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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
4
Citizens are asked to invest in Liberty Bonds, touted as the safest security to aid the armed forces. The article notes Army pay exceeding 500 million dollars annually and rapid growth in Navy and Army facilities, with dozens more hospitals and tens of thousands of beds added to meet wartime needs.
A wartime editorial urges Illinois residents to sacrifice for victory as troops fight near Paris. It calls for Liberty Loan participation and notes per capita contributions of under five cents in March. The piece questions whether Illinoisans can forego luxuries to support manpower, factories, and transport for the war effort.
The article urges Illinois residents to pledge daily sacrifice during the war. It recommends joining a war savings society or making a mental pledge to sacrifice and to buy war savings stamps weekly or monthly to lend funds to the government.
Thomas Becker Treasurer for Calumet Township presents a sworn statement of public funds received and expended for the fiscal year ending March 26 1918. It details beginning funds 863.68 received 8719.08 and total expenditures 3219.86 leaving 499.22 on hand. The expenditures cover bridge work road repairs nails stone lumber and services with numerous vendors including Pronger Bros Roche Lumber Co Chicago Telephone Co United States Crushed Stone Co and Henry Frentz among others. The note records dates personnel and amounts across 1917 1918 with miscellaneous costs and a final line referencing Liberty Loan appeal.
Dolton Illinois voters will choose village officers at the village hall on April 16 1918. Polls open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. One Clerk full term and two Trustees full term are on the ballot. Dolton Village Clerk M G Dolton signed the notice on March 22 1918.
Riverdale Illinois in Cook County holds a village election for one Clerk three Trustees and one Police Magistrate. Polls open 7 am to 5 pm on election day as declared by Village Clerk F Q Bergold.
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