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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
5
The Pointer recounted errors in the Dolton and Riverdale treasurers report as typeset by the Western Newspaper Union. Misreading names like Moorman Uruh Obeldebel shows how even expert printers err on hard to read proper names after long typesetting hours.
Virginia Brooks suffragist and reformer and Charles S Washburne manager of a Chicago paper photography bureau were married last week. The ceremony was simple, performed by Rev. A Eugene Bartlett at the groom’s parents home. After a short trip they will establish a home.
Farm implements for sale include wagons plows harrows cultivators and a complete farming outfit with a lease on 28 acres of good land on 138th street east of Western Indiana tracks. Also 15 acres of sugar beets contracted for. Bargain if bought at once. Emil Heimsoth 212 136th Place Riverdale.
Washington reports that a quick House passage of the tariff bill is likely while Senate may slow it with sugar and wool protection debates. Some expect adjournment by July 1, but currency and other issues could extend the session into October.
The three models Santa Maria Nina and Pinta built in Spain and shown at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago may travel to the Pan ama Pacific Exhibition in 1915. If realized they would leave Chicago pass down the Mississippi Gulf of Mexico through the Panama Canal and reach San Francisco.
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