Local notes and society news from Riverdale and Dalton
Mrs Harry Lukens hosts Fleur DeLes Club luncheon with prizes. Miss Emma Nimtz relocates to Peoria as assistant beauty parlor manager. Outing for South Township teachers to Jackson Park ends pleasantly. Hall Association formed by Hazel Crest residents. Ed Thompson travels to Panama Iowa to visit family. Frank Ott and Ed Housinger tour Michigan City by electric line. Mrs Chas Ducas visits Riverdale relatives. Mabel Luckenbill critically ill with pneumonia. Calumet River bridge repairs halt Indiana avenue traffic for days. Switchmen convention in Peoria features Clarence O’Brien seeking disability claim. Whittier Society officers named. Decoration Day program planned May 28. Lieut Bassett and son-in-law scout future home sites near Riverdale. Mrs Jos Neath returns a found gold ring to Mrs W Henzie of Chicago. The Pointer encourages ads to find desired goods.
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Harry Lukens
Fleur DeLes Club
Pedro
Herbert Teitgen
Manitowoc
Wis
Dr. Teitgen
Teitgen
Riverdale
Emma Nimtz
Peoria
Rawson
Mabel Luckenbill
Thornton Township High School
Calumet River
Indiana Avenue
Halsted Street
Frank Smith
Ill
Dalton
Clarence O’brien
Whittier Society
Riverdale City
Cora Yonker
Christina Zeitler
Lena Miller
Lena Evers
Leo Horn
Minnie Krueger
Ida Steiman
Geo. F. Bassett
Roseland
Ball
Danville
Bassett
Calumet
Pointer
Jos
138Th Street
Wabash Avenue
Advertising That Counted
An Oklahoma boy advertised in his mother name for a husband as a joke and drew a stout stepfather who walloped him. The mother, unfazed, welcomed the first suitor and is doing well, with neighbors amused by the outcome.
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Oklahoma
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Chicago
Wisconsin Lime & Cement Go
Enace
Dolton
C. E. Cook
Dolton Yards
Oxford
John Behrens
Chicago Street
Dolton, Illinois
Irving Ave
A. C. Reich
Riverdale Iron and Steel Company
Fred J. Ott
Hazel Crest
William Hamilton
William Horan
E. H. Ziegler
N. H. Thompson
Edward
Wm. Robertson
Panama
Iowa
Thompson
Frank Ott
Ed Housinger
Michigan City
South Bend Indiana
Chas. Duclas
Saginaw, Mich
Wagner
Highlawn
Wm. Wichmann
Geo. Tuch
A. F. Bonse
Blinkie’s
Otto Fieth
East
Ind
Forsyth Ave
Union Fidelity Bldg
Wm.mau & CO
Telephone Riverdale
Leyden Avenue
Riverdale, Ill
A. Baumgartner
Justice OF the Peace
Benz Bros., Barbers
Illinois Central Depot
Lund
Frank Lunds
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