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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1916
Page
4
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The U S Public Health Service urges personal hygiene to curb disease. Wash hands before eating, before handling or serving food, after using the toilet, after attending the sick, and after handling anything dirty to prevent transferring germs from hands to the mouth or objects.
An ordinance authorizes a 9160 dollar tax levy for the current fiscal year May 1 1916 to April 30 1917 to fund all corporate purposes of Riverdale. CHAS NIEMEYER pres and F C Bergold village clerk sign and publish the measure.
Help wanted notice from Mrs O D Canant at 15423 Vine Avenue Harvey Illinois seeking a girl for general housework duties. No other details provided.
Real estate loan notices advertise 6 percent first mortgages in Roseland area. Claims 20 years in business with no investor losses. offers contact at 110th Street and Michigan Avenue Roseland for lines or calls.
Classified notices show employment openings at Asbestos Shingle Co and Harvey cutting and dressmaking school, plus rentals for farm land, a house with two acres on Lincoln Avenue, and a blacksmith shop, with several parcels for sale including 13% acres in Dalton and a 21 acre farm near Oak Glen, all in Riverdale and nearby Chicago listings.
Found stray horse near Lincoln Avenue Coal Yard in Dolton. Reward offered for return of a Royal Neighbor Lodge pin found between Dual street and street car line. Iron safe for sale in Riverdale with contact A C Kieich. Lady’s watch lost in Dolton near car line and a high school, reward offered. Bunch of keys found in Riverdale call 521 Sherdan Avenue Dolton. Wanted second hand bicycles, Vanderbilt agent South Holland Illinois offering high prices.
Doctor Walter Magay advertises as a physician and surgeon with afternoon hours 2 to 4. Monday Wednesday and Friday evenings 7 30 to 9. Sunday 2 30 to 1 30. Appointments by telephone Riverdale 524 or W P 13724 Leyden Avenue Riverdale.
A water color by Mr. M. Pettit shows the Chicago Telephone Company layout with 47 office buildings, barns, garages and shops arranged as a city. The center features the Bell Telephone Building housing headquarters for the Central Group. About 12,000 staff operate 520,000 Chicago telephones and 2.5 million daily calls.
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