Riverdale Board Adopts Local Labor For Water Taps
Riverdale trustees reject bids for two water taps at 138th and 139th Halsted and approve local workers under the village engineer. The move aims to boost western residents’ water supply and curb overtime pumping costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Harbor
R. R. Main
Halsted
George G. Anderson
Torpy
Riverdale
Zornow
Public Service Co
Hlazen
138Th
Indiana Avenue
Dalton
City of Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Company
Pennsylvania R. R. Company
Matthew Buechler, Sr
Lester Brookfelt
Graves
Ivanhoe Woman’s Club
Red Cross
Dixmoor
112Nd Street
Hazen
IL cc. R. R
Acme Steel Co
State Highway Department
Halsted Street
I. H. Vb
Extra Pointer issues at Riverdale drugstores and newsstands
Extra copies of The Pointer are on sale at Ed Luken's Drugstore in Dalton and Kurz News stand in Riverdale. This note lists local outlets offering the newspaper for readers seeking additional copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Luken
Dalton
Kurz
Riverdale
Harvey Schools Face Cash Crisis Over Warrants
The slow sale of tax anticipation warrants leaves Harvey school funds depleted and teachers due salaries by the 25th. Officials plan installment warrants and urge public purchase as a remedy to keep schools open, warning of possible closure if funds do not arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Phattle Per BeceRi Fo Saraz
Dolton Shamrocks to Face Riverdale Panthers in Charity Game
The Dolton Shamrocks meet the Riverdale Panthers at Dolton park on Thanksgiving Day at 3 00 p m. Proceeds will fund Christmas baskets for the poor, with spectators asked to donate ten or fifteen cents. The event aims to draw a large crowd and showcase a meaningful community effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Shamrocks
Riverdale Panthers
Dolton Park
Kaiser Stutzriem Lets Tie Knot In Dalton Home
Miss Ida Stutzriem daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Stutzriem Riverdale and Mr Robert Kaiser Jr of Dalton were married Saturday at the groom’s parents 519 Main St Rev Walter Kemnitz officiated. The ceremony surprised the groom’s parents as they planned a 25th anniversary celebration and were unaware of the nuptials until the couple arrived with the minister. Over seventy relatives attended and the bride a Riverdale telephone operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Stutzriem
Charles Stutzriem
Riverdale
Robert Kaiser, Jr
Dalton
Main Street
Walter Kemnitz
Robert Kaiser
Riverdale Exchange
Helen Mann
West 144Th Street
Pointer
Montgomery Schultz nuptials in Dolton
Miss Ellen Montgomery daughter of Mrs Frieda Montgomery Dolton married Ernest Schultz last Saturday November 12 at Walter Schultz home Dolton Rev Copman of Roseland officiated. About 35 relatives and friends attended dinner afterward. The couple will reside in Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Montgomery
Frieda Montgomery
Dolton
Ernest Schultz
Mr. Schultz
Walter Schultz
Rev. Copman
Roseland
Schultz
Harvey
Venison for sale and church food shower
Venison for sale from Herman Anders and Edwin and Carl Waterman as they hunt in Ironwood Michigan until they harvest a deer. The Sisters of St Marys church held their annual food shower at St Marys hall and thanked well wishers for the bounty. Mrs R Gall of Dalton and Mrs Ted Dreger of Riverdale visited friends in DeMotte Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Anders
Edwin
Carl Waterman
Ironwood
Mich
Anders
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Hall
R. Gall
Dalton
Ted Dreger
East 136Th Place
Riverdale
DeMotte
Indiana
Election figures show Roosevelt leading in early returns
Washington Nov. 16 partial returns from 14 states give Franklin D Roosevelt 21 506 742 votes for a wide plurality over Hoover. Roosevelt holds about 87 percent of the total with Hoover around 10 percent and minor candidates making up the rest. Norman Thomas the Socialist candidate has 466 301 votes to 247 420 in 1928.
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Washington, D
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Mrr
Abed
Looe
Associated Press
Smith
Fred Roosevelt
Norman Thomas
Ivanhoe Womans Club Demonstration and Relief Efforts
Ivanhoe Womans Club explored tie dyeing and dye pots in a November meeting at Mrs. L. A. Davidson’s home. The club announced a relief station in Branigar building for clothing and food donations with Red Cross material, meeting weekly, and a first postholiday issue due Friday November 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercedes Hedland
Ivanhoe Woman's Club
L. A. Davidson
West 140Th Court
Joseph Dowling
KK. Jd. Schulte
Branigar
144Th
Stewart Avenue
Red Cross
Marguerite Beauty Salon Offers Push Up Waves Deal
Special at Marguerite Beauty Salon guarantees push up permanent waves for $1.75 complete. Shampoo or finger wave 2c. Located at 18779 Leyden Avenue with phone Interocean 9726.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Beauty Salon
Leyden Avenue
Interocean
Riverdale notices of illness fires and hunting reports
Local notes report Mrs Hugo Schmidt undergoing a serious operation at St Francis hospital Blue Island and friends hoping for recovery. The Oliver O Neal family sheltered at Middy warehouse after Mrs O Neal burned. Riverdale Baptist Mission assisting. Police and juvenile care, hunting trips, and community visits fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Schmidt
Michigan Avenue
Riverdale
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Oliver O'Neal
Middy
O’neals
Riverdale Baptist Mission Church
Chief Stieman
Harvey hardware executive Theodore Peterson dies in hotel fall
Theodore A. Peterson 45, vice president and treasurer of S. Ward Hamilton, plunged from the Stevens hotel twenty second floor. He lived at 6862 Paxton avenue and had deposited 500 earlier that day. His death leaves a wife and a daughter from a previous marriage. Peterson had been in poor health with dizziness, but relatives deny a planned act. The firm employed about 70 at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore A. Peterson
5. Ward Hamilton Company
Harvey
Stevens Hotel
8Th Street
Paxton Avenue
Peoria
South Side
S. Ward Hamilton
Ife
Peterson
Jay Case
Illinois Central Railroad
Riverdale
Carpenters Sign New Wage Pact After Months of Dispute
Carpenters in the mill work and cabinet trade, numbering over 3,000, return to work under a new five year contract reached via the Building Employers association. Wages set at 65 cents an hour, 15 percent above area average within 500 miles of Chicago, replacing the prior 1 dollar rate, with a five day work week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agremeent
Chicago
Prowlers Reported in Dalton Homes Targeted
Police warn of prowlers attempting entry to several Dalton homes this past week through unlocked doors and windows. Residents urged to lock doors and windows and call the police immediately at any hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Cooper
Kanawha Avenue
Frank Miller
Park Avenue
Dalton
Dollor
Fred T. Ehlert
Thanksgiving basket donations urged to Delton families
Notice invites donations for Thanksgiving baskets and asks donors to call the Delton police department for delivery to needy families. The contact is Delton 701. Also reported is the death of Beans the fox terrier of the John Kasha family hit by a freight train on the Indiana Harbor tracks near 139th and Michigan, a loss felt by local children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delton
Prudence Penny Morning Musicale and Homemaker Conference
Mrs. Felix Schabloski Mrs. Sarah Daniels Mrs. J. Kasha and Mrs. Ted Dreger attended the Prudence Penny morning musicale and the homemaker's conference at the Tivoli theatre Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Schabloski
Sarah Daniels
J. Kasha
Ted Dreger
Prudence Penny
Tivoli Theatre
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I. H. B. Halsted Street Water Main
Riverdale Board
Kaiser-Stutzriem
Roosevelt
Ivanhoe Womans Club
J. A .Pickett
Chariton
Iowa
Picketts
Leo Miller
Caroline Miller
Joseph
Toledo
Ohio
Earl Dumais
Paul Jago
Notre Dame Northwestern
South Bend
Ind
Betty Robinson
James Carlyle
Rita
Mae Bersehinski
Marie Kinney
Peter Stancezik
134Th Street
Lake Calumet
St. Paul’s Lutheran School
Elmer Schmutzler
Joe Angie
Red
Edward Tompky
Blue Iland
Ed Tompky
Indians Avenue
Arthur Kramers
Lawton
Nick Mueller
Fergn Fike
Phyllis Jean
W. H. Baker
Harold
Marilyn
Albert Klinkhammer
Reva Jane
Teter
E. Trussel
Rockfield
Trussel
John Harms, Jr
Dr. Tupper
Illinois River
Illinois
Mississippi
Matthew Buechler, Jr
Adolph Matthiesen
Manhattan
Ill
Valparaiso
Ross Lambert
A. J. Allen
Clarence Hoeft
Lena Warren
Laurelville, O
Our Saviors
Maywood
Austin
Woodlawn
136Th Street
Shellalk
School Street
138Th Street
Emerald Avenue
Jim Vannahan
John McLaughlin
George Meiter
Otto Banse
Wm. Nottorf
Browning
Mary Ripley
Gordon Claussen
Culver-St John Military Academy
Dyche Stadium
Evanston
Theodore Peterson
Carpenters
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