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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1924
Page
5
LES RINGER, longtime resident and current chairman of the Board of Assessors, seeks re election. He highlights 25 years in real estate and insurance, wide business ties, and leadership roles in local fraternal and professional groups as qualifications.
A Republican attorney general hopeful from Cook County campaigns to keep political influence out of the judiciary. The candidate emphasizes independence of courts and separation from party machines.
Stephen A. Day of Evanston aged 41 is a Chicago lawyer with 16 years practice and son of the late William R. Day. He served as private soldier in 1918, founder of the League for Industrial Justice, and is endorsed by leading Republicans for public service in a call for honest impartial justice.
Chas. E. Blackwell, a leading state merchant, argues calendars and trinket gifts are less effective than dedicated newspaper advertising in small towns. He contends carefully planned ads in the home-town paper yield far higher net returns and boost local revenue.
Riverdale and Dalton members note robust 1923 gains in the Modern Woodmen of America annual report filed with the State Insurance department. The fraternal society issued 132 000 benefit certificates, added 84 771 members, and increased insurance in force by 36 565 000. It reports 1 08 4842, 14 144 local Camps, and 171 148 death claims paid totaling 295 000 000, with 30 000 000 in investments and 5 000 000 in cash assets.
A short moral urging restraint in giving and sharing, warning that helping oneself should not become greed. It frames self aid as virtuous within limits and cautions against excess beyond fair share.
A workers’ group from the Recorder’s office endorses Joseph F. Haas for reelection as Recorder of Deeds in the April 8 1924 Republican primary. They cite high efficiency ratings and projected tax savings while urging voters to back Haas based on proven service and office stability. The endorsement notes Haas’s record and the welfare association’s support.
One hundred and eleven cars were completed and shipped from the new Ford plant in Hegewisch on Monday with near two hundred by Tuesday. The March daily average is set at 307 cars. About 2,000 men are now employed on the full day shift.
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