Old Poems for a School Reader Echoing Youth
A gray headed man proposes a publishing idea to reprint cherished poems and stories from forty years ago to inspire both youths and parents. He suggests including works like Make Me a Child Again Just for Tonight and Lewellyn and His Dog between speeches of Patrick Henry and Daniel Webster. Mr and Mrs John Heaney and son Ray of Schneider Indiana visited James McLaughlin and family in Delton.
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Lewellyn
Ned
Patrick Henry
Daniel Webster
John Heaney
Ray
Schneider Indiana
James McLaughlin
Delton
Dolton Bakery Change Hands From Kort to Krueger
Dolton baker Frank Kort has sold his store and bakery to William Krueger. The transfer likely takes effect Monday June 17. Kort, in business seventeen years, plans retirement temporarily. Krueger, a respected local figure, is expected to earn strong patronage.
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Frank Kort
Dolton
William Krueger
Kort Dalton Baker asks all debtors to settle by June 18 1907
Notice from Frank Kort announces imminent business closure and requests all creditors to call and settle accounts on or before Tuesday June 18 1907.
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Frank Kort
Dalton Baker
Notice to Public and Property Sale in Dolton Illinois
Notice states the husband Henry Stall disclaims debt contracted by his wife after June 14 1907. It advertises for sale 18 2/3 acres with a five room frame house barn and outbuildings one mile east of Dolton on Lincon Avenue and 147th street for cash. Inquiries to Miss E Zimmer 411 Lincoln Avenue Dolton Illinois.
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Henry Stall
Dolton
Llinois
Lincon Avenue
147Th Street
E. Zimmer
Lincoln Avenue
Dolton Iu
Railroads in Dalton Scene Include Promotions and a Derailment
R. L. Stephens takes a two week vacation while Clarence O'Brien recovers from a sprained ankle. D. L. Martin leaves the interlocking tower for switchman duty as Panhandle master mechanic P. Dunn visits Riverdale. H.T. Miller and J. J. Jackson inspect Dalton yards finding them orderly. Train 92 derailed at Steger, Illinois, damaging about a hundred ties with no further damage. Oak Park avenue work stalls due to weather on a Panhandle residence project for M. H. Jenness. B. M. Gibson visits, Barney studies dentistry, R. G. Ransom and family travel to Riverdale. Arthur Kelly, son of M. Kelly, works in Big Four signal service at Indianapolis and is respected for interlocking expertise. Arthur G. Mitten resigns from C. E. I. R. R. and joins Chicago City Railway Co. Chas. B. Anderson promoted to local freight agent as Mitten’s executor accepts new duties.
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R. G. Ransom
Riverdale
Mr. Ransom
I. C
Roy Lee
West Pullman
Arthur Kelly
Arthur G. Mitten
Chicago
Chicago City Railway Co
Thomas E. Mitten
Attica
Indiana
Chas. B. Anderson
Mitten
Anderson
Propper's Corner News Highlights Local Happenings
Mr John Gretch paints his barn vermillion and large asparagus ship ments leave Berger Station. Lincoln avenue is being stoned from Dalton village to 147th street. Milhahn children recover from measles. Berger worker steals a new suit. Col F C Propper erects a new fifty foot flag pole and buys a thirty foot flag. George Engel buys a Curtiss automobile. Arthur M Propper leaves for Milwaukee to join Continental Casualty Co collection office. Farmer Jones notes yellow corn after neighbor explains. Otto Fadke and Bertha Nishlinger wed on Wednesday June 15. Pleasant Thursday evening with ice cream lemonade and cake. Two lively charivaris given generous sums.
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John Gretch
Berger Station
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton Village
147Th Street
William and
Louisa
Henry Milhahn
John Berger
Berger
Col
F. C. Propper
George Engel
Curtiss
Propper
Arthur M. Propper
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
The
Continental Casualty Co
Jones
Otto Fadke
Bertha Nishlinger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Telephone
Riverdale No. 1
Hyde Park
William Kurz
Leyden Avenue
Jennie G. Dalton
Lincoln Ave
Railroad News
R. L. Stephens
Agent Haney
Clarence O’brien
Round House
D. L. Martin
Yard Center
P. Dunn
Panhandle
H.J. Miller
J. J. Jackson
Dalton
Nashville Limited
Steger Ill
Park Avenue
M. H. Jenness
B. M. Gibson
Illinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
Barney
Propper’s Corner News
Frank C. Lund
Dolton, Ini
Grant Bros
Indiana Ave
Riverdale, Ill
Oswald Obeldobel
West
ST. Riverdale, Ill
Illinois Central Depot
Gustav Fleischhauer
Dalton and Vicinity
Indiana Avenue
Henry Koehnckef
Mason
Riverdale, Chi
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