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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
8
Several scarlet fever cases are reported in Riverdale including one fatality. The notice urges prompt reporting by physicians, enforcement by health boards, and placing signs on affected houses to curb spread. It criticizes lax reporting and calls for strict adherence to the law.
Mr. Ross M. Condit of Harvey wed Miss Elwyn Uhrlant of Dolton in Dolton last Wednesday afternoon. James B. Ellis and Harry Elsass served as groomsmen. Marion Nelson was maid of honor and Martha Urhlant bridesmaid. The couple will reside in Harvey.
News reached The Pointer of the death of Mrs Caroline Van Gelder a regional pioneer. She died Thursday morning June 25 Funeral from her residence 6428 Jackson Avenue Chicago at 9 o clock Saturday to Berger station by carriage where services will be held in the German M E church Interment in Berger cemetery nearby.
Wed evening at the bride's home in Dalton wedding joined William Rampke of Riderdale and Miss Anna Messerschmidt from longtime local families. A large reception followed at Dillner's Pavilion with hundreds of relatives and friends. newlyweds to start housekeeping in Baake’s new Washington avenue cottages. The Pointer offers congratulations.
Mr and Mrs Asmus Claussen will leave Riverdale Sunday at 12 30 for a two month visit with relatives and friends in Germany They sail on the Hamburg from New York Tuesday morning at 10 oclock It is 37 years since Mrs Claussen left Germany and Mr Claussen was five when he came to America A large party of friends gathered at their home last Saturday evening to wish them a pleasant voyage.
The Boston Pleasure Club will host a pig roast at Fleischhauser's Grove on Sunday June 28 with games on the grounds and a Riverdale Fife and Drum Corps picnic on Sunday July 5 at the club house beside the Calumet river opposite Beet Sugar Works.
Village of Riverdale enacts a 2 percent annual license tax on premiums from foreign fire insurance firms for the fire department. The measure, approved June 23 1908, sets payment deadlines and requires agent reporting to the village treasurer with funds kept in a separate fire department fund.
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