Local Business Men Members of the Business Men's Association
C H Rippe served as president of the merged association and helped drive its growth. Dr H Rippe, born in Chicago in 1858, built a Riverdale grocery and meat market after fire losses and remains active in local politics and fraternal orders. Frank C Lund, vice president, born in 1866, trained as a pharmacist, ran Dolton drug stores, served on the village board, and is noted for reliability and public-spiritedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Business Men’s Association
Pointer
Wosk
Business Men’s Association
Merchants’ Association
Businese Men’s Accumation
C. H. Rippe
H. Rippe
Chicago
Beecher
Ill
Gerrmann
Lena Pauls
Peter Pauls
Wm. H. Rippe
Riverdale Park
Rippe
A. O. U. W. Lodge
Dalton
the Eagles
Democrat Club
Christ Rippe
Frank C. Lund
Thme
Mr. Lund
North Market Street
Riverdale
134Th Street
Indiana Avenue
Chasfoor
Delton
Ferdinand Stieman Weds Miss Jennie McLaughlin at St Marys
Ferdinand Stieman son of Henry Stieman wed Miss Jennie McLaughlin daughter of Mrs Isa bella McLaughlin of Dalton in a Catholic ceremony at St Marys Church. Father Riss officiated with Peter Kurz as best man and Agnes Stieman as bridesmaid. After mass the bridal party traveled to Roseland 10416 Michigan Ave for a reception and future home.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Ferdinand Stieman
Henry Stieman
Jennie McLaughlin
Isabella McLaughlin
Dalton
Father Riss
Peter Kurz
Riverdale
Agnes Stieman
Ferdinand Steiman
Miss McLaughlin
James McLaughlin
Chicago
Roseland
Steiman
Michigan Avenue
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Pottering notices and local events in Dolton and nearby towns
The item lists farm and town notices and social happenings. It notes Paris Green availability at John Behrens store in Dolton, a Dolton resident returning from Champaign vacation, trip plans to Scotland North Dakota, a dog muzzle notice in Dalton and Riverdale, John Heaney’s connections in Schneider Indiana, and a Woodmen lodge meeting with multiple initiations and visiting officials from Steger Oak Glen Homewood Starvey and others.
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John Behrens
Dolton
Herman Schnoor
Illinois University At
Champaign
Ill
Helen Memel
Katie Schnoor
Scotland
North Dakota
Miss Memel
Dalton
Riverdale
Woodmen
Peter Fleming
Hamwood
Cougal Faden
Neighbor Fleming
Neghbors
Oak Glen
Starvey
Homewood
Ceveral Woodmen
Steger Campas
John F. Harris
J. A. Rutledge
Engin
Dolton Village Board notes wage glare and license crackdowns
The Dolton village board opened its regular meeting with all members present. They approved most bills, reduced Hoppe’s labor rate to twenty cents an hour and settled his $61.40 claim after questioning engagement terms. A Greek peddler was fined for operating without a license. the arrest spurred tighter enforcement. Treasurer’s report shows $8,506.11 in hand. Discussions covered street projects, a bad culvert on Chicago Street, and letters to Chicago officials about improving 138th Street with an estimated $600 cost. Up for consideration: linking water mains to Riverdale lines, a land purchase dispute with C and E I Railway, and a culvert repair at Joe Willigan’s. The field for Village Marshal remained open with one applicant, Harry Van Deran.
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Dolton
Thomas Harper
Geo. Schafer
John Verhoven
Richard Hoppe
Hoppe
Light and Power
Stubbs
Herman Wegener
Old Town
Wegener
Herman
Neff
Dalton
Frank Lund
Vandenberg
147Th Street
Chicago Street
Allen
138Th Street
Biehl
Chicago
City Council of
Vanderberg
Ehlert
A. H. Teitgen
Emil Rosenthal
Riverdale
Stobbs
Webber
Water Works Committee
Harter
Verhoven
Joe Willigan
Harry van Deran
Village Marshal Chosen For June 15 In Local Meeting
The selection of Varn Deran as Village Marshal was unanimously approved. Deran is described as powerful and honorable, with duty hours from 1:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. He will be sworn in on Saturday, June 15, in a brief adjourned meeting.
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Varn Deran
Riverdale Improvement Association Holds Monthly Meeting
The Riverdale Improvement Association meets the second Monday each month at 8:00 p.m. at the Village Hall. Members discussed pressing issues including the Calumet canal, street scraping, sidewalk projects, and extending the Calumet Electric Street Railway to Riverdale and Dalton. The group also reported on nuisance smoke from Sugar Beet Works and proposed delays at Dalton State Bank due to construction. Local union meetings and railroad schedules were noted with a prize lifting contest upcoming.
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Riverdale Improvement Association
Riverdale
Drainage Board
Calumet Canal
A.C. Reich
137Th Street
Schmidt
Reich
137Th
Live Wire President of Riverdale Improvement Stresses Public Upgrades
Thacher F Sweat, long time railroad official and community leader born 1857 in Roebury Buswell Mase, rose from grocery clerk to Commercial Agent with Detroit base. As Riverdale School Board member and father of six, he promotes education and local improvements, hosting a public service mindset and active involvement in civic progress.
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Thacher F. Sweat
Riverdale Improvement Association
Roebury
Buswell
Mase
Bedford
T. F
Boston
Chicago
Northwestern Railroad
Illinois Central
Chicago Commercial Office
Detroit
Michigan
National Association of Freight Traffic Agents
Myatic Shriner
Sidonia Spivark
Thacher F. Jr
Edwin
Thacher
Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Edwi
Burnside
Sweat
Riverdale
Florence May
Harvey High School
Orioles Beat Boomers at 138th Street Grounds Riverdale
The Orioles defeated the Boomers 10 to 7 at 138th Street grounds in Riverdale on Sunday June 9. Reich and Doyle were the battery for the winner.
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Orioles
138Th Street Grounds
Riverdale
Standards
Burnside
Dolphin Park Grounds
Reich and
Doyle
Battery
Dalton
Panhandle Tracks
Robert Transchman
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Grammar School
University of Notre Dame
Indiana
University
Chicago College of Pharmacy
B. Winholt
Carpenter Street
Grand Avenue
N. Braun
Center
Grand Avenues
Milwaukee and
Hoyne Avenues
Ma. Lund
Dolton State Bank
Lund
Lincoln Avenue
Frank
C. H. Rip Is
Frank C. Luxo
St. Mary's Catholic Church
John Heaney
van Deursen Bros
Schneider
Ind
Heaney
James
Dolton Board
Harry VanDeran
T. F. Sweat
John E. Schafer
F. A. Reich
Dalton State Bank
George Tuch
The
Rrailroad Clerks and International Freight Handlers Union
Lands Hall Dolton
Dolton Station
Thacher F. Sweatt
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