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Riverdale Pointer in Riverdale, Illinois

12 Jul 1907

Page 8

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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1907

Page

8

Riverdale Firemen Save Grain Elevator Heroes From Minnesota

Chief Ripley brought news of two Riverdale alumni Geo Wilkins and Frank Lau who rescued a grain elevator in Ormsby. They climbed the walls with axes and extinguishers, making a roof hole and halting the blaze, proving Riverdale training effective. Meanwhile Billy the coon escaped his cage before being recaptured from a chicken pen commotion.

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Chief Ripley Minnesota Riverdale Ormeby Calumet Fire Department Geo. Wilkins Frank Lau Ormsby Ripley Illinoi Billy Riverdale Park Plymouth Rock
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Riverdale social notes and church lawn party report

Misses Jennie Wolff and Mayme Frier of Chicago spent Sunday in Riverdale visiting Agnes Sprick. Fred Hammaster welcomed a new daughter named Hulda. Herman Werner Jr visited Knox Indiana this week and had a good time. Harry Hammi and the genItal fellow from Emil Rosenthal's loft plan a Canadian lake tour after vacation. The Dalton M E Sunday School Class held a July 4 lawn party at the church with fireworks and treats of lemonade, ice cream, and cake.

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Jennie Wolff Mayme Frier Chicago Riverdale Agnes Sprick Herman Werner Jr Knox Indiana Harry Hammi Emil Rosenthal Dalton M. E
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Louis Krueger Albert Krueger Krueger Brothers Wm. Dillner Lincoln Avenue Indiana R. R Dolton Illinois Benz Bros. & Company Obeldobel West 137Th Street Illinois Central Depot Fred Hammester Hulda Oxford John Behrens Chicago Street Dolton, Ilinois Wm. H. Rippe Indiana Ave Eradale Park Dalton F. A. Reich & Son Dolton State the Business Men’s Bank Savings Department Ernest W. Balgeman Edmund Fordtran Lorenz F. Kipley Board OF Directors John Berger Lawrence Ray WM. F. Proppef Ernest V Simon Schoon Peter Kipley Franklund C.H. Thomsen Balgeman Dolton State Bank Lincoln Ave Dolton, Ill
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