Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Riverdale Pointer in Riverdale, Illinois

We have 16,533,476 pages in Illinois

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1910

Page

4

S J A meets Sundays at Dolton hall

S J of N A holds meetings on the second and fourth Sundays each month at 8 PM in A O U W Hall Dolton. John O'Brien serves as President with George W Luckenbill as Secretary and Treasurer.

Knights OF the Modern Maccabees A. O. U. W Hall Dolton Andrew Baumgartner John Harter R. Vandenberg S. J. of N. A A. O.U. W. Hall John O’brien Geo. W. Luckenbill Secy and Treas Dolton School Park Avenue

Riverdale clubs and “trial by rice” in Bengal scene

Riverdale Improvement Association meets monthly at the Village Hall with officers T F Kinney president and John B Schafer secretary. G W Spencer Corps No 279 meets Fridays and Sundays with Mrs Emily Claussen president. An odd excerpt describes a Bengal “trial by rice” ritual where suspects chew raw rice and eject pulp, revealing cultural practices amid political tensions and insurgent activity noted in sparse, garbled text.

Women’s Relief Corps G. W. Spencer Corps Riverdale Emily Claussen Dorothy Niemeyer Bengal Phen Rheims

Suburban street railway plan to link West Hammond Harvey

A Chicago firm proposes a $5,000,000 bonded suburban railway to run from West Hammond to Harvey via Riverdale Dalton and Lincoln Avenue. The First Trust and Savings Bank backs the issue with a 1930 maturity, 5 percent premium option, and $6,400,000 reserved for construction. A. L. Drum serves as consulting engineer. fifteen miles of track would include steel viaducts over C. and EL tracks at 147th Street.

Chicago West Hammond Dalton Riverdale Harvey 147Th Street Calumet Electric 138Th Street Chicago Street Lincoln Avenue Thornton New Street Railway Company T. E. Mitten Chicago City Railway Company Iustern Ilinois Railroad First Trust and Savings Bank New Corporation A. L. Drum

Hunting Licenses Issued at Riverdale Offices

Geo L Kogeleer Clerk of Riverdale announces licenses available at the Justice Baumgarter office 13733 Wabash Riverdale. Licenses can also be obtained at 157 School Street and Tuesday and Friday evenings at the Village Hall Riverdale.

Justice Baumgarter Wabash Avenue Riverdale School Street Geo. L. Kogehleer

Old Flymouth Rock Rooster Dies After Fall Into Cistern

The poem figure Old Daddy from C. H. Lee of Pullman is remembered after the rooster fell into a cistern Monday morning and drowned before help arrived. The piece recalls Daddy’s schoolhouse stroll and a mock debate on egg versus chicken, ending with the rooster collapsing, carried home by a janitress.

The Pointer C. H. Lee H. Lee Pullman Kinney Tye Leyden Avenue Mayo Daddy

Use of the Hardy Ferns in Garden Design

Garden Illustrated urges embracing hardy ferns to create graceful foregrounds and glades. It notes most gardens hide ferns in pots and neglect their potential, leaving them decayed and unseen rather than celebrated as desirable landscape features.

Crowds of Women and Children Exhibit Notable Decorum in Heat

A crowd noted for feminine traits is described as showing kindness to women and children despite long waits, heat and thirst. The piece contrasts crowd behavior with criminal acts and praises the heroism and selflessness of collective groups, urging readers to advertise property for sale or request help finding buyers in Dalton or Riverdale.

Dalton Riverdale

Transit schedule fragment for Saturday and Sunday

Daily service except weekends. No. 67 leaves 47th Street at 5 57 a m and arrives South Holland at 6 45 a m. Continuous service details appear as a timetable snippet with limited readability.

47Th Street South Holland

Also Mentioned on This Page

Indiana Ave Ill Dalton Station Office of Publication Indiana Avenue Riverdle Village Boards Village Board Harper Henry Hahn Village Hall F. W. Schmidt L. Koehler Ancient Order United Workmen A. O. U. W. Hall Richard Hoppe Chas, C. Schnoor John F. Boettger Henry W Schnoor Calumet O. Oberdobel Henry Mohrbanker Catholic Order Foresters Conrad Kern John E. Kinney Albert Schumann Peter Kipley Women's Catholic Order Foresters Magdalen Kipley Emma Keily Catharine Kurz Brickmakers William J. Albrecht Albert Kasten Andrew Messerschmidt S&orge Washington Lodge Business Men’s Association A. O. U. W. Llali Henry J. Dillner Frank O. Bergold Obeldobel Riverdale Improvement Association Riverdale Hose Company No. 1 Howse House Highlawn Fred Ludwig Geo. L. Koehler Terman Dreesen Riverdale Board Bowen School Eastern Illinois Railroad Kee Blue Island Kankakee Wentworth Chicago & So. Traction Co Illinois Central Gity Randolph Street Zoo Uth Iday TE East, NL North Bound Randolph St. Riverdale North Boar Riv DALE Dalton Wit Indiana R. R L.lo Ke Ernest Hanschmann Fordtran Bros Chicago Heights Claude J. Dalenberg Unity Dearborn St Randolph Tas W.pullman Roseland Birkhoff’s Michigan Dalton Bakery William Minardow WM. C. Zesch Chauncy Ave Grand Crossing Robert Hanschmann Phone Dolton Park Ave Carl Wulff Dolton, Ill Edward F. Dillner Summer Garden Chicago St Fred J. Ott Chicago St. Dolton, Ill GEO Tuch 137Th Street Bremember the Pointer Grant Bros. General Machinists 138Th St Henry W. Schnoor West 137Th St Coppywrights &c Munn & Co Scientific American Acientife All News UNI § Co Seerecerey New York St. Washington
Search Courier

Search the Riverdale Pointer Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Riverdale Pointer?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication