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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1926
Page
4
The clipped note jokes about politics pork at Washington and real estate at the North Pole while commenting on deference to women, progress in race and work, period costumes, sunny philosophy, American softness, advertising by birds, and the abundance of money to spend in Dalton and Riverdale.
Premier Baldwin criticizes English agitators who seek Soviet ideas and urges unions to study U S labor conditions in America. He argues Russia exploits workers while American labor is well paid, prosperous, independent, and highly educated, presenting the United States as a model.
The piece argues government printing undercuts private printers, with the National Editorial Association leading a campaign to remove government from commercial printing. It questions if government should compete with private citizens and highlights buying power of the Treasury as a factor.
The Annual Election for District 148 elects one President and two Board members on Saturday April 10 1926 Polls open 1:00 pm close 7:00 pm Voting places Lincoln Avenue school east of the Illinois Central R R and Highlawn school west of the line Nominations require petitions with at least fifty legal voters names due by midnight March 31 Secretary H Baker.
Notice states that on Saturday April 10 1926 voters in School District No 151 Cook County Illinois will elect a president for one year and two board members for three year terms. Polls open 1 p m to 5 p m at the Village Hall. Board of Education of the district issues the notice dated March 22 1926 signed by G W Walvoord president and P Dalenberg clerk.
Official notice states election Tuesday April 6 1926 for Calumet Township Cook County Illinois. Polls open 7 am to 5 pm outside Chicago and 6 am to 4 pm inside Chicago with listed addresses for wards and polling places in Blue Island Riverdale and Chicago’s 8th and 19th wards.
The notice lists street addresses and states the officers to be elected: one Supervisor, one Clerk, one Assessor, for full terms. The Town Meeting at Chicago and Vermont Streets in Blue Island Illinois runs between 2 and 3 PM with a moderator chosen there. Attendees will discuss officer reports, funding, and a township tax levy. Franklin Losemann, Town Clerk, March 15, 1926.
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