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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
8
Will Supply Market Kern and Ripley act as agents for efec Koch to supply local markets with spring chickens. Koch has bought an incubator and expects a large supply soon.
A Calumet Deep Waterway Association meeting was held at the South Bay Hotel in Indiana Harbor last Monday night. Riverdale citizens interested in the Calumet Canal attended after receiving invitations. Senator Clara and Henry W. Lee spoke, among others.
In a Royal era dialect, a wounded soldier laments fear during heavy shelling while another scolds him as a coward. The exchange centers on who hid in a barn with his head in an eye crate as shells fell, revealing harsh wartime bravado and ridicule.
The county has bought 255.6 acres near Blue Island from Conrad L Buss for 23795 dollars. The land three miles southwest on Rock Island Road is rolling well drained with about forty acres of timber. Plans and costs for the infirmary project are being prepared using ideas from this country and Europe.
The Pointer sent letters to lodges clubs and societies five weeks ago to publish weekly meeting place time and officers in the Souvenir Edition first announcements will appear and then be published regularly Emil Rosenthal is on vacation in California.
The Dolton Village authorities announce a special assessment for a sewer system, detailing extensive street and property limits within Dolton Cook County Illinois. The final hearing on the assessment will be February 25 1908 at 10 a.m. with options to file objections beforehand.
Locals report upcoming Boston Pleasure Club Masquerade Ball at Rippe's Pavilion on the February 15 night. Community notes cover farm visits, a death in BeechER, a Dolton injury, and social gatherings of residents and W R C members.
Calumet district citizens oppose a proposed drainage bill by Senator Putnam to abandon the Calumet Sag channel and connect the lake with the Chicago River via a new channel between 116th and 22nd streets. They cite cost, taxes paid, and railroad rights of way, urging dropping the plan and continuing the Calumet Sag channel.
In Virginia a boy who climbed an apple tree to pocket fruit fell when a hired man hurried to move him. The father sues for damages arguing the boy should have been given time to descend safely. The case tests duty and lawful right to drive away.
Observations note that messenger pigeons ascend from 200 to 700 feet depending on climate and local factors. They fly in circular paths and always return to the release spot before heading home once direction is confirmed. Speed reaches 1,500 to 1,600 yards per minute with a strong tailwind.
Harvey High School notes Rev J F Flint visits and urges effort in athletics. Miss Joyce White returns after illness. Wendall Phillips High School basketball meets T TH B. A female student studies astronomy during skating break. Prof Daniel A McQueen resigns to join Curtis High School. He urges striving to reach full effort daily. VANB
The London News notes that Canada’s name arose from Jacques Cartier misunderstanding the natives. He heard them say Kanata meaning village and assumed it was the country’s name. Thus Canada grew from a small village into a vast state.
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