Old Contractor Henry Koehncke Proven Leader In Riverdale Building Trade
Henry Koehncke Sr. of Riverdale, born 1860 in Elmshorn Germany, is a long respected mason and contractor with twenty five years in the area. He emigrated in 1880 and later worked on local projects including Riverdale Village Hall and the Dolton State Bank, and held leadership roles in the Riverdale Voluntary Fire Co. and local business groups. He and his wife Sophia Rampke have eleven children, nine living, with several sons and daughters employed in local industries.
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Elmshorn
Holstein
Germany
Riverdale
Iowa
Chicago
Cook County
Court House
Sophia Rampke
Henry Jr
Pope
Lizzie
Santa Fe
Sophia
Martha
John
Clara
Mildred
Mabel
Herald
Koehncke
Reich’s
Schmuidt
Dr. Schmidt
Aug. Bounse
Dr. Thomsen
Dolton State Bank
Dolton
Dolton Sewer Public Hearing Notice 1907
The Dolton Board of Local Improvements invites property owners to a public meeting at the Village Hall on Friday September 25 1907 at 4:00 p m to discuss the proposed sewer system including its extent nature and estimated cost. The board may modify details by the public hearing and any person may be heard on necessity nature or cost. Thomas Tarper president and George Schaefer clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Local Improvements
Dolton
Thomas Tarper
George Schaefer
Local Union 5 delegates head to Indianapolis convention
Charley Dickelman Henry Thildenorf and John Carter left Sunday for Indianapolis to attend the International Brick Tile and Terra Cotta Workers Convention as delegates from Local Union No. 5 Dolton.
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Charley Dickelman
Henry Thildenorf
John Carter
Indianapolis
Dolton
Locals Clam Bake and community notices in Riverdale area
Riverdale locals report a clam bake at Riverdale Park, visits to West Point Iowa, Kalamazoo Michigan and Robinson Ohio, and church organ plans at Dalton for 1950 dollars. Posts include railroad staff movements, the Fire Co supplies, and neighborhood shifts. Local addresses and names highlight community life with many named residents and families.
Illinois Central to Erect Gates at 137th and 138th Streets
Proceedings of the Illinois Central board meeting held Tuesday September 10 recount gate installations at crossings 137th and 138th streets and a proposed tower operated gate system. Other items include street lighting issues, drainage work on Indiana Avenue, slag shipments for Blue Island road, and police insignia orders. Local social notes mention guests, a Knights of Security picnic, and a Lansing farm for sale.
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Illinois Central
138Th Streets
Reich
Bead
Arecent
Bonse
United States Brewing Company
Goos
Hameister
Pope
Indiana Avenue
Neimeyer
Blue Island Road
John Willig
Halsted Street
T. F. Sweat Sr
137Th
138Th Street
137Th Crossing
Logan
Highlawn
Bills Logan
Finance Committee
Gamewell Fire Alarm Co
Police Fire and Water Committee
Riverdale plans to form regional drainage group at Harvey meeting
A coalition of Riverdale Improvement Association Business Men's Association and village boards from Riverdale Dalton and surrounding towns will meet at Harvey City Hall to form a permanent regional drainage organization. The effort follows years of tax levies for Calumet Canal work and delayed progress under the drainage board. John Slavina, a bridge carpenter on the Kensington and Eastern Railroad bridge over the Calumet River east of Riverdale, was killed last Friday in a accident involving two pilings. he was 40 and lived in Toledo Ohio.
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11. White
August Siefert
Moss Doris
Bill Hinkle
Saratoga
Ind
Hinkle
Jenness
Dalton
Theresa Flick
St Mary’s School
Horan
Chicago Fire Department
Riverdale Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1
Wirtz
Riverdale
Terre Haute
Lorenz Ripley
Dalton State Bank
Southwest
Chas. Nelmeyer
Wabash Avenue
137Th Street
William Vonkothen
Knudsen VonKothen Manufacturing Co
Neimeyer
A. C. White
Colon
Panama
Government
New York
Canal Zone
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Gus Schultz
North Judson
Tlinois Central
Gus
Tie
Riverdale Improvment Association
Business Men's Association
Dalton Village Board
Riverdale Village Board
Harvey
City Hall
Calumet Canal
Chicago Tribune
Remy
United States
Drainage Board
Calumet
Sanitary District
Secretary of War
United States Supreme Court
Calumet Channel
John Slavina
New Kensington
R. R
Calumet River
Toledo
Ohio
Night Rowdies Patrol Wagon Chase Arrests Riverdale Boys
Citizens on Leyden avenue heard pistol shots as Marshal Vanderan pursued two men in a buggy toward Riverdale. Officers blocked streets near Wildwood, took Jack Bershinski and Wm. Grotzinger to the Chicago police, while the rowdies escaped. The rig owners were later released after explanations.
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Leyden Avenue
Marshal Vanderan
Dalton
Kensington
Riverdale
Paul Simnick
Pullman
Jack Bershinski
Wm. Grotzinger
Wildwood
Jack
Bill
Chicago Police Department
Ruskin on Manual Labor and Social Harm
Ruskin argues against separating intellect from manual labor and exposing class disdain. He insists workers should think and thinkers work, making both true gentlemen in the best sense.
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Ruskin
Business Men's Special Kills Youth Near 106th Street
A 19 year old named Gygork was killed aboard the Illinois Central Business Men's Special at 106th Street Friday evening. He lived at 10783 Perry Avenue and worked in the Pullman shops. The body was taken to Clooney's morgue in the Arcade building.
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Ilinois Central
106Th Street
Gygork
Pullman
Clooney’s
Morgue
Arcade
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Kocincke, Sr
Mason and Bulding
Henry KorHscker, SR
Dolton Sewer
Riverdale Park
Cook
Fred
West Point
Fred Smith
Kalamazoo Mich
J. M. Deam
Robinson
Mrs. Dent
Imma Wickman
Bertha Wickman
Normal Park, Ill
Wisconsin
St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church
F. Sole
Kreemont
Jennie C. Dolton
Forsp
Rippe’s Park
Fred Yates
Joliet, Hl
View Tr. G. Tland
Clifton D. Tland
Fred Douglas
Saginaw, Mich
Prairie Avenue
Luana
Carrie Baker
Zanesville
Knights and Ladies of Security
Dillner’s Grove
Eiverybody
Lansing Il
A. S. Diekman
B. R. Logan
Hazel
Aurora Ill
Fred L. Logan
Evanston Canal
Evanston
M. B. Hubbard
St. Paul, Minn
Wanda Vety
Beloit
Wis
John Krug and
Praine Avenue
A. C. Reich
Night Rowdies
Marshal Vanderaa
Dolton State Bank Building
Lincoln Avenue
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