Village Board Dolton Meets on 1st and 3rd Mondays
Dolton village board meets the first and third Mondays at 8 p.m. in the Village Hall with Asmus Clausseo as president and Benny Hales as clerk. Riverash board meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in Riverdale Village Hall, Dr. F W Schmidt as president and Alvin Q Wilkins as clerk. Dolton School Board holds its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Park Avenue School.
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Dolton
Asmus Clausseo
Benny Hales
Village Board
Riverash
Village Hall
Riverdale
F. W. Schmidt
Alvin Q. Wilkins
Dolton School
Park Avenue School
Local Lodges And Societies Reported In Riverdale Area
Community notices list German Oak Lodge 257 Dalton meets Fridays at A. C. A. W. Hall with officers Franke Mes ter and Schnoor. Modern Woodmen Calumet Camp 142 at Village Hall Riverdale meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays. Catholic Foresters St Luke's Court 186 Riverdale meets 2nd and last Wednesdays. Women’s Catholic Foresters meet Sundays and 4th Thursday at Village Hall Riverdale. Other groups include George Washington Lodge 189 B. U. of N. A. Twin City Tent 1150 Modern Maccabees, Brick Local Union, Riverdale Improvement Association, Highlawn Hold Co. No. 1, Women’s Relief Corps Spencer Corps 279, and Boy Scouts units in Dolton and Riverdale with various leaders.
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United Workmen
German Oak Lodge No. 257
A.C. A. W. Hall
Dalton
Wm. Franke
Chas. C. Schnoor
Joan F. Boetiger
Fin. Soc
Henry W. Schnoor
Treas
Woodmen Calumet
Village Hall
Riverdale
Edward F Stewart
Conaul
Oswald Obeldabel
Henry Moher
Catholic Order Foresters
St. Luke’s Court
Conrad Kern
Henry Lidgerflorf
Jubs Gertzon
Peter Ripley
George Washington
A. O. U. W. Hall
John O'Brien
D. J. Gallagher
J. A. Headiey
U. W. Hall
Dolton
Let
Rudolph Schaefer
John 3 Hurter
R. Vandenberg
FOR SALE Farm land listings and real estate ads
A dense Riverdale Dolton and Roseland classified pack offers multiple properties for sale. 20 acres near Southwest Carroll section 12 on 149th and Torrence. various 40 and 80 acre farms, 16 acre parcel with residence. lots on Illinois street and Lincoln Ave Dolton. Riverdale properties from 150 up. poultry and mushroom ventures listed. motor boat, hardware items, and used Ford offered. loans and seeds advertised.
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Carnet
149Th Street
Torrence Avenue
N. Clark
Chicago
J. C
Lon
Oakglen, I
Hammond
Ilinois Street
A. Baumgartner
Riverdale
Roseland
Lidth Street
Yale Avenue
Will Gell
Pointer Alice
Lincoln Ave
Dolton
Pointer
F. A. Reich
Leonard
A.C. Reich
Indiana Avenue
J. C. Depot
Othea
Wide Open Knothole Nostalgia in Childhood Scene
Dovenas MaLLocy recalls childhood joy of peering through a fence knothole to watch games at the Bowemeet gate. He longs for twenty five cents, the thrill of the view, and the simple magic of the wide open knothole that defined early sports memories. Now in manhood he sits in the grandstand but says the game never looks as good as through that hole.
Woodmen Card Party at Riverdale Hall May Event
Calumet Camp No 6142 Woodmen hosts a card party at Riverdale Village Hall Saturday evening May L. Dalton Volunteer Fire Department holds a May Party on May 18 at Dillner's Pavilion.
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Calumet
Riverdale
Dalton Volunteer Fire Department
Dillner’s Pavilion
Stores close early on weekdays starting May 6
Peter Ripley notes all locations will close each weekday at 6 30 PM starting Monday May 6 except Saturdays when hours remain unchanged.
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Peter Ripley
I Still Live Inscription Sparks Irish Witty Return
A man walks a cemetery. He reads a monument inscribed I Still Live. He jokes aloud in rough Irish fashion asking if he were dead he would own up to it. The quip turns on the paradox of still living despite the epitaph.
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Pat
Begorra
Calumet News Merchant Profits 60 From 6000 Papers
An enterprising youth from Calumet exploited Chicago’s news scarcity during a printer lockout. He circulated 6,000 Daily Calumet copies in the Loop, selling them for 2 cents each and netting about $60 in eighty minutes.
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Calumet
Chicago
Loop District
Not to Speak Of Venus and local pride
A fragment from a Chicago News column features a professor named in a mythic quip about Venus and authenticity of pictures, followed by a rural joke on hometown pride and shrewd local buyers in a township.
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Venus
Chicago News
Corntessel
Thia Here
Accuracy and Honesty in Journalism Motto
A reflection quoting O Simmons on truthfulness in reporting. It emphasizes accuracy as the twin of honesty and warns that inaccuracy breeds dishonesty, underscoring ethical discourse in media.
Notice to Contractors for Remodeling Frame School
Notice to contractors invites scaled bids for remodeling the frame school building in District No. 157 near Globe Station Thornton Township. Bids due by May 11 1912 at 8 00 P.M. Plans available from Clerk Fred C Drake or any board member. Board reserves right to reject any or all bids. By order of the Board President I Chas Kraatz Clerk Fred C Drake and WM Dalman.
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Globe Station
Thornton Township
Secretary of the Board of Directors
Fred C. Drake
Board of Directors
Riverdale Water Tax Due in May at Village Hall
Water taxes for the Village of Riverdale are due May 1 to 15. For convenience, the collector will be in the Clerk's office at Riverdale Village Hall on May 1 and 2, and on Monday and Thursday evenings thereafter, from 7:30 to 6 PM.
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Riverdale
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Pointer Kinney Brothers
Taga, P. Kinney
Kinney
Indiana Ave
Office of Publication
Ember
THE
Cook County Press Club
Riverdale Board
Ail
Joweo Bebooi
Mdi
Women's Catholic Order Foresters
Mia
Magdalen Ripley
Emma Kelly
Catharine Kurz
Brick TS Local Union
Riverdale Improvement Association
Lr Village
F. Kinney
F R. Baker
John E Schafer
Aunschmann
Highlawn Hold CO. NO. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Fred Ludwig
Martin Wilkins
Herman Dreenen
Park Avenue
W. E. Cisena
W. E Cissos
Stanley Smyth
Robt, Hansy
Tregqurer
Irving Avenue
Pointer Office
Sheridan
Reat Dolton
A. Hilgendorf
Gan
Leyden Avenue
George Dutt
O. Propper
Riverdale Ill
Sali
Calumet River
Harvey
Indiana
Michigan
Ilnow
Peter Gouwens
South Holland
Southwest
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Peper Gouwlns
Olang Pin
Valfluder
Jacob Yap
South Halland
Stpeney
Emil Winters
Bonne’s Inll
Calumet Hotel
Teedom Stamborsky
John Rickert
Sunt Holland
W. W. Darnard & Co
Fred Powters
Chicago Streat
Dovenas Mallocy
A. C. Roth
May
C.p.banfield
Michigan Ave
Leyden Ave
Slonday
Luenday
W. P
Michigan Avenue
E. 111Th St
Hiverdale
Powers
Harvey, Ll
Enna Jane
Turlington Avenue
Carl Wulff
Dolton, Ill
U. SC. Wesse
Chicago Street
Telephone
W.P
Public Service Co
FR Nois
National Bank
First National Bank of
Schmeda
Geo. H. Schneider
Fordtran Bros
Chicago Blue Island
Chicago Heights
Dolton Bakery
William Minardow
WM. Cc
ZSC
Sgt . Riv
Midway
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago St. Dolton, MI
Fred J. O17
Chicago St
Dolton, III
E. F. Tripp
W. Fulford
138Th St
137Th Street
Robert Hanschmann
Phone Dolton
Park Ave
Dolton, Iil
Ernest Hanschmann Carpenter
Homewood
Henry C.krumm
Grant Bros General
Alyetu
Henry W. Schnod
Contractor
F. Bonse
Denry
Ramehorst
Lansing
Til
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