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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
5
The Illinois Supreme Court ruling forces railroads to refund about 3,000,000 to riders who paid the higher two and four tenths cent rate since November 1. Attorney General Brundage led the fight, and federal judge Dwyer had ruled the law discriminatory for interstate traffic prior to the decision.
The Ladies' Aid group hosts a Penny Social in the church basement on Saturday evening February 2 1918. Entrance is a penny, with many affordable items priced at a penny each including coffee cream pickles sugar bread doughnuts and cheese. Pie and dice offered at a penny slice and two items priced to be kind.
In 1837 a professor and the Cambridge blacksmith became neighbors on Brattle Street near a famed spring. Dexter Pratt bought his home in 1825 after plans to acquire it from Torrey Hancock, while Longfellow’s friendship with Pratt is recounted as locals recall the historic site.
A Bartow newspaper recalls a youth who inked his name on an eggshell with a wish for a wife and got curt rebuke from a woman who called him a poor boob. The piece argues true romance endures when built on substance, not fragile eggshells, and wishes the earnest youth sensible happiness nearby.
Thunderstorm clouds vary in height from 500 to 2,000 feet with depths of two to five miles causing deceptive distance. Cumulus clouds lie higher, typically from 2,000 to 5,000 feet above the earth.
The U.S. Civil Service Commission announces a February 23 1918 exam in Harvey Illinois to certify candidates for the Fourth Class Postmaster at South Holland and other vacancies. The office paid $800 last year. Applicants must be 21, or 18 if a state grants full age for women, and reside in the local postal district.
J C Brookfest announces a new second hand store at 18567 Indiana Ave near the post office offering buying selling and commission sales for furniture tools and framed pictures repairs and enamel ware. Brookfest invites partners for a joint venture to buy a job lot of furniture with a funds partnership.
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