Riverdale notes and wartime measures from The Pointer
The Pointer reports on A C Reich winning nearly all Riverdale votes for Justice of the Peace and Gus securing 95 of 96 ballots. Charley Wulff returns to work after rheumatism, Charley Lee moves to 11 E 138th Riverdale, and he edits The Pullman Standard. The Senate and House declare war on Germany and plan a 2,000,000 man army plus Navy expansion. Harold Mohr and Florence Mohr receive medical procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Reich
Justice of the Peace
Riverdale
Gus
Charley Wulff
Charley
C. H. Lee
Pullman
Lorenz Ripley
E. 138Th Street
Lee’s
Lee
Pullman Company
Pullman Standard
Harold Mohr
Henry Mohr
Florence
South Holland Candidates Eye Local School Board Posts
Twenty years ago Nick Berger stayed with relatives in Kankakee while Peter Doger of Grand Haven Michigan visited J Meeboer. Election candidates in South Holland include Non-Partisan President Peter A Anker Trustees J Meeboer Peter Dalenberg R A T Gouwens Citizens-Trustee D P De Young Peoples Choice-Trustee de Fisne. The onion seed has been sown and the Calumet River bridge is in use for light traffic awaiting official opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland
Nick Berger
Kankakee
Peter Doger
Grand Haven
Mich
J. Meeboer
Peter A. Anker
Peter Dalenberg
R. A. T. Gouwens
Citizens
D. P. de Young
Peoples Choice
de Fisne
Calumet River
County highway police arrest several at 138th and Lincoln
Ten years ago a squad of county highway police patrolled streets Thursday and carried out multiple arrests at the intersection of 138th Street and Lincoln Avenue in Dalton. Officers cited overloaded trucks, lack of drivers licenses, and cars with 1926 license tags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
138Th
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Local court notices and family updates from Riverdale
Slips to appear in court were issued to several youths. Mr and Mrs Fred Kopishki welcome a baby girl born March 31 1927. John Neering of Decatur Ind visited Riverdale relatives. Joseph Berschinski of Illinois Central Hospital recovers from a double hernia operation on March 21. Mrs Edward Engel reports Marine brothers Frank and Ernest Slusser depart Thursday for the west coast en route to China, with 1500 Marines and nine trains moving across the country. The text notes Bolshevik agitation in China with 100 million Chinese and warns of a need for Marines to protect Americans and foreigners in Shanghai. The boys send farewells, described as made of fighting stuff awaiting a future scrap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kopishki
John Neering
Decatur
Ind
Riverdale
Joseph Berschinski
Ilinois Central Railroad
I. C. Hospital
Edward Engel
Frank
Ernest Slusser
West Coast
China
Pacific
Shanghai
Newlyweds Return From Brief Michigan Honeymoon
Mr and Mrs Evert Eylander, married a week, have returned from a short honeymoon in Michigan. Mr and Mrs Jacob Kuipers moved this week into their new house on the farm near Chicago Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland News
Evert Eylander
Michigan
Jacob Kuipers
Chicago Heights
In Memoriam A New Star in Heaven
Dedication to Mrs. Mabel Sprick Cowings who finished her work here on earth and answered the Lord s call Come Home on the th day of April 1981. The poem praises her saintly manner and singing voice and enshrines her in hearts until all cross the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
William Stewart
Mabel Sprick Cowings
Election Notice for Lincoln and Washington School District
Election to be held Saturday April 10 1937 at Lincoln school Dalton and Washington school Highlawn in Cook county Illinois. Voters select President for three years and two board members for three year terms. Polls open at 12 noon and close at 7 pm. Peter A Lundquist Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Dalton
Illinois
Washington School
Highlawn
County of
Cook
State of Illinois
Peter A. Lundquist
Report of Condition First Trust and Savings Bank Riverdale Ill
Official publication detailing the bank’s condition as of March 31, 1937. Resources include cash and due from banks 192849.55, outside checks 432.43, U S government obligations 46000.00, other securities 207811.49, loans 968337.51, furniture 8000.00, other real estate 44755.66, total assets 597535.67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Trust and Savings Bank of
Riverdale Riverdale, Ill
United States
Bank Statement and Notary Sworn to Report 1937
A State of Illinois bank report sworn by Cashier Frank Stewart in 1937 details capital stock 50000, surplus 10000, undivided profits 7039.87, deposits totaling 1 a total of liabilities 597355.67 with pledged loans 12000 and not secured deposits 518185.25. The memo notes $32300 of deferred certificates payable from future profits. The piece closes with a cartoonish anecdote about a man named Clive Weed and a drunken encounter. notary La Verne Engel witnesses the oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stewart
Auditor of Public Accounts
State of
Ilinois
Fla Levenr
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Senate
House of Representatives
Germany
Pointer
Frigidaire
General Electric
Westinghouse
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
Memoriam
Grand Total Resources
U. S
of Iinois
WY Laws
Jjohn Harms, JR
Geo. Tuch
Suhday
LA Verne Engel
Clive Weed
J.F. Chandler Roofing Co
Chicago St
Dolton
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