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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1913
Page
4
Snvored at the Delton Station Post office as Second Class matter for Indiana Avenue address in Riverdale Illinois.
Eastbound service from Panhandle P.C.c and Riverdale area shows departures at 7.00 am 7.59 am 4.15 pm and 5.18 pm. Dolton is served with two return trips each way on the same times.
Fragmentary OCR notes show times for a northbound St Louis service with entries around 9:23 am and 7:53 pm, but the details are incomplete and unclear.
Bay Horse 1700 pounds six years old good work horse. Inquire Tueuis VanDeran South Holland LOS1. Reward offered for lost gold watch taken about four weeks ago in Riverdale or Highlawn hunting face. Watch returned to The Pointer Office. Buggy in good condition cheap. Fulford blacksmith Riverdale listed as contact.
Prof Allen Hoben of the University of Chicago told Presbyterian ministers in the Ohio building that if a boy repays his parents for upbringing at age 18, he would be in debt about 4000 dollars. At that rate a child of a millionaire would owe 100000 dollars, he said. He urged a reckoning of the cost to be a good citizen.
The piece blends a personal reminiscence about a mother with a remark on shifts in the U S Senate, noting new faces and a less wealthy elite. It reflects on family memory, care, time, and the evolving political class in Washington.
Tax collection notices list payment sites and dates for the town of Thornton for the year 1912. Collectors will visit city halls, village halls, inns, stores, and bank buildings across multiple dates in February and March. Also notes an advertisement for Laxacold laxative tablets for coughs and grippe.
The article notes decades of amendment attempts to the Constitution aiming for an income tax. It describes the 1909 start, three states New Mexico Wyoming and Delaware racing to ratify, and projections of revenue from a 1 percent tax. It compares past constitutional challenges and political commentary on tariff and monetary policy.
Numerous real estate notices list 2 acre plots at Michigan road and 147th street and a Dolton corner lot on Lincoln ave. properties include seven room modern houses, large Indiana avenue lots, farm parcels near Three Oaks, and 80 acre farms with timber. Contact names include Martin Finneran, James McLaughlin, John A. Verhoeven, R. Greiling, F A Reich, Peter Gouwens, and A. Dickman.
Albany and Troy Elks lodges held a January open water picnic aboard a Summer excursion steamer along the Hudson River. Members wore straw hats linen dusters and light outfits as they frolicked on the water. navigation records had been smashed to smithereens after 308 continuous open-water days. Icemen note it would require ten days of cold to prepare a crop worth harvesting.
Farm land and houses listed for rent or sale across Riverdale Chicago region. 7 room house at New Chicago via Fred Struss 16 East 138th Street or Pointer office. 10 room house and 6 room flat for rent via Mrs H Werner 13779 Leyden Avenue. 20 acres farm land in Dalton via A Weber 6443 Harvard Avenue. 5 room bungalow with modern improvements available near The Farm Land listings by F A Reich Riverdale and 18 acre farm with new barn at Berger Station east of Dalton via John Berger telephone 393 South Holland address for particulars.
In naval circles excitement grows for three new battleships as sailors push for two to three large warships each year. Congress halves allowances amid election concerns and inland House members fail to secure a quorum for a one ship plan, signaling likely approval of two ships instead.
Miscellaneous items advertised incl a lost lady's pocket book near the Illinois Central depot with return to The Painter office. Also several sales and notices for poultry, lumber company job, engine, bogey and inquiries in The Pointer Office.
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