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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
8
Henry Koehncke Jr., time keeper at Pope Sugar Beet Works, was struck by a hoisting elevator while crossing between buildings last Wednesday at 1 15. The elevator descended, cutting his scalp and causing a few scratches. he received immediate aid and stitches, then went home. He vows to avoid passing under the hoisting elevator in the future.
George Diehl Sr of Dalton lost sight in his left eye after a small woodcutting wound. He was treated by an eye specialist at Luther Hospital in Chicago but the sight could not be saved. Diehl previously ran a grocery and nation store business in Dalton and later worked as a city salesman for Hand Knit Hosiery Co. of Chicago.
Jacob Sparling of Essexville Michigan, once millright at Pope Sugar Beet Works, suffered extreme burns after falling into a sluiceway at Madison Wisconsin. He has undergone 9 months of grafting totaling over 1000 inches of skin from donors, with assistance from James Sparling and Floyd Vegal. He now ambulates on crutches and sues for 50000 dollars alleging company negligence.
St Marys Roman Catholic Church lists services for Sunday September 15 with First Mass at 8:00 a.m. High Mass and sermon at 7:30 p.m. Sunday School and Christian Doctrine at 2:30 p.m. Solemn reception into the Sodality at 3:00 p.m. Weekday fast days noted with prayers. Rev. A A Riss, Pastor.
Autumn brings croups colds and pneumonia and a telephone can summon a doctor instantly. Chicago Telephone Company offers a low rate for every purse so no one is too poor to afford protection.
Local No. 3 International Steam Engineers of Chicago sent a large program last Sunday. It included about 40 pages of advertising and the biography of officers. Recording Secretary Charles Graff of Chicago is a brother of Mrs. F. L. Logan of Riverdale.
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