Pioneer Mother Dies After Calm River Home Life
Mary Ann Donohoe Verhoeven died suddenly on a Friday July 11 while seated on her porch beside the Calumet river in Harvey Illinois. She was born in Tullamore Ireland and married August Verhoeven in 1875. Surviving children include John A Verhoeven George August and several McNulty and Smith in Illinois. Funeral Mass held July 14 at Ascension church Harvey with interment at St Joseph cemetery Hammond Indiana.
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August Verhoeven
Calumet River
Mary
Ascension Church
Harvey
Ill
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Hammond
Ind
Mary Ann Donohoe
Tullamore
King’s Co
Ireland
George
Hibbard Spencer Bartlett
Verhoeven
Girl Scout News from Troop No 1 Hiking to Globe
Helen E. Stanczik reports fourteen Girl Scouts and their captain hiked to Globe for their annual troop outing. The last meeting was June 27, with September start planned. They thank donors from a recent bakery sale. One reader earned a child nurse proficiency badge. Last week one hundred ten girls attended camp. The Wild Flower Preservation Society asked Scouts to help preserve wild flowers under the motto Enjoy not destroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Wild Flower Preservation Society
Record-setting C E I excursion train carries 1873 passengers
A Chicago Daily News note reports the C E I Railway set a new record with 1873 passengers on a single excursion train requiring 24 coaches. Equipment shortages left many would-be travelers unable to ride. The piece also covers local news from Riverdale and Dalton, with several short notices on residents travel, jobs, and business developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Mrs. Robert Greiling Dies Suddenly in Roseland
Mrs. Robert Greiling aged 58 of Riverdale died suddenly Sunday evening at her home at 113th Street and Michigan Avenue Roseland. Survived by husband sister Reinhold Baumgartner Riverdale brother Helmuth Baumgartner Evanston Ill. two daughters Freida Williams and Anna Parker Jones both of Chicago and son William Parks Indiana. Services at St Nicholas Church Roseland remains laid to rest at St Maria's Cemetery.
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Robert Greiling
Riverdale
113Th Street
Michigan Avenue
Roseland
Reinhold Baumgartner
Helmuth Baumgartner
Evanston, Ill
Freida
Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan opens 26th series
The Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan Association invites subscriptions for its 26th series. W. J. Haney serves as president and Horace Holmes as secretary, with offices at First National Bank Building. The notice promotes saving to ease life’s rough spots.
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Dalton-Riverdale Building and Loan Association
W. J. Haney
Horace Holmes
First National Bank
Robbery at 13944 Wentworth Avenue
Two colored men forced entry to the Frank Schroll residence about 6 20 Wednesday evening on Wentworth Avenue. They rifled a dresser and escaped with 85 dollars before fleeing west on Harbor tracks. A neighbor reported the suspects as they escaped. a man was detained but Mrs Schroll could not identify him.
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Frank Schroll
Wentworth Avenue
Schroll
Home ownership urged by Columbia president in letter
Nicholas Murray Butler argues the home forms the basis of orderly society and a prosperous state. He says homeowners support honest government, good schools, roads, churches, and public welfare, and that owning a home stabilizes families for future generations. He recommends joining the Dalton-Riverdale Building & Loan Association.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
United States
The
Dalton-Riverdale Building & Loan Association
State police stop overloaded trucks in Dalton
State police weighed trucks in Dalton last Monday and forced one driver to drop 500 pounds of cinders at the end of Leyden Avenue and 138th Street. The Riverdale Board advances with 138th Street resurfacing and Indiana Avenue oiling this week by Rine Workman.
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Dalton
Leyden Avenue
138Th Street
Riverdale Board
Indiana Avenue
Rine Workman
Card of Thanks from Laf O Lots G T A
The Laf O Lots G T A thank all the boys and girls who helped to make our dance a success. They were a jolly good crowd and we hope to see them again at our next dance very soon. 10-1 The Laf O Lots Lost Tortoisé shell rim glasses near Berger station. Finder return to The Pointer office. 10-1p Mrs. M. Gladstone and son Melvin left last Sunday for a two weeks visit with her parents at Waterloo Town.
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Berger Station
Pointer
Men selling fake money scheme ends with foundry worker duped
Ignatz Makuch of 11270 Stephenson avenue paid $4 000 on Tuesday for two oak boards a tissue paper and a vial with greenish liquid after meeting two well dressed men in a restaurant across from his workplace They promised he could print real five dollar bills and labeled him a chump Police and Makuch pursue the swindlers in a case of alleged circulating counterfeit gear and fraud.
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Ignatz Makuch
Stephenson Avenue
Makuch
Legion Notes from South Chicago Heights and nearby towns
Attendance at the district meeting exceeded expectations as Forest Preserves filled with Legionaires. Resolutions of sympathy were sent to Chairman Taylor who buried his father. The next meeting may be in Calumet City or Blue Island with August 3 at Calumet Grove planned.
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South Chicago Heights
Taylor
Calumet City
Blue Island
Slimmer
Calumet Grove
Maurer
Kinney Boys
Biletski
Wirtz
Square Post
American Legion
Society of the Forty and Eight
Walter Bachmann
Doltonites
Walter
Forty and Eight
The
Legion
Municipal Tuberculosis Hospital
Chicago
T. B
Hight
Oak Forest
Riverdale Boosters vs Five Holy Martyrs at Grands
Baseball notes the Riverdale Boosters will host the Five Holy Martyrs Club at the Boosters grand grounds at 134th and Prairie on Sunday July 20 with a 3 p m start. Also mentions Mrs Walter May and family summering in Leland Michigan and Mr May returning home after tidying up the cottage. Chicago School Board paints the Pullman Branch school steel fence in Riverdale.
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Riverdale Boosters
Five Holy Martyrs Club
Boosters
Grands
134Th
Prairie Avenue
Walter May
Walter
Adell
G. Gallegos
Edwin
Robert
Charlotte
Leland, Mich
Mr. May
Chicago School Board of Education
Pullman Branch
Riverdale
Riverdale Sealed Bids Sought for 30 Tons of Coal
The Village of Riverdale invites sealed bids for about 30 tons of Glendora mine run coal to be delivered to the basement of village hall. Bids must be received by 7:80 p.m. July 22 1924 with village clerk George L Koehler authorized to reject any or all bids.
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Riverdale
Glendora
George L. Koehler
Joliet Sheriff Killed After Escort Fires Fatal Shot
In Joliet a sheriff is killed after a dispute with an escort who fires a bullet into the sheriff’s heart. The incident unfolds as authorities investigate the motive and circumstances surrounding the deadly encounter.
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Joliet
Chased Down South Suburbs in Bank Holdup Murder Case
Authorities in Cook, Will and Kane counties hunt Ralph Robinson alias Johnson for allegedly killing Deputy Sheriff Ernest Miller during a Frankfort bank questioning. Grace Asbury of Davenport is jailed in Joliet for accessory while a Nash car pursuit ended in a wreck. bullets fired, one officer struck.
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Cook
Will
Kankakee
Ralph Robinson
Johnson
Ernest Miller
Frankfort
Grace Asbury
Davenport
Joliet
Harry Sundeen
Thomas Muden
Hoffman
Midlothian
Mircase
Surdeen
Maden
John Walker
Ill
Weideling
Miller
Asbury
Robinson
Nash
G. H. Ridley
Niles
Mich
R. J
Ralph Johnson
Spencer Corps W R C Regular Meeting
The regular meeting of Spencer Corps W R C is scheduled for Friday afternoon July 18.
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Spencer Corps
Women's Auxiliary Paul Gall Post Meets August Fourteenth
The next regular meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of Paul Gall Post American Legion will be held on August 14. Members are reminded to attend and participate in planned activities and discussions.
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Woman’s Auxiliary
Paul Gall Post
American Legion
Elks Picnic Date Set for August Tenth
The Harvey Lodge B P O Elks announces the annual picnic will be held on August 10. All Bills reading this notice are urged to keep the date open for the event.
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Harvey Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
For Sale and Public Bid Notices From 1924
For sale one 8 foot Deering binder in A-1 condition used one season by A Housinger at 178th and Halsted streets Homewood 61-R11. Plumbers notice calls for sealed bids by 7 30 p m July 22 1924 for tapping water mains in the village. board may reject any or all bids.
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A. Housinger
Halsted
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aug. Verhoeven
Girl Scout News
Helen E. Stanczik
France
American Legions
Fred Hess
Niagara Falls
N. Y
C. W. Johnson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Branigar Subdivision
Our Saviour’s Church
Russell Trimble
Mr. Trimble
Marion
American Express Company
Riverdale Illinois Central Station
Riverdale Station
Illinois Central Station
Alphonse Bessette
Riverdale Lumber Co
Len , Willis
Wisconsin
Elmer Hancock
EH. I. Rymen
Indian Lake
Dowagiac
A. P. Bowman
Corfu
New York
Mr. Bowman
Acme Petroleum Co
Chicago Bridge & Iron Works Co
Washington Heights
Ford Motor Company
Joseph J. Fischer
Elsie Schmutzler
Florence
New Galilee
Penn
Washington
Emil Winter
St. Louis
Pullman
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