Local clubs meet in Dalton Riverdale and Calumet notices
Business Men's Association meets first Wednesday at 8 PM in Dalton with officers led by John Behrens. Women's Relief Corps G W Spencer Post 279 meets 2nd Friday 2 PM and 4th Friday 8 PM at Riverdale Village Hall with Mrs Bertha Sprick president. Open letter advocates Henry W Lee for Sanitary District Trustee citing engineering and editorial credentials and Calumet Canal digging efforts.
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Business Men’s Association
Dalton
John Behrens
Frank Bergold
Henry Hahn
L. F. Ripley
Riverdale Improvement Association
Riverdale
T. F. Sweat
John E. Schafer
A. C. Reich
F. A. Reich
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Henry Goos
Geo. L. Koehler
Herman Dreesen
Women’s Relief Corps
G. W. Spencer
Bertha Sprick
Cora Jenness
Henry W. Lee
Sanitary District
Chicago
Dalton Riverdale
South Holland
Harvey
Lee
Calumet
Calumet Canal
Calumet Region
Minister Simon Blocker Ordained in New York City
Simon Blocker, brother of Cornelius and William Blocker of Dolton, was ordained a minister of the Union Reformed Church in New York City on Thursday evening. A Dolton native, Blocker is 26 and has studied at Hope College Columbia University and the New Brunswick school before accepting a post at Ogden Avenue and 169th Street in New York with a $1500 yearly salary.
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Simon Blocker
Cornelius
William Blocker
Dolton
Union Reformed Church
New York City
Blocker
Dalton Public Schools
Roseland
Hope College
Michigan
Columbia University
New Brunswick
N. Y
Ogden Avenue
169Th Street
Home From Belfast Returns Dalton Native William Waddell Sr
William Waddell Sr returned to Dalton last Thursday evening from Belfast Ireland where he was raised and visited his birth city. He had left Dalton in September 1906 after working as head burner at Chicago Brick Company yards and later ran a hardware business in Belfast before returning to the United States to spend his remaining days.
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Wm. Waddell
Dalton
Belfast
Ireland
Waddell
Chicago Brick Company
United States
Homewood Plans Grand Fourth Parade and Picnic
Homewood will celebrate with an old fashioned yet modern parade starting 1 30 p m from the village hall. participants include police captain and assistants, marshal on horseback, Chicago military band, two fire engines with 23 members, Homewood Business Men's Association, Modern Woodmen of America, Platt Deutche Gilde, Homewood and Hazel Crest school children on floats, clowns on muleback, decorated wheelbarrows, and multiple floats. An intermission features several named float carriers, followed by an ovation at Gottschalk Park with a grand picnic by the Volunteer Fire Company and a Chicago speaker. Evening fireworks and a dance close the celebration.
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Homewood
Chicago
Fire Department
Homewood Business Men’s Association
Modern Woodmen of America
Platt Deutche Gilde
Hazel Crest
Louis Mueller
Henry Funk
Our Troubles The Press Faces Criticism and Costs
The essay argues newspapers pay money for standing on issues and attract backlash from all sides. Editors are attacked whether supporting reforms or opposing them and face criticism from religious and political groups. It concludes honesty and thoughtfulness earn public respect, despite inevitable enemies.
Barkmeier Bros Hardware Stock Clearing Sale Opens
The Barkmeier brothers conduct a clearing sale of their hardware stock inviting buyers to purchase first class articles at cost. Local shoppers anticipate bargains as the sale progresses.
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Barkmeier Bros
Ordinance Taxing Foreign Fire Insurance in Dalton
The village of Dalton enacts a license tax on foreign fire insurers. Non Illinois corporations must pay two percent of gross receipts or premiums to the village fire department, with annual July 15 remittance and yearly agent reports. Funds to be kept in a separate fire department fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Illinois
State of
General Assembly
Dolton
George H. Schaefer
Annual Appropriation Bill for Dalton Village 1908 1909
The ordinance authorizes funds for the Village of Dalton for May 1 1908 to April 30 1909. It lists totals by object such as legal services salaries engineers fire protection streets water works electric light and other corporate needs with allocations from tax levy and surplus. Passed June 28 1908 and published June 26 1908 by Village Clerk George H Schafer.
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Dalton
Cala
Elton
Delton
George H. Schaefer
Thomas Harper
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Indiana Ave
Delos
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Village Boards
Village Board
Doltton
We Village Hall
P.m. Thos. Harper
Geo. H. Schaefer
Village Hall
August C. Reich
Jacob A. Decklar
Ancient Order United Workmen
A. O. U. W. Hall
Richard Hoppe
Hermann Kalas
John F. Boetteger
Calumet Camp
F Kinney
O. Obeldovel
L. F. Kipley
Catholic Order Foresters
Conrad Kern
Jobs E. Kinney
Nicholas Simon
Peter Kipley
Women's Catholic Order Foresters
Magdalen Ripley
Somma Kelly
Catharine Kurz
Knights OF the Modern Maccabees
A. O. U. W Hall
K. Schaefer
John Harter
Vandenberg
Brickmakers
Chas. Dickelman
Henry Illgendorf
Andrew Messerschmidt
George Agena Lodge
S. A
N. A
Lund’s Hall
Lincoln
Chicago Aves
Ill
J. E. White
Co. D. Culler
Ladies Auxiliary
Cc. H. Dally
H. Fuller
Dolton School Board
Park Avenue
Riverdale Board
Bowen
Said Village
Wm. Bachmann
Grant Street
F. C. Propper
J. Wichmann
Pointer
Victor Phonograph
Fredericka Street
C. & E. I. Railroad
Inquire A
Diekman
William Rippe
North Side
Heyenga-Barkmeier Bros., Co
John Muller
Herman Horn
Daniel Perry
Matt Buechler
Miases Zeidler
184Th Street
Ind
Beach Stock Farm
Abel Hausinger
173Rd and
Halsted Street
Homewood, IN
WM. C. Zesch
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
H. R. Penfield
St. Highlawn
Chas. Vandenberg
Oak St
Jeremy Taylor
Sinder
Wheeler & Wilson
F. A. Sperling
Michigan Avenue
A. J. Parker, M.D
D.D.S
Leyden Avenue
Dutt
Fordtran Bros
Blue Island
Chicago Heights
Geo.h. Hilmer
Wentworth Ave
Tes
Riverdale, Lil
Edward F. Dillner
Summer Garden
Chicago St. Dolton, Fli
Ernst Hanschmann
137Th Street
Richard Buschking
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Dolton, Ill
Andrew Baumgartner
Justice Or the Peace Notary Public
Tel
Sceserini Po
Trades Pees Council
Union
Thornton Townships
Grant Bros
Fred J. Ott
Chicago St. Dolton,ill
Carl Wulff
Geo. Tuch
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