Dolton Village Primary Sees McLaughlin Win by One Vote
In Dolton and Riverdale the village primary produced a surprise as James McLaughlin edged Thomas Harper by a single vote to become Peoples ticket village president. Other Peoples nominees included Conners Ehlert Packard, while Citizens slate nominated Dillner Krueger Needles Albrecht and McGowan. Over 350 votes were cast despite heavy rain. talk of another ticket surrounds election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Dolton
James McLaughlin
Peoples
Thomas Harper
McLaughlin
John J. Conners
Fred Ehlert
Harry Packard
Wm. Maurer
Citizens Ticket
Henry J. Dillner
Frank J. Krueger
John Needles
William J. Albrecht
James McGowan
Charles Niemeyer
Frank Stiemann
Community Club Notices Sweep March Events
The Woman's Catholic League plans a St Patrick card party March 17 at the school hall with free lunch. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets March at Mrs Komans Chicago street. Our Savior's church Ladies' Aid hosts an apron sale social March 16. Woodmen Forester team dances at village hall April Get tickets early. Immanuel church Dalton Ladies' Aid hosts a bakery sale March 12 2 to 5 p.m. Everybody welcome.
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Woman’s Catholic League
Everybody United
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Koman
Chicago Street
Ladies’ Aid of Our Savior’s Church
Woodmen Forester
Verdale
Ladies’ Aid of
Immanuel Church
Dalton
Edward F Bryant Returns From Honolulu Three Month Trip
Edward F Bryant president of the Pullman Trust and Savings Bank arrived home last Sunday after a three month trip to Honolulu and California. He reports Honolulu prosperous with people making money and says Harding's election boosted local morale. Bryant feels healthy and expects no further health worries as he resumes work.
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Edward F. Bryant
Pullman Trust and Savings Bank
Honolulu
California
Mr. Bryant
Harding
Presidents who were lawyers, soldiers or statesmen
First Publisher President Warren G. Harding is the first newspaper publisher to serve as president. Eighteen presidents were college men, one a West Point graduate, nine had no college education. Virginia and Ohio are noted for supplying many presidents.
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Warren G. Harding
United States
Harding
Senate
Virginia
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
William Henry Harrison
Tyler
Taylor
Wilson
Ohio
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Taft
West Point
Walters Pleads Guilty Paroled After Larceny Case
Otto Walters admitted petty larceny from The Pullman Company shops during his November 1918 employment. Judge Friend sentenced him to six months in the Bridewell and parole to the Chief Probation Officer.
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Friend
Criminal Court
Pullman Company
Otto Walters
Zylstra Likely Named City Collector by Council
City officials predict confirmation of Age Zylstra to succeed William H. Wesley as city collector when the council meets Friday. Mayor Thompson plans to send the appointment today, after Wesby’s resignation was accepted before his New York departure. Wesby was sworn in as Lincoln Park superintendent Friday and assumed office Saturday.
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Age Zylstra
William H. Wesley
Zylstra
Thompson
Wesby
New York
Wesbey
Lincoln Park
Wild Duck Banding Traces Travels From Ontario to Southland
The Biological Survey bands wild ducks with aluminum leg bands bearing a number and Biol Surv Wash DC. Canadian partner H S Osler trapped and marked 200+ ducks at Lake Scugog Ontario. About 25 birds were killed, with bands returned from Ohio Indiana Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana Texas and a blue winged teal found near Port of Spain Trinidad more than 2500 miles away. The program aims to provide conservationists with data on migratory routes.
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Bureau of Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Biol
Wash
D. C
H. S. Osler
Lake Scugog
Ontario
Southland
Nature's Ready Made Cement Sparks Local Interest
In parts of the United States natural cement rocks exist with near proper material balance for Portland cement but require lime stone or shale to achieve the correct mixture.
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United States
Lines of Conduct and Modesty in Praise
A Boston Transcript aphorism notes that modesty forbids crowning oneself with laurels yet accepts a cheerful face and smiles as a personal wreath.
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Boston Transcript
Local and Personal News From Dolton and Nearby Towns
Frances Verhoeven was cremated per her wish, with her funeral last Friday. Roseland resident and Peter Verhoeven relative honored in local obituaries. Mildred Koehncke underwent appendicitis surgery at Blue Island hospital and is recovering. Visitors to Dolton and Kendall, Mich., are noted, while Raymond Manthey travels to Detroit for a visit. Dolton resident William Van Dommelin relocates to Phoenix. Jacob Estrup dies in Chicago, with funeral at Streyne's chapel. W R C ladies meet at Riverdale hall with plans for March 18. Navy veteran William Brandt returns home after service aboard the Dreadnaught Delaware. Carl Meginnis welcomes a baby girl born March 2. Mrs. John Muller returns home with newborn George Washington Muller born Feb. 22.
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Frances Verhoeven
Verhoeven
Roseland
Peter Verhoeven
Riverdale
Dalton
Clarence Verhoven
Mildred Koehncke
Henry Koehncke
Blue Island Hospital
Robert Eldridge
Kendall, Mich
Raymond Manthey
Detroit
Wm. van Dommelin
Dolton
Phoenix
158Rd Street
7Th Avenue
Jacob Estrup
H. H. Estrup
Cottage Grove Avenue
Chicago
Streyne’s
63Rd Street
William Brandt
Navy
Delaware
Panama
South America
Billy
Henry Brandt
Sam
Army
Carl Meginnis
John Muller
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
John
George Washington Muller
Bus Line Expands Service in Thornton and Nearby Areas
The new Thornton South Holland Dalton Roseland Bus Line reports thriving business. It provides a full time schedule and connects with buses to Lansing Hammond Chicago Heights and other points in Indiana serving area residents.
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Thornton
South Holland
Dalton
Roseland
Lansing
Hammond
Chicago Heights
Indiana
Ice House Destroyed by Lightning Fire at Calumet
The Nelson Morris & Company ice house at Lake Calumet and One Hundred Fifteenth street burned about midnight Saturday after a lightning strike. Impassable roads blocked fire equipment. only hose wagons and light vehicles reached the scene. The 450 by 250 by 50 foot frame building, with machinery and ice stores, burned rapidly with an estimated loss of 75000 dollars. Boarding housing for employees and other buildings escaped.
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Nelson Morris & Company
Lake Calumet
Fifteenth Street
Simple Diet for Constipation Public Health Column
A suggested daily plan includes a large glass of cold water on arising and retiring. Breakfast options feature apples oranges prunes and cereals. Luncheon favors coarse bran or whole wheat bread with muf fins and syrup. Dinner should be a small meat portion with vegetables and salad dressed with oil, plus ample leafy greens and roots.
Plan of Cook County Public Health Nursing Service Describes Staffing
The Cook County Town and Country Nursing Service is funded entirely by public funds via the County Board. It provides free on call nursing for schools and towns outside Chicago, excluding larger areas with own services. Staff are graduate, state-licensed nurses hired under civil service and cover health supervision of schoolchildren and home care of tuberculosis cases.
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Cook County
Public Health
Bureau of Social Service
Chicago
Mrs Henry Mohr Sr Celebrates 63rd Birthday at Riverdale Home
More than 50 relatives and friends gathered at 303 136th Street Riverdale last Sunday March 6 to honor Mrs Henry Mohr Sr on her 63rd birthday. A sumptuous feast and many gifts accompanied warm wishes for her health and happiness.
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Henry Mohr
136Th Street
Riverdale
Primary Election Dates and Filing Deadlines Noted
The notice outlines voting and nomination steps for the city or village election. Polls run 6 a m to 5 p m on March 8 with returns due within 48 hours. nominations due ten days after canvass. multiple filing and hearing deadlines follow through April 19 with ballots printed and delivered to judges.
Cultivating Personality Among Women in Domestic Role
The passage argues that many seek cleverness and individuality yet discover value in becoming ordinary domestic women. It suggests today’s originality lies in embracing home, husband, and children rather than pursuing distinct identities.
Propsed Riverdale Peoples Party thanks voters after primary
The Peoples Party of Riverdale thanks all voters for their hearty support in the primary. They acknowledge the rainy day turnout and pledge to be worthy of the confidence shown. The message is conveyed through The Pointer.
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Peoples Party of
Riverdale
Proples Party
Death of August C. Reitz at 55 in Riverdale home
August C. Reitz died Sunday March 6 at his Riverdale home at 136th and Halsted, aged 55. He leaves 12 children, six sons and six daughters, two of whom are married and live in Michigan and Nebraska. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the house and St. Paul’s church, with interment in Oakland cemetery. He had worked at the Raw onion set warehouse and had been sick nearly a year.
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August C. Reitz
Halsted Street
Riverdale
Michigan
Nebraska
Rev. H. Wind
St. Paul's Church
Oakland Cemetery
Dalton Methodist Church Sunday activities and events
The Dalton Methodist Church schedules 11 o clock morning preaching and 7 45 evening services with the Epworth League devotion at 6 45. Sunday school starts at 9 45, and the King's Heralds organization completes at 3 o'clock. Boys and girls ages six to sixteen are invited to the meeting. Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 8, Boys' club Monday, and the confirmation class Friday at 4. Pastor J L Albritton signs the notice.
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Epworth League
King’s Heralds
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Auxiliary
Farm Loan Act Valid Boosts Country Credit Access
Supreme court sustains the federal farm loan act, a boon for country life. The ruling clears the way for new steps to help farmers obtain credit comparable to other business men. Farm loan banks alone won’t supply all funds. Illinois must develop additional moderate rate credit agencies.
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Supreme Court
Illinois
Old Pittsburgh Family Abuse Case Revealed by Humane Society
Amusing report from the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society describes a woman seeking help to stop abuse of her eighty year old mother by the mother’s own father, aged one hundred and one, in Pittsburgh.
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Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
Pittsburgh
Tim Murphy and Vincenzo Cosmano Indicted in Mail Theft
Big Tim Murphy and Vincenzo Cosmano were indicted by a federal grand jury on ten counts for stealing ten pouches of mail valued at $100,000 from the Illinois Central Pullman station. The bags, consigned to the Pullman Trust and Savings Bank, were seized as they were wheeled away in a cart outside the station.
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Big Tim Murphy
Vincenzo Cosmano
Federal Grand Jury
Pullman
Ilinois
Cautions on High Carbohydrate Intake for Child Health
Dr. Eric Pritchard in London warns that excessive carbohydrates heighten infection risk in children. He urges mothers to limit starchy and sugary foods to protect offspring.
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Eric Pritchard
Actitioner
London
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Jim McLaughlin
Peoples Ticket
Henry Dillner
Citizens
Niemeyer
Stiemann
Sellin
Wilkens
Wynsch
Wild Duck Travels
Cook County Public Health Nursing Service
Dalton Methodist Church
Big
Tim’’ and
Pal Indicted
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