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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1915
Page
4
Four rental listings include a 4 room flat on Indiana avenue for $12 monthly with Pointer office inquiry. A 4 room flat with modern improvements on 144th place Dolton, contact H J Zimmer Lincoln avenue Dolton. A 5 room flat on W 138th street Highlawn, inquire Otto I Reich 13716 Indiana avenue Riverdale.
A crowded classified page lists farms and town property for sale near 147th and Panhandle tracks plus Riverdale and Dalton lots from $150. Automobiles, seed seedling goods and farm implements offered by Vaughan and Reich firms. Lost items include a tool bag and a gold pin, with rewards offered.
A speaker voices a contrarian creed denouncing town growth and public works. He predicts forming a group to force changes by law, opposes progress, and prefers sorrow over happiness, concluding with an Amen.
Revenue officers report Frank Whatley of the Blue Ridge region devised an advanced moonshine condenser. His device used a doubled surface enclosed in an air space to rapidly condense vapors, exceeding common worm coils. Had he patented it, he might have earned a vast fortune.
A montage of brief items: Andy Hunsacker denied appendicitis yet faced surgery with local anaesthetic. Mike Keating dies after a bath heeding warnings. Arbor Day tree offers from New York College of Forestry. a Venice pier diamond ring loss and recovery by a fish dealer. 17 year old Frank Rice confesses to attempted Erie train wrecks. Joe Uolescher’s long life and large family. Pennsylvania representative Beyer proposes triannual county elections on morality topics. Albert H Call claims soft coal vaccinates hog cholera.
The Calumet Record questions if Pullman will win bids for 2,000 steel box cars 50 caboose cars 40 steel passenger cars and asks why the company relies on outside parts. It argues for full local production to preserve jobs for about 20 000 workers and regional prosperity.
A 1914 Public Safety Bulletin cites 202,964 U S railroad accidents with 10,802 deaths and notes Cook County ten year fatalities of 8,401 including 1,922 trespassers. It reports Coroner Hoffman backing a state bill by Senator Pop to bar unauthorized crossing and riding on railroad rights of way to prevent self harm.
Antique delivery wagon top buggy and single hand made buggy harness offered for fifty dollars. Inquiry directed to Louis Treftz at 015 146th St. seeking details or purchase.
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