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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
4
Fragments show meetings for several fraternal and business groups. A. O. U. W. in Duluth and Knights of the Modern Maccabeers list officers John O'Brien and Andrew Baumgarines with dates, times, and locations.
Announcements list monthly meeting schedules for Riverdale Improvement Association Riverdale Hose Company No 1 Women’s Relief Corps G W Spencer Post 279 and Riverdale Board of Directors with times locations and officers. Also mentions Filipino Dolls Houses and child clothing norms from a magazine note.
A speaker at a press banquet recalls a quarrel between two editors, noting that Smith outmaneuvered Brown when Brown bought a farm route. Smith published a paragraph about the purchase with the headline Extraordinary Case of Self-Possession.
An OCR fragment combines Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade verses with a local classified section. Listings include FOR SALE items such as a nickel plated coffee urn, hard coal stove, two Riverdale lots, unimproved land, and a four room cottage. Rentals also noted for Dolton properties and real estate inquiries.
A Pittsburgh News retold tale recalls a Virginia well near a farmhouse kitchen where a farmer’s wife bakes a batch of dough to force the driller to keep the flame under control. The grizzled hand relents and pays ten dollars, fearing a blast if the well erupts. It also notes the chronic usefulness of central as a universal information bureau.
A Manhattan area farmer towed a stalled auto across Deep Creek with mules. After the engine revived, the machine chased the mules, hit them repeatedly, and veered to strike a bank, stopping the runaway abruptly.
The Village of Dolton announces bids for 314 house drains to be laid in specified streets. Plans and specs are on file with the village clerk and engineer William B. Ewing in Chicago. Bids must include a 10 percent certified check and will be opened at 2 PM on December 20, 1909.
A dialogue shows Mrs. Housekeep testing a prospective cook on constraints. The cook admits to finite limits and chooses not to pursue the arrangement, deciding they cannot work together.
Fragmentary OCR shows times and directions for North and South Riverdale routes from City Randolph Street with scattered numbers and the note Business Men's Special. No clear event or structured details emerge beyond transit time stamps and route references.
Frisco Chicago and East, NL. Leave Chicago. S from Dalton. 5 35 a.m 6 13 a.m 7 45 8 25 10 40 11 20 a.m 4 55 5 39 p.m II 4 12 19 a 1 Daily except Sunday.
Local timetable details Panhandle PCC and St Louis Riverdale line trains to Chicago and Dalton. Eastbound services run at 7.00 am and 7.55 am and 4.15 pm and 5.14 pm with identical daily outbound pattern for Dalton. Northbound times cited as 6.23 am and 7.05 pm with minute differences.
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