Riverdale Organizations Schedule Notices
Riverdale Improvement Association meets second Monday at 8 pm in Village Hall led by T F Sweat with officers E F Reich A C Reich and secretary John E Schafer. Hose Company No 1 meets first Wednesday at the Hose House Highlawn with Henry Goos as president and Geo L Koehler as secretary. Women’s Relief Corps G W Spencer Post No 279 meets 2d Friday 2 pm and 4th Friday 8 pm at Village Hall with Mrs Bertha Sprick president and Mrs Cora Jenness secretary. Dolton School Board meets first Tuesday at 7 30 pm at Park Avenue School. Riverdale Board Directors meets third Saturday at 7 30 pm at Bowen School.
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Vilage Board
Dolton
Thos. Harper
Geo. Hi. Schaefer
Women’s Catholic Order Foresters
Riverdale
Magdalen Ripley
Emma Kelly
Catharine Kurz
Business Men’s Association
Hal
John Behrens
Frank O. Bergold
Henry Hahn
L. I. Ripley
Riverdale Improvement Association
EF. Sweat
John E Schafer
A. C. Reich
EF. A. Reich
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Henry Goos
Geo. L. Koehler
Herman Dreesen
Women’s Relief Corps
G. W. Spencer
Bertha Sprick
Cora Jenness
Dolton School Board
Park Avenue
Riverdale Board
Bowen
Richard Carle Ends Chicago Run With Mary's Lamb
Richard Carle opens his last week in Mary's Lamb at the Chicago Auditorium with a matinee on Nov 22. The show features his famed Leander Lamb impersonation, full cast, songs, and costumes. He will tour nationwide then return Decoration Day for The Hurdy Gurdy Girl. Andrew Mack follows with Sergeant Devil M'Care starting Nov 29.
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Richard Carle
Chicago
Leander Lamb
Andrew Mack
Sergeant Devil M
Georgia Passes Electric Headlights for Through Trains
The Georgia legislature, per the Railroad Gazette, enacts a law requiring electric headlights on locomotives of all through trains and also approves a bill penalizing telegraph companies that fail to deliver a telegram properly.
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Georgia
Railroad Gazette
Dolly the Riverdale pony dies after long faithful service
Dolly the white horse owned by Peter Ripley died last week of old age after thirty years in the Ripley family. Born on the Schoon farm and bred in Riverdale, she was a beloved family driving horse known as a goer. A neglected feed incident sparked strong reaction from the Ripley children and hostler.
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Dolly
Peter Ripley
Kipley
Schoon
Riverdale
Ripley
Secret Service Tightens Grip on Chicago Counterfeits
Captain Thomas I Porter and four top agents lead a crackdown on a Chicago counterfeit ring flooding the city with $5 silver certificates. Between 10000 and 20000 in fake bills circulated, with two arrests including Woodlawn shopkeeper E A Holmes and Gordon J Jesselson of Jesselson Fish Co. The bill bears the same number D-47963872, and banks are urged to stamp fakes as counterfeit. Officials urge citizens to inspect every five dollar note to curb circulation.
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Secret Service
United States
Thomas I. Porter
Chicago
E A. Holmes
Woodlawn
Gordon J. Jesselson
Jesselson Fish Company
Woodlawn Trust & Savings Bank
Holmes
Porter
Captain Porter
Family seeks name change from Pokrzywinski to Nessler
A Chicago family filed a petition in Circuit Court to legally adopt the surname Nessler. Seven Pokrzywinski relatives including Benjamin B. Pokrzywinski his wife brother sister in law and seven children seek a change. no reason is stated for the move.
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Pokrzywinski
Chicago
Nessler
Circuit Court
Benjamin B. Pokrzywinski
Goats Produce Buttermilk, City Visitor Reminded
A city visitor asked which cow yields buttermilk prompting a country girl to explain goats produce buttermilk. The exchange highlights rural knowledge and livestock curiosity in the Springfield Journal.
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Springfield Journal
EORRENT Store Building and Miscellaneous Wants
An old Dolton listing advertises a store building at 9358 Lincoln Ave suitable for a restaurant and boarding house. It also notes wants for Pointer copies, a second hand violin, and a second hand Story & Camp organ, plus rental and sale items including a five room house for rent at 620 Ervin Ave and a lot of old papers. It promotes dress making and tailoring services at 519 Lincoln Ave with waists skirts and suits.
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Eorrent
Lincoln Ave
Dolton
Inquirer
Pinger
Pointer
Ervin Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Dolton, Til
Business Men's Special
From Riverdale and SouTh schedules show train times across the day with morning and afternoon departures and several listed stops. The fragment lists multiple time entries and codes, suggesting a table of timetable details for a special event or service.
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Riverdale
Twenty Acres for Sale in Dolton Illinois Land Offer
A 20 acre parcel described as part of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter in section 18, township 36, range 15. Listed by owner Wm. Bachmann of Dolton, Illinois. Low purchase price suggested.
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N.W
Wm. Bachmann
Dolton, Il
Forty Acres for Sale Near Lansing Ill
For sale forty acres of good land suitable for truck farming one mile south of Lansing Illinois. Inquiries to Mrs Christ Schultz Lansing Ill. Elsewhere an optical ad by A F Reich hints at future advice and a Thanksgiving offering features a painted calf presented by Mr A Platt of Wincham with fruit flowers and vegetables as gifts.
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Lansing
Christ Schultz
Ill
Pickmere
Fingland
A. Platt
Wincham
Setting Him Right
Dialogue fragment shows two speakers debating a secret and promising not to reveal it. The exchange centers on who told whom what and who promised whom. No clear event, place, or character names emerge from the excerpt.
Riverdale Clerk Offers Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Jacosn A DECKLAR, Clerk, Riverdale Village, announces licenses available by call or visit to either office or residence. Residents may apply in person for hunting or fishing permits.
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Jacosn A
Decklar
Riverdale
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Kinney Brothers
Indiana Ave
Dalton Station
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Village Board
August C. Reich
Jacob A. Decklar
Ancient Order United Workmen
A. O. U. W. Hall
Richard Hoppe
Herman Kalas
John F. Boetteger
Calumet Camp
Schwab's Hall
F. Kinney
O. Obeldobel
L. F. Kipley
Catholic Order Foresters
Conrad Kern
John E. Kinney
Nicholas Simon
Peter Kipley
Knights OF the Modern Maccabees
A. Q. A. W Hall
R. Schaefer
John Harter
Co. Vandenberg
George Washington Lodge
Ls. A
N. A
Lund’s Hall
Lincoln
Chicago Aves
Dalton, Ill
White
Co. Dd. Culler
Ladies Auxiliary
Cc. H. Dally
H. Fuller
W. West
Dalton State
138Th Street
Illinois
Illinois Central Time Card
Randolph St. Riverdale
South Riverdale
North
A. F. Reich
Chi
St.l
Chicago S
Dolton North Bound
Indiana
A. R
Chicago North Bound
Dalton
Hunting and Fishing License
A. J. Parker, M.D
D.D.S
Leyden Avenue
Fordtran Bros
Blue Island
Chicago Heights
Andrew Baumgartner
Justice Or the Peace Notary Public
Chattel
Vllage
Ial
Tel
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago St. Dolton, Hi
Ernst Hanschmann
137Th Street
Riverdale, Ill
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
Geo. Tuch
H.R. Penfield
St. Highlawn
Uniont Council
Shibagg
Calumet
Thornton
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