Rail freight boom boosts Riverdale and allied industries
The text describes widespread industrial growth in Riverdale and nearby areas with full production at brick yards sugar plants and mills. It notes expansions by Acme Steel Goods Co and Indiana Harbor Belt Line, heavy shipments by Butler Brothers, new oat meal mills, and planned track improvements including a viaduct to ease street congestion at Halsted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Dalton
Acme Steel Goods Co
Chicago & Riverdale Lumber Co
Arcadia Farms Milling Co
Butler Brothers
Hales & Hunter
Indiana Harbor Belt Line
Illinois Central
Harvey
Homewood
Pan
Indiana Harbor
United States
Halsted Street
Smith
Railroads urged to improve service without hindrance
Officials argue improvements to railroad lines, including Halsted street, will not raise traffic but are essential for industry. A successful firm relies on reliable railroad service to attract others, androads should not be impeded in needed upgrades to meet patron demand.
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Halsted Street
Electrician Dies Crossing Rail Tracks In Chicago Suburb
Jacob Fosdick 31 an electrician at Acme Steel Goods died Tuesday evening after being struck by a suburban train while crossing Illinois Central tracks at 186th street around 5 30 pm He was en route home The engineer warned with a whistle but a passing freight drowned it out Doctors said he was beyond medical aid The inquest found no definite cause and Fosdick had assets including 800 in a bank and a 40 acre Michigan farm Officials held the body at the morgue pending word on possible relatives
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Jacob Fosdick
Acme Steel Goods Company
Illinois Central
Fosdick
Kollar
Undertaker Good
Michigan
Acme
Maud Oppenhuis and John DeVries Wed at Lansing Church
Miss Maud Oppenhuis daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Oppenhuis of Bernice and Mr John DeVries of Munster wed on Wednesday afternoon October 31 1928 at the First Reformed church of Lansing with Rev Braak officiating A reception followed at the bride’s parents home and the couple commenced housekeeping at Oak Glen with best wishes for happiness and success
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Maud Oppenhuis
Ed. Oppenhuis
Bernice
John DeVries
Munster
First Reformed Church of
Lansing
Braak
Oak Glen
Immanuel church events and Dolton notices
The Ladies Aid bakery sale at A O W hall Dolton Saturday Nov 17 from 2 to 5 p m is announced along with a banco party for the Immanuel church building fund Friday evening Nov 16 at A O W hall. A Prifling With Honor movie shown Nov 12 and 13 at Dolton theatre under Paul Gall Post. Foreign Missionary Society meets Nov 15 at 2 30 p m with Mrs Potts. Indoor Picnic tonight at St Paul s church with raffles and free admission. Want ads urge readers to browse home goods and farms for sale in Page 4.
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Immanuel Church
A. O. O. W. Hall
Dolton
Banco
A. O. W. Hall
Paul Gall Post
Dolton Theatre
Young Peoples Society of
Lost Fox Terrier Named Spot in Riverdale Area
White fox terrier with black spots on back and black ears. Answers to Spot. Reward offered for return. Contact John Kinney at 53 East 136th Street, Riverdale. Also for sale a Peninsular cook stove with gas plate, a large children’s bed, and a water powered washing machine at 227 W 106th Street. Phone Pullman 0848.
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John Kinney
East 136Th Street
Riverdale
Peninsular
106Th Street
Local Notes Highlight Events From Roseland Era
Mrs John Ohlsen donated a quilt won by Mrs Wm Holtz for Imanu el church. Sapa na Girls season opens with a Garrick theatre trip to The Gingham Girl and plans a K P hall dance. Radio fans hear Lloyd George speech from New York. Miller Bros Roseland offers free evening concerts. Baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Rademacher on October 28. Gladstone Store in Riverdale to close early on Tue and Fri. Football fans travel 5 cars to Champaign for 61 000 crowd. Wisconsin Illinois game set for Saturday. Mrs Geo Trapp and daughter Lillian return from Michigan for rheumatism treatment. Ads note price declines and Saturday specials. millinery hats at low figures. Otis Hoff convalesces after appendicitis. Rosco Odel breaks arm when Ford backfires. tip on safe cranking. Gregory Middendorf birth announced. Mrs Edward Wernicke oper ated on. improving health. Millie Monske returns from Blue Island hospital after appendectomy. Emil Rosenthal building at 139th and Halsted. Sugar plant’s clam shell crane unloads beet car in 12 minutes. War era hand shovel method noted. George Day to attend Illinois Wisconsin game in Champaign with son Vernon. Dad’s Day Saturday promises good time for students.
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John Ohlsen
Imanunel Church
Wm. Holtz
Garrick Theatre
K. P. Hall
Lloyd George
New York
Miller Bros
Roseland
Rademacher
Gladstone
Riverdale
Champaign
Geo. Trapp
Lillian
H. Shumaker
Benton Harbor
Mich
Trapp
Adam Hoff
Blue Island
Rosco Odel
Ford
Pointer
Henry
Gregory Middendorf
Pullman Hospital
Edward Wernicke
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Millie Monske
Blue Island Hospital
Newcomer Moughton Family Questioned in Dolton Incident
Mrs E J Hutchinson 57 of 6801 Perry Ave reports to Kensington police she was shot at while walking home through Dolton after visiting relatives. She says several intoxicated men in a car fired a revolver wounding her as another car sped past. Patrols investigate unlikely Dolton origin.
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Moughton
Dolton
E. J. Hutchinson
Perry Avenue
Kensington Police
Otto Flieth Retires to Private Life in Chicago
Otto Flieth announces his move from Riverdale to a new bungalow at 11636 Eggleston Avenue Chicago after fourteen years in business. He notes Emil Heimsoth has purchased the Schmidt building and will move in, shaping a quiet personal life for the foreseeable future.
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Otto Flieth
Riverdale
Emil Heimsoth
Schmidt
Flieths
Mr. Flieth
Chicago
Mr. Kinney
Eggleston Avenue
Armistice Day ceremonies honor local WWI dead
A village Armistice Day service dedicates the monument funded by over three hundred families and local clubs. Program at 2 p.m. includes songs by Dolton and Riverdale schoolchildren, invocation by Rev Rease, an address by Hon L H German, and unveiling by a firing squad. Monument, 11 feet 2 inches high and weighing 10,000 pounds, was made in Bedford Indiana. Names engraved: Paul Gall Alphonse OLaaughlin Roy Huntley Arthur Fadtee William Koo Ot to Beckman.
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Paul Gall Post
Post
Village Hall Yard
Dolton
America
Dolton School
Rev
Rease
Hon. L. H. German
Basy
Riverdale
Bedford
Ind
Paul Gall
Alphonse O’laughlin
Roy Huntley
Arthur Fadt
Ingalls Memorial Hospital Opens Under Mr Ingalls
The Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey opened to patients on Monday November 5 with first operations conducted the same day. Built at 155th and Page avenue the fireproof facility cost over 300000 and honors Mrs Ingalls memory. Miss Clara B Pound leads the staff as superintendent while local groups helped furnish and equip the hospital now seen as a lasting tribute to Mr Ingalls industrial success and generosity.
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Harvey
155Th and
Page Avenue
Ingalls
Also Mentioned on This Page
I. C
Oppenhuis-DeVries
Foreign Missionary Society of the Dolton M. E. Church
Emil Rosenthal
139Th and
Halsted Streets
Hne
George Day
Vernon
Flieth
Bellow Wood
Faui Gali
Frederick A. Ingalls
Mr. Ingalls
Clara B. Pound
Jeannette Hess Ingalls
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