Riverdale Board in Regular Meeting October 9
Riverdale trustees discuss September treasurer and collector reports, street and alley cleanups, man-hole covers, catch basins, and ditch work. they authorize engineer appointment, approve bills, and set a bid readvertise for a cement sidewalk on 186th street with a committee coordination on water and sewer matters and a state utilities hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Board
Sellin
Feey
Public Service Company
Brandt
Stiemann
137Th Street
188Th Street
Drainage Committee
Niemeyer
H L. Emerson
Lotz
Riverdale Hose Company
Illinois Fire Men’s Association
Riverdale
Stieman
Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund Helps Soldiers In France
A New York driven campaign funds tobacco for American servicemen in France. Headquarters at 25 West 44th Street. Contributions buy a forty five cent package for twenty five cents with a soldier message back. Stamps and admin costs are donated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Boys In
France
West 44Th Street
New York City
Secretary of War
Secretary of Navy
Audit Company of New York
Irving National Bank of New York
Liberty Bond Drive Stopped in Riverdale and Doyton
Liberty Bonds officials Marcus Aurelius of the Pullman Trust and Savings Bank and F B Hamilton of West Pullman, representing the Flying Squadron Liberty Loan Committee, visited Riverdale and Doyton on Thursday to encourage subscriptions. Citizens are urged to support the second Liberty Loan by paying in installments through local banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Aurelius
Pullman Trust & Savings Bank
F. B. Hamilton
West Pullman
Flying Squadron
Liberty Loan Committee
Riverdale
Doyton
Liberty Loan
L. F. H. Club Calls for Community Help and October 23 Meeting
The Line-From Home Club praises local support for 55 boys and notes thanks from Fred Buendefeldt and Herman Faden for kindness. Members report distributing large red apples and urge others to offer services as they prepare a dandy surprise for the boys. next meeting on October 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Buendefeldt
Herman Faden
Xd Kinney
Overland Trip To Meadville For Gundaker Family Visit
Frank Lund Henry Gundaker and Robert Hanschmanno left Monday for Meadville Pennsylvania to visit Mr Gundaker s relatives for several days. The trip was by Lund s car with plans for Gundaker to see his son Irwin in New York before sailing with the 149th for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lund
Henry Gundaker
Robert Hanschmanno
Meadville
Penn
Mr. Gundaker
Mr. Lund
Bowling Season Opens at Fleischhauer Alleys
The Fleischhauer Bowling Alleys at Indiana Avenue and 134th Street in Riverdale will begin the season with a Saturday opening on October 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleischhauer
Indiana Avenue
134Th Street
Riverdale
Local and Personal News from the Community
Birth announced for Florence Catharine Desjean October 5 1917 weight 8 pounds. George Washington Lodge No 18 S C of MN hosts at Riverside Inn with railroaders in attendance. Miss Florence Bergold visiting Riverdale from Riddle Oregon. Card Party by W R C at Village Hall Dalton October 17 prizes for top players. Banks closed Columbus Day October 12. Frank Wulff honorably discharged from Camp Grant due to defective hearing. Heating delays keep tenants cold. 250 steam fitters rushing to heat buildings. Beula Born dies at four months Dalton October 8 buried Oaklawn Thornton. Alice Wesley dies aged 75 in Dalton October 8 interred in Danville. Ladies Aid of Our Saviors Church meets at Mrs Herman Volknar October 18.
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George Washington Lodge No
S. C
Riverside Inn
Florence Bergold
Riddle
Douglas County
Oregon
Frank Bergold
Riverdale
Lewis H. Bergold
Frank Wulff
Camp Grant
Alice Wesley
David Wesley
Grant Street
Dalton
Danville
Ladies’ Aid of Our Saviors Church
Herman Volknar
Soldier letter from Nogales recalls life in Arizona
Arizona scout Pryt. Ww Menzelaar writes to R. S. Watson in Dalton about good weather and easy drills. He notes Nogales as a small town with crowded evenings, stark Mexican outskirts, tin houses, and single rooms, contrasting Arizona with Illinois while praising army life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Menzelaar
Nogales
Arizona
R. S. Watson
Dalton
Mr. Watson
Illinois
Pryt
Menzelaar Co. Asath Inf
Ariz
For Sale Cook Stove And Oak Heater Bargain
Classified notices offer a cook stove in good condition and a round oak heater for five dollars. Inquiries at 324 E 188th Street Riverdale. Also a wanted second hand base burner hard coal heater through The Pointer. A lost cameo brooch near Illinois Central depot Riverdale and C I depot Dalton. Reward for return to The Pointer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
188Th Street
Riverdale
Illinois Central Depot
The Pointer Free to Soldiers and Sailors
The Pointer offers free copies to soldiers and sailors from Riverdale Dalton South Holland Lansing and nearby. Editors seek photographs of local service members for possible publication in exchange for the paper and request each recipient or their family send their correct address and a uniform photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pointer
Riverdale
Dalton
South Holland
Lansing
Night School Plans At Thornton Township High
Night school at Thornton Township High School attracts strong demand with many enrolled. The first meeting is Monday October 15 at 7 20 pm to outline courses and answer questions. Attendees will enroll and classes will be organized with possible unadvertised offerings including beginning French Trigonometry and a business men physical training class.
Red Cross Branch Meeting Called for Dalton October 15
The Red Cross requests all community members to attend a branch meeting Monday October 15 at 8 p m in Village Hall Dalton. Special invitation goes to South Holland and Thornton Auxiliary officers. President Larry Robinson urges everyone to join and contribute to the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Village Hall
Dalton
South Holland and Thornton
Ilarry Robinson
Code of Beauty And the Schedule Of Beauty
A critical meditation on aesthetic norms and the formalism of beauty. The author questions admiration of conventional standards urging readers to rethink youthful codes and to scrutinize what society calls beauty.
Notice to Debtors from Emil Dormann
An army call-up prompts Emil Dormann to close accounts and request prompt repayment from all who owe him. He states that all orders placed with him will be filled just the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Dormann
Disloyalty in action slanders Red Cross work
An October Chicago Daily News editorial denounces pro-German dissenters spreading disinformation about Red Cross and other war aid agencies. It calls out baseless tales of graft and incompetence, urges readers to demand sources, and warns that repeating such rumors amounts to slander and unpatriotic behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Pointer
Red Cross
Would Make Daddy Sorry Richard Proud of Pompadour
A child admires a new pompadour and imagines his father’s reaction when he comes home. He wonders if his father would be sorry to have his hair cut bald, reflecting a playful family moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Richard
Riverdale Village Seeks Bids for Sidewalk Construction
Notice runs for bids by the Board of Local Improvements Riverdale to 8 p m Wednesday Oct 17 for cement concrete sidewalks 5 feet 4 inches wide along 136th street connecting Indiana Avenue to the alley west of Indiana Avenue. Project covers 1446 square feet 5 inch thick with base and labor. Bids need 16 percent certified check. Details from Wm Lotz chair sidewalk committee Riverdale telephone 571. F O Bergold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Local Improvements
Village of
Riverdale
Wendesday
136Th Street
Indiana Avenue
Wm. Lotz
Village of Riverdale
F.O. Bergold
Also Mentioned on This Page
City of Chicago
Bert Hawes
Ben Wells
Bergold
Developing Co
Grant Bros
Chicago Telephone Co
J. A. Kollar
Dow
Carl Krause
A. Strosinski
Cesarees
Kinney-Hood Co
Diehl
O. K.d
State Utilities Commission
Chicago
Flick
Water Works Committee
Emerson
State Street
School Street
186Th Street
Highlawn Close Company
Hall and Building Committee
Secretary of the Navy
L. F. H. Club
Desjeans
Mamie Ripley
Indianapolis
Ind
Florence Catharine
W.R.C
Beula
Fred
Lincoln Avenue
Oaklawn
Thornton
Thornton Township High School
The
A. O. Benson
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