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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1924
Page
4
A column from April 4 1924 muses on summer dance drills with garden tools as partners, urges simplicity, mocks stock sellers, notes women in flapper fashion, parries hopes for rejuvenation, questions aerial washing, and critiques election tactics and the idea of a world congress. The piece blends social satire with political skepticism.
Postmaster Lueder puts up placards asking What is a Nixie to curb waste in Chicago mail service. A nixie can be anything from a wedding invitation to a tire or clothes. Dead letters cannot be returned while nixies may be recovered after special handling. Auction sales in store rooms clear space for more mail. A large lost merchandise book lists many items. delays also come from general mailing errors. Patrons can improve service by careful mail preparation and disposition.
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy in the loss of our dear husband and father. The Hankey Family.
The Calumet Council Knights of Columbus No 682 plans a 400 room hotel and clubhouse at the northwest corner of Stony Island Avenue and Marquette Road. The project has been formally approved and the site purchase reportedly completed.
A 1921 standard from School Hygiene by Dr. Clement Duke outlines sleep needs by age. The guide emphasizes earlier bedtimes to improve mental and physical health, detailing hours of rest recommended for children from birth through age nineteen.
Three Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad switchmen were fined in Blue Island Police Court for auto tire thefts. The charge was reduced from grand larceny to disorderly conduct as they pled guilty to avoid Grand Jury indictment. E. E. Piggford paid 100 dollars, Arley Van Gampler 200, and B. W. Herrick 200 plus costs. Full restitution to the railroad for damages was made.
Actor Jackie Coogan will skip movies for ten weeks in summer to lead a nationwide children's crusade raising a million dollars worth of foodstuffs for destitute Near East orphans. He will then sail to Greece Palestine and Syria to deliver aid, after consent from his father John H Coogan and public release by Near East Relief secretary Charles V Vickrey.
Village election set for April 15 at Riverdale Village Hall Cook County Illinois for three village trustees and one village clerk. Polls open from morning until 4 pm. Notice dated March 24 1924.
Notice to stockholders of West Hammond Trust & Savings Bank Calumet City Illinois announces a special meeting to be held April 11 1924 at 3 PM in the bank premises. The meeting will consider the board resolution to rename the bank to First Trust & Savings Bank Calumet City Illinois.
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