Dalton Village Board Moves to Seek New Bids
The Dalton village board plans to secure bids for sewer work after contractors defaulted. It orders street upgrades on Park Avenue and sidewalks cemented, with a plan to purchase the Park Avenue school for a village hall and to issue bonds. The water department may seek self sufficiency with meters planned for businesses now and houses later.
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Dalton
Vandenberg
Park Avenue
Bettershaipa
Weber
Harter
Hammond Company
Panhandle
Ewing
Board of Local Improvements
Dr Emil Fischer Returns to Riverdale Veterinary Service
Notice announces Dr Emil Fischer returning to Riverdale area offering veterinary care with thirty years experience. He can be reached at 136th Place and Indiana Ave to attend to clients and their pets.
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Riverdale
Emil Fischer
136Th Place
Indiana Ave
Card of Thanks for Ella Rudloff family
We sincerely thank neighbors and friends for their kindness during the long sickness of our loved one and for the beautiful flowers. We appreciate the respect shown our dear mother Ella and family members William Walter and Herta Rudloff.
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Ella
William
Walter
Herta
Rudloff
Thornton Township petitions filed for local offices
Republican Ticket lists Supervisor Wm. Horan of Hazel Crest and Highway Commissioner Lafayette Shepard of Harvey. Citizens Ticket names Supervisor Henry L. Heckler of Harvey and Highway Commissioner Wim J. VanDrunen of South Holland.
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Thornton Township
Republican
Wm. Horan
Hazel Crest
Lafayette Shepard
Harvey
Citizens
Henry L. Heckler
Wim. J. VanDrunen
South Holland
Calumet Township Election Ballot Highlights
The slate lists Republicans Thos Becker Jr for Supervisor and Charles Lackore for Highway Commissioner both from Blue Island and Democrats August Miller for Supervisor and Heary Quade for Highway Commissioner from Blue Island.
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Calumet
Thos. Becker, Jr
Blue Island
Charles Lackore
Morgan Park
August C. Miller
Heary Quade
Republican Meeting For Ward 33 Alderman Candidate
Republican candidate Robert Tinsley and others will speak at a meeting at the Engine House located at 136th and Indiana Ave. on Saturday at 8 P.M. All voters are welcome, the Committee states.
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Robert Tinsley
136Th
Indiana Ave
Program of School Entertainment at Village Halls Riverdale
Students perform vocal solos violin pieces and recitations at the Village Halls Riverdale on Friday evening March 31. The program includes soloists Hebrian the Cretan Linda Floyd Wiedemann Evelyn Robinson Mabel Sprick Louisa Dolton Alfred Salmon Martha McGrain Lucile Reed Victoria Walkerly Ernestine Savage and Floyd Wiedemann plus a Mother Goose drill and a reading Gone with a Sandsomer Man.
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Village Halls
Riverdale
Hebrian the Cretan
Linda
Floyd Wiedemann
Mediey Waltz
Evelyn Robinson
Ox Dull
Wee Eee
Alfred Salmon
Mabel Sprick
Louisa Dolton
Little Miss Apple
Martha McGrain
Jumping Jack
Lucile Reed
Ar Aly
Bof Abalyoa
Mabel Chamberlain
Hyre Kate
Ernestine Savage
Sandsomer
Victoria Walkerly
Abd Dees
Village hall event and bazaars advertised for spring
Bowen school teachers announce a Village hall entertainment at Riverdale on March 31 with 15c for children and 25c for adults. The Degree of Honor bazaar at A U W hall Dalton runs May 18 to 20 with 100c adults and 5c children. The M and M choir concert at the church on March 28 features Miss French and Mrs Fradgley. tickets 25c from Lunds or The Pointer office, with some seats reserved at the door. doors open 7 PM.
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Lund’s
Deluge and Getting Sister Married Show At PHOTOPLAY Lunch Hall
Friday evening previews Tony the Greager with riot footage from the Mexican Border. Saturday at 7 p.m. The Deluge a Vitagraph biblical epic about the flood praised for realism. Sunday matinee 3 p.m. Getting Sister Married a big scream comedy. Manager J Wruby promotes the program.
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Tony the Greager
Vitagraph Company of America
Moses
J. Wruby
Want Ad for Chick Sire in Riverdale Illinois
Classified notice seeks a male breeder for spring chicks of a six eggs per pound breed. Contact A. C. Reich in Riverdale Illinois for details and acceptance of offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Reich
Riverdale
Local and Personal News of the Community
Miss Irene Van Deursen sails to LaCrosse Wisconsin for a three month stint as expert millineress. Rossville workers Harvey Wunech and Mrs Logan noted. Rooms filled with music as Mr and Mrs Trauschmann hosted friends. George H. McMillan of Blue Island heads to Milwaukee for the soldiers home amid dropsy. Wa. J. Murphy recovers from acute stomach trouble. Deam family returns from Florida after a three week inspection tour and hints at possibly buying a home there. Visiting Nurses Association praised for aiding poor families in Dalton and surrounding districts. Harry Zirzow remains ill, hoped to recover. Cone Meyer and Ora Willigan plan independent farms in South and North Dakota respectively. Stiemann rents Hoeffelman cottage and moves to Riverdale. Robert Starkman sick with rheumatism and Emil Rosenthal improving with crutches. Clarence Ansargen ill with diphtheria. Signage at moving picture show referenced as “Deluge” this Saturday. Kern and Ripley carry Sherman Williams paints and finishes. Aldermen Reading and Block address a Democratic mass meeting at the engine house praising precinct influence.
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Wa. J. Murphy
J. M. Deam
Gale
Florida
Rose C. Armstrong
Visiting Nurses’ Association
Dalton
The
Association
Unity Building
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Central
C. A
Cone) Meyer
Flabella
South Dakota
Ora Willigan
Wautauga
Meyer
Hoeffelman
Leyden Avenue
Ed. Freeman
Riverdale
Moving Picture Show
Sherman- Williams
Kern & Ripley
Moise
Block
Engine House
Mrs. M. Rudloff Dies After Stroke in Dolton
Mrs. M. Rudloff longtime Dolton resident died at her home at corner Chicago and Main streets on March 18 1911 from heart failure following a paralysis stroke earlier that year. She was born in Berwin immigrated 1880 married Louis Rudloff 1881 and moved to Dolton 1882. Survived by four of nine children Ella William Walter and Herta, all at home. Funeral held March 21 at Immanuel Evangelical church Dolton with burial in Oakland Cemetery. She belonged to several local organizations including Immanuel Church Ladies Aid German Oak Lodge and Modern Brotherhood of America.
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M. Rudloff
Dalton
Chicago
Main Streets
Rudloff
Ber- Viey
United States
Louis Rudloff
Delt
Ella
William
Walter
Herta
Immanuel Evangelical Church
Dolton
G. G Press
Oakland
Ladies Aid
German Oak Lodge
Modern Brotherhood of America
Frauen Kranken Unterst
Verein Fortschritt Damen
Lent Services Schedule At Parish Church In March 1911
Sunday March 26 is the Fourth Sunday of Lent with masses at 8 and 10:30 and 2 p m Christian doctrine at 3, Ladies of the Altar Society meet at 7 30, Stations of the Cross and Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament. Tuesday March 28 bi monthly Eucharistic Society meeting at 2:30 p m at the parochial residence. No Lentent services next week due to church remodeling. Rev Arthur A Riss is pastor.
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Ladies of the Altar Society
The
Eucharistic Society
Arthur A. Riss
St Paul's Ev Lutheran Church Services Schedule Notice
St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church at 138th Street announces services on Sunday March 26 at 10 00 AM and Wednesday March 22 at 7 30 PM. Regular diaconate Winp Pastor listed.
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St. Paul’s Ev. Luth
138Th Street
Il. Winp
Dalton M. E. Church Sunday Services Announcement
The Dalton M. E. Church invites the public to attend morning service on Sunday March 26 featuring Luke 9 26 and evening service with Acts 3 6. All members urged to attend morning worship. Rev. W. E. Cissna, Pastor.
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Luke
Acts
W. E. Cissna
Immanuel Evang Church Schedule for Sunday March 26
Immanuel Evangelical Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 30 a m and English service at 7 30 p m Everyone is invited Immanuel Maennercher meets Monday evening at 7 30 Rev G G Press is pastor
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Ev. Luth
State Church of Prussia
Immanuel Maennercher
Rev
G. G. Press
Thanks to fellow workers for six weeks illness support
A note from W J Murephy thanks C E I workers in yards and offices for help during sickness. A prairie fire in Highlawn was contained by hydrants and hose. An ad notes Homewood Laundry, Riverdale agents, and Rub-On Varmah touted as labor savers. Also mentions dressmaking by Mrs Wie gands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Murephy
Post Office Employees to Get Sunday Off
Washington dispatch notes that beginning today every employee in the post service will have one day off each week. Postmaster General Hitchcock orders cancellation of Sunday window delivery for letter carriers and limits Sunday operations to essential mail handling only. Mails will be received and dispatched as before with limited delivery through general windows.
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Washington
Mar
Hitchcock
Sunev
Gratitude to Royal Star Council and Ella Rebecca Lodge
Mrs. Wm Robertson thanks Royal Star Council No 3 Ella Rebecca Lodge No 56 neighbors and friends for willing help and flowers during her mother's illness and death.
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Royal ‘Star Council
Ella Rebecca Lodge
Wm, Robertson
Dalton and Riverdale Boy Scouts Organized
The Dalton and Riverdale Boy Scouts meet weekly with about 40 boys enrolled. Last Saturday they practiced knots signals tracking and racing at Berger's woods. They currently meet at the M E B Church with a new meeting place to be arranged. Rev Cissna assists the group to teach discipline and self respect through practical outdoor and indoor living. All boys are welcome to join.
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Boy Scouts Organization of
Dalton and Riverdale
Berger’s Woods
M. EB
Cissna
Boy Scouts
Scouts
August Buechler Dies at 21 From Diphtheria
August Buechler aged 21 at 13768 Leyden Ave Riverdale died Wednesday night at 8 30 after five days with diphtheria. A Harvey Stove Works employee, he was a industrious young man. Funeral followed city health rules. interment Greenwood Cemetery near Hammond. Survived by his mother Mrs Helena Buechler and five siblings.
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August Buechler
Helena Buechler
Leyden Ave
Riverdale
Harvey Stove Works
City Board of Health
Greenwood Cemetery
Hammond
Reading advisory urges vote for re election as alderman
BROOKFELT of Riverdale urges voters to back Chas I for alderman and to buy paint locally at a Riverdale store. He claims it is better to buy nearby than travel out of town and says he enjoys teaching customers how to use his paint.
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Chas. I
Reading
Riverdale
Brookfelt
Dolton Village Clerk Receives Power of Attorney for Monahan Bros
Henry Haan, Dolton Village Clerk, announces he has a power of attorney from Monahan Bros to collect all outstanding house cleaning accounts. Payments may be made at 444 Lincoln Avenue, Dolton.
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Dolton
Monahan Bros. Company
Lincoln Avenue
Henry Haan
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Monahan Bros
Dalton Board
Irene van Deursen
Wis
Harvey Wunech
Rosswile
EL Logan
Wuesch
Rossville
Cie
Robert Trauschmann
Pedro
Me Ilanschmann
Con Red
Geo. H. McMillan
Milwaukee
Mae
Harry Zirzow
Robert Starkman
Bob
Emil Rosenthal
Hle
Clarence Ansargen
Trightown
Buechler
Undertaken Naidow
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Dalton M. E. Church
Immanuel Evang. Church
Highlawn
Homewood
William May
Mrs. Wiegands
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