Women's Relief Corps and Men's Association Meeting Notes
The Women's Relief Corps Brenner Corps No 279 meets the fourth Friday at 2 PM and 4 PM at the Village Hall Riverdale with Mrs Emily Claussen as president and Mrs Dorothy Niemeyer as secretary. The Business Men's Association convenes the first Wednesday at 8 PM at U W Hall Dolton with Henry J Diliner as president, Frank O Bergold as recording secretary, Henry Hahn as financial secretary, and O Obeldobel as treasurer.
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Village Boards
Village Board
Dolton
Dalton
Thos. Harper
Henry Hahn
Ancient Order United Workmen
A. O. U. W. Hall
Richard Hoppe
Chas, C. Schnoor
John F. Boettger
Henry W. Schnoor
Village Hall
Riverdale
Andrew Baumgartner
O, Oberdobel
Henry Mohrbanker
Baele
Catholic Order Foresters
Gonrad Kern
John £. Kinney
Albert Schumann
Peter Kipley
Treas Rer
Women’s Catholic Order Foresters
Shursday
kKiverdale
Mia
Magdalen Kipley
Ais
Immu Kelly
Jvs
Catharine Kurz
Brickmakers’ Local Union No. B
William J. Albrecht
Albert Kasten
Andrew Messerschmidt
Riverdale Improvement Association
T. F. Kinney
Behafer
K. A. Reich
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Fred Ludwig
Geo. I. Koeller
Herman Dreesen
Women's Relief Corps
A. W. Brenner Corps
Emily Claussen
Dorothy Niemeyer
Business Men’s Association
Dolton Seeks Bids for Single Phase Wagner Motor
The Village of Dolton will receive bids on November 7 1910 at 7 oclock p m for a single phase Wagner Electric Manufacturing Company Type A J 15 horsepower motor from its water plant. Bids opened at the regular board meeting in Dolton Cook County Illinois. Village Clerk Henry Darn and President Thomas Tarper announce the sale and publication in The Pointer.
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Dolton
Iglo
Village All
Hlineis
Wagner Kreetne — Manufacturing Company
Ordimance
Wagner Electric Manufacturing Company, Type -\. Co
Board of ‘Trustees
Cook County
Illinois
Bett
Pointer
Henry Darn
Thomas Tarper
Death rate in 1909 US falls to 15 per 1000
A census bureau bulletin reports 1909 mortality at 15 per 1000, the lowest on record for cities and states with death registration. Deaths total 732,538 with males comprising over 398,000, highest in March and lowest in June, England at 14 per 1000 noted as slightly lower.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
England
Save Your Eyes and Protect Vision in School
The Board of Health warns that long school terms increase eye strain. In 1909 health inspectors found 21,842 of 123,897 examined children had defective vision. Proper lighting and eye care in class are essential, and headaches from bad air or light often indicate eye strain requiring an oculist.
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Department of Health
Board of Health
Once in a Hundred Years Phenomenon Noted in Calendar
The passage notes a rare time when the tenth hour of the tenth day in the tenth month of the tenth year occurs once per century. It recalls ancient divination by numbers, with scholars predicting wars and earthquakes during such moments.
Treatment Against Seasickness From Naval Surgeon
A retired naval surgeon advises abdominal compression to prevent seasickness and prescribes eight hours of fasting before embarkation. He recommends wrapping the body with a tight webbing bandage multiple times for effect.
A Secret Tragedy
An Atchison woman reached out to a friend by phone this morning and told a lengthy confession. Realizing she had the wrong number, the caller asked to speak to Mrs. A. and then explained a great secret before being told the line did not connect to Mrs. A.
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Atchison
Mrs. A
Atchison Globe
Explosions in France Precede Courrieres Disaster
The Courrieres mine disaster in 1906 followed a history where no French explosion in the previous fourteen years killed more than nine men. Almost twelve hundred workers died in Courrieres, marking a stark contrast to earlier incidents.
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France
Courrieres
Pup Prices Spark Quick Lesson in Value
In a brief exchange from The Delineator, Robert asks Uncle Bill the price of the pups. Uncle Bill replies about two dollars each, prompting Robert to question the use of a single pup and the wisdom of paying per animal.
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Robert
Uncle Bill
License Drinks Proposed at Tri-State Medical Meeting
St Louis plan urges a licensed drinking system where every citizen must obtain a license for spirits and gloom dispellers. If an offense occurs the fine goes to the city or state and benefits the offender’s relatives.
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St. Louis
Tri-State Medical Society
Medical Inspection in Schools Gains Support
Medical inspection in schools grows in popularity as a fiscally prudent program for taxpayers. It helps nip epidemics in the bud, reducing bills for nurses and doctors and preventing suffering, by keeping schools under medical supervision to defend against contagious diseases.
Ohio nomination remark echoes a tailor’s tale
Harmon, renominated in Ohio, criticized an opponent’s argument in a good natured dig that recalled a Dayton anecdote. He told of a young woman on a piazza busy with sewing who fretted about a coat button badly sewn by her husband’s tailor.
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Clovernor Judson Harmon
Ohio
Dayton
Litttle
Robert
Pedler’s Acre Portrait in Lambeth Church Historics
In Lambeth England an old church displays a full length window of a pedler with his pack staff and dog. The figure is said to honor the unknown donor who gave Pedler's Acre to the parish with a condition that his portrait and his dog be preserved in the church and the animal buried in consecrated ground.
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Pedler
Women, Influence on Drama and the Modern Stage
George Alexander discusses women as a major social force and audience force in theatre. He notes women are free agents now, attend performances in large numbers, and demand better seating and varied offerings. He urges providers to cater to women and their companions with suitable fare.
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George Alexander
London
Conductor Demands Fare from Stranger for Child
A Dorchester car conductor, exhausted by crowding, insisted a man pay fare for a little girl on the running board. The man refused, arguing his rights. He finally offered a quip that the child was not his and not with him.
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Dorchester
Boston Herald
British plan to raise cats in India sparks poison rodent fears
The article notes India faces deadly snakes like cobra and Russell's viper killing many annually while the British government considers a wholesale cat-raising program to combat the plague threat. This bold idea highlights fears of rat-borne disease and the potential scale of public health measures.
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India
For Sale items and land listings in Riverdale area
Numerous property listings include 40 acre and 80 acre improved farms with houses, 8 acre town property with brick house, Oakglen and Lansing locations, irrigated lands across Idaho to Washington, lots on Main and Lincoln in Dolton, and general land for sale across the United States. Also sale ads for boiler, gas range, buggy harness, and furniture. Contact The Pointer office for details and inquiries.
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Oakglen
Lansing
Joan C. Ton
Ill
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Washington
Dickman
Main
Grant Streets
Dolton
Grant Street
Lincoln Ave
Lincoln Avenue
Chicago Street
L. F.kipley
Pointer
Rouse
Riverdale
Dalton
Pony
Bath
United States
Canada
Real Estate Dealers Association
A.S Diekman
J H Harris Announces Engineering and Contracting Services
J H Harris of 147th Street and Paulina Avenue offers construction engineering contracting including engine and foundation work, millwright and steam fitting, house heating with steam or hot water, and estimates for new or second hand machinery. Telephone Harvey 1872.
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J. H. Harris
West Harvey
147Th Streeple and
Paulina Avenue
Telephone
Harvey 1872
North Riverdale time series unclear data in OCR trail
Fragments show scattered times and codes from North Riverdale data run including early morning hours and late evening entries. Recovered items include 4 44 a.m. 7 38 a.m. 11 58 a.m. 6 19 p.m. 6 23 p.m. 7 59 p.m. 10 39 and other digits and letters with no coherent event or context.
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Riverdale
Zoo
Irloo
Zio
Daily Exc Eastbound Schedule Clarified
Saturday only and Sunday only services noted Daily except Saturday and Sunday. Daily No 67 leaves 47th Street at :57 a m arriving at South Holland at 6 45 a m.
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Chicago S
Dalton
47Th Street
South Holland
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Indiana Ave
Dalton Station
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
F. W. Schmidt
Geo. L. Koehler
George Washington Lodge
U. of N. A
A. O.U. W. Hall
John O'Brien
Geo. W. Luckenbill
Secy and
Treas
Dolton School
Park Avenue
Riverdale Board
Bowen School
H. P. Motor
Roy, Mn
Obels
Paul Middleborn
Atlantic Street
Llinos
Dei
Randolph Street
Randolph St
South Riverdale
North
RIV
Erdale
Chicago
Dalton Wit
Indiana
R.R
Fordtran Bros
Blue Island
Chicago Heights
Claude J. Dalenberg
Unity
Dearborn St
Randolph
W.pullman
Roseland
Birkhoff's
Michigan
Dolton Bakery
William Minardow
WM. C. Zesch
Midway
Leyden Avenue
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Carl Wolfe
Dolton, Ill
Edward F. Dillner
Summer Garden
Chicago St. Dolton, Lif
Fred J. Ott
Chicago St. Dolton, Ill
GEO
Tuch
137Th Street
Grant Bros. General Machinists
West
137Th St
I. C
Gopynicuts &c
Munn & Co
Racelv
Scientific Ammericatt
Terma
Newadcalera
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