Business and Riverdale Hose Company Meeting Notices
The Business Men's Association convenes first Wednesday at 8 p.m. at A. VA. U. W. Hall Dalton with J. C. Brookelt as president and Frank Q. Bergold as recording secretary. Riverdale Hose Company No 1 meets first Wednesday monthly at the Hose House Highlawn led by President Fred Ludwig with Gee L. Koehler as secretary and Herman Dreesen as treasurer.
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Business Men’s Association
A. VA
U. W. Hall
Dalton
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Fred Ludwig
Gee. L. Koehler
Herman Dreesen
Women’s Relief Corps Meets at Riverdale Village Hall
The Women’s Relief Corps G W Spencer Post 279 meets the second Friday at 2 PM and the fourth Friday at 2 PM, at Riverdale Village Hall. Bertha Spuck is president and Cora Jenness is secretary. Riverdale Board Directors meet monthly Saturdays at 7 30 PM at Bowen School.
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Riverdale
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F. W. Schmidt
Jaceb A. Decklar
Calumet
Village Hall
Vilage Hall
Rivervale
Magdalen Kipley
G. W. Spencer
Mus
Bertha Spuck
Mars
Cora Jenness
Dolton School Board
Park Avenue
Riverdale Board
Bowen
Mono-rail Plan Through Welham Park to City Island
The American Mono-ral Company will start building a mono-rail line from Welham Park to City Island this autumn. PSC engineers project speeds up to 185 mph on sections with rights of way away from highways, potentially allowing unrestricted headways. If approved by the public, an operating permit for mono-rail express trains on an upper deck may follow on the existing New York elevated routes.
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Mono-ral Company
Welham Park
City Island
Public Service Commission
New York
Gypsies Foiled From Gardner Park by Local Lieutenant
Eleven wagons formed the advance guard of a gypsy caravan that tried to settle near Gardner's Park last week. Lieutenant Mooney, noting community sentiment, compelled the return of $47 paid for a pitch and ordered the travelers to move on. The group had previously courted fortune telling profit and protested the action.
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Gardner’s Park
Mooney
Potential Car Shortage Foreseen by Railway Association
The American Railway Association warns of a possible car shortage within weeks due to a sharp decline in the railcar surplus. In mid August the surplus stood at 207,173 cars, down about 36,000 from the previous two weeks.
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American Railway Association
End of the single-screw era in transatlantic travel
After decades of service the Umbria and Eturia are withdrawn not for wear but because they cannot match the efficiency of modern twin and multi screw engines. They housed the largest single-screw engines ever built and signaled the end of the single-screw compound engine era in cross Atlantic travel.
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Umbria
Eturia
Fear of Rats Triggers Fatal Fall in New York
Mrs. Sarah Nagler of New York died after fearing rats and believing her cat was chasing them. In a panic she leaped from a third story window, overturning a chair and tumbling into the yard below. The event followed her lone observation of noises suggesting a battle with a rat.
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Sarah Nagler
New York
Mra. Nayler
Festival at the Heights Promises New Amusement in Heights
The fall festival planned by L R Harris under the Chicago Heights Concert band promises novelty in the Heights amusements. A parade is set for Saturday Sept 18 led by the queen and her maids of honor, with the queen receiving a diamond ring.
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L. R. Harris
Chicago Heights
the Heights
Rockefeller Eyes Century Wealth Milestone
The report forecasts John D. Rockefeller becoming the first billionaire if he lives to eighty, with Standard Oil adding about 80 million to his fortune in the last two years. Stock values surged to 712, the peak since 1907, and Rockefeller’s wealth is described as inexorably growing despite public charities estimated at 130 million.
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John D. Rockefeler
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Resilience in Adversity Inspires Courage and Distraction
The passage urges bearing trouble with discipline and courage. It counsels facing illness poverty loneliness and loss without giving in, advocating hopeful effort to build a better future even from ruin. It emphasizes turning disaster into progress through steadfast resolve and constructive action.
Inquiring on the Labor of Pleasure in Social Life
A Providence Tribune excerpt recalls a musical gathering where guests left only empty chairs and a grand piano. The host rests his head, the hostess nears collapse, and a butler watches in pity as the piece questions why people pursue pleasure that causes pain and self-sacrifice in social life.
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Providence Tribune
Frisco Chicago and East Illinois Leave Chicago Schedule
Frisco Chi and East III depart Chicago with dawn and morning trains from Dalton at 5.35 and 6.13 am and 7.45 8.23 am 10.40 11.18 am 4.55 D. DL 5.33 pm daily except Sunday with times listed in early timetable style.
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Chicago. S
Dalton
iIgam
Chicago
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