Fraternal Lodges Meet in Riverdale Halls
Modern Woodmen Calumet Camp No 6142 meets Schwab's Hall Riverdale on the second and fourth Thursdays at 8 p m with Kinney consul Obeldobel clerk Hahn banker. Catholic Order Foresters also meet Riverdale Village Hall on the second and last Wednesdays at 8 p m with Metevia chief ranger Kinney recording secretary Simon financial secretary Ripley treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Board
Riverdale
Village Hall
August C. Reich
Jacob A. Decklar
Ancient Order United Workmen
A. O. U. W. Hall
Dolton
Richard Hoppe
Herman Kalas
John F. Boetteger
Calumet Camp
Schwab
Catholic Order Foresters
John H. Metevia
John £. Kinney
Nicholas Simon
Peter Ripley
W.omebn
Magdalen Ripley
Emma Kelly
Catharine Kurz
Fraternal and union meetings listed for Dolton area
Knights of the Modern Maccabees meet on the first and third Thursdays at A O U W Hall Dolton led by Commander A Baumgartner and John Harter. Brickmakers Local Union No 6B meets second and last Thursdays at the same hall with officers Albrecht, Lligendorf, and Messerschmidt. Ladies Auxiliary B L E meets second and fourth Thursdays at 2 30 p m with Mrs W Weat as president. Business Men's Association meets first Wednesday at 8 p m with J C Brookfelt as president and officers Ohbeldobel Hahn and Bergold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. U. W Hall
Dolton
A. Baumgartner
John Harter
Co. Vandenberg
Brickmakers
A. O. U. W. Hall
William J. Albrécht
Henry Lligendorf
Andrew Messerschmidt
U. of N
Ladies Auxiliary
Dalton
W. Weat
Thos. Harper
H. Fuller
Business Men’s Association
Spencer Post 279 Meeting Notices at Riverdale Village Hall
Spencer Post No 279 schedules meetings on the 4th Friday at 2 pm and 8 pm at Riverdale Village Hall. Mrs Bertha Sprick is president and Mrs Oswald Obeldobel secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Spencer
Riverdale
Bertha Sprick
Oswald Obeldobel
Teddy bear saves child from third story fall in Chicago
A 3 year old girl Delaci Le Sevre fell from a third story window at 5900 Michigan Ave. The life saving teddy bear absorbed the impact and protected the child as she landed on an iron fence and pavement. She was unconscious and bruised but not seriously hurt. The bear remained upright and undamaged after the incident reported by the Chicago Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaci le Sevre
Michigan Avenue
Chicago Tribune
Decision frees Standard Oil from massive fine in Landis case
Judge Anderson rules government failed to prove key charges, Forresting a not guilty verdict and dismissing counts over Chappelle shipments. The ruling upends Landis’s $20,240,000 fine and portrays shared Indiana roots as a political contrast between the two jurists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Standard Oil Company
K. M. Landis
Landis
Indiana
Roosevelt
John D. Rockefeller
Chappelle
Elkins
Alton Road
Standard Oil
Standard
On Being Happy and Maturity Myths
A reflective piece contrasts happiness with duty, arguing pleasure and benevolence benefit society more than obligation. It quotes Stevenson on happiness as a light in life and notes disputed ideas about gendered maturity, asserting male admiration of the "nobility" of male character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Mayoral Lineage of Chicago Through 1907
A compiled list traces Chicago mayors from Wm. B. Ogden in 1837 to Edward F. Dunne in 1905 and Fred A. Busse in 1907, noting party affiliations and terms. The record shows multiple repetitions, garbled entries, and inconsistent years including blank or corrupted lines, reflecting a draft roster rather than a clean succession table.
Chiefs of Police of Chicago Appointment Dates List
The record lists Chicago police chiefs with appointment dates from W. W. Kennedy in April 1871 to George M. Shippy in April 1907. Notable entries include Elmer Washburn 1872 Jacob Rehm 1873 Micheal Hickey 1875 Valerius Seavey 1878 Simon O Donnell 1879 William McGarigle 1880 Austin Doyle 1882 Frederick Ebersold 1885 George Hubbard 1888 Frederick Marsh 1890 Robert McClaughry 1881 Micheal Brennan 1893 John Badnoch 1895 Joseph Ripley 1897 1899 Francis O Neill 1901 1903 John Collins 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Kennedy
Elmer Washburn
Jacob Rehm
Micheal
Hickey
Valerius A. Seavey
Simon O’donnell
William J. McGarigle
Austin J. Doyle
Frederick Ebersold
George W. Hubbard
Frederick H. Marsh
Witty remark on gout and the Times editor marriage
Kinglake famed for Eothen joked about gout with a lady doctor saying men are. He despised the Times despite friends, calling it a juggernaut. He quipped the new editor's marriage would bring the Times into relations with humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinglake
Times
Penalty of Firmness in Treasury Office
The comptroller of the treasury is an autocrat whose decision overrides the nation’s chief. Years ago the incumbent refused a warrant Gen Geant believed proper to spend. The president praised firmness and promised a new comptroller the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Geant
Future Poets Must Rethink War Imagery
The passage argues that future poets must revise battle imagery as modern warfare evolves. It notes that old symbols like the Light Brigade and marching to distant guns will feel archaic. It envisions soldiers preparing under a calm sky as weapons soar, changing the tone of war poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Tennyson
Light Brigade
Provence
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kinney Brothers
Indiana Ave
Ill
Dalton Station
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Thos
Harper
Geo. H. Schaefer
Knights OF the Modern Maccabees
George Washington Lodge
Riverdale Improvement Association
M. J. M. Deam
John E. Schafer
J. A. Reich
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Fred Ludwig
Geo. L. Koehler
Herman Dreesen
Women’s Relief Corps
Dolton School Board
Park Avenue
Riverdale Board
Bowen
Mayors of
Chicago
Wm. B. Ogden
Buckner S. Morris
Benjamin W. Raymond
Alexander Lloyd
Francis C. Sherman
Augustus Garrett
Alson S. Sherman
John P. Chapin
James Curtiss
J. H. Woodworth
Walter S. Gurnee
Charles M. Gray
Isaac L. Miliken
Levi D. Boone
Thomas Dyer
John Wentworth
John C Haines
John C. Haines
Julian S. Rumsey
John B. Rice
Roswell B. Mason
People’s
Joseph Medill
Citizens
Harvey D. Colvin
Thomas Hoyne
Monroe Heath
Carter H. Harrison, Sr
John A. Roche
DeWitt C. Cregier
Hemstead Washburn
John P. Hopkins
George B. Swift
Carter H. Harrison, Jr
Edward F. Dunne
Fred A. Busse
Chiefs of Police of
Dolton M
Alma Lund
Lund
Henry Koehncke
MASON
Leyden Ave
Riverdale, HL
George C. Hartung
Mer
Pointer
Fred J. Ott
Chicago St. Dolton, Ill
137Th St
J. C. Denot
H.R. Penfield
West
138Th St. Highlawn
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Dolton, Ill
WM. C. Zesch
Midway
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
Grant Bros
A. J. Parker, M.D
D.D.S
Leyden Avenue
Dutt Building
Fordtran Bros
Blue Island
Chicago Heights
E. Fordtran
Andrew Baumgartner
Justice of the Peace Notary Public
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago St. Doiton, Il
R. Pilz
Lincoln Avenue
Richard Buschking
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
GEO
Tuch
Col
137Th Street
Wanana Ucl GY
the Man
International Correspondence Schools
Students’ Aid Department
I.C.S
I.C. 8
Scranton
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