Coal bids sought by School District 148 for 334 tons
The Board of Education of School District No 148 invites sealed bids for coal delivery to several school houses. Quantities include 156 tons West Frankfort Egg, 150 tons Mine Run Pocahontas Smokeless, 18 tons Small Egg Anthracite. Bids due by Aug 1 1911 and deliveries by Sept 1 1911. Bids opened 8 PM Aug 1 1911. Board may reject all bids. F W Robison Secretary.
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Board of Education of
West Frankfort
Pocahontas
Board of Education
F. W. Robison
Sec’y
Our Saviours Sunday School in Riverdale Village Hall
The English Lutheran Sunday School at Our Saviors in Riverdale Village meets Sundays at 2 15 p m with confirmation class at 3 15 p m All are invited Due to warm weather and vacations regular preaching services are postponed until September Rev Geo P Kabele superintendent and pastor
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Our Saviour’s
Riverdale Village Hall
Geo. P. Kabele
Dalton M. E. Church Announces Camp Meeting Schedule
On Sunday July 23 1911 no preaching service is planned to allow members to attend camp meetings at Desplaines or Berger station. Sunday School starts at 9 45 with Junior League at 3 pm Ladies Aid meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays Choir rehearsal Friday evening and teachers meet Wednesday evening. Reverend W E Cissna invites the public to attend these services.
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Dalton M. E
Desplaines
Berger Station
Ladies Aid
W. E. Cissna
Sealed bids sought for South Holland street lighting work
South Holland Illinois invites sealed proposals for street lighting poles wires lamps and all necessary equipment. Plans and specs available at the Village Clerk's office or at engineers office Chicago. Bids due July 31 1911 with 5 percent deposit and contract bond.
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South Holland
Cook County
Ilinois
Ill
Engineers
South Dearborn St
Chicago
Board of Trustees
Illinois
Harry P
Deyoung
Ferguson Notes and Local Happenings in Homewood
Mrs George Scheidel vacationing at Oakes North Dakota visiting sister Minnie Holt now a Farr store dry goods clerk in Elsie Meyer’s vacation absence Charles Stuckenschmidt shows signs of dementia taken to Detention hospital Chicago improving Mrs Wm Lemker longtime Homewood resident dies Blue Island aged 83 burial Oak Ridge Thornton fire causes barn blaze on Main Street oats hay and old ties saved house spared Joe Hunt rewarded for fire response no insurance on Sebo. Mrs Doepp returns from St Luke's hospital improved Local Improvements secretary installs telephone 481 for thanks and complaints Carlson moves to Louis Mueller cottage four new homes planned in Main Street block Jon Holt Thornton visits quarry days rest Saturday July 22 wrestling Gottschalk Pavilion South Homewoods beat Empires 25 8 next Sunday Moxleys visit
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George Scheidel
Oakes
North Dakota
Minnie Holt
Farr
Elsie Meyer
Charles Stuckenschmidt
Chicago
Wm. Lemker
Blue Island
Homewood
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Thornton
John Sabo
Main Street
Joe Hunt
Sebo
Fred Domm
Wm. Doepp, Jr
St. Luke’s Hospital
R. B. Harwood
Board of Local Improvements
Ashland Avenue
Daffy Dills By an Amsterdamer
A collection of quirky questions about local figures and daily life. Topics include weather hints, crimes, salaries, and social happenings with names such as John Rickert Nick Osting Morris Speyer Mrs Khanagan Pete Gouwens and Estay Gouwens. A birth is noted for Dr and Mrs Walvoord.
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159Th Street
Morris Speyer
Mrs. Khanagan
Chicago Street
Estay Gouwens
Sheboygan
Wis
Card of Thanks for Dad and Husband
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness at the death and burial of our beloved father and husband. We express our thanks to Rev. G. G. Press for his kind words at the cemetery. Theo Unruannpt and children. For sale fresh Jersey milk cow inquire John Evers 184th street east of C I Railroad.
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G. G. Press
Theo
Jersey
John Evers
184Th Street
C. & E. I. Railroad
Neighbors praised for saving property from Sunday fire
A Riverdale resident thanks neighbors and young men from Riverdale for their quick actions last Sunday night that limited property damage. The note emphasizes gratitude for the nearly minimal loss due to their efforts.
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Riverdale
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Brookfelt’s Variety Store
South Holland Light Plant
Panhandle R.R
Panhandle R. R
Riversdale
A. S. Diekman
First National Bank
Dolton
The
Homewood News
Jon Holt
John
Gottschalk’s Pavilion
Homewood Boys
South Homewoods
Empires
Wm. J. Moxley
South Holland News
John Rickert
Nick Osting
Jake Meeboer
Pete Gouwens
John van Draa
Niel Kylander
Joe Fisher
Harry Lagestee
William Swets
Bertha
Mrs
Mary van Erden
Annie Siewers
Rose and
Peer van Erden
Chreist Schmutzler
F. A. Reich
Riverdale Ill
R. F. Parker
Reich
Indiana Ave
William Mau
Leyden Avenue
B. J. Johnson Soap Co
Dolton State Bank
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