Women’s Relief Corps Meeting Schedule
G. W. Spencer Post No 279 meets the second Friday at 2 pm and fourth Friday at 8 pm at the Village Hall Riverdale. Mrs Bertha Sprick serves as president and Mrs Oswald Obeldobel as secretary.
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Indiana Ave
Riverdale
Ill
Dalton Station
Village Board
August C. Reich
Jacob A. Decklar
Ancient Order United Workmen
A. O. U. W. Hall
Dalton
Richard Hoppe
Herman Kalas
John F. Boetteger
WOCOM
Ischtwellee Hall
F. Kinney
O. Obeldobel
H. Hahn
Catholic Order Foresters
John H. Metevia
John E. Kinney
Nicholas Simon
Peter Ripley
Women’s
Magdalen Ripley
Emma Kelly
Catharine Ruiz
A. O
W. West
Thos. Harper
H. Fuller
Riverdale Improvement Association
J. M. Deam
John BE. Schafer
TF. A. Reich
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Fred Ludwig
Geo. L. Koehler
Herman Dreesen
G. W. Spencer
Bertha Sprick
Oswald Obeldobel
Protests Over Satirical St Patrick Postal Cards
Irish and Catholic groups aided by a postal policy move after protests against caricatured St Patrick cards. Postmaster Daniel Campbell orders clerks to exclude offensive items and refer debatable cases to a delivery supervisor. Organizers will push retailers to halt sales as campaigning continues.
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Ireland
Daniel Campbell
St. Patrick
Calumet Township GOP Holds Nominating Convention
The Republicans met at Valentine Hall Washington Heights on March 2 with Otto Reich presiding. Nominations included Theo Turnquist Assessor Bernard Vellenga Collector Thos Becker Jr Town Clerk Emil Wanek Highway Commissioner John Willig Justices Henry Myrick Alf Duller John Schafer Constables James Stratton Otto Begs Teland Andrew Gezelle. A tax relief pledge and unity resolution followed. Otto Reich was re-elected chairman of the town central committee.
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Calumet Township
Valentine Hall
Washington Heights
Otto Reich
Riverdale
Theo. Turnquist
Otto F. Reich
Calumet Harbor Improvement Funding In House Bill
James R. Mann reports that the River and Harbor Bill includes a survey for Chicago area harbors and rivers and a plan for broad harbor improvements from Chicago to Gary Indiana. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill also provides 30000 dollars to continue Calumet river improvements.
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Washington, D. C
Henry W. Lee
Calumet Record
Board of Engineers
Chicago
Illinois
Chicago Harbor
Chicago River
Calumet Harbor
Grand Calumet
Little Calumet
Lake Calumet
Calumet
Better Than Any Physician in a Grim Domestic Scene
An ailing wife urges her husband William to remarry after her death to comfort their motherless children. He ponders a fitly suited widow, Widow Jones, named redheaded and freckled. She scolds him, then faints, but recovers and leaves the room.
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William
Jones
William Henry Brown
Mrs. Brown
London Society on the ideal American girl
A London Society column comments on the American girl as a social asset in dances and dinners while noting potential restlessness if she seeks constant party life. It questions whether the picnic habit still suits the adaptable hostess type described, implying trends in leisure and social behavior.
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London
Double Face Records Sparks New March Release War
The March issue touts Double Face Records as the best ever from Talking Machines. Victor and Columbia compete with two records for the price of one, offering 10 inch and 12 inch options at fractions of earlier costs. Sales are at H Hahn's 244 Lincoln Avenue Dolton Illinois with an exchange program to trade in old scratched records.
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Double Face
Talking Machines
Victor
Columbia Company
Columbia
H Hahn
Lincoln’ Avenue
Dolton
Remedies for creaky shoes and sea safety notes
The article cites Woman's Home Companion advice to drive wooden pegs into shoe soles to stop creak. It discusses shipboard wireless reliability after the Republic disaster, noting German and British practices. It mentions Southampton dock growth and 60 000 ton White Star liners. It ends with a hot cloth method to ease pinch points in shoes.
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London and South-Western Railway Company
Southampton
White Star Line
Belfast
Dinner Party Humorous Napkin Incident
A large dinner event features an English bishop as guest of honor. An inexperienced helper misinterprets his duty and, after being told to wipe the bishop's mouth when he sets down his glass, calmly performs the task with a large napkin. The scene showcases a comic misread of etiquette.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Warning to Householders From Albany Journal About Burglar
A burglar explains the ease of breaking into homes after a pawnbroker identifies him. He boasted that in two months he robbed nine houses but broke into only one with unlocked windows. The Albany Journal urges vigilance for careless occupants.
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Albany Journal
Sewing Wanted by Dolton Ladies Aid at Dolton M E Church
The Ladies Aid of Dolton M E church offers sewing services for aprons comforters stocking bags and similar items. Orders may be left with Miss Alma Lund at Lund's Drug Store Dolton. Proceeds fund charitable purposes.
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Dolton M. E. Church
Alma Lund
Lund
Dolton
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Kinney Brothers
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Village Boards
Geo. H. Schaefer
Knights OF the Modern Maccabees
A. O. U. W Hall
A. Baumgartner
John Harter
C. Vandenberg
George Washington Lodge
S. A
N. A
Lund's Hall
Lincoln
Chicago Aves
John O'Brien
Geo. W. Luckenbill
Secy and
Treas
Business Men’s Association
P. m
J. C. Brookfelt
Frank O. Bergold
Henry Hahn
Q. Obelidobel
Women’s Relief Corps
Dolton School Board
Park Avenue
Bowen School
Revere St. Patrick
Calumet Appropriations
Mann
Henry Lee
Mr. Brow
Borderland
Double Face Records
Republic
North German
Lloyd Company
Marconi
Bishop
Henry Koehncke
Mason Contractor
Telephone
Leyden Ave
Riverdale, Hl
George C. Hartung
Mer
Michigan Avenue
Pointer
Fred J. Ott
Chicago St. Dolton, Ill
H.R. Penfield
West 38Th St. Highlawn
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Dolton, EL
WM. C. Zesch
Riv
Midway
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
Grant Bros
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Berncoim
New York
A. J. Parker,m.d
D.D.S
Leyden Avenue
Dutt
Fordtran Bros
Blue Island
Chicago Heights
E. Fordtran
Andrew Baumgartner
Justice of the Peace Notary Public
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago St
Doiton
R. Pilz
Richard Buschking
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
Geo. Tuch
137Th Street
Noes
Tio
the Man
International Correspondence Schools
Students’ Aid Department of
S.C. 5
Scranton
Iluistrator
Civ Service
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