Odd Fellows Wealth Manifests Strong Fraternal Presence
Denver prompts opening of the annual Independent Order of Odd Fellows session as delegates are escorted by military groups from the Brown Palace to the Auditorium. Gov. Buchtell and Mayor Speer welcome the assembly. Grand Sire Conway hails the order with 1,800,000 members and a $60.6 million reserve fund. John L. Nolan of Nashville to succeed Conway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Brown Palace
N. A. Buchtell
Robert W. Speer
Joseph Newitt
Colorado Department of Odd Fellows
E. S. Conway
John L. Nolan
E. 8. Conway
Nashville, Tenn
Thanking Donors After September Dance
Peter Verhoeven and Young's Orchestra are thanked by Curr D. Hanp and Riverdale Hose Company No. 1 for their part in a dance held last Saturday night. The note wishes others never to need such aid and expresses sincere gratitude from all friends.
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Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Peter Verhoeven
Young
D. Hanp
High School Notes and Community Reflections
Garrit Reitveld has nearly recovered and returns to school. Pupils push to form a literary club to educate and entertain with public speaking, debate, and music. A junior hay ride at Oakglen hosted by Mr. A Wood with a luncheon. Arthur Harms attended. A commentary urges business interest in town growth and fair recognition of the newspaperman's labor.
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Garrit Reitveld
Oakglen
Cook County
A. Wood
Wood
Arthur Harms
Dalton
Dress Making and Tailoring at 519 Lincoln Avenue
Shirt waists priced 75 cents and up Skirts from 2 dollars and up Tailored suits a specialty First class work guaranteed Dolton Illinois location listed for the dressmaking service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Avenue
Dolton, Il
Riverdale Clerk Announces Hunting and Fishing License Access
Jacob A. Decklar, Clerk of the Village of Riverdale, announces that anyone desiring a hunting or fishing license can obtain one by calling at his office or residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob A. Decklar
Riverdale
HURRYING COURSE OF NATURE
The piece argues farm life improvements come from three drivers the telephone the trolley and good roads and notes better urban contact is spreading. It urges extending this trend nationwide and supports Roosevelt’s commission to study rural progress.
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Roosevelt
Wall Street Journal
Howitzers and Their Field Use Described
The article explains how howitzers fire to set fire to buildings breach mud walls and reach enemies behind cover. It notes they use common shells spherical case shot and sometimes round shot with trunnions mounted in the middle.
Demented Man Detained After Found Near Barn
Police took a demented man found by B Van Dreal at a large barn on 167th street to the detention hospital after he asked to be taken to the police station and mentioned a $500 reward. He claimed to need plowing and spoke of Center avenue houses not suitable for growing watermelons. Officers later confirmed his condition and identified him as Charles Brower, likely from Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. van Dreal
Big Barn
167Th Street
Mr. van Dreal
Indiana
Starvey Tribune Citizen
Card of Thanks for Kalas Family
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and relatives for their sympathy during our great sorrow after the loss of our dearly beloved wife and mother. Herm an Kalas and children.
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Herman Kalas
Unclear Riverdale Timing Transcript Brief
Fragmentary OCR data from North Riverdale times lists scattered numbers and timestamps. No coherent events, entities, or actions emerge to summarize into a fuller news item.
FOR SALE Notices in The Pointer Office
Frisco, Chi. & East. N for sale a fine oil stove cost 25 dollars in first class condition will be sold cheap. Also for sale a fine imported Prim Zither and a black cat with lucky traits all at The Pointer office. Lost a policemans star No 8 at the Athletic baseball grounds Labor Day return to clerks office Dolton. Lost on Lincoln avenue a black leather handbag containing purse with 20 dollars and keys return to Pointer office for reward.
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Pointer
Policemans
Labor Day
Dolton
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Business Men's Carnival Planned in Chicago Heights Coliseum
Chicago Heights will host a Business Men's Carnival from October 6 to 10 featuring an exhibit of the city’s various lines of business. The event emulates the large Chicago shows and has attracted leading merchants, signaling a strong, assured success.
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Chicago Heights
Chicago
Forty Acres for Sale Near Lansing Illinois
FOR SALE 40 acres of good land suitable for truck farming One mile south of Lansing Ill For particulars write or inquire of Mrs Christ Schultz Lansing Ill
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Lansing
Christ Schultz
Ill
20 Acres For Sale In Dolton Illinois
20 acres of land available for purchase at a low price. Description cites 3 percent of northwest section 18 township 36 range 15. Address owner Wm Bachmann Dolton Illinois.
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N. W
Wm. Bachmann
Dolton, Ill
Why She Could Not Tell
A short comic anecdote from Youths Companion where Mrs. Tribbles forgets the sermon text after a moth distraction. She explains the moth caused her to press her handkerchief and lose the memory of the text. Mr. Tribbles questions the lapse as churchgoers share the humorous misfire.
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Jane
Mr. Tribbles
Mrs. Tribbles
Secret gold claim on Brush Mountain farm revealed
David Henry told W. B. Bancroft of Altoona Pennsylvania after keeping silent for 26 years that gold lies on Bancroft's Brush Mountain farm. Henry found the gold while drilling a well a quarter century ago and could not raise funds to buy it. Bancroft will begin prospecting immediately.
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David Henry
W. B. Bancroft
Altoona
Brush Mountain
Henry
Bancroft
Modest Precaution Sparks Office Exchange
An official explains the department’s heavy red tape stance to delay mistakes. The remark, quoted in Texchange, stresses cautious procedures amid inquiries about bureaucratic delays.
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Texchange
Doubles of Thin People Questioned by Photographer
A photographer argues that thin people rarely have duplicates while noting many lookalikes among stout individuals. He suggests heavy bodies fill angles and hollows, reducing individual outlines and making matching chins noses and eyes more common.
Caribou Stock Placed on Stock Island in Superior
Stock Island in the Superior area has been stocked with caribou. The island earned its name from a history of caribou presence, marking it as a former home for the animals.
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Stock Island
Superior
Caribou Island
Animala
The Continent Lemuria and Madagascar Link
The article describes a supposed prehistoric continent named Lemuria that covered much of the Indian Ocean with Madagascar cited as a remnant. It notes Sclater’s naming of Lemuria from monkey like animals said to inhabit it.
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Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Sclater
Lemura
Cheerful Ignorance on Writing Acceptances and Regrets
A witty woman of supposed wisdom notes how many people mishandle acceptances and regrets for entertainments. She suggests a professional write service, admitting she herself does not know much about the proper form.
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Kinney Brothers
Indiana Ave
Dalton Station
Jass Matter
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Village Boards
M. Thos
Harper
Geo. H. Schaefer
Village Board
August C. Reich
Ancient Order United Workmen
A. O. A. W. Hall
Richard Hoppe
John F. Boetteger
Ene
Gallant Hall
F Kinney
O. Obeldobel
L. F. Kipley
Catholic Order Foresters
Conrad Kern
John E. Kinney
Nicholas Simon
Peter Kipley
Women’s Catholic Order Foresters
Magdalen Ripley
Emma Kelly
Catharine Kurz
Knights OF the Modern Maccabees
R. Schaefer
John Harter
Cc. Vandenberg
Chas. Dickelman
Liienry Hilgendorf
Andrew Messerschmidt
George Washington Lodge
S. A
N. A
Lund’s Hall
Lincoln
Chicago Aves
Dalton, Hil
Ladies Auxiliary
O. U. W. Hall
C. H. Daily
H. Fuller
Thos. Harper
W. West
Business Men’s Association
John Behrens
Frank O. Bergold
Henry Hahn
L. F. Ripley
Riverdale Improvement Association
KF. Sweat
John Ek. Schafer
A. C. Reich
Angst
F. A. Reich
Hose House
Highlawn
Henry Goos
Geo. L. Koehler
Herman Dreesen
Women's Relief Corps
G. W. Spencer
Bertha Sprick
Cora Jenness
Dolton School
Socard
Park Avenue
Riverdale Board
Bowen
Odd Fellows
Hunting and Fishing License
South Holland
Goo Zoo
Randolph St
Frisco,Chi
East
Riverdale Local Ly
Chicago S
North Bound
A. R
Panhandle
P.C.C
St.l
Business Men’s Carnival
WM. C. Zesch
Midway
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
A. J. Parker
M.D. D.D
Leyden Avenue
Fordtran Bros
Blue Island
Andrew Baumgartner
Justice OF the Peace Notary Public
Hal Riverdale
Tel
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago St. Dalton, I
Ernst Hanschmann
137Th Street
Richard Buschking
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Chas. Vandenberg
Oak St
the Pointer
Trades Council
Union
Calumet Or
Thornton Townships
Grant Bros
Carl Wulff
Fred J. Ott
Chicago St. Dolton,ill
West 137Th St
I. C. Depot
Geo. Tuch
H.R. Penfield
St. Highlawn
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