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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
4
Notice lists advertising rates for for sale wanted and display ads at 5 cents per line, 5 cents per line for poems memorials and resolutions, and want ad pricing for 5 to 10 lines with multiple issue discounts. Communications should be sent to 13702 Indiana Avenue Riverdale Illinois. Cash with orders.
Blue Island city council, aided by the Blue Island Commercial Association, forced a rate reduction on Public Service Company of Northern Illinois. New schedule effective Aug 1 lowers charges to 1.10 per thousand for up to 1000 cu ft, 1.00 for 1000–3000 cu ft, 0.90 for above 3000 cu ft, with a 10 cent discount if paid within 10 days.
Property owners on the Illinois side face 1.00 to 1.10 per gallon while Chicago residents pay 80 cents. Village boards likely to take up the issue and, if needed, unite to secure a fair deal across the street.
Chicago Telephone Company plans to paint signs on its poles to curb posting of bills. Poles along highways suffer tack head veneer making linemen fall and suffer cuts. Many cities prohibit pole posting by ordinance. company seeks public cooperation to keep poles clear and safer for workers.
Classified items announce general housework sought by Mrs C D Canant at 15423 Vine Avenue Harvey Illinois jobs for men at Asbestos Shingle Company Riverdale and twenty girls needed at Harvey cutting and dressmaking school 205 154th Street applications to Mrs Wiegand. A house with two acres for rent near Lincoln Avenue Dalton Dr Parker property available at The Pointer office. Plow and grassland lands not yet rented. A QG Reidh Riverdale Chicago. Blacksmith shop building for rent at Leyden Avenue and 138th Street Riverdale inquiries at 13788 Indiana Avenue.
Multiple local listings offer farms homes and a bicycle Phonograph and auto bargains. Properties include 40 acres tiled near Oakglen and Lansing 1334 acres in Dalton and a 21 acre farm two miles southwest of Oak Glen. Also a two story 10 room Riverdale house and a five room cottage on E 186th Street. Also a gold ring found near O T and C E L tracks and several used cars at Duplex Motor Company Roseland.
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