Women’s Relief Corps meets on set Fridays at Village Hall
G W Spencer Post No 279 holds meetings the second Friday at 2 pm and the fourth Friday at 8 pm at Riverdale Village Hall. President is Mrs Bertha Sprick and secretary is Mrs Cora Jenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Board
Riverdale
August Co. Reich
Jacob A. Decklar
Catholic Order Foresters
Conrad Hern
John E. Kinney
Nicholas Simon
Peter Kipley
Women's Catholic Order Foresters
Village Hall
Irs
Magdalen Ripley
Jemma Kelly
Catharine Kurz
Riverdale Improvement Association
I. i. Sweat
John 5. Schafer
A. C. Reich
F. A. Reich
Women's Relief Corps
G. W. Spencer
Bertha Sprick
Cora Jenness
Critique of Russian Education Emphasizes Superior Schools
Dated quotation from Jour nal de St. Petersburg argues that Russian secondary and primary schools are failing while the superior school corrupts youth, promoting idleness and revolutionary ideas. It highlights the superior school as the main source of moral decline and bad example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal de St. Petersburg
Acorn to oak and the fall of stones stymie science
The passage notes science solves major problems like steam power and electricity yet cannot explain why an acorn becomes an oak or why a stone falls to the ground. It emphasizes many fundamental questions remain unanswered and the discipline is full of whys.
Penalizing the Motorist Proposals in Taxation Debate
An opinion argues that raising motor car taxes punishes all motorists for a few offenses and cites limited revenue gains. The piece contends the policy is unfair and unlikely to match the burden it imposes on drivers.
Lee seeks drainage trustee nomination in Calumet district
Primary petitions circulate for Henry W. Lee on the Republican ticket for the sanitary district of Chicago. Support grows across Calumet including Riverdale Harvey and Blue Island as Lee, father of the Calumet harbor project, touts his district knowledge and sewer work. He backs the 12 million Calumet canal plan and is a director of the Calumet Deep Waterways association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Lee
Sanitary District of
Chicago
Calumet
Riverdale
Harvey
Blue Island
Lee
Lake Calumet Harbor
Calumet District
Calumet Canal
Calumet River
Sag
Lake Michigan
Sixty-eighth Street
Thirty-ninth Street
Busse
Harbor Commission
Calumet Deep Waterways Association
Calumet Sanitary Canal Association
South Chicago
Eighty Seventh Street
Hegewisch, Harvey
South Chicago Times
Two Injured When Buggy Plunges After Frightened Horse
On Fredericka street near the Chicago crossing a lawn mower spooked a horse drawing a buggy. William Blocker escaped with slight bruises while John Pott suffered a fractured collar bone. The buggy was demolished and rescuers freed the men from a deep ditch. Both men work at the GC and E. I. round house.
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William Blocker
John Pott
Fredericka Street
GC. & E. I. Round House
Blocker
Big Boat For Riverdale Opens New Calumet Run
South Shore Outing and Transportation Co forms to run a twelve mile Calumet river service to Riverdale Park using the renamed steamer South Shore and a Tourist vessel. The line is capitalized at 10000 dollars with officers Phil Sommer president A B Schultz vice president and GM Charles Ringer treasurer and a board including R B Melville Louis Phillip Jr Walter Krimball and M H Wood. Operations start June 20.
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Chicago
Michigan City
Calumet
Riverdale Park
R. E. Barke
South Shore
St. Joseph
South Shore Outing and Transportation Co
Phil Sommer
A. B. Schultz
Charles Ringer
R. B. Melville Louis Phillip Jr
Walter Krimball
M. H. Wood
High School Alumni Reception and Graduation Highlights
The Alumni host a Seniors reception at Prof. Cable's home on June 1g 1908. Junior Girls prep laurels for fall of Fame busts while the track meet on grounds Saturday June features Morgan Park Chicago Heights Thornton Township with a ten dollar prize. German Club play Einer Muszheiraten draws praise. Seniors banquet follows with faculty present. Baccalaureate June 14 class plays June 15 and 16 commencement June 18 tickets at Oliver's Drug Store.
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Prof. Cable
Morgan Park High School
Chicago Heights
Thornton Township High School
Arthur Claussen
Wilhelm
Frank Cowing
Jacob
Bessie Kasten
Gertrude
Cecile van Steenberg
Louise
Valley Farm
Oliver’s Drug Store
A. van
Flower of the Ranch at Garrick Theatre charmed Chicago crowd
Garrick Theatre presents Mabel Barrison and Joseph Howard in The Flower of the Ranch a summer musical comedy. Alma Youlan leads the company with Arnold Grazer the celebrated toe dancer joining a largely Chicago cast praised as one of the season’s finest musical shows in Chicago.
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Mabel Barrison
Joseph Howard
Garrick Theatre
Alma Youlan
Chicago
Arnold Grazer
Debt and Integrity in Hard Times
A man deeply in debt loses autonomy as creditors hold power over him. His plight makes him appear approachable but erodes his integrity and raises questions about his honesty, illustrating how financial pressure controls behavior.
Insanity and art in critique from London Lancet
A London Lancet observation argues that insanity often yields more original expression in art than conventional forms, cautioning against branding every deviance as morbid or decadent and urging openness to unconventional artistic development.
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London Lancet
Brains on the Farm in the New Agriculture Era
A Business Man's Magazine piece notes agriculture as a rising industry and counters the idea that intellectual work cannot coexist with farming. It argues that farming increasingly blends brains and brawn, marking a shift in traditional views.
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Business Man's Magazine
Aim High and seize opportunity with a bank offer
A motivational pitch urges readers to sharpen their ambition and aim high to own big goals such as an automobile. It promises opportunity through thinking, talent, and frugal saving, ending with an offer to visit the bank for a nickel plated Superior Bank and a chance to save.
Dolton notices advertise items for sale and rent
A Dolton Illinois column lists found items and sales including a boy's coat at Werner's Grocery, lots for sale on Fredericka and Chicago streets, a five room house for rent, two pool tables, a square piano, a Victor phonograph, a railroad boarding house rental, a newspaper route with 300 daily papers, and related inquiries at The Pointer office.
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Werner’s
Riverdale
Victor Phonograph
Pointer
Vredericka Street
Diekman
Fashion in Names Reveals Baby Trend Toward Elizabeth and James
The text notes a naming craze with babies as victims of fashion, revealing that Elizabeths and Jameses are currently popular while Peters are increasingly common, illustrating a period naming phase described by the Pictorial.
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Elizabeths
Jameses
Peters
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Kinney Brothers
Indiana Ave
Ill
Dalton Station
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Vilage
Dalton
Thos
Harper
Geo. H. Schaefer
Ancient Order United Workmen
A. O. U. W. Hall
Richard Hoppe
Jerman Kalas
John F. Boetteger
Financia
Things Hall
F. Kinney
O. Obeldobel
L. F. Kipley
Knights OF the Modern Maccabees
A. O. U. W Hall
R. Schaete
John Hartel
C. Vandenberg
Brickmakers' Local Union No
A. O. A. W. Hall
Dolton
Ana Iansl
Chis. Dickelman
Heny Hilgendort
Andrew Messerschmidt
Hindneiul
George Washington Lodge
N. 2
Alall
Lincoln
Chicago Aves
Dalton, Ill
A. UO
U. W. Mal
CG. H. Dally
Mars. Dn
Puller
Business Men’s Association
John Behrens
Frank O. Bergold
Henry Hahn
L. &. iMipley
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Nerman R. Fenfield
Geo. L. Koehler
Herman Dreesen
Dolton School Board
Park Avenue
Riverdale Board
Bowen
Henry Lee
The
Calumet Record
Natura
M. Rudloff
Stora
Aim High
Dolton State Bank
Dolton, Ill
Beach Stock Farm
Abel Hausinger
173Rd and
Halsted Street
Homewood, Ill
Township
Wim. Bachmann
Cook County
WM. C. Zesch
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
H.R. Penfield
St. Highlawn
Chas. Vandenberg
Carman Brothers
Oak St
Dolton Ig
A. J. Parker, M.D
D.D.S
Leyden Avenue
Dutt
Fordtran Bros
Geo.h. Hilmer
Wentworth Ave
Edward F. Dillner
Summer Garden
Chicago St. Dolton, Ih
Ernst Hanschmann
137Th Street
Riverdale, Ill
Richard Buschking
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Andrew Baumgartner
Justice OF the Peace Notary Public
Tel
S Trades [Pron Council
Union
Calumet Or
Thornton Townships
Grant Bros
Cor
Intiana Ave
Fred J. Ott
Chicago St. Dolton,ill
Carl Wulffe
Geo. Tuch
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