Fire Destroys Alky Plant in Riverdale Home
Anton Stro sinski spotted smoke from a Riverdale State Street residence and alerted the fire department. Firefighters saved the building from a basement alky operation with four large mash hogs heads and a cooking unit. strangers renting the house disappeared, leaving property unclaimed while authorities planned destruction of the still under prohibition guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wo.b
Acme Steel
Anton Strosinski
State Street
136Th Street
Riverdale
Oswald Obeldobel
Obel
King
Government Prohibition Department
Prohibition Raid Destroys Distillery Along Calumet River
Hundreds inspect a newly exposed alky plant as a distillery operation is dismantled. Prohibition officers confiscate a 200 gallon still and 44 barrels of mash after raiding a site at 14636 Wallace street on the Calumet river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition
Calumet River
Wallace Street
Scout Troop 797 Thanks Glaussen for Gift and Dues
Scout Troop 797 expresses gratitude to Mr. Wm. F. Glaussen for a generous gift. Meetings will be at Mr. Schmidt's home with duties to prepare the room, tidy the area, and accept donations. Dues must be paid, Court of Honor set for June 10, and registration fees due. Big hike ends the school year. camp reservations are being made. meeting tonight at 8 p.m. with full attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. F. Glaussen
Schmidt
Scoutmas
Ter
Court of Honor
Richter
Ouresippe
Twenty Years Ago with the Pointer
Mrs. Ernest Hanschman left for Saxony Germany last Wednesday to visit her old home for three months. She was accompanied to Lawrence Massachusetts by her husband son Harry brother Otto Wagner and Miss Augusta Ludwig. Hanschman will sail next Wednesday. The group will visit Lawrence for several weeks before returning home. Max Staab received a birthday surprise last Saturday as children and grandchildren gathered at his Dalton home for a family reunion over the holiday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Francis Schultz Wm Schultz Estella Thomas Chas Staab and family Joe Staab and family Theodore Staab and Henry Forsberg of Chicago. Herman Wesse won a clothes suit at Bowse's saloon Riverdale last Saturday. The next drawing is at Fleith's on Saturday June 4. John Stamborsky is the local agent. Rev W E Cissna of Morris Hill Ind is the new Dolton pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hanschman
Saxony
Germany
Lawrence
Mass
Harry
Otto Wagner
Augusta Ludwig
Hanschman
Messrs
Hanschmann
Wagner
Miss Ludwig
Max Staab
Dalton
Francis Schultz
Wm. Schultz
Estella Thomas
Chas. Staab
Joe Staab
Theodore Staab
Henry Forsberg
Chicago
Mr. Staab
Herman Wesse
Harvey mayor hosts growing menagerie in park
Dr Charles B Alexander of Harvey gave Mayor Frank W Bruggemann a cinnamon bear weeks ago. The animal sits in an abandoned pheasant cage in the city park as gifts of muskrats pheasants cats squirrels rabbits mink and even Madam Queen’s skunk flood in. The mayor says a zoo may emerge and notes the bear is friendly to him as he manages an expanding correspondence load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Alexander
Harvey
Frank W. Bruggemann
Harvey’s Park
Bruggemann
Queen
Chicago Heights
Ivanhoe Garden Club Hosts Talk On Perennials
Mrs. Asher Parker hosted the Ivanhoe Garden Club meeting on Monday June 2. Mrs. F Dunn spoke entertainingly on The Care of Perennials and garden problems including soils locations and propagation from seed or plant. Committee chairmen plan a June 6 meeting at Mrs Preston P Smith to launch Flower Show plans for August. The club will meet June 18 at Mrs Mary Putnam 13833 State St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asher Parker
Ivanhoe
F. Dunn
Preston P. Smith
Mary Putnam
State St
Four Lane Driving Rules Enforced by Sheriff Traeger
Sheriff John K. Traeger orders county highway police to begin strict enforcement of four lane driving laws on widened highways. Outside lanes are for normal traffic while center lanes are for passing. motorists should cooperate to avoid arrests and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Traeger
Three Links Memorial Service Set With Grand Master Visit
Coldale Lodge invites members to a memorial service Sunday June 22 with Grand Master Chas Vandettum of Onarga Illinois attending. The lodge calendar lists Second Degree on Friday June 6 and Third Degree on Friday June 18 with Secretary L E Brookfelt urging attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coldale Lodge
Chas. Vandettum
Onarga
Ill
L. E. Brookfelt
Village President Peter A. Anker Stricken
Peter A. Anker of South Holland and Thorn ton Township collector suffered a nervous breakdown and a partial paralytic stroke while at work in the village hall. He collapsed after dizziness and is now under his physician care with hopes for a quick recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter A. Anker
South Holland
Thornton Township
Earl Sande to Ride at Washington Park
Renowned jockey Earl Sande, rider of Gallant Fox, plans a busy Washington Park meeting after June 7. He will ride Galant Fox in the Belmont Stakes and likely in the American Derby on June 14, with additional engagements during Derby week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Sande
Washington Park
Gallant Fox
Sande
Homewood
Galant Fox
Blue Island Plans Execution Room for Stray Dogs
The Blue Island city council ordered Monday night the construction of an execution room to hold and gas stray dogs. This measure aims to address the stray dog issue in Blue Island as reported by the Blue Island Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Island
Blue Island Sun
Community events and fundraisers listed for June
The notice lists several local happenings in Dalton and Riverdale including a food sale on June 14 at Anders and Koch stores, a June 11 banco party at Immanuel church, a St Marys church bunco and card party on June 6, a St Pauls church supper with bunco on June 7, another banco and card party at St Marys school hall on June 19, and prize displays June 11 to 17 with games like pinochle, cinch, and bridge. Tickets vary from 50 to 60 cents. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Avenue
St. Paul’s Church
St. Mary’s School Hall
L. E. Reich’s
Riverdale
Home Service
Dalton
Laura’s
Michigan Avenue
Bridge
Banco
Riverdale Fire Department Praised For Quick Fight
Riverdale villagers praise the fire department after a 5 am call that morning. Chief Louis Reich leads a practice session at 139th and Emerald Avenue where the new 1 percent Siames hose jack was tested, spraying water over 130 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
139Th
Emerald Avenue
Louis Reich
Riverdale Village
Leo Engelhardt
Riverdale P. O
Poppy Day Sales Benefit Disabled Veterans
The American Legion and Auxiliary Paul Gall Post No. 303 thank volunteers who sold veteran made poppies and buyers of poppies and pies on Poppy Day. They sold 3000 poppies raising 371.82 with 219.01 net income for disabled veterans in hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Auxiliary
Paul Gall Post No
Paul Gall Post
Local and Personal News Mixed With Village Affairs
Officers Ehlert and Koehncke halted a car on Chicago street last Sunday. Four youths, found with a bottle, resisted near the Panhandle tracks and at the village hall. Two received $50 fines plus costs. others warned to avoid bad company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehlert
Koehncke
Chicago
Panhandle
Heidenreich
Patricia Paul Thomsen
Paul Thomsen
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scout News
Ivanhoe Garden Club
Paul Gall
Wm. F. Propper
Europe
Walter Novak
Martinsville
Ind
Walter
Walt
R. G. Warner
Wabash Avenue
Charles Roush
Kayuga
Gertrude Baumgartner
Ethel Rinkema
Mary Hornyak
Vivian Taylor
Watseka, Ilpfiness
Albert Roush
E. Dickleman
Erickson
Spannere
Arthur Paynter
Pittsburg
Penn
Oakland Cemetery
Arthur and
Myrtle Propper
The
State University At
Urbana
137Th
Indiana Avenue
Calumet City
Louie Reich
Kollar
Cornelius Klinkhammer
John Klinkhammer
Illinois Central Hospital
Ilinois Central Railroad
C. DeRidder
John DeRidder
Chesterton
Thornton Township High School
Ruth DeYoung
Thornton
McVey
Zimmerman
Bishop Hughes
John Timothy Stone
Henry Dyer Daniel MacMaster
Leone Waddell
Olive Dyer
Claud Miller
Joan Walvoord
Paul Peebles
Lois Craig
Marion Pilbeam
Clara Panzer Herbert Wiltsee
Nell Owings Lorene Waddell
David Hultquist
Juanita Roberts
Laura Donath
Walter Haderer
Irma Benker
Raymond Wesse
Alice Mitchell
Lenore Hirt
Andn Piel
Wilson Palmer
Henry Dyer
Lois Craig Wilson Palmer
Clara Panzer
Hazel Fischer
Alice D. Mitchell
Florence Schroeder
Daniel MacMaster
Lillian Hayman
Marie Overdue Marshall Wolfe
John Piel
Ida Matlocha
Herbert Stelter
Herbert Wiltsee
Mary Flaherty
Irene Davis
Ruth Foster
Marion Hansen
Francis Hood
Phoebe Gallati
Mary Meeder
Harriet
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!