Calumet Canal Work Begins After Long Delay
Contractors Forschner and Sexton started Section 4 of the Calumet canal project on September 18 seven miles west of Blue Island. The 28 mile ditch will connect the main channel to the Calumet river with a three to four year construction span costing about 6 million dollars. A formal opening is set for September 29 with officials and civic groups in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet Canal
Forschner & Sexton
Blue Island
Sanitary District
Calumet River
South Side
Finn
Thomas A. Smyth
Drainage Board
Calumet District
Riverdale
Dalton
Ninety-second Street
Lake Michigan
Anniversary Celebration and Fire Memory at Village Hall
The 10th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fones included a card party with tinware prizes. Out of town guests joined the event as a fire at the Dickelman building near the J. C. depot was recalled. William Nerche spotted the blaze early. a bucket brigade formed due to no water system, aiding nearby structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fones
Lenever
Frieda Greiling
Leonard Fones
Tom Johnston
Cornelius Vischer
Otto Leu
Mra
Geo. Smith
James and
William
Dickelman
J. C
Fred Logan
William Nerche
Logan
Fones
Peter Wipley
A. G. Reich
Lawrence
Riverdale Plans Bonds to Build Water Works
Trustees Rau Walter Forbes G A Schmidt L G Reich Hery Kruegr and George Shilmer move to issue bonds and construct a water system to meet village needs at lowest cost. Reich chairs the motion as the board aims for a top waterworks for a town of Riverdale’s size, after six months of touring and inspecting plans led by Gus Reich and Walter Forbes.
Boy Scouts Tonight Talk By D W Pollard
D W Pollard field secretary of the Boy Scouts of America Chicago will speak tonight at the Dalton M E Church to Scouts and friends illustrated on scout work. Ev erybody is invited to attend this rally. Louisa Milhahn had a incident at Berger school last Tuesday when boys playing with sharp sticks struck below her eye but no permanent injury occurred.
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D. W. Pollard
Boy Scouts of America
Chicago
Will Alk
The
Boy Scouts and Friends
Dalton M. E
Louisa Milhahn
Henry Milhahn
Berger School
Local and Personal News Highlights from the Community
Community notes recount visits and movements including Otto and Ramphke families, Hureha Ella Sellhorn Tillie Rampke in Saxony Indiana, Helen Wulff to Holstein Germany, and Mrs Davis selling a restaurant for medical reasons. Itemized mentions cover moves to Dalton, Riverdale, new contracts in Dolton, and local business and staff changes with dates and short anecdotes.
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Otto Lentz
Wm Ramphke
Hureha
Ella Sellhorn
Tillie
Dora
Hattie Rampke
Fred Rampka
Saxony
Ind
Sharp Shooters Park
Our German Poet and the Streetcar Controversy
A narrator recalls a German voice from a past era laments streetcar mismanagement and aldermanial indifference. He recalls Mr Van and a plan to buy streetcar stock to run them in favor of workers, urging unity against politicking. The piece blends satire with local political frustrations and nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley
Fion and Block
Van
First Beets Arrive at Pope Beet Sugar Works
Emil Verhoeven delivered the first load of sugar beets this season to the Pope Beet Sugar Works on Thursday September 23 at 1 30 p m. Plant ready to start cutting once sufficient beets arrive.
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Emil Verhoeven
Pope Beet Sugar Works
Schroeder Misa Florence Schroeder Weds W R Mong in Chicago
Florence Schroeder daughter of Mr and Mrs Leopold Schroeder of Berger married W R Mong in Chicago on Wednesday afternoon September 27. The couple will reside in Evanston Illinois and will be at home to friends after November 1.
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M.F. Patterson
Florence
Chester
Harry
Dayton
Ohio
Harold Stanley
Han+y
Chicago
C.J Hasney
Yard Center
Dalton
Grosbeck
Texas
Henry Milhahn
Misa Florence Schroeder
Leopold Schroeder
Berger
W. R. Mong
Evanston
Ill
The Strategy of Anne at Lund's Hall Dolton
Photoplay at Lund's Hall in Dolton every day with doors at 7 p.m. Matinee 3 15 to 6. Sunday programs include a boarding school comic photoplay. Amusing entertainment for all ages. Children invited in the afternoon. Managed by John Hruby.
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Anne
John Hruby
Mgr
Dressmaking class notice seeks Riverdale entrants
Notice to young ladies reading this issue inviting enrollment in a dressmaking and cutting class for next term. Send a postal card to Mrs J J Weigand, Paxton, Illinois, Riverdale and elsewhere. This may be her last class in Riverdale.
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Pointer
Riverdale
Addreas
J. J. Weigand
Paxton, Il
Schwab’s Store to Close Monday for Oct 2 Holiday
Notice states Schwab’s store will be closed all day on Monday October 2 and will reopen the following day in the morning. Community customers advised to plan accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwab
A Etora
Opan
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Calumet Channel
Calumet Lag
Boy Scouts
Helen Wulff
Holstein Germany
Sue Capecie Doen Te
Rivadale
Martin Davis
Mess Lousa Lotz
Travle River
Wis
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Danville Press
Logansport
van Deursen Bros
Schmidt
Highblown
138Th Street
Wentworth Avenue
137Th Street
Homewood
Sam
Henry Dreger
New Ulm
Minn
Antone Stiemann
Adolph Reich
St. Joe
Mich
Lincoln Avenue
Dolton
Reich
Horace Holmes
First National Bank
J.berhardt
F.R Baker
Zanesville
A. B Hinkle
Saratoga
J. M. Deam
Hinkle
Pennsylvania Company
Mae
Fles
West Pullman
Stram
Calumet Weekly
Inder
Golly
Mr. Beaucamp
Lund's Hall
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