Riverdale and Dolton Group Meeting Notices
Business Men's Association meets first Wednesday at 8 p m in O U W Hall Cotton with John Behrens as president and Frank Bergold secretary. Riverdale Improvement Association meets second Monday at Village Hall at 8 p m led by Tr Sweat as president and Schafer as secretary. Women's Relief Corps G W Spencer Post 279 meets second Friday 2 p m and fourth Friday 8 p m at Village Hall with Mrs Bertha Sprick president. Dolton School Board holds first Tuesday each month at 7 30 p m at Park Avenue School.
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Village Board
Dolton
Volton
Thos. Harper
Geo. H. Schaefer
Riverdale
August C. Reich
Jacob A. Decklar
Catholic Order Foresters
Conrad Kern
John E. Kinney
Nicholas Simon
Peter Kipley
Women's Catholic Order Foresters
Magdalen Ripley
Emma Kelly
Catharine Kurz
Ladies Auxiliary
A. O. U. W. Hall
C, Dd. Dally
H. Fuller
W. West
Business Men's Association
Riverdale Improvement Association
Sweat
John BR. Schafer
A. C. Reich
F. A. Reich
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Rose House
Highlawn
Henry Goos
Geo. L. Koehler
Herman Dreesen
Women’s Relief Corps
G. W. Spencer
Mlall
Bertha Sprick
Cora Jenness
Dolton School
Park Avenue
Riverdale Board
Bowen
Five year old refuses to testify in family clash
A mother tells five year old Frank to be truthful on his birthday but he refuses to accuse himself after Robert admits striking him. The boy asks if the Lord knows and delays answering, insisting the Lord be asked.
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Frank
Robert
Bring Children up to Work By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt urges parents to raise capable, self respecting citizens who can support a family and endure hard knocks. He argues boys should be taught to work and overcome obstacles, warning against softness and neglectful parenting.
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President Roosevelt
Population boom forecast for United States by mid-century
The Chicago Journal cites a conference of governors predicting the U S population will exceed 200 million by 1950 with an annual growth around 134 percent and immigration of 750 000 annually. It argues natural increase remains high and projects 150 million by mid century and over 200 million by 1950.
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Conference of Governors
Washington
United States
Chicago Journal
Puzzling Readers Questions for the Children’s Encyclopedia
The editor invited young readers to submit questions. They ask about Adam’s color, where spirits go at sleep, why dreams repeat, and why time never stops. Other curios include the age of the skies, spiders avoiding webs, white smoke turning tunnels black, fleas purpose, Manx cats taillessness, and hens clucking after laying eggs.
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Adam
Psychical Research Society
Mending Rubbers At Home With Simple Cement
A DIY tip to repair thin spots in rubber using a cement made from five cents worth of real rubber dissolved in chloroform. Keep the bottle corked and apply quickly with a mucilage brush to avoid hardening. Cut a patch, stitch it over the hole, then brush with the cement. obtain both rubbers from a dentist supplies dealer.
English Method of Purifying Salt by Melting Process
The crude rock salt is fed automatically to a table in a large furnace where it fuses and flows into troughs. It is drawn into cauldrons, air is forced into the melt, lime is added, and impurities settle. The upper portion is ground and screened for sale while the lower portion becomes chemical manure.
Lay Low Yet Seek Sunshine From Georgia Poet
A Georgia poet urges stepping into sunshine while avoiding danger from farmers. He favors literature rooted in soil but warns against literal plow labor and the harsh realities of work, noting no poetry in hungry mules or a plowman’s calls.
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Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
System Measures Cash Register Use and Merchant Failure
A National Cash Register Company study links business system to success. In Ohio one third of retail merchants did not use cash registers, and three fourths of recent small dealer failures came from this group. Lack of organization seemingly leads to failure.
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National Cash Register Company
Ohio
Richard Carle Enlivens Chicago Auditorium With Mary's Lamb
Richard Carle begins a four week engagement at the Chicago Auditorium, delivering uproarious laughter as the hen pecked hero in Mary's Lamb. Cecilia Rhoda Nellie Brewster DeWitt Mott Sylvain Langlois Julia Ralph headline a strong supporting cast amid a lively chorus and shadowgraph pictures. Ticket prices range from 25 cents to one dollar for evenings with matinees on Wednesdays, seating capped at 73 cents.
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Richard Carle
Chicago
Cecilia Rhoda
Nellie Brewster
DeWitt Mott
Sylvain Langlois
Julia Ralph
Carle
Local Time Cards Corrected to Date November 1
Transit schedule fragment lists Illinois Central times from Riverdale and Randolph Street for north and south routes. Entries show morning and afternoon times with several decimal fragments and a note “Business Men's Special.”
Panhandle PCC and St. Louis Rail Schedule Card
Eastbound and northbound times listed for the Panhandle PCC and St. Louis at Riverdale and Chicago with a 7.00 am start and multiple stops at 7.59 am 9.23 am 4.15 pm 5.14 pm and 7.05 pm. Dalton schedule matches with a two minute difference each direction.
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Riverdale
Chicago
Dalton
Doing What We Can Content to Do the Thing We Can
A brief quotation reflects on contentment with present effort and avoiding fret over what remains small or uncertain. The line attributed to Mrs Browning emphasizes humble, steady action rather than anxious striving.
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Mrs. Browning
Fine English Church Bells Across History and Sound
English church bells link to sacred life and deep tradition. The Cheapside Bow Church chimes, dating to 1761, comprise 12 bells in C weighing about eleven tons. Their mighty peal shakes the tower and echoes through London, rivaling St Ivan’s tower in Moscow for resonance.
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England
Cheapside
London
St. Ivan’s Do
Moscow
For Sale and Wanted Items in Dolton Ill Notice
FOR SALE Fine Imported Prim Zither will be sold very cheap Particulars at The Pointer office WANTED a second hand violin Inquire at The Pointer office FOR SALE Forty Plymouth Rock hens at 7idts each One prize cock Inquire at A P Bowman's Lincoln avenue Dolton Dress Making Shirt Waists 75¢ and upward Skirts $2.00 and upward Tailored suits a specialty First class work guaranteed 519 Lincoln avenue Dolton Ill
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Pointer
Plymouth Rock
A. P. Bowman's
Lincoln Aveile
Dolton
Lincoln Avenue
Ill
Land for Sale 20 Acres in Sec 18 36 15
20 acres of land for sale described as the northwest quarter of section 18 township 36 range 15. Located in Dolton with owner contact William Bachmann. Low price.
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N. W
Forty Acres For Sale Near Lansing Illinois
For sale forty acres of good truck farming land located one mile south of Lansing Illinois. For particulars write or inquire of Mrs Christ Schultz Lansing Ill.
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Lansing
Christ Schultz
Ill
License Access for Hunting and Fishing Now Open
Jacos A. Declalr, Clerk of Riverdale Village, announces that any resident may obtain hunting or fishing licenses by visiting the clerk at his office or residence.
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Jacos A. Decklar
Riverdale
A Steel Gray Man Reflects on Sparrow Funeral
A stern, steel gray whiskered man pauses by Cleveland City Hall on Superior avenue to bury a dead sparrow. He recalls childhood “regular funeral” burials and places the bird on a building ledge to keep it from being trampled, then hurries on.
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Superior Avenue
City Hall
Cleveland
Her Asset and the Tale of a Homely Girl
A fragment suggests a story about a plain girl who boasts of many good things she can obtain or achieve, highlighting a theme of self worth and material promise amid modest appearance.
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Tellig
Ant Brain Weight Sparks Debate On Thought
A scientist claims an ant brain weighs fifteen one hundredths of a milligram and notes a milligram is one hundred fifty four ten thousandths of a grain. Despite tiny brain size many agree ants can think.
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Office of Publication
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Ancient Order United Workmen
A. OU. U. W. Hall
Richard Hoppe
Jderman Sculls
John N. Boetteger
Calumet
Schwab
Knights OF the Modern Maccabees
A. O. U. W Hall
R. Schaefer
John Harter
C. Vandenberg
George Washington Lodge
U. Or
N. A
Lund
Lincoln
Chicago Aves
Dalton, Ill
White
C. Db. Culler
Mother
Illinois Central Time Card
Leave City
Randolph Street
Randolph St
South
North
G.co Sc
Chi
East, NL
Chicago S
Dolton North Bound
Indiana
Chicago North Bound
Dolton State Bank
Hunting and Fishing License
A. J. Parker, M.D
D.D.S
Leyden Avenue
Dutt
Fordtran Bros
Blue Island
Chicago Heights
Andrew Baumgartner
Justice of the Peace Notary Public
Tel
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago St. Dalton, Il
Ernst Hanschmann
137Th Street
Riverdale, Hil
Richard Buschking
Expressing
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Dolton, Ill
WM. C. Zesch
Riv
Midway
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
Grant Bros
Carl Wulff
Fred J. Ott
Chicago St. Dolton,ill
137Th St
I. C
Geo. Tuch
H.R. Penfield
West
138Th St. Highlawn
Aicago
Union Printing Office
Calumet Or
Thornton Townships
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