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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1936
Page
3
A compilation of quiz style queries and terse answers on Illinois history and geography. It covers Margry papers Chicago history Fort Crevecour names Saint Louis Civil War losses the Sinissippi farm and University co education among other items.
Mike Rimkus, a popular south end Dolton man, is hospitalized with a stomach ailment. A Dolton woman, Mrs. Margaret Mortimer, suffered possible skull and ankle fractures after being struck by a Rose Land driver on Lincoln Avenue. Numerous Dolton residents and relatives visited kin in Tennessee and Indiana, while Mrs. Frank Thompson travels to the state fair as a delegate and to invite Governor Horner to a Sept. 13 picnic at Washington Park race track.
St Marys Holy Name Society hosts an August 30 church grounds picnic in Riverdale with kittenball games at 2 p m BX Cable Warehouse vs Hoop Mill No 1 and at 4 30 p m Swing Bros Dalton vs San Salvador Council Knights of Columbus. Children races bingo refreshments dancing and prizes from local merchants follow with music by Mc Clellans Rhythm Masters.
The International Horticultural exposition in Chicago honors Nebuchadnezzar II and Queen Amyitis with a near completion restoration of the Hanging Gardens. The event runs September 12 to 20 at the Chicago International Amphitheater, presenting modern recreations of ancient landscapes.
Dolton residents share visits and trips with relatives in Indiana Michigan Ohio and Illinois. Local youths celebrate birthday and seventeenth, while others report travels to Seward Neb Long Lake Indiana and St Paul. A few recoveries from appendicitis and a family party at Riverdale mark the week.
Mills and Sons opens an extensive home show at Ivanhoe with eight demonstration homes adjoining their offices. One home is finished, seven are partially built to showcase materials and methods for buyers of 1600 built-to-order houses in a $10 million Ivanhoe program. John Mills Sr explains the display promotes faster, better informed home buying similar to automobile sales.
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