Business Men's Association Meeting Schedule
Business Men's Association meets on the first Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. in A. U. J. Hall Dolton. President Brookfelt presides with Frank C. Bergold recording secretary Henry Hahn financial secretary and Dr Obeldobel treasurer listed among officers.
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Ancient Order United Workmen
A. Q
Dalton
Richard Hoppe
Chas. Co
Brickmakers
A. O. U. W. Hall
Dolton
William J. Albrecht
Henry Krueger Jr
Andrew Messernchmidt
Business Men’s Association
A. U. J . Hall
M. J
Brookfelt
Frank QC
Bergold
Henry Hahn
Or. Obeldobel
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Fred Ludwig
Gee. L. Koehler
Herman Dreesen
Riverdale Improvement Association and Post Meeting Notes
Riverdale Improvement Association reports its G. W. Spencer Post 279 meets the fourth Friday at 8 p.m. at Village Hall with Mrs Bertha Sprick as president and Mrs Oswald Qbeldobet as secretary. Blue Island voters approve a public park bond issue to fund grounds and maintenance with a 2 mill tax.
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Calumet
Village Hall
Riverdale
F. Kinney
O. Obeldotel
H. Hahn
G. W. Spencer
Bertha Sprick
Oswald Qbeldobet
Blue Island
Calumet Canal Plan Emphasized by McCormick Letter
President McCormick of the Chicago Sanitary District outlines in a long letter to taxpayers the board’s plans for a Calumet Canal. He cites Chief Engineer Wisner advocating a 2000 cubic feet per second canal to drain sewage by dilution and reduce river pollution, with need for right of way and funding.
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Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Sanitary District Board
Calumet Canal
Wisner
Blue Island
United States
Calumet River
Sag
Calumet
G. M. Wisner
Board of Trustees
R. R. McCormick
Counterfeiter Engstrand Arrested After Calumet River Stop
62 year old Engstrand was arrested in a Hegewisch fishermans shanty after molds for coins from one dollar to five cents were found under his floor. He refused to confess despite exposure to the tools and specimens. He was jailed without bond of 2000 dollars awaiting a hearing set for next Wednesday. Secret Service Capt Porter had pursued him for years, citing long experience in counterfeiting.
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Charlies J. Engelrand
Calumet River
Hegewisch
Engstrand
Engestrand
United States
Foote
Capt. Porter
Secret Service
Mauretania Near 26 Knot Transatlantic Pace in Historic Voyage
The Mauretania completed the eastward Atlantic passage from Ambrose lightship to Brow Head in 4 days 17 hours 21 minutes, covering 2937 knots at an average 25.88 knots. On June 21 she passed Brow Head at 8 am after starting from Ambrose lightship, Sandy Hook.
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Mauretania
Brow Head
Ambrose
Sandy Hook
United States
War on the Fly Campaign Opens in Richmond
Civic league the YMCA and women’s clubs join a city effort in Richmond Indiana to curb flies. Proposals include screening all windows and doors in poorer houses and supplying free screens if landlords refuse. Council may enact an ordinance mandating garbage cans with lids and penalties for exposing garbage that breeds flies.
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Richmond
Ind
Civic League
Y.M.C. A
A Diary Clip Urges Choosing Worthwhile Poems
William Hawley Smith advises selecting a poem and making it your own. He contrasts uplifting verses with gossip and notes bees gather honey while insects linger in dung, urging readers to carry meaningful poetry to school, church, and home.
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William Hawley Smith
Paris Green Kills Potato Bugs For Sale
Commercial notice listing Paris Green pesticide for sale by John Behrens of Dolton.
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Paris
John Behrens
Dolton
Rabbi and marshal in poverty stricken New York street scene
In a second story room on Suffolk Street a ragged Jewish prayer group is evicted by City Marshal Lazarus. The old rabbi and tenacious children watch as furniture is hauled away, then Lazarus offers a mercy sum to help the prayer group survive the day.
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Suffolk Street
Jay
Roaring East Side
Lazarus
New York
Cincinnati Times-Star
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Kinney Brothers
Indiana Ave
Ill
Delton Station
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Beard Delton
Delion
Thos. Harper
Geo. H. Schaefer
Village Board
Village Wall
F. W. Schmidt
Jacob A. Decklar
Catholic Order Foresters
P. m
John H. Meteyia
John E. Kinney
Nicholas Simon
Peter Kipley
Women’s Catholic
Mra Magdalen Kipley
Emma Kelly
Catharine Kurs
Knights OF the Modern Maccabees
A. O. U. W Hall
A. Baumgartner
John Harter
Co. Vandenberg
George Washington Lodge
Wuw
Lund’s
W. Weat
H. Fuller
Riverdale Improvement Association
J. M. Deam
John 3. Schafer
F. A. Reich
Women’s Relief Corps
Dolton School Board
Park Avenue
Riverdale Board
Bowen
McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Jim
Tom
Mary
Charlie Taylor
Marshal
Randolph Street
JTH
Randolph St
South
North
A. m
Chicago
Western
Indiana
R. R
Panhan
P.C
IDALE
Dolton Wit
H St.l
Union Printing
Calumet Or
Thornton Townships
Fordtran Bros
Chicago Blue Island
Chicago Heights
E. Fordtran
Harvey Chinese
SUN Sing
Guarnt
Jacob Lau
Leyden Avenue
Edward F. Dill
Chicago St
R. Pils
Sinemake
Lincoln Avenue
Fdolton
Grant Bros
Pointer
Richard
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
GEO
Tuch
Abertay & Cigars
137Th Street
WM. C. Zesch
Riv
Midway
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
Henry Koehncke
Telephone
Leyden Ave
Carl Wulff
Dolton, Ill
A. J. Parker, M.D
D.D.S
Dutt Building
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
H. R. Penfield
West
138Th St. Highlang
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