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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1926
Page
5
A jumble of quips and town chatter fills a page with jokes about radios, hats, athletes, and gossip. Fragments touch on a crime rumor, fashion, misheard broadcasts, and social quirks with light tone and old timey banter.
The celebrated statesman and orator Charles James Fox began his public life in 1763 when he entered Parliament as a Lord at age nineteen. In 1765 he was appointed junior lord of the admiralty under Lord North's ministry.
A public safety appeal warns Chicago women about an epidemic of motor moron criminals luring victims with automobiles. It urges avoiding flirtations with strangers in cars, not talking to or approaching unknown drivers, and to report suspicious activity by calling Police 1313.
George Riegle Sr a Homewood resident for 73 years died at his farm on Chicago road last Monday morning after a lingering illness. He moved to Homewood at age 14 and spent his life there reaching 93 years, 7 months and 12 days. Funeral details were reported in Homewood News.
sealed bids for a connected system of cast iron water mains on Ingleside Avenue and other streets in Dalton Illinois will be received until September 1 1926 at 8 00 PM at the Village Hall. bids must be on approved blanks with 10 cash equivalent bond, and are payable in bonds bearing 6 interest. the village reserves right to reject all bids. William G Dolton secretary board of local improvements August 27 1926.
Village of Dolton invites bids for paving grading draining and improving Lincoln Avenue in Cook County Illinois with plans and specifications at the Village Clerk's office Bid opening at 8:00 p m August 30 1926 Bids must include a certified check for at least ten percent of the bid and bonds and vouchers drawn against the special assessment with six percent interest evidence of financial ability to perform the contract is required The notice is dated Dolton Illinois August 17 1926 and is signed by the Secretary Board of Local Improvements Dolton Illinois.
The note reflects on the instability of opinions amid evolving circumstances, asserting no certainty except taxes and death. It suggests intelligent people should revise beliefs as new information emerges and tomorrow’s context changes conclusions.
L E Brookfelt explains air mail advantages with two government routes and thirteen contract routes, plus seven more proposed. Readers should inquire at the post office for schedules and rates, while noting registry rules and indemnity limits for domestic and international items and the availability of return receipts.
Game and Fish News describes the Department of Conservation exhibit at the Illinois State Fair. It highlights predators like wolves and coyotes, a wolf pup pen, a large fish display with turtles and eels, and a popular bird pen featuring pheasants and Bob White quail. Ducks geese and swans fill a large pond, drawing families and hunters to study this educational feature.
An overview explains that many birds labeled extinct may refer to species expired since the current geologic era began or since written records began. It discusses terminology and distinctions between extinct and fossil birds in historical contexts.
New Bedford Mass high school became the first public school in the nation to raise the American flag over its building, doing so on May 11 1861 marking a historic civic gesture.
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