New Plans For Downton Dolton Police Plans and Street Work
Dolton village board met June 17 with all members present. Engineer Stone advised against plain macadem on Lincoln Avenue and Chicago Street. options include asphalt binder and concrete paving. A two-material plan was ordered, with drainage and sidewalk improvements discussed. Lighting changes and meter corrections were also approved, including a reduced bill for Robert Starkman.
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Dolton
Engineer Stone
Pinger
Dillner
Kaiser
Chicago Street
150Th Street
South Holland
Dickelman
138Th Street
Lincoln Avenue
Engelside Avenue
Wulff
Robert Starkman
Yard Center Base Ball Team to Meet Danville Crew
The crack Yard Center base ball team travels to Danville NL next Sunday June 23 to face the famed C and E1 Danville team noted as the strongest railroad club in the country. Dalton and Riverdale celebrate home boys in defeat and a large crowd is expected with extra coaches arranged. Train leaves Dalton Station at 8 27 am and returns on No 8 at 9 30 pm admission 25 cents. The Singemen beat the C BE 1 Switchmen 6 to 4 in a practice game last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thecrack C. & E . Yard Center
Danville
Yard Center
Dalton
Riverdale
J. M. Jones
C. E B. Stimson
Dalton Station
Dolton Couple Wed at St Marys Riverdale
Miss Clara Burch and Bernard Sheahan of Dolton married Wednesday at St Marys Church Riverdale with Father Verhalen officiating. The couple, popular locals, commenced housekeeping at 545 Lincoln Avenue Dolton in Ralph Jenness residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Burch
Bernard Sheahan
Dolton
St. Mary’s Church
Riverdale
Father Verhalen
Ralph Jenness
Lincoln Avenue
Building and Loan opens new stock series July 1
The Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan Association announces a new stock series starting July 1. Nonholders are urged to start saving monthly, with every dollar invested locally in real estate supporting town growth and accumulating value.
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Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan Association
Building and Loan Association
Ladies Walking Match Captures 50 Dollar Prize
Editor Gallion of The Calumet Index announces an eight mile walking match for women over sixteen from White City to 115th street. Over 160 entrants compete Saturday afternoon June 22 with a 2 PM start at 63rd street and South Park avenue. First prize is 50 dollars cash. subsequent prizes are merchandise.
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Gallion
Calumet Index
White City
115Th Street
63Rd Street
South Park Avenue
Colonel Propper Celebrates 69th Birthday At Home
The Ladies of the W R C surprised Col F C Propper with a silver mounted cigar jar during a birthday event last Sunday. Mrs M H Kelly gave the presentation speech as over a hundred friends visited the Propper home for a day and evening house party.
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F. C. Propper
Schwab White Shoes for Ladies Offer Convenience
Schwab introduces a stylish line of white shoes for women promising comfort and ease with no need to shop downtown. The ad highlights fashionable options and home delivery suggestions for modern customers.
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Schwab
Danville fans urged to attend Yard Center game Sunday
Local note: Baseball fans urged to take a day off and help the Yard Center team win. train leaves at 8 27 A M. Several community updates follow including hospital visits, marriages, births, and local business changes across Dalton Chicago Riverdale and Champaign with various residents mentioned.
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Danville
Crack Yard
John Piepiow
Dalton
Mercy Hospital
Chicago
Louis Harms
Kirkwood
John Harms
Gus Fleischhauer
Christ Schumtzler
Schumtzler
Notice to Subscribers on June 24 Collections Start
A Pointer representative will begin collecting from subscribers Monday June 24. Those not yet paid should arrange payment when the collector calls. Slip a dollar and be pleasant.
Dolton Fire Co. Meeting Rescheduled to Friday
The Dolton Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 announces a meeting moved from Thursday to Friday July 5 at 8 p m in the Village Hall. Secretary L. C. Krueger notes the change.
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Dolton
Laborer Killed by Train Near Calumet River Bridge
Section laborer Daniel McGinley on the Western Indiana Railroad was struck by Company I L train No 93 while at work near the Pullman Switch north of the Calumet River bridge last Saturday June 15 and died instantly. His back and both arms were broken and his body was thrown about 25 feet. He was taken to Kensington on train No 10. Eyewitnesses say he stepped in front of the moving train. He leaves a wife and three children in Belfast Ireland.
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Daniel McGinley
Western Indiana RR
Calumet River Bridge
Kensington
McGinley
Belfast
Ireland
High Class Motion Pictures at Lund’s Hall Dolton
Doors open 7 p.m. Sunday matinee 3 20 to 5 30. Friday screening The Cowboy Girls and Hundred Laughs Comedy. Saturday Katzenjammer Kids and The Brave Hunter. Sunday Blinks and Jinks Attorneys at Law. Other pictures every night. Joan Hrusy Manager.
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Katzenjammer
Brave Hunter
Attorneys At Law
Joan Hrusy
Mgr
Palace Theatre Dalton Admits Five Cents First Class Show
The Palace Theatre at Dillner's Pavilion Dalton presents a nightly first class show under managers Righster and Longfellow with admission priced at five cents.
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Dillner’s Pavilion
Dalton
Righster & Longfellow Managers
Convention Tickets Read Oddly at Springfield Session
J J O Rourke handed out convention tickets during and after the recent legislature session. Recipients found the tickets instruct the bearer to walk back and forth in front of the Coliseum. The reading appears to mock a Republican National Convention dated June 18, 1912.
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J. J.o’rourke
Springfield
Graduation list and dates for Thornton and area schools
The week featured graduation exercises for Thornton Township High School and nearby districts. A long list of graduates includes valedictorian Dolton Jungpiiing Vandenberg and noted honorees from Riverdale, Dalton, Harvey, and St Pauls parochial school. Commencement dates cited: June 28 for Dalton Public Schools and Riverdale Bowen School with programs published in The Pointer.
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Thornton Township High School
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Parochial School
Riverdale Pullman Branch Graduates at Lund's Hall
The Riverdale Pullman Branch School held its graduating exercises at Lund's Hall in Dalton on Thursday evening June 20. The program and list of graduates followed.
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John H. F. Koehneke
Henry Joehneke
Riverdale
Curtis High School
Pullman Branch
Lund’s Hall
Dalton
Graduation stage program includes piano and dramatic performances
The program lists graduates Arthur Beck Clara Koehncke Helen Ebiert Anna Koselke Nano Ernst Anna Kummerer Anna Fulford Frank Pietsch Hazel Goodshaw Henry Reinke Louise Hamaister Arthur Schucker Ella Horn Richard Townsend Emma Janeschefski Meta Wichmann plus Stacia Hoefleman. It features Queen of the Kitchen Juvenile Sketch Scenes 1 and 2, high grade girls piano selection, pantomime Six Little Grandmas and more. Presentations of diplomas and a class farewell song conclude the program.
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Arthur Beck
Clara Koehncke
Helen Ebiert
Anna Koselke
Nano-Ernst
Anna Kummerer
Anna Fulford Frank Pietsch
Hazel Goodshaw
Henry Reinke
Louise Hamaister
Arthur Schucker
Ella Horn
Richard Townsend
Emma Janeschefski
Meta Wichmann
Stacia Hoefleman
Queen of the Kitchen
Louise Hameister
Ravensecoesesy
Joe
Mandelings
Coming picnics and moonlight gathering for local groups
George Washington Lodge No 189 plans a picnic at Riverdale Park on Sunday August 18 1912. Brickmakers Local No 5 of Dolton schedules a Riverdale Park picnic on Sunday July 28 1912. Dolton Volunteer Fire Captain hosts a Moonlight Picnic at Dillauer's Grove on July 27.
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George Washington Lodge
Riverdale Park
Brickmakers Local No
Dolton
Suneday
The
Dolton Vol. Fire
Dilluer
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Main
138Th Sts
BASE
By Fred Prickett
Lecy
Singemen
Switchmen
Burch-Sheahan
Building 6 Loan Association
Henry Hansen
Wellington
Frank Truman
Foster Avenue
Tlamsa
Ella Rudloff
Pointer
Thornton Township Highway Commissioners
Calumet River
159Th Street
R. G. Ransom
Deering
Vandeursen Bros
137Th Street
Illinois Central R. R
Henry Koshncke
Fred Schubert
R. H Darling
Bis Bicycle
Kensington Avenue
Fred
Ellen Walkerlys
Claud Link
Chicago Heights
Link
West Side
M. Waikerly
Dorothy
Victoria
Margaret
Champaign, Ill
State University
Ester Fiene
George
Oak Glen
Harry McGrain
A. 8. Dickman
George Pricket
W. H. Willett
Louisville
Geo. P. Clayton
William Jennings
Ladies’ Aid Society of Our Savior's Church
J. A. Decklar
Lincoln Ave
Thos. W. Johnson
Paul
Saratoga Ind
C. W. Johanson
Panhandle
John Collett
Carl Stichweh
Nte
Louis Trefts
Phillip Wolf
State Street
Oakwoods
Emil Schumann
Peter Kern
St Francis College
Quincy
Otto Miller
Grand Crossing
Tillie Prille
Oakwood Cemetery
Conrad Exern
Milwaukee
Europe
Frank Michalski
Richton Center
Wisconsin
Mary Toarpal
St Luke’s Hospital
Mra
I. T. Greenacre
Alice
Washington Heights
O. F. Reich
the Palace Theatre
Dolton Jungpiiing Vandenberg
Valedictorian
AY Dakieanthur
P VanAnn Ruth, Robison Arthur NR
Vandeureen
Rebah E. Deeds Roy F. Huntley
Elmer C, Dreesen
South HoLuanp
Harry Koedyker
Elizabeth Bardwicksther
L. DeGraff
Isaac Cowenhoven
Jennie W. Rietveld
Homeweopb
Fred Lewis Gold Edward J. Soupham Thornton Reinhardt
P. Rabn
Rodolph Rabn
Dalton Public Schools
School Auditorum
Bowen
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