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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1917
Page
2
Dolton Sealed Bids Sought for Village Real Estate
Notice from the Village of Dolton Cook County Illinois invites sealed bids by the President and Board of Trustees for the sale of an electric plant site including a brick building and reservoir with railroad switch track. Bids due by 8 pm June 4 1917 at Village Hall Park Avenue Dolton. Each bid must include a one tenth bid certified check and the village may reject any or all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Cook County
Illinois
Park Avenue
Dalton
Engle Street
Meridan
Beron
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Cook
State of
Washington and the Corporal Myths In A Childs Tale
A classroom exercise prompts Mary to retell a Washington story in her own words. She embellishes with playful images of a big corporal on a nest of little corporals perched in a tree, a man firing and the corporal pecking Washington on the nose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mary
George Washington
Government Ownership Debate in Quiet Domestic Dispute
In a domestic exchange Mrs. Torkins voices support for government ownership of railroads, insisting she would withhold votes from conductors who failed to secure comfortable seating. Her husband Charley challenges her stance as they weigh political implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley
How to Kill Ants With Simple Home Remedies
The text lists household methods to control ants. Tansy leaves boiled and applied with a brush drive ants from frequented areas while avoiding eye exposure. A second recipe mixes tartar emetic with sugar placed on the floor as a bait. Red ants are treated with hot alum water poured into crevices, and lawn ants are targeted by stirring soil holes and applying kerosene and hot water.
Squealer and Tale Bearing Warn Against Gossip
A cautionary piece on the social harm of squealers and rumor spreaders. It argues that telltales lose friends and sympathy, warn against public accusation, and condemn gossip as a form of meddling in others affairs with little, if any, unselfish motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perssons
Lothers
Anecdote With a Moral About Saving and Spending
An elderly man who quit smoking twenty years ago recalls he smoked about a dollar a day before quitting. A friend calculates his savings would total around ten thousand dollars, but the man points out he spent the same amount elsewhere, so no net gain. Moral: tighten one end and the barrel may still be full if the bung is open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard
Philadelphia Ledger
Village Election Notice for Riverdale April 17 1917
On April 17 1917 an election will be held at the Village Wall Riverdale Cook County Illinois for one Village President and three Village Trustees. Polls open at 7 am and close at 5 pm. Fr O Bergold Village Clerk notes the notice dated March 22 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Cook
Illinois
Fr. O
Bergold
Election Notice for 1917 Presidential Vote in Illinois
Notice of election on April 21 1917 at Lincoln Avenue School Dalton and Highlawn School Riverdale Illinois for President to serve one year and two directors for three years. Polls open 1 PM close 7 PM. Petitions due April 11 1917. By order of the Board of Education E C Kasten President George VanderVeen SecretaryProp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Highlawn School
Riverdale
Ill
County of
Cook
State of
Illinois
Board of Education
E. C. Kasten
George VanderVeen
Sgc'y
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P. Co. C
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Wm. Franke
A. W. Husey
Frank Seestadt
F. O. Peterson
Henry_ Krueger
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Fred Wesse
Wm. G. Dolton
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F. Seestadt
First Trust & Savings Bank
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Int
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Prickett
Wm. G. Dalton
Chicago
Electric Pivisig
Tanwan Wintanian
Zea
Jun Lropve
Muavele
Board of Education Dist
Diekman
Norton Ice Co
Teaming -Brownell Imp. Co
L. Koch
Chas. McCauly
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Camill Beck
A. S. Diekman
First National Bank
John Harms
Curren
Edison Lamp Works
Publice Service Co
Pub. Co
Dalton Vol. Fire Co
Kinney Hood Printing Co
E. E. Church
Henry Krueger
Jesse J. Wesse
SU Ing
T, Int. & Deprec
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Cook G Co
Roseland Auto Sales CO
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Michigan Ave
Roseland
John Kickert
Holland, Ill
Barnard
W.W. Barnard
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Cial
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