Three Cheers for the Red White and Blue Hymn
A patriotic verse extols Columbia and the ark of freedoms enduring wartime desolation. It lauds the army and navy, the flag, and victory garlands, calling for unity and steadfast colors as the nation holds to its brave sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Ocean
Brave
Free
Liberty
Ark
of Freedoms Foundation
Service
United
Army
Navy
Army and Navy
Policeman James Tobin Exposed Public After Illness at Crossing
Policeman James Tobin, stationed at State and Madison streets, stood at his post for hours while unknowingly suffering from smallpox. He collapsed at 3 PM and was taken to City Physician L. Blake Baldwin, then moved to isolation hospital. The incident left the West Side ambulance out of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Tobin
Lowe Avenue
State and
Madison Streets
L. Blake Baldwin
Madison Street
Tobin
West Twenty-fifth Street
Lawndale Avenue
Why Turkish Women Wear Veils In Historical View
A Metropolitan Magazine excerpt explains veiling as an old custom not rooted in religion. It traces origins to Tartary days when male Turks abducted women for wives, prompting the unification to veil women and keep them in harems from around age eleven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tartary
Mohammed
Metropolitan Magazine
Rev W E Cissna Accepts Dalton M E Church Call
Rev W E Cissna has accepted a call to the Dalton M E Church direct from Moore's Hill College Ind where he recently graduated He will study theology at Northwestern University The congregation plans a parsonage and he and his wife with two children reside on John Krueger property Grant Street Dalton He is regarded as an earnest talker and favorable personality by parishioners and locals alike
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Cissna
Dalton M. E
Moore’s Hill College
Ind
Northwestern University
Joy ride for editors opens new Sunday trip for Chicagoans
A new electric line route from Joliet to Chicago Heights launches a popular Sunday excursion for about 150 Cook County Press Club members. The journey covers the Chicago & Southern Traction route to Chicago Heights, then east to Joliet, Electric Park at Drainfield, and back via the Panhandle route with stops in Aurora and Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Chicago Heights
Chicago
Chicago & Southern Traction Company
Washington Heights
Morgan Park
Blue Island
Harvey
Amers
Aurora
City of Lights
Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad Company
Higin
Tex River
Elgin
Electric Lines
Cook County Press Club
Messrs. W. B. Tarkington
H.a.fisher
Lee Visher
Joliet & Southern Traction Company
Edwin CG. Faber
Richard Breckenridge
L. B. Judson
Elgin & Chicago Railroad Company
Upcoming Park Picnics and Dances This Summer
Coming events include a Riverdale Park Sunday dance each week, a Silver Pleasure Leaf Club picnic at Riverdale Park on Sunday July 3, a Moonlight Picnic by the Rose Bud Pleasure Club at Dillner's Pavilion on Saturday June 25, and a Plattd Gilde No 71 picnic at Dillner's Grove in Dolton on Monday July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Park
Silver Pleasure Leaf Club
Rose Bud Pleasure Club
Dillner’s Pavilion
Dillner’s Grove
Dolton Mongay
Notice of Police Magistrate Office Relocation
Dolton residents are informed that the office of Police Magistrate W. H. Coleman will hereafter be at 444 Lincoln avenue Dolton. Contact remains by the Dolton exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Avenue
Dolton
W. H. Coleman
Build Your Own Boat From Row Boat to Cruiser
Daniel Perry, agent for the Pioneer Boat and Pattern Co., sells knock-down frames from a row boat to a fifty foot cruiser. Visit his Forest avenue home in Delton to see demonstrations on how easily these boats are assembled and enjoy a fine pleasure craft for little money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Perry
Pioneer Boat and Pattern Co
Forest Avenue
Delton
Property buyers and sellers urged in Dalton Riverdale column
The Pointer column invites property owners to advertise for sale in Dalton or Riverdale and offers to help buyers find what they want, promising savings by matching listed wants with available properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Riverdale
Business Men's Special From South Riverdale
A cryptic timetable item lists times and codes such as 6 20 am 10 01 am and 7 09 pm with references to a Business Men's Special. The fragment mentions routes or services from South Riverdale and train-like notations such as 733 and 12.42 p.m. The readable text suggests a transit or schedule note rather than a full event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Ly. Randoulph
St. Riverdale
South Riverdale
North
German firm touts steel wire power transtission device
A German machine manufacturer unveils a new power transmission method using thin endless steel wire. It is claimed to rival leather belts steel bands and chains in every respect and offers cost savings.
Uncertain Investment in Election Costs and Coercion Bill
The London Chronicle notes election expenses expose voters to risky bets as returns on campaigns vary with time. It recalls Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff’s 1881 coercion bill tale about weariness and a weary speaker muttering about paying £7000 for the experience, illustrating political overhang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
Mountstuart Grant
Transit Schedules Mention Dalton and Chicago Stops
Eastbound timetable references 7.00 and 7.58 for departures with 4.15 p.m. and 0.14 p.m. times noted. Same schedule applies to Dalton with one departure each direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dalton
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Indiana Ave
Ill
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
Beilion
Jsg
Grant Bros. General Machinists
138Th St
Illing Leav
Central Time Card
Randolph Street
Power Transmission
North Bound
A. Mw
Western
Indiana
R. R
Panhandle
P.C.C
St.l
Riverdale Local
NESUS
Coryrichts &c
Atriefly
Pancboge
Munn & Co
Scientific American
All News
New Dart
Fordtran Bros
Claude J. Dalenberg
Law
Dearborn St
Randolph
William Minardow
C. Zesch
Midway
Leyden Avenue
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Carl Wulfe
Dolton, Ill
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago St. Dolton, Ill
Fred J. Ott
Chicago St. Dolton
Geo. Tuch
137Th Street
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