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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1915

Page

7

Riverdale Treasurer Reports 1915 Village Finances

The Riverdale village treasurer A C Reich submits a detailed 1915 financial summary with receipts from various sources, payments per warrants redeemed, and a year end balance of 999.24. The document is sworn before Justice Andrew Baumgartner and filed April 10 1915 in Cook County Illinois. It includes names like Frank Lotz Carl Krause Leonard Lotz and organizations such as Standard Oil Co and Chicago Telephone. The narrative also records a Chicago Tribune anecdote about a boy named Clarence taking extra food home for his father.

Cook County Riverdale A. C. Reich Andrew Baumgartner Henry Brandt F. C. Bergold F. QO. Bergold Hall Navy Chas Bishop Hulda Sellin Julius ,Wilkens Police Alelergn Carl Krause Police A Terete Frank Simnick Wee Eee Henry Goos Watery Ee Ee Leonard Diehl Wm. Lotz Public Service Co Chicago Telephone Co Standard Oil Co Unruh J. CG Dickelmann Otto F. Reich Peter Ripley Thomas Payette Chas. Sellin Aee Neue Sae Seas John Dickelmann Rudolf Schwartz Fire Service S. W. Schwab Wm. D. Schultz Carl Wulff Baltimore & Ohio C. T. C A. Baumgartner J. A. Decklar Louis G. Reich Ete City of Chicago First National Bank Chicago Standard Oil Co Waterworks GC. Reich Treasrs Dec American Development Co Chas Unruh Frank Lotz Win. Lotz Chas. Unruh William Schultz Alle A. G. Wilkens Collector’s Co Sellin Salar Chicago & Riverdale Lbr Wim. Mau Dee Fort Wayne Foundry & Md. Co. Waterworks Baltimore & Ohio C. T John Schulte Reich Frank Stiemann Erem F. O. Bergold J. A. Decklar Hall American Developm’t Co We Sn Ee Dew City of Chicago Wim, Lotz Frank Simnick Wee F. O. Bergold Wees J. M. Cochrane Lotzey Ewes F. O Mike Reigel A. C. Reich Treas. Com Wilds Schliin J.C. Dickelmann Jones Martin M. Cooney Cari Fedtke Steer John Schulterary Niemeyer Ben Wells Otto Pauls Leonard Diehler Carl Fedtke McMaster Carr Supply Co Public Service Co Waterworks William May Hall the Pointer Ne Hall Henry Brandt Perea William Lotz Dearborn Chemical Co City of Chicago Waterworks A. C. Reich Sede Treas. Com. & Supply Wiliam Lotz Atte Heen Eee Waterworks F. O. Bergeld Standard Oil C Waterworks Wee Ee Hee Hulda Sellin Hall Pee Wee Ee Ee Grant Brosween Waterworks Gus. Klaege Frank Simn Fort Wayne Nary Mehan Tee Ab Nent Een W. Fulford Legal Adviser Pub Co Roce Lumber Co Ee Fire Service Bdera O'$'6§ Oda Peter Ripley Co Eee Halil F. O. Bergold Eee Renee Hall Carl Krausers Ae Police Eene Fire Service Rudolph Schwartz Acne Waterworks Grant Bros Waterworks Public Service Co See Wee Ae Bey Waterworks Eeee Wm. Lotz Truster L. Diehi Goos Waterworks Henry Henry Goos Otto Paul Ne A. G. Wilken

Reversible Hat and Girl Fashion Obscurity

A playful note from Calves ton News on reversible fashion, claiming that the hat becoming the girl implies the girl is pretty and vice versa, illustrating a paradox in style language. The item reads as轻 whimsy rather than a serious fashion ruling.

Calveston

Beggars Exposed as Easy Money Makers in Brooklyn Case

A Syrian peddler Lukisi Habab admitted pleading poverty to Magistrate Maguire, received 60 cents for food, then $350 hidden on his clothing led to a 65 dollar fine. Banks report beggars with bank books and veterans' scams from Spanish American War era surface, revealing repeated deception and prosecutions avoided by charities.

Lukisi Habab Brooklyn Habab Maguire Long Island Cuba National Guardsmen

Sole Prisoner Paroled from Sussex County Jail

Elwood Armstrong the only prisoner in Sussex county jail Georgetown Delaware was paroled for two years to Charles S Richards of Georgetown former secretary of state and brother of Robert H Richards of Wilmington after confessing to stealing five dozen eggs The jail is now empty with the turnkey away and chickens roosting in cells while the yard awaits corn planting

Elwood Armstrong Sussex County Georgetown Del Jacob West Charles S. Richards Robert H. Richards Wilmington

Tragedy From Plumsted Farmer Found Dead Near Home

The body of Samuel L. Archer, a Plumsted township farmer, was found in the road near his home after he went for a morning drive. Neighbors saw him earlier and his horse returned without him. Bruises were noted but foul play is not yet confirmed. His son Nelson Archer died in a nearly identical manner about two years earlier.

Samuel L. Archer Plumsted N. D Nelson Archer

Bible Theft Reveals Room Died Guest Mystery

A hotel kept only two Bibles per room and one guest borrowed the last Bible and left town. The room clerk learns the guest who used No 495 had died recently, leaving the Bible missing and a mystery behind the disappearance.

New York No. 495

Friendship and its binding golden thread of humanity

A reflection on friendship by Evelyn, noting its breadth across relations and its height above them all. The passage emphasizes sincerity, depth, and the unifying power of true friendship to connect hearts worldwide.

Evelyn

Also Mentioned on This Page

Hall, Ete Rks R. R. Co Avwu Ara Dv.ou Vine Leonard Lotz Fred Ladwie Henry Jonas Public Serv 2 Jake Norman Calumet Brick Co Chicago Telephone American Develops Pi Wm. Lotz Frank Stiem A. Baumgartne A. Beateau Luu avEan Wy d USS Bnoaa oLvo O. Bergold Chicago Tribune Clarence
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