Farmer by Day Robber by Night Leads Chicago Gang
Guy Wadsworth a farmer east of Dalton and former police officer is alleged as gang leader in a large safe blower ring. Police report confessions from five men, with six in custody, detailing robberies at Liquid Carbonic, R. P. Miller Tire, S. T. Corydon stores and other targets. Wadsworth blamed for three burglaries and the murder of watchman Thomas O'Donnell. Police describe a Jekyll and Hyde double life and show a cache of dynamite, revolvers, fuses, nitroglycerin and tools found at his farm secreted in a galvanized can.
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Ridge
Daily Papers
Guy Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Frank Engle
New Berger School
Lincoln Avenue
Berger School
John M. Lowery
Chicago
Dalton
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Thomas O’donnell
Leo Rychell
Matt Rychell
Parnell Avenue
Ben Rychell
Emerald Avenue
David Goldberg
Auburn Iron and Metal Company
Green Street
Otto Polanski
Liquid Carbonic Company
Thirty-first Street
Kedzie Avenue
Tony Hopp
Euclid Avenue
Hopp
Western Shade Cloth Company
Twenty-first Street
Jefferson Avenue
Police
State’s Attorney
Rychell
Matt
Ben
Leo
Kelly
Rychel Brothers
Goldberg
Pelanski
R. P. Miller Tire Company
Michigan Avenue
S. T. Corydon
Twelfth Street
Mooney
Michael Hughes
Carter
Gasperick
Tapscott
Boschulte
Farrell
Express Clerks Strike Halts Chicago Shipments
Local and suburban businesses face disruption as Express clerks strike in Chicago. Western Newspaper Union deliveries to The Pointer were delayed, with one bundle arriving by parcel post while another is presumed in transit.
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Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Pointer
Uncle Sam
Kalamazoo
Oskosh
Dalton Theatre
Albert Propper
Cicero, Ill
Dalton
Wm. ¥. Propper
Chas. C. Orr
Riverdale
Benton
C. Meyer
Ed. Norton
Frank Wilkens
Minnesota
Henry Knuth
Pinta Council
C. Will
Ripley’s
Woodlawn Weather Prophet Predicts Early Chicago Spring
W F Marquardt a Woodlawn barber and long time Chicago weather watcher says mid March will bring warm spell with an April of showers and balmy days. He forecasts fish and game activity increasing in northern lakes and around Chicago as spring arrives. Colonel Propper concurs forecasting only light cold snaps and little rain ahead.
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Woodlawn
Izaak Walton
Chicago
W. F. Marquardt
Barbers’ Fraternity
Chicago Telegram
Pointer
Colonel Propper
Theatres Week Showings at Whe Do Ton Theatre
Tonight May Allison in The Uplifters and A Cheerful Liar plus Vod-avil Movies. Saturday Gladys Hulette stars in High Speed while Sunday William Russell performs The Lincoln Highwayman. Wednesday Stroheim’s The Blind Husbands in eight acts. Also a photodrama described as gripping and uplifting. Admission 10c and 22c. March 19 Custer’s Last Fight.
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May Allison
Gladys Hulette
William Russell
Stroheim
Alps
Custer
Riverdale Theatre Weekly Film Schedule
Eddie Polo stars in A Pistol Point Proposal and Pete Morrison in Jaws of Justice at Riverdale Theatre with Harold Lockwood in Pals First and Marguerite Clark in Lets Elope on Sunday and Wednesday. On Thursday March 18 a special Oriole Base Ball Team attraction The Woman Thou Gavest Me, a Paramount Artcraft production directed by Hugh Ford with Katherine McDonald Milton Sills Jack Holt and Theodore Roberts. A tale of love marriage and duty portraying a woman's soul.
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Eddie Polo
Pete Morrison
Unday
Harold Lockwood
Marguerite Clark
Oriole
Paramount Artcraft
Hall Caine
Hugh Ford
Katherine McDonald
Milton Sills
Jack Holt
Theodore Roberts
Beet Growers Meeting Set for March Fifteenth at Rohrbach Hall
Sugar Beet Growers of this section will convene in Blue Island on Saturday March 15 at 2 p m. at Rohrbach's hall. Mr U G Patterson representative of the National Beet Growers Federation will address the gathering and beet growers are urged to attend.
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Blue Island
Rohrbach’s Hall
U. G. Patterson
National Beet Growers Federation
Mourned Car Inspector Arthur Ready Dies at 27
Arthur Ready died at 27 after surgery for goitre at St Augustine hospital on Feb 17. His operation was followed by scarlet fever and pneumonia. He worked as a car inspector for the C and BE I R R and lived with the Henry Holmes family for seven years. A Mason and member of the Knights of Pythias, he is mourned by friends and the Holmes family. His body was taken to Saugatuck, Michigan, Monday for burial.
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Arthur Ready
St. Augustine Hospital
Goitre
Henry Holmes
Holmes
Masonic Order
K. of P
Saugatuck
Mich
Sale of Fedke property set for March 20 in Chicago
The Fedke property at 18924 Atlantic Street, offered last month, will again be offered for sale on March 20, 1920 at 11 oclock a m in Room 1737 at 111 West Washington Street Chicago. The sale was postponed due to bad weather. If interested, act now.
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Cogney & Verhoeven
Conway
Washington Street
Chicago
Franklin
Fedke
Atlantic Street
West Washington Street
Income Tax Help Sessions This Week at First National Bank
Notice urges residents to get income tax assistance Friday evening and Saturday forenoon with reports mailed by Saturday. Classified itemization lists a boy wanted age 11 to 16 at Hales Elevator Co. Riverdale, a small unfinished house for sale at 189th Street and Emerald Avenue, and an insurance policy of 800 dollars on house and contents paid for 5 years with property clear.
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J. C. Brookfelt
Indiana Avenue
Riverdale
Col. F. C. Prepier
First National Bank of
Dalton
Hales Elevator Co
189Th Street
Emerald Avenue
F. J. Milton
Lively Riverdale Primary Sets Clerk and Trustee Wins
The Riverdale primary elected clerk candidates Harry Sellin and George L. Koehler on the Peoples ticket with Sellin 158 and Koehler 163. Trustees saw four candidates vying for three seats: Charley Unruh 228, Henry Brandt 198, Leonard Diehl 196, and Herman Middleborn 190. For the Dolton slate, women served as judges and clerks with two tickets. Dolton’s ticket claimed Clerk William G. Dalton and Trustees Smythe Weber Harms, while Citizens nominated Mae Jamieson for Clerk and Howe Dickelman Harms for Trustees.
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Board of Trustees
Riverdale
Harry Sellin
George L. Koehler
Peoples
Sellin
Koehler
Selling
Charley Unruh
Herman Middleborn
Leonard Diehl
Henry Brandt
Citizens
Middleborn
Unruh
Diehl
Brandt
Dolton
Edith Dolton
H. W. Slaughter
Mae Jamieson
E. Trussell
James McLaughlin
Chas. Stone
Dalton Methodist Church Announces Sunday Services and Week Events
Pastor J L Albritton leads Sunday services at 11 a.m. and 7 45 p.m. with 9 45 a.m. Sunday school and 6 45 Epworth League devotional led by Edna Wahmhoff. Junior Epworth League at 2 30 p.m. invites all under 16. Mr Barrymore of the Y M C A preaches March 21 with a Men s Quartette, Passion Week observances March 28 to April 4, Easter on Palm Sunday the 28th. Also ads for painting and flowers in Riverdale.
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Epworth League
Edna Wahmhoff
Epworth
Barrymore
Young Men’s Christian Association
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Ridge Shocked
L'ved
Harry Kummerer
Oriole Baseball Club
Riverdale Theatre
Beet Growers
Dalton Methodist Church
J. L. Albritton
W. Kroon
Perry Avenue
Pulman
Peter J. Hank
Leyden Avenue
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