McCormick Stumps for City Charter Referendum
President McCormick of the Board of Sanitary Trustees campaigns for the new city charter calling it a master piece of legislation. He notes a prior pledge to provide pure drinking water via an auxiliary canal, and cites Chicago still drinking sewage. Also: Corneliis P Schoon and family visit from Munster Indiana. Schoon, once Riverdale resident, becomes Munster town clerk and eight year township assessor.
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McCormick
Board of Sanitary Trustees
Chicago
Calumet
Lake Michigan
Calumet River
Corneliis P. Schoon
Munster
Ind
Labor Day
Simon
Riverdale
Mr. Schoon
Remember the Sabbath Day in Dolton IL
Rev T C Tanis argues in the Pointer that playing baseball on Sunday is unwise. He cites Exodus 20:8 and urges Christians to keep Sunday holy as a day of rest worship and spiritual improvement. He warns that Sabbath neglect harms public conscience and national character.
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Israel
Christ the Lord
Devine
America
Rev
T. C
Tanis
Dolton
Clerks edge Dolton Athletics in crowded baseball clash
A packed crowd watched the C. & E. I. clerks defeat the Dolton Athletics in a 4 to 8 game after a long, contentious match. Key plays included Kruse stealing bases, Ginter reaching on errors, and a late controversial call at third base ending the contest. The Roseland Eclipse beat the D. A. C.s 7–0, with a special 2:00 train to Chicago Heights noted for fans.
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C. & E. I. Clerks
Dolton Athletics
Revene
Willis
McGinnis
Ginter
Hogan
Hi Vandenberg
Walkerly
Fallen
Roach
Gorman
Donlin
McDonald
Fallon
Swanson
Ralph Vandenberg
Grapenthien
Koehler
Walsh
Ralph
Packard
Kruse
Jack Kruse
Cobert
Fackard
Meyer
Kidney
Athletics
Roseland Eclipse
Chicago Heights
Dalton
Infant Charles Scott Dies in Delton
Charles infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles Scott of Delton died last Wednesday at 5:00 am from convulsions. Funeral was held this morning at St Marys Catholic church Riverdale Rev Father Riss officiating. Interment followed at Mt Olive cemetery. The bereaved couple receive community sympathy.
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Charles
Charles Scott
Delton
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Riverdale
Father Riss
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Mr. Scott
Telephone savings and rates offered by Chicago Telephone
An editorial urging households to adopt telephone service as a cheap daily expense. It argues every man alive without a home telephone is failing to economize, noting that the service saves its cost and that Chicago Telephone Company has rates for all purses.
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Chicago
Telephone Feompany
Report of the First National Bank of Dolton August 22 1907
Report of the condition shows Loans and Discounts at 55702.02 and total assets 83421.06. Liabilities include capital stock 20000 and deposits 32107.38 with directors Brake Diekman Weidner and cashier Horace Holmes sworn by Notary Z A Neff on August 27 1907.
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First National Bank of Dolton
Dolton
Ilinois
U.S
National Bank
Soni I
Horace Holmes
County of
Cook
Carl Brake
Andrew
Diekman
Robert Weidner
Z. A. Neff
For Sale Two 60 Acre Parcels Near Hammond Illinois
40 acres at Lincoln avenue and Range Line Road near Hammond priced at 175 per acre. 20 acres north of 154th street adjoining the 40 at 125 per acre. Also 5 acre parcels from the 20 acre section at 150 per acre if sold by September 1. Owner A. B. Diekman of Dalton Illinois.
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Lincoln Avenue
Range Line Road
Hammond
154Th Street
Diekman
Dalton, Ill
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Kinney Brothers
Indiana Ave
Dalton Station
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Ill
BASE
The
Colby and
Finley
Rippe Athletic Club
First National Bank
Total
Township
Range 14
Wm. Bachmann
Cook County
Phaeton
John E. Schafer
H. Zimmer
Chicago Street
Washington Street
A. S. Diekman
Steam Launch
Riverdale Park
Wm. H. Rippe
Carl Baake
Board OF Directors
DR. M. R. Weidner
John S. Vandeursen
Uncle Sam
Andrew Baumgartner
Tel
A. H. Teitgen
138Th Street
Park Avenue
Bock’s Orchestra
John Schug
Lincoln Ave
William Bissert
Leyden
Riverdale, Illinois
Chicago St. Dalton
Telpehone Riverdale
Dolton State Bank
Lake Side Drug Company
A. C. Brendecke
Leyden Avenue
Ada Hahn
Postoffice
Fred J. Ott
Camill Beck
Chicago St
Washington Avenue
Illinois
Telephone
137Th St. Riverdale
F. O. Bergold
Riverdale N
H. J. Horn Sample Room
Cor
134Th St
Carl Wulff
R. Schwarz
138Th St. Dolton Ill
Richard Buschking
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