Mystery Drowning In Calumet River Identified as Unknown Man
A man about 8 at 5 feet 8 inches tall, 150 pounds with sandy hair was found drowned in the Calumet river near Kensington after floating for four days. The coroner ruled accidental drowning. identity remains unknown though a piano tuner card and an old Chicago paper were found.
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Calumet River
Kensington
Dalton
J. R. Stanley
Mr. Stanley
George Davis
Joe LiPiere
Wm. Kurz
Riverdale
Chicago American
Dalton Athletics beat Fanta Fe's 4 to 3 in hard contest
The Dalton Athletics defeated the Fanta Fe's of Chicago 4 to 3 last Sunday in the season’s best game. Next Sunday July 14 they face Moreland Athletics of Chicago. Ray Van Deursen will report for The Pointer.
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Dalton Athletics
Fanta Fe’s
Chicago
Moreland Athletics
The
Pointer
Ray van Deursen
Wm Vanderaa Dies in South Holland at 7 Years Old
Wm Vanderaa, an elderly South Holland resident, died Tuesday evening at 8:30 due to heart failure and old age. He was born in Holland and was seven years old and ten days at the time. Funeral arrangements and further details follow in local notices.
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Vanderaa
South Holland
Holland
South Hollery
Postmaster John Boetteger Injured in Ladder Fall
Dalton postmaster and tin shop operator John Boetteger fell from a ladder while fastening gutter pipes at 1:45 PM Wednesday. He landed on his head and back from about 12 feet, was dazed, taken home, and with no broken bones but a hurt back, he is reported seriously shaken but expected to recover. His brother in law Martin Schmidt assisted. Dr. Thomsen treated him.
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John Boetteger
Dalton
Martin Schmidt
Charles Schnoor
Dr. Thomsen
Mr. Boetteger
Firefighters Train for Riverdale to Kewaunee Run
Chiefs Ripley Ott Sorgenfrei Flannagan along with Capt. G A Sprick join the Turnament Running Team departing Riverdale on Sunday July 14 for Kewaunee. A group of other firemen will accompany and cheer the boys toward victory.
Child Wanderer Reunited With Parents After Hours Missing
Officer Herman Faden found Catherine Marguerette wandering near Bachmann's Grove at six thirty. She could not name her destination but pointed east. She was taken to a home until Riverdale officials located her parents, Mr and Mrs Peter Miller of 18809 Calumet Ave. Riverdale.
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Herman Faden
Dalton
Bachmann
Schaefer
Peter Miller
Calumet Ave
Riverdale
Henry
Indiana Ave
Gas for Dolton Power Plan Attracts Board Action
The Dalton village board met with President Thomas Harper presiding. They discussed wiring for a Chicago building, gas nuisance at Wisconsin Lime & Cement Works, sidewalk ordinances for all streets, and a drainage power proposal that could save about $2000 yearly.
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Thomas Harper
Schaefer
Ehlert
Frank C. Lund
Vandenberg
Main
Grant
Alderman Biehl
Chicago
138Th Street
Harter
Chicago Terminal Railroad
Verhoven
Bonrd
Board of Local Improvements
Dalton
Illinois
J. C. Bloodgood
Harvey
Behrens
Weber
Mr. Bloodgood
Wisconsin Lime & Cement Works
Harper
Behreng
Northwestern Gas, Light, & Coke Company
Blue Island
Cook County
Chicago Drainage Power Company
Jacob Lotz Dead In Home Tragedy
Jacob Lotz a well known farmer and active citizen died Thursday night while sitting in a kitchen rocking chair by a gas stove at his corner Halsted and 188th street. An inquest was held Friday afternoon. cause under investigation with possible gas exposure cited.
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Jacob Lotz
Halsted
188Th Street
Mr. Lotz
Local notices from Riverdale and nearby towns
Local items speak of visits to New Ulm and Grand Haven, a business picnic planned for July 21 at Dillner's Grove, and Ada Hahn opening an ice cream shop on Lincoln Avenue. Reports note a broken arm of Mary Ruf and theft of sewer pipe, plus Riverdale champion horse shoe pitchers and a clash with Peg Ringers over a recent game.
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Dillner’s Grove
Ada Hahn
Henry Hahn
Dalton
Lincoln Avenue
Riverdale
Rudolph Stotzer
Adolph Hadorn
Gustav Sprick
Richard Iless
Bob’ Grant
Billy” Grant
F. J. Higgins
Evanston Avenue
Ile
Hadorn
Pioneer Herman Werner Runs Longtime Grocer and Meat Market
Herman Werner, born September 25 1848 in Saxony, Germany, operates a grocery and meat market at 13779 Leyden Avenue for 32 years. An early trading center for farmers, he emigrated in 1867, started in business in 1874, married Anna Prahlow in 1874, and fathered nine children. He is noted as a respected local businessman with deep connections in the community and a long family history.
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Herman Werner
Leyden Avenue
Crown Point
Ind
Mir Werner
Saxony
Germany
America
Riverdale
Frederick Schmidt
August Reich
ae—Pappa
Bertha
Max Ehlert
Anna
John Prahl
Hammond
Herman Werner, Jr
136Th Place
Augusta
Henry Sauerman
76Th St
Chicago
Cora
Roy Lee
Ill
Harvey
Emma
Edna
Walter
Rudolph
Attorney Otto Reich Departs Riverdale for Webb City
Attorney Otto F Reich of Riverdale left Thursday morning for Webb City Missouri on a business trip and will return in a few days.
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Otto F. Reich
Riverdale
Webb City
Rocking Chair Prize Drawn by Firemen’s Team
Andrew Baumgartner held the winning number 465 in the Firemen's Tournament Running Team raffle. The Rocking Chair prize went to the holder of that number.
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Andrew Baumgartner
National 4th of July fatalities rise nationwide
The Chicago Tribune reports 58 killed and 3,807 injured across the country on the Fourth of July. The piece argues the annual slaughter should end, noting that firearm use and giant fireworks are dangerous and nonsensical, predicting change in coming years.
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The
Chicago Tribune
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Teddy Reich
Emil Berzingki
Teddy
Wm. Vanderaa
Chicago Street
Kewaunee
Ripley
Ott
Sorgenfrei
Flannagan
Thorn
Peter Ripley
State Firemen’s Association
Dolton
Northwestern Gas, Light & Coke Co
Oswald Obeldobel
Grand Haven Michigan
J.C. Brookfelt
Lucy McMillan
Miss McMillan
Geo. H. McMillan
Mary
Emil Ruf
Chas. Neimeyer
Charley
Mr.Niemeyer
Business Men’s Association
Herman Warner, Sr
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