First National Bank of Dalton Opens With Local Support
The First National Bank of Dalton, open only a few weeks, attracts many depositors in both commercial and savings departments. Notable clients include Illinois Brick, Chicago Brick, and Wisconsin Lime and Cement Co. Local stockholders and officers emphasize safety, supervision by the Comptroller of the Currency, and community welfare. The bank plans a new building at Lincoln avenue and Chicago street, with public invited to visit at 350 Lincoln avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Dalton
Illinois Brick Company
Chicago Brick Company
Wisconsin Lime and Cement Co
First National
Uncle Sam’s Banking Department
Comptroller of
Savings Department
Carl Baake
Wausau Lumber and Coal Company
South Holland
A. S. Diekman
Horace Holmes
Bank of Harvey
First National Bank of Dolton
Lincoln Avenue
Chicago Street
Precautions Against Electric Fires in Dwellings
Advice warns against placing wood or clothes near wires and switches and using wires as clotheslines. It urges keeping homes rat free to prevent insulation damage. It cites a $15 000 000 yearly loss from electric fires in the United States per the Saturday Evening Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Saturday Evening Post
Those Young Fellows Act Like Fools, Says Houston Post
The Houston Post quotes critics denouncing young men as reckless fools. The remarks touch on class and behavior, questioning the so called smart set and their claimed rights to rude conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Post
For Sale Dolton Land With House On Lincoln Avenue
For sale eighteen and two third acres of land with a five room frame house barn and out buildings located one mile east of Dolton on Lincoln Avenue and 147th street. Will be sold at a bargain for cash. Inquire Miss E Zimmer 411 Lincoln Avenue Dolton Tl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Lincoln Avenue
147Th Street
E. Zimmer
Dolton Tl
Buffalo strike halts Calumet crossing on lake launch
Ed Peterssen, crossing Lake Calumet in a launch, watched a five pound buffalo fish strike the 300 pound superintendent of Illinois Central Bridge construction in the stomach. The man doubled up in a winded fit before the fish leaped back overboard. The fish is hung to dry at the Railroad camp in Dutchman’s Slough.
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Lake Calumet
Ed. Petersen
Ilinois Central Bridge
Dutchman’s Slough
Central
Calumet River
Steel Cars For Future Travel
The Pennsylvania railroad tests steel passenger cars as substitutes for wooden ones to create non collapsible fireproof cars. The experimental car weighs 103,550 pounds versus 84,500 for the standard car, reducing vibration and improving passenger comfort. The frame resembles a cantilever bridge and is suspended on trucks to prevent telescoping. Pullman steel sleeping cars will weigh about 25 percent more than current sleeping cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pullman Company
Riverdale Land for Sale by Owner in Dolton Illinois
For sale ten acres in section 5 township 86 north range 14 east 8d P. M. Village of Riverdale. Bargain price. Address Wm Bachmann Dolton Cook County Illinois good title and possession.
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Township 86
Range 14
Riverdale
Wm. Bachmann
Dolton
Cook County
Mock-turtle Soup and Mock Oranges Mock Trial Quip
In Harper's Weekly a waiter deflects a diner’s mock dish request with a dry line. The diner retorts about mock deviled crabs, and the waiter replies he would offer mock oranges, then adds a mock trial as a calm comical finale. The exchange parodies culinary scarcity and courtroom satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Weekly
Haneyville Book Agent Sells Streak of Books at Haney on Calumet
A lone book agent in Haneyville tries a pushy sale along the Calumet track. He notes the Haney group as a prime audience and attempts to hawk books and pictures. Several locals including Schnieder Stout Deihl Bert McBrid and telephone girl are mentioned as buyers or reactors to the pitch.
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Haney
Hook
Schnieder
Stout
Deihl
Bert McBrid
Waran
Sylvester
Sauter
Calumet
Drifted Apart Ends Couple's Wellington Marriage
Henry Stohl of Wellington and Mrs Dose, long known in Dalton, separated after a brief married period. Stohl advertised his property for sale to fund the match but later stopped the sale. The Clover Leaf Athletic Club of Dalton elected new officers for six months, with plans for uniforms and equipment as they seek a charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stohl
Wellington
Indiana
Henry
Dalton
Clover Leaf Athletic Club of
Charles Grapinthien
Conrad Beherns
Wm. Rudloff
Patrick Kelly
H. M. Packard
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Sargent Glove
Douglas
Black Cat
Arrow
Monarch
S. W. Schwab
Henry Koehncke
Aist Mason
Chicago
Haneyville
By A. H. J
Cupid
Frank C. Lund
Telephone
Riverdale No. 1
Hyde Park
William Kurz
Leyden Avenue
Jennie G. Dalton
Lincoln Ave
Dolton, Ill
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