue east of Oak Street before paving.
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Lincoln Avenue
Park Avenue
Michigan City Road
Walter Nowak
Post Office Department
Anthony Basile
Supers Ready After Big Win Over Friscos
Supers beat the Friscos with a shower of runs last Sunday and now feel their batting eye is tuned. They travel to Palmer Park next Sunday to face the Apaches at 1 15 p m. In seven games the Supers have 108 runs on 90 hits.
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Blue Island
Palmer Park
Smith-Deam J M Deam Announces Marriage In Pittsburgh
Gale Deam, traffic manager for Johns-Manville in Pittsburgh, reports his marriage to a high school teacher from Rantoul Illinois at 2 40 pm last Saturday. The couple will begin housekeeping in Pittsburgh and are praised by friends for a promising home.
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J. M. Deam
Gale
Pittsburgh
California
the Pointer
Legion Post Notes and July 4th District Meeting
American Legion notes Maurer returns home after posts in southern Michigan. The 4th District meeting is set for July 22 in Dalton with delegates from 18 southern Cook County posts. Paul Gall Post plans a royal reception for visiting notables and a 500 man parade will escort past commanders at Riverdale depot to Dalton. Regular Paul Gall Post meeting next Tuesday. discussions include inviting Judge and his orchestra.
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Maurer
Michigan
Dalton
Cook County
Paul Gall Post
Howard Savage
Daddy” Schieck
Illinois Central
Riverdale
Judge
Ton Family Reunion Set For August 26 In Cook County
The 1926 Ton family annual reunion will be held August 26. The decision was made at an executive committee meeting at F. W. Jansen’s home, 316 West 103rd Street. The Ton reunion is a significant yearly event in southern Cook County.
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Ton
F. W. Jansen
West 103Rd Street
Cook County
Collie Mayor Reunites With Master After Long Absence
A collie named Mayor, stolen twenty months ago from A. L. Smith, found his way back to the Smith family in Harvey. The dog briefly stayed with a new household, then scratched at the door of Smith’s mother. She informed Mr. Smith in Dalton, and Mayor is now with his master again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Smith
Mayor
Mr. Smith
Myrtle Avenue
Harvey
Dalton
Ford Announcement Moves Sales Room And Repair Shop
The Dolton Riverdale Motor Co announces relocation from 352 Lincoln Avenue to a new building at the corner of Lincoln and Forest in Dolton. They state better service and reduced prices on several Ford cars, inviting customers to visit. Otis Williams, Manager.
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Lincoln Avenue
Lincoln and
Forest Avenue
Dolton
Ford
Dolton-Riverdale Motor CO
Otis Williams
Mgr
Local and Personal News Highlights From Dalton
William May and family head to a Lake Leland cottage in Northern Michigan. Charley Busby of Detroit stops in at Harvey on way to California to see Elks friends. Mrs Dieck, 74, hospitalized for gall stones after operation. seven sons and a daughter. Sunday school picnic at Calumet Grove July 15 with bus service. Heavy rain floods sewers and basements. Mrs Rampke gravely ill at Highlawn home. Kids, visitors, and temporary moves noted among Dalton residents.
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Gates
William May
Walter
Adell
Leonard Sutherland
Lake Leland
Michigan
Manitou Island
Charley Busby
Detroit
Riverdale
Harvey
California
Elks Club
Mr. Bushy
Rosco
Pope Sugar Works
Cadillac
Robert Deam
Chicago
B. Staple
Will Vandeursen
Ingar
Minn
Minnesota
Irene
Anna Dieck
Roseland Community Hospital
Our Saviour
Calumet Grove
G. H. DeWalt
Pittsburgh
Penn
Dalton
Wm. Rampke
Highlawn
Gypsy palm readers accused after fortune tale ends in theft
Two gypsy women visiting Mrs. Mary Likota at 9286 Chancey Avenue read her palm and warned of trouble. They then left with 230 dollars that Likota believed was secure. Burnside police seek the women as the commander comments on their apparent skill at fortune telling.
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Mary Likota
Chancey Avenue
Burnside
Little Girl Died In Harvey Area After Illness
Mr and Mrs Walter Haines of North Harvey mourn the death of their daughter Loraine aged 2 years 6 months who died Monday July 5 from pneumonia following a prior chicken pox infection. Specialists were consulted and a hoped for recovery ended when she took cold a week earlier. Funeral services were held Wednesday in Harvey conducted by the Episcopal minister with interment at Oaklawn Cemetery Thornton.
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Walter Haines
North Harvey
Riverdale
Dalton
Loraine
Harvey
Oaklawn Cemtery
Thornton
Elks National Convention Parades Through Chicago
The Order of Elks holds its National Convention in Chicago July 12 to 16 to dedicate a new Memorial Temple honoring WWI Elks. A major parade on Thursday July 15 features Cook County Lodges led by Harvey Lodge with members in golf uniforms and purple tied hats.
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Order of Elks
Chicago
Elks
Cook County
Harvey Lodge
Oak Parkers
Recital by Miss Grant's Pupils at Dalton Church
Miss Naomi B. Grant led a Thursday evening recital at Dalton M E church on July 1 with assistance from little Miss Lorraine Prindle who read two pieces. The near complete offering of 11.23 was donated to the Dalton church music fund for building and piano use.
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Grant
Naomi B. Grant
Dalton M. E. Church
Lorraine Prindle
Music Fund
Automobile Crash In DeKalb Involves Moonshine
Mr and Mrs Wm Maxwell of Thornton and granddaughter Dorothy of Dalton were in a serious crash on a DeKalb road after a Chevrolet containing four young men refused to yield. Moonshine bottles were found in the car. Mrs Maxwell suffered a severe scalp wound and skull fracture while Mr Maxwell had a deep scalp cut requiring 18 stitches. Dorothy sustained a bruised head and black eye. all were taken to DeKalb hospital with Mrs Maxwell in serious condition.
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Wm. Maxwell
Thornton
Grandaughter
Dorothy
Dalton
Oregon
Ill
DeKalb
Chevrolet
Maxwell
Mr. Maxwell
Little Dorothy
DeKalb Hospital
Moon
Death Removes G. A. Ernst, Laid to Rest Last Saturday
Gustav Adolph Ernst, 76, longtime Pullman post office superintendent, is laid to rest after services at Doty funeral home and chapel. Veterans of the Pullman post office attend to honor their former chief known as the grand old man. Burial at Oakwoods follows a 3 15 service. he died after a pneumonia bout short after retiring.
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Gustav Adolph Ernst
Pullman Post Office
Doty Funeral Home
Ernst
Marie Ernst
William B. Nolan
George Gruneau
Indiana Avenue paving eyed to ease South Side traffic
South End Chamber of Commerce leaders urge opening Indiana avenue to 127th street and paving it to create a new south side artery. They expect the project to relieve congestion on South Michigan Avenue and tie into a broader plan including 111th street paving and widening South Halsted. A tracks lowering agreement with Chicago Surface Lines clears the way for completion.
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West 111Th Street
Stewart Avenue
Halsted Street
South End
Indiana Avenue
Kensington
124Th
DeYoung
Michigan Avenue
Roseland
111Th Street
Lake Calumet
Morgan Park
South Halsted Street
West 81St Street
South Halsted
Chicago
Board of Local Improvements
Rare stock opportunity in Dalton Riverdale building loan
Community residents are invited to subscribe to the current series stock of the Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan Association. With assets over 250000, the stock is advertised as a safe, profitable investment benefiting both the investors and the community. Interested parties should contact the First National Bank of Dolton or write the Secretary, 8-8.
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Dalton-Riverdale Building & Loan Association
First National Bank of Dolton
Notice to property owners on street utility installs
All property owners wishing to install sewer water and gas in streets to be improved should do so before these streets are finished from curb to curb. The state requires a 1000 dollar bond for each excavation under the pavement after the street has been laid. By order of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dolton. WM. G. DOLTON, Village Clerk.
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Board of Trustees
Dolton
WM. G. Dolton
Riverdale Arrows Meet Village Stars At Home Diamond
The Riverdale Arrows host the Village Stars of Dal ton at their home diamond on East 136th Street. Arrows battery is Sterk and Bremer. Season standings show Games played W W W L. Per 6 3 3 500.
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Riverdale Arrows
Village Stars
Dalton
East 136Th Street
Arrows
Sterk and Bremer
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Krueger
Harris
Connors
Chicago Street
Jacobsma
Pole
Engel
Ewart
Monroe Street
Schubert
Finance Committee
147Th Street
Pennsylvania R. A
South Park Avenue
Fire Department
Police, Fire and Water Committee
Dalton Department
Mohr
Police, Fire and Water
City Fire Department
Oak Street
Supers
American Legion
Ton Family
G. A. Ernst
Indiana Ave
Earl DeYoung
Roseland Chamber of Commerce
South
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