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Newspaper

Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1910

Page

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Dolton Board Sets Mains Extension and Appoints Officers

Dolton trustees vote to extend 4 inch water mains on 138th Street and 147th Place, Grant Street area at 600 feet plus 400 feet north on Grant Street. Special police officers Herman Wegener Harry Packard George Diehl Sr and Henry Smyth named. Meeting adjourned to Friday evening July 22 with attorney Verhoeven absent for ordinance review.

138Th Street Grant Street 147Th Place Dolton Board Heidenrich Ward Harter Park Avenue Vandenberg Weber Dalton 185Th Street German Lutheran Church Harper Moomaw Drainage Board Fredericka Street 144Th Place Gary Wulff Lutheran Church 147Th Pl Grant Marshal Verhoeven Hahn Highlawn Chicago Street Herman Wegener Harry Packard George Diehl,Sr Henry Smyth Weber and Albert Moomaw Verhoeven

Decklar Buys Lincoln Avenue Coal Yards

Decklar buys the Lincoln avenue Coal Yards from August F Bonse and takes possession on Thursday July 20. Dr Decklar, a Riverdale resident and former village clerk, plans to devote full time to serving customers after Bonse sold due to lack of personal attention.

August F. Bonse Lincoln Avenue Jacob A. Decklar Dr. Decklar Riverdale Bonse Decklar

Dalton M E Church Sunday Schedule Highlights

The Dalton M E Church outlines its Sunday program with 9 45 a m Sunday School 11 a m worship on The Great Companion and 7 30 p m Evening service focusing on The Three Conditions to follow Christ. Weekly meetings include Teachers Tuesday Prayer Thursday and Choir Friday with Ladies Aid alternate Thursdays. Rev W E H Crisna is the pastor.

Ladies’ Aid W. E H. Crisna

Police News Henry Yost Arrested After Liquor-fueled Delusion

Henry Yost a Russian Pole of the North Side intoxicated and believed he could clean up the town Sunday night. Officer Meckiligot subdued him and rode him to Kensington. on Monday Hyde Park Police Court Judge Fake fined him five dollars and costs. A similar North Side arrest weeks earlier saw a young man released after promising a year of sobriety. that pledge has reportedly been broken.

Henry Yost North Side Meckiligot Kensington Judge Fake Hyde Park Hake Henry R.deridder Montreal Canada St. Johns Newfoundland New Orleans Central America Mr. DeRidder Sir John Phillips Dalton Gots Gilde Riverview Park Judge Schafer St. Joe Mich Park Board George Tuch Dora Warning Riverdale Chillicothe St. Luke Court No. 186 Riverdale Park

Moving Picture Show at Lund's Hall Reopens

Lund's Hall resumes Moving Picture Show schedule on Wednesday July 20 with daily screenings at 7 30 p m weekdays and 7 p m weekends. Electric fans keep the hall cool and films are described as entertaining instructive and suitable for refined tastes. Prices are 5c weekdays and 1c weekends.

Davy Jones Mr. Corbett Tom Kennedy John Hruby Mgr

Local and Personal News of Dalton and Riverdale

Miss Emma Hoppe visits Dalton relatives while Theodore Roosevelt Jr is linked to a freight bill of 700 dollars for 4 carloads of goods. Community notes cover church concerts, travels of Henry DeRidder, picnics, receipts of awards, and local errands across Dalton and Riverdale including railroad yard changes and social events.

Emma Hoppe North St. Paul Minn John Hoppe Dalton Yard Center Theodore Roosevelt,Jr Mission Street San Franciscoy California Teddy, Jr

Business items and notices from The Pointer

A roundup of miscellaneous ads and public notices including items for sale such as a good work horse priced at 85 and a 25 foot launch in good condition, rental listings for a six room flat and a four room cottage, eggs for hatching, a found white horse, and second hand bicycles. Real estate and fire insurance promotions also appear with contact details for Kipley and L. Ripley.

Frank Berschinski Panhandle Bridge Calumet River Pointer L. &. Ripley, Dolton State Bank Ei. Nagel Ilinois St Riverdale Lincoln Ave Dolten S.C John R. Schmids Matteson Chriss Schmutzler 134Th Street Michigan Central R. R H. Hahn 159Th Street Globe Kipley

Village honors Chief with presentation of gold star

Presented by Gold Star Village President Dr F W Schmidt and Chief Andrew Baumgartner to a large crowd at the village hall. The officers had assembled about 95 friends who praised his years of arrest work and steadfast duty. A engraved gold star and a celebratory lunch followed the presentation.

F. W. Schmidt Andrew Baumgartner

St Marys Church to Host First Holy Communion Masses

On Sunday July 24, 1910 St Marys Church schedules an 8:00 a m first Mass followed by a 10:30 a m High Mass and sermon in which seventeen children will receive their first Holy Communion. At 3:00 p m the new communicants will be initiated into the Archconfraternities of the Rosary Mount Carmel Scapular and into the League of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament will conclude. Rev Arthur A Rigs, Pastor.

Stores to Close For Cedar Lake Picnic

The following grocery and meat firms will close all day next Wednesday July 27 due to the South End Business Men's Association picnic at Cedar Lake Ind. Herman Anders John Behrens Kern Ripley Herman Werner A O Pohiers L B Reich and John Muller.

South End Business Men’s Association Cedar Lake Ind Herman Anders John Behrens Kern & Ripley Herman Werner A. O. Pohiers L. B. Reich John Muller

Blinkies Meet Square Four In Anticipated Close Game

Base Ball report notes Blinkie-Keystone clash broke up in the sixth inning last Sunday. Blinkies' battery Wissel and Michalski opposed by Daly and Netz for the visitors. The game ended early with a 3 o'clock call and a hot, evenly matched outlook for Sunday.

Blinkie-Keystone Blinkies Square Four Wissel Michalski Daly Netz

Jeweler Absent for National Retail Jewelers Convention

Alban P. Reich of Dolton announces his store will close July 24 to 31 to attend the National Retail Jewelers Association Convention in Detroit Michigan as a delegate.

National Retail Jewelers’ Association Detroit Mich Alban P. Reich Jeweler Dolton

Insurance agents warn against 10 percent adjusters after local fires

Dolton and Riverdale insured residents are urged to ignore strangers offering 10 percent adjuster services. Only the agent from their insurer should be involved to avoid extra costs and delays in settlements. Signatories include A. DIEKMAN Henry J. DILMER OBELDOBEL RIPLEY ANDREW BAUMGARTNER. The notice also invites property buyers and sellers to use The Pointer column.

Dolton Riverdale Diekman Henry J. Dilmer Obeldobel & Ripley Andrew Baumgartner

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