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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1912
Page
1
Riverdale and Dolton boards approve macadamized street contracts and new meter ordinance. July meetings note delinquent dog taxes, scarlet fever cases, and requests for water, power, and public meetings. Sidewalk ordinance passes after tie vote. adjourning session set for July 18 in Riverdale and July 24 in Dolton.
Dalton residents informed that the dog tax must be paid and all dogs allowed to run in the streets must be muzzled by order of the Village Board. ASMUS CLAUSSEN, President.
Mr. W. J. Haney proposes painting the town names on the water towers to advertise Dolton and Riverdale at minimal cost. The towers, over a hundred feet tall, are visible from miles away as thousands pass through on trains daily, a point The Pointer endorses.
Mr and Mrs W Wilcox and their children Joseph John and Mary belle return home from a week with relatives in Hebern and Crown Point Indiana. Mrs Jennie C Dalton and little Louisa visit her parents in Moberly Missouri. S W Schwab visits New York to review fall goods and seek bargains for customers. Mrs Anton Strosinski Jr and Aurelia visit relatives in Clinton and Estherville Iowa. Paula Vandenberg and Hattie Baumgartner depart from Dalton for a Denver vacation. Our Savior English Lutheran Sunday School picnic in Paulson Grove Blue Island draws nearly 150 attendees. Ladies Aid Dalton M E Church meets July 25 at Mrs W E Cissnas. Knights of Columbus Cedar Lake outing July 25 with trains from 116th St. Tickets 75c. Mrs Fred Sellien returns from Beecher after tending her mother. Mrs Pieplow recovers well after operation. W R C holds Calumet river basket picnic July 21 with boat departures 10:30 and 1. Round trip 25c. William Wichman reports a man acting suspicious near Indiana Ave Bridge. police detain him overnight. Henry Hahe starts painting contracts. Eid Dillner and Wm Eblig vacation in Benton Harbor and St Joe Mich. Frank Claussen and son Emerson vacation in St James Minn. Mr and Mrs Lee Haas travel to Oklahoma to visit Mr Haas’s parents. Mrs J B Wiegand returns to Riverdale to open a dressmaking school above Lentfer Store. Harry Sellien leaves for New Orleans. Miss Lillie Martin and Louisa Demke visit Paul Middleborn in Dalton. Mrs Magdeline Walkerly of Champaign is visiting Dalton and nearby.
Dolton Street and Alley Committee urges building a concrete road with tar via surface dressing. Village Board plans concrete streets on Lincoln avenue and Chicago street at modest extra cost, claiming dust control and lower maintenance. If bond issue fails the village will use special assessments, spreading costs to property owners, with potential attorney and court expenses. Committee members Jos Eph Pinger Henry J Dillner Henry W Schnoor urge public approval.
Hans Jochin Faden aged 69 1 17 died at his son John Faden’s Dalton home on Tuesday morning July 16 of Typhoid Fever after a brief illness. Born May 30 1843 in Bramstedt Holstein Germany he married Catherine Groth on Nov 9 1865. Survived by four children John Henry Herman and Anna ten grandchildren and his wife who died 1903. Funeral Thursday at home with Rev John Berger and burial beside wife in Oakland Cemetery. Friends from Chicago attended.
A gathered group of local farmers at Riverdale Village Hall elected officers to form a permanent organization focused on mutual enlightenment and community welfare. Officers include Lawrence Rau as President and H A Hess as Secretary. The article condemns farm labor restrictions on youths under 14 and predicts hardship if factory laws extend to farming.
All tax payers and voters interested in the improvement of Dalton streets are invited to attend a meeting at Dillner's Pavilion Wednesday evening July 24 at 8 o’clock.
Dolten's Lund's Hall shows four nights weekly in summer with comedies. Friday features The Honeymooners and Katzenjammer Kids, Brains and Brown. Saturday offers The Katzenjammer Kids and The Picture Idol. Sunday presents The Picture Idol and other attractions. Electric fans provide cooling as Joan Hrupy, manager, promotes the program.
The Dalton M. E. Sunday School plans its annual picnic at Palmer Park on Saturday July 27. The group will depart I C depot at 9 22 a m and asks scholars to submit names to their teachers stating intent to attend. Transportation is provided if all go together. Parents and friends invited for a day of amusements and fellowship.
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