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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
4
The Business Men's Association will meet on the first Wednesday at 8 p.m. at U. W. Hall Dolton. President J Brookfelt, Secretary Hank Bergula, Financial Secretary Jdenry Hahn, Treasurer Obeldobel and other officers will attend.
Riverdale Improvement Association and Riverdale Hose Company No 1 hold monthly meetings on the first Wednesday at the Hose House Highlawn. Fred Ludwig serves as president with Geo L I Moehler as secretary and Herman Dieesen as treasurer.
A Riverdale Women’s Relief Corps board of directors gathered Saturday at Bowen School to discuss monthly meetings at 7 30 P M and the group’s Real Leisure Class. The piece contrasts the busy rich with America’s true leisure, citing Central Park’s idle workers as an example and contrasting daily exertions with rest.
A reflection on character, local newspapers, and civic support urges readers to value home industry, buy local, and back town enterprises. It lampoons unfair critics, praises editors, and imagines a future wedding write-up predicting social perks for the couple.
Miss Belle Kinney of Nashville Tennessee has completed a neoclassical monument design honoring the Lost Cause. The central goddess of fame raises a wreath as a Southern woman supports a dying Confederate soldier. The piece, praised across states, may be reproduced in marble or bronze and follows Kinney’s acclaimed Carmack statue commission.
Partial OCR shows times and codes from a transit schedule. Readable items include lines like Riverdale departures around 733 am and 11.59 am with inconsistent figures such as 1.19 pm and 3.59 f. The text mixes numeric data, route markers, and stray symbols, offering no clear route names or destinations.
The Calumet River facilities near Hedstrom's docks now save 15 cents per ton on coal unloading compared to the Chicago river rates. Blackwell's Island dredging created a saving of 15 cents per ton, boosting efficiency as two 10,000 ton coal ships unloaded simultaneously. Previously the local rate was 10 cents cheaper than Chicago river, a 50 percent smaller saving before the basin.
Eastbound and Dalton routes show same schedule with departures at 7.00 am and 7.59 am and 4.15 pm and 5.14 pm. The fragment notes times for both directions and implies a mirrored daily timetable.
Young pony in good health is offered for sale along with buggy and harness at a low price. Inquiries to Dr. Fisher at 18760 Leyden Avenue Riverdale or call Riverdale 522.
Used three months in excellent running order with 1500 miles. Mitchel four cylinder 24 horsepower split magneto storage battery full equipment used car dealer ad. Hahn's Garage 444 Lincoln Avenue Dalton Illinois. Also selling and repairing autos at 5 percent commission agent for Moline cars Model K $2500 Model M $1500.
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