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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1922
Page
5
Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson states that city traffic rules vary, urging drivers to use judgment. He cautions to keep ten feet from loading street cars, drive slowly near safety zones, avoid overreliance on horns, and stop quickly if pedestrians ignore signals, especially near schools and confused riders.
Investigators under Secretary of State Louis L Emmerson report garages rarely register car numbers for storage or repair as required. The registry would aid theft detection and car recovery, yet only a small percentage comply. Many drivers ignore railroad grade crossing safety as trains approach.
Secretary Louis L. Emmerson stresses that all motor vehicles must have good brakes and a signaling device on public highways. He urges regular brake tests every thousand miles or monthly, keeping linings free of oil, and ensuring equal braking power to prevent skidding.
Railroads push a national safety campaign at grade crossings. The National Safety Council cites 1919 with 1 784 highway crossing deaths, 1 282 in autos or trucks, urging obedience to law to reduce accidents. Secretary Emmerson notes trains can’t stop quickly. cars must stop.
Rev Thomas R Egerton recalls Camp Grant in Rockford Illinois as it decays after World War I. He notes rusting cooking plants, rotting ambulances, stored coal wasting, and warehouses with no peacetime use, alongside monuments to wartime generosity and donations.
The Cook County fair highlights agriculture as a cornerstone of the region. It notes that 90 percent of onion sets in the U.S. are grown in the Chicago trucking district and that Cook County hosts some of the world’s largest under glass greenhouses. The fair will feature the country’s largest herd of tuberculosis free cattle and a foreign commission praising local country schools.
The Cook County article notes the world's largest canning factory in the area and highlights sugar beet fields making the county a leading sweets producer. It reports 5 000 farms valued at 100 million dollars with 43 000 swine, 42 000 cattle and 16 000 horses, including many purebreds. Annual yields reach 2 000 600 bushels of oats and 1 500 000 bushels of wheat, with wheat fields averaging over 50 bushels per acre. The region is praised for its diversified agriculture from mint to mushrooms and beef cattle to horse radish.
Nineteen coins nearly two centuries old were found in a clay hill at Palos Park on Sunday by Mrs. Traub. The hoard includes eight Spanish pieces with a 1772 date, five French coins including an 1825 piece, a Mexican silver coin dated 1788, and five American coins such as a 1836 half dollar and a 1825 quarter. Officials believe the money was buried by a trapper years ago.
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