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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1911
Page
4
Dolton and Riverdale village boards meet on various Mondays Tuesdays and evenings at village halls. Local lodges and benevolent groups such as United Workmen Modern Woodmen Catholic Foresters and Maccabees list meeting dates officers and locations across Dolton Riverdale and Doversdale with school boards and riverdale directors also noted.
The community hosts a February lineup with a Riverdale Masquerade Ball at Village Hall on Saturday evening and recitals by Mise Alice Anderson's pupils at Dalton Memorial Church on Friday. The St Paul Evangelical Lutheran Young Peoples Society plans an entertainment at Lund’s Hall on Tuesday and the Dolton Methodist Church Sunday School will present an event on Tuesday February 14. The Dolton church men will hold a dinner on Wednesday February ch parlor.
The column critiques nostrums for stomach ills as ineffective beyond palliation. It notes rising public interest in right living and fasting therapies by Wm. F. Kirkham and Fred C. Drake, including Fletcherism style peanut diets, and reports on local illnesses and recoveries among Miss Minnie Reitveld Cornelius Gouwens Miss Jennie Murray and Miss Kirkham.
On a Crown Point area farm nine miles south two brothers engaged in a game during which Wilbur Swanson 12 accidentally shot and killed his brother Paul 18. Evon Swanson the owner of the rifle had been hunting and after returning placed the gun in the barn. The youths took the weapon without knowing if it was loaded.
A 1852 public notice introduced the secret political group The Sons of 76 also known as the Order of the Star Spangled Banner. Members often answered “I don t know anything about it” to inquiries, giving rise to the term Know Nothings.
Recent tests show coal in bulk or as dust does not conduct electricity well. However coal dust mixed into a water paste becomes a conductor, revealing contrasting electrical properties depending on form.
The M E Church men host a Washington Dinner on Wednesday evening from 6 to 10 with self cooked service. Tickets are 25c for adults and 5c for children under 12. Proceeds may foster a future Men’s Aid or Men’s Club and encourage wives to judge men’s culinary efforts. Arrangement committee.
Velma Darrel and Delos Hand residents of the Decatur Knights of Pythian Home report in a dated 1911 letter that the new lodge home for orphans and aged members is well run. The note lists governance staff, counts eleven girls and nine boys, names the children, describes dormitories and facilities, mentions a skating rink and lawn swing, and notes academic progress from first to sixth grade.
The 1910 taxes for Thornton are due at designated locations and dates. John Shilling, the collector, will receive payments at multiple towns including Harvey Lansing Oakglen Schrumville Bernice South Holland Homewood West Hammond Sobieski Burnham Berger's Corner Thornton Dalton South Harvey Riverdale and related village halls and banks on specified February and March days.
A child tut-tuts over an absent baby tooth in a lighthearted snippet from The Pointer. The aunt comments on the lapse as the new baby grows, reflecting tender family dynamics.
Numerous listings advertise land, cottages, greenhouses, and farm properties for sale in Dalton Riverdale and Dolton. Also offered are self feeding heaters stoves tractors and boats plus a 7 room house 324 Fredericka street and a 12 gauge shotgun with a dog sale values and terms. The Pointer invites readers to place ads for buyers or sellers and to specify needs.
Central time card city listing several street times and routes from Randolph Street to Riverdale with multiple numbers and abbreviations indicating timetables and bus lines. notes include Frisco Chicago and East Indiana business line among other schedules.
A transit notice shows Saturday and Sunday service with daily operation except weekends. Route 67 departs 47th Street at 5 57 a.m and arrives in South Holland at 6 45 a.m.
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