Riverdale Board Grants Sewer Access For Halsted Street Area
Riverdale village trustees meet with absent member and approve a $982.34 bill for stone, discuss extending water mains to Halsted and Indiana Harbor Belt crossings, and grant permission to connect a railroad sewer to the Riverdale Investment Co. subdivision on Halsted Street south of 138th. Authorities plan grade adjustments and set a June special meeting to decide on water main extension.
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Riverdale Investment Co
Halsted Street
Riverdale
Brandt
Hotchkiss
Browell Im- Brgvernen Co
A. C. Reich
Bergold
Sellin
Bcart
Lotz
Judiciary Committee
Diehl
Oie Company
Trusee Stieman
Rial
Heresent
Public Service Co
Indiana Avenue
Stieman
Stone
Blue Island Road
W. 138Th Street
Illinois Central
130Th and
138Th Street
136Th Street
Board of Local Improvements
Board of Local Improvements Center
L'Rustee Lotz
Unruh
137Th Street
Hatl
Jensen
D. Schultz
Cterle
Indiana Harbor Belt
Ashland Avenue
P. P. Flick
Carl Wulff
Frank Seestedt
Mr. Wulff
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company
Maurer
188Th Street
Indiana [Arbor
Wm. Maurer
Bavarian walker loses pace then rides home in flivver
Joe Morgenroth once famed for walking in Bavaria wanders toward Lansing with new shoes until the strain forces him to abandon the trek. A passing Dr Thomson in a flivver picks him up and he returns home in wheels, declaring walking in this country inferior to Bavaria. Dolton Bakery ad offers fresh rolls and coffee cake daily. For sale notice: International water cooled 4 ton truck and inquiries via The Pointer office.
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Joe Morgenroth
George Tuch
Bavaria
Lansing
Joe
Range Line
John J. Powers
Illinois Central
Riverdale
Illinois Central Hospital
Powers
Wm. Roekrohr
Great Labor Rally at Busack's Grove May 27
A labor rally organized by Bernice Local No. 2 will be held at Busack's Grove Lans ing on Saturday evening May 27. Five nationally prominent labor speakers will address the event followed by entertainment and dancing. A special Chicago train will stop at Riverdale at 7 45 p m and Dalton at 7 49 p m to return passengers at 4 13 a m Sunday.
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Busack’s Grove
Lansing
Bernice Local, No. 2
Chicago
Riverdale
Dalton
Colonial Carnival at Lincoln Ave School Auditorium
Dalton community notices share a Colonial Carnival at Lincoln Ave School Auditorium on May 25 and 26. Local events include a Box Social at Our Savior's Church, a Temple Players performance, and a Dil lner's Pavilion dance. Personal items note travel, family moves, a hospital operation, a marriage, and a streetcar accident without major injuries.
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Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
I. N. Collett
Stanley
Indiana
Brotherhood of Our Savior’s Church
Theodore Hedtke
Theodore
Wisconsin
Florence
Violet
Fondulae
Temple Players
Dalton Theater
Lincoln Ave
Lamicitia Club
Dillner’s Pavilion
Pullman adopts profit sharing plan for employees
J. S. Runnels president of the Pullman company outlines a new profit sharing scheme adopted this week. Five thousand shares at 155 dollars each will be sold on long term payments to employees and officers with over one year service. Subscriptions begin with 1 share for those earning 500 dollars or less, 2 shares for 500 to 1000, and up to 25 shares for the top earners with monthly payments of 4 dollars per share. Dividends start from purchase while interest on deferred payments remains capped.
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J. S. Runnels
Pullman Company
Bowen School Final Program Shows Pupils Performance
The pupils of the Bowen School will entertain parents and friends of the district with their final program of the year on Monday evening May 29 at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. Parents and friends are urged to attend to encourage the children's efforts.
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Bowen
Dolton Woman's Club Postponed Meeting and Parade Plans
Dolton Woman's Club postpones Saturday meeting and invites all women to join the Suffrage Parade on June. Women may send their names to Mrs A. E. Moomaw or Miss Edith Dalton to receive hats and sashes for 25 cents. Participants must wear white skirts and waist, black shoes and stockings, and white straw hats. Fly Week in Chicago prompts the club to run a school boy fly trap contest June 5 to 10 with a $2 prize and 10 cents per quart for dead flies sealed in fruit jars.
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Woman’s Club
A. E. Moomaw
Edith Dalton
Chicago
Chas. West
Dalton Volunteer Fire Department Meeting Set May Twenty Seventh
Members urged to attend a Saturday 7:30 PM meeting to arrange Decoration Day plans. Herman Wreener is president of the department.
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Dalton Volunteer Fire
Stephens Bill Clarifies Scope of Standard Price Law
Letter writer explains the bill applies only to standard marked goods and is optional for producers. He argues the measure targets demoralizing national reputation items with steady sales and notes its permissive nature. The piece ends with a church bake sale notice for May 27 in the Our Savior's church basement.
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Stephens
Simon Sachs
the Ladies Aid of Our Savior’s Church
Decoration Day Observances Engage Dalton Community
Patriotic services fill Dalton area with church and school events. F R Baker and Uncle Tip Deam, Civil War veterans, urge children to keep patriotism alive. A parade from Village Hall Riverdale to Oakland Cemetery honors soldiers at the monument, with citizens urged to participate.
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F. R. Baker
Tip” Deam
Village Hall
Riverdale
Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers Monument
Bank Notice To Worried Concerned Citizens Dolton State Bank
Public notice states the Dolton State Bank receiver moved May 23 1916 to suite rq21 1422 Harris Trust Building Chicago. The bank building vaults fixtures and equipment are for sale plus land parcels in Dalton and Crete Will County Illinois with more sale details to follow inquiries directed to receiver Francis Corsy.
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Wom
Dolton State Bank
A. D
Harris Trust Building
West
Monroe Street
Chicago
Lincoln Avenue
R.R
Dalton
Enterprise
Crete
Will County
Illinois
Francis Corsy
Chicago parade to showcase Preparedness on June 3
The Big Parade Chicago plans a massive demonstration of Preparedness on Saturday June 3 attracting thousands of patriotic societies and citizens from across the state. The city expects crowds rivaling New Yorks 146000 line.
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Chicago
West
New York
Card of Thanks for Our Loss
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness sympathy and respect shown at the death and burial of our husband and father and especially the Dalton Volunteer firemen the Rosebud Pleasure Club and all who sent flowers. Mrs Turopore Mulert and family Mig Cora Blocker of Roseland was the guest of Mrs A J Haas Thursday.
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Dalton Volunteer Firemen
Rosebud Pleasure Club
Turopore MuLeRt
F’amily
Mig
Cora Blocker
Roseland
A. J. Haas
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Highlawn
Dolton Bakery
Dolton
Phone Midway
Pointer
Great Labor Rally
Danville
Harvey Lodge
J. A. Decklar
Waiter Man
Lena Themer
Kingfisher
Oklahoma
Augusta Williamson
Anthony Michalski
St. Mary’s Church, Riverdale
Dettmer
the Pointer
George Dutt
Leyden Avenue
Mr. Dutt
Bowen School Entertainment
Dolton Woman’s Club
Harvey, I
Dalton M. E
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