Derailed Cannon Ball Limited Destroys Noon Chase on Leyden Ave
A Riverdale street car derailed at Leyden avenue near 134th street causing a brief delay. No injuries were reported as passengers waited for repairs and the line prepared for paving this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Cannon Ball Limited
Riverdale Street
Leyden Avenue
119Th Street
Illinois Central
134Th Street
Limited
Barney Jening
Pointer
Colonel Propper
Jake Lau
Church Services and Lent Messages At Local Congregations
The Methodist Episcopal Church lists Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 11 with an 3 30 service and a 7 30 evening worship. Our Savior’s Lutheran notes Lent with Friday services at 8 pm and a Sunday service at 10 30 with Sunday school at 9 30. Pastor P C Wike urges parental attendance and punctuality to inspire children. The piece ends with a light quip about conversation in sleep and a call to spiritual ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Swope
Chicago Heights
P. C. Wike
Primary Election Primaries Set For March 18 In Village And City
Next Tuesday March 18 voters in Dolton and Riverdale will choose party nominees. Dolton candidates include Wm J Haney C H Smyth for president and trustees Harry T Hartford Joseph Leib Charles Murphy Henry Milhahn Wm C Krueger. Riverdale party nominees list Charles Niemeyer for president and trustees Charles Sellin Anton Strosinski Wm A Henderschott. Harvey features two mayoral candidates Matt Stobbs and Bert Timmons and a field of 16 for 8 commissioner slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Peoples Party
Wm. J. Haney
C. H. Smyth
Harry T. Hartford
Joseph Leib
Charles Murphy
Henry Milhahn
Wm. C. Krueger
Riverdale Peoples Party
Charles Niemeyer
Charles Sellin
Anton Strosinski
Wm. A. Henderschott
Upcoming church events and society meeting notices
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets at Mrs Potts 422 Chicago street Thursday March 15 at 2 30 PM. St Raphael's Dramatic Club presents The Goodfellow at Riverdale school hall Saturday March 17 for St Mary's church. Dolton Epworth League carnival at Dolton M E church Friday 7 PM. Come and have a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Altringer and Struven wed in Highlawn home ceremony
Miss Catherine Altringer and Mr Hans Struven married on Saturday March 8 at the bride’s Highlawn home with Rev Wike officiating. They will reside temporarily with the groom’s parents Mr and Mrs Max Struven. The couple received a lively charivari and many congratulations from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Altringer
Hans Struven
Highlawn
Wike
Max Struven
Notice for bids on Dalton village hall painting
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dalton until 8:00 p m April 2 1928 for finishing painting of exterior wood work and cornice and interior of tower of the village hall. Specifications available from Wm C Krueger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Wm. C. Krueger
Busy at New Ford Plant Hegewisch
Mild weather spurs rapid concrete foundation work at the Ford plant in Hegewisch. Two cranes operate daily for excavation as iron work is slated for installation within two weeks. Next week many workers expected to join to speed up construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Hegewisch
Public Sale Notice at 1053 Scott Avenue Chicago Heights
The undersigned will sell at public auction at her residence 1053 Scott Avenue Chicago Heights Illinois on Saturday March 10 1923 at 1 30 p m The items include furniture tables rockers rugs stoves crockery table ware washing machine and tubs garden tools carpenter tools sewing machine lawn mower fruit jars canned goods hedge posts grind stone corn shelter and about 5 or 6 cords of stove wood Terms cash Mrs Mary Heusman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Avenue
Chicago Heights
Ill
Mary Heusman
Local and Personal News Highlights and Anecdotes
Read all the recent local notes from Blue Island and surrounding towns. Updates include Andy Burch's recovery from flamemia and his wish to return home to his son born February 23, along with births at the area, birthdays celebrated for Mrs. H J Dillner and Mrs. Henry Mohr Sr, and social visits in Roseland and Riverdale. Community events include theater listings for Harold Lloyd's Dr Jack at Riverdale theatre March 14 16 and multiple familiar health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Burch
Blue Island Hospital
Henry Michalski
Albert Ohlsen
H. J. Dillner
Immanuel Church
Harry Meginnis
Park Avenue
Helen Pastern
Ruth Ferm
Genevieve Evans
Roseland
Henry Mohr
Blue Island
West Pullman
Oakglen
Riverdale
Dalton
Square Deal Store
L. G. Reich
Edwin Ducett
Ducett
Nellie Stewart
Charles Dickelman
Charley Locker
Oak Forest Sanitarium
Charles Prill
Edward Evers
Harold Lloyd
Jack
Riverdale Theatre
Anna Dieck
Henry
August Dieck
Cleveland
Ohio
August
Morton Gilbert
Earl Dumas
BE. A. Weimer
George Stier
Midwest Sugar Refining Corporation
Acme Steel Goods Company
John Connors
How Many Days In Lent
A New Yorker notes Lent length is misunderstood by many. Forty days of fast occur, but Sundays are not counted. Easter falls on April 1, making Lent forty seven days from Ash Wednesday February 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Riverdale Boy Scouts Demonstrate At Palmer Park Event
The Riverdale troop staged a stunt exhibition at Palmer Park and screened reels on Near East Relief and Hal Roach. They shared images of Mediterranean children aided by the U.S. effort and scouts at a Michigan camp. The Riverdale unit received its charter and pins and invites new scouts to a Friday 7 p.m. meeting at Riverdale Village Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of
Riverdale
Palmer Park
United States
Hal Roach
Michigan
Scouts of
Chicago Names Grant B Miller Postmaster at Chicago Office
Grant B Miller, a postal veteran of 48 from Willard Ohio, becomes head of the Chicago post office succeeding Arthur C Lueder who resigned to seek the Republican mayoral nomination. Miller entered the Railway Mail Service in 1898 and has led the Cleveland Post Office before moving to Chicago in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant B. Miller
Chicago
Mr. Miller
Willard
Ohio
Wheeling & Chicago R. P. O
St. Louis
Cleveland, Ohio
Escort to Leavenworth Escort Chief Swanson Recalled
Chief Swanson recalls escorting Big Tim Murphy and companions to Leavenworth prison after their capture. He describes Murphy in unflattering terms and notes the inmate’s language during the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Swanson
Big Tim” Murphy
Leavenworth Prison
Tim
Harvey Tribune
In Memoriam for Dear Wife and Mother
In loving memory of our dear wife and mother who passed away six years ago March 7. Gone, but not forgotten. Mr. Henry Albrecht and Family. You can no longer put a man in jail because he owes money. For that matter, you can hardly put him in jail if he has money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Albrecht
Treasures Worth While From Buddhist Scripture
A line from a Buddhist scripture notes treasures laid up in charity piety temperance and soberness. The text states these virtues accompany a person beyond death, framing moral riches as lasting beyond worldly life.
Lawyers the Greatest Readers in the Library
A fragment notes lawyers are among the most avid readers, with ministers and doctors also cited, according to a librarian who tallies feast numbers in the library setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nore
Dolton Board Seeks Upgrades and New Clerk in Regular Session
The Dolton Board met last Monday with all members present. Bills were approved with exceptions. treasurer reports a balance of 5203.99. Committees found clerk books correct. Pauline Slaughter named clerk of election replacing Charley Murphy a village trustee candidate. Discussions covered water mains extensions, gas mains safety investigations, bids for village hall exterior painting, and traffic measures on Lincoln avenue and Chicago streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
McLaughlin
Ehlert
Pauline Slaughter
Charley Murphy
Haney
Wesley Avenue
Colwell
Kanawha Avenue
Connors
Forest Avenue
Fredericka Street
Thomson
Propper
Lincoln Avenue
Conners
Chicago
Riverdale Taxes Collected at First Trust Bank on March 14
Emil Wanek, the village collector, will receive taxes for Riverdale portion of Calumet Township at First Trust and Savings Bank Riverdale on Wednesday March 14 1923 from 9 to 12 a m and 1 to 4 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Trust & Savings Bank
Riverdale
Calumet Township
Emil Wanek
Card of Thanks from Pieplow and Schmidt Families
We thank relatives and friends Rev H Wind the Ladies Aid and the choir of St. Pauls church for sympathy and kindness shown in our sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. ‘Wind
Ladies’ Aid
St. Paul’s Church
Pieplow
Schmidt
Bereavement thanks and license plates prompt
The family thanks friends for sympathy during bereavement and praises Rev Wike and Borden Dairy Co drivers for flowers. A state wide drive against unlicensed motorists launched by Secretary of State Louis L Emerson calls for license plates to avoid trouble and expense. A joke about a little girl asking what moths ate before Adam and Eve clothes ends the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wike
Borden Dairy Co
P. Kliefoth
Louis L. Emerson
Adam and Eve
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harvey
Matt Stobbs
Bert Timmons
Charles W. Bat H. Frederic Beck Thomas E. Chaffee ‘Joseph Clyde Ellis
H. G. Foltz
Fred C. Fowler Frank J. Grattan
Walter Haines James S. Lawson Robert O. Livers
Edmund J. Mitchell
Andrew Nelson Ray T. Spencer
Edward van Laningham
William L. Voss
Altringer-Struven
New York
Boy Scouts
Leavenworth
Memoriam
White City
Dolton Board
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!