Riverdale Village Annual Appropriation Ordinance 1926
Official Riverdale ordinance outlines corporate appropriations for May 1 1926 to April 30 1927 with total sums assigned to each object and tax levy only covering designated amounts. It sets funding sources including surplus and non taxation revenues and notes garbage disposal costs under 1915 law. Passed July 18 1926 by Village President Anton Strolinsky and Village Clerk George L Koehler.
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South Side push to build Calumet harbor grows with 100‑member committee
South Chicago and nearby communities form a new body to back Calumet harbor. Illinois Manufacturers' Association backs action to dredge Lake Calumet and secure legislation. The effort seeks a harbor closer than Milwaukee for gulf to lake traffic, opposing a Nickel Plate railroad plan.
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Chicago
Calumet
Milwaukee
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
South End
Calumet Harbor
Chambers of Commerce
East
Ind
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Roseland
Woodlawn
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Riverdale
Dalton
Charles W. Burton
Calumet Improvement Association
Nickel Plate Railroad
State of
Hollywood of Hammond Subdivision Announced
The new subdivision Hollywood of Hammond will lie between the Little Calumet River and Ridge Road near the golf course residential area in Hammond. The project is valued at about 1.5 million dollars and sits north of the Ford airport site.
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Hollywood
Hammond
Little Calumet River
Ridge Road
Ford Airport
Fire damages Marshfield cottage and contents
About 2000 dollars in damage resulted when a fire partially destroyed the frame cottage at 14521 Marshfield avenue last Saturday night. The city fire department was summoned about 11 30 p.m. by residents returning from the Legion carnival. Hay Shoemake and family lived there and lost most of their belongings. Shoemake, a former Riverdale resident, had a dangerous past incident at work with an asbestos shingle company.
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Marshfield Avenue
Hay Shoemake
Legion Carnival
Shoemake
Harvey Tribune
Riverdale
Asbestos Shingle Co
Hardscrabble Streator and Illinois Rail Era Facts
Illinois history notes include Streator’s original name Hardscrabble after a hard river crossing. Electric railways carry enough passengers to equal the U S population every 21 days. Chicago grows by 154 people daily and gas arrived in 1850.
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Streator
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Chicago
Rock Island Arsenal
Central Station Electric Companies
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Coal mining in Ireland faces low quality and limited impact
In the north of the region, Creal notes that bituminous coal is mined with modest quality. The quantity is not sufficient and does not affect the seated trade or related assets.
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Nothing new under the sun broadcast by radio
Solomon’s saying about novelty is challenged by the ability to broadcast it via radio. The Boston Transcript notes the irony of ancient wisdom meeting modern media in a brief quip.
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Boston Transcript
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Japan
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