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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
4
A series of unreadable time stamps and partial rail line references appears. The text lists times such as 4:44 am and 7:40 am along with scattered notations like Frisco Chi and East Hl for Chicago and East Hawaii.
Eastbound and northbound service from Chicago at 7.00, 7.09, 9.23, 4.15, 5.14 and 7.05 p.m. Same times for Dalton with a two minute difference each direction.
A Chicago morning paper awarded two prizes of 10 and 5 dollars for essays on the world's greatest man. Winners wrote on Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin, praising honesty, family duty, and service to God country and fellow man.
Thieves broke into the Pan handle warehouse at Dalton last Friday night and stole two cases of whisky billed to August Dickelman. The marshal seeks the culprits. no other items were disturbed.
The Chicago Heights Stars defeated the Dalton Athletics 13 to 3 after surging to a 9 0 lead by the end of the seventh inning. The Stars piled up seven runs in the sixth and added four more in the seventh as Dalton struggled at the plate. Dalton’s crowd of nearly 400, including Jim McLaughlin with megaphones, witnessed a lopsided showing on a hilltop field with a delayed comeback late but unable to overcome the deficit.
The one week mission at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church concluded on Sunday evening September 7. The parishioners attended divine services all week and at 7:30 p.m. the mission closed with a blessing of the mission cross a sermon on heaven and the renewal of baptismal vows by the Rev Missionary who imparted the Papal Blessing to the faithful.
Paul Simnick with Miss Alma Kelly and Mrs. B. F. Doll of Riverdale were returning from West Pullman when their rig collided with another between 133rd and 134th streets. All were thrown into a ditch and suffered severe bruises to hands and bodies.
Last Saturday evening September 7 Fred Reich of Blue Island married Emma Hart of Blue Island. The ceremony was at the bride's home with a feast and well wishers. They honeymooned at St Joe Michigan and will settle in a furnished Blue Island cottage. A derailment near the Illinois Central depot last Tuesday night affected six cars and the engine. Charley Jacobeitz and Katie Diehl will wed tomorrow at the bride's home at the corner of 138th and School Street.
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