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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1918
Page
5
A fifty acre farming operation outside New York City supplies crops and meat for over 5,000 captive animals at the New York Zoological Park. The farm grows corn, carrots, beets, cabbage and more for herbivores and raises chickens rabbits guinea pigs rats mice pigeons squabs and pigs for the carnivores.
Margaret Steele Anderson argues beauty marks grand scale while loveliness denotes intimate human appeal. She contrasts Helen and Juliet, Rosalind and Beatrix, Miranda and Desdemona, Ophelia and Portia, Olivia, Viola, Cordelia, and Lear’s daughter, noting how each conveys a different aesthetic.
A Minneapolis Journal piece explains that ventilation is crucial in battleships with complex steel compartments. It highlights boiler room air supply via watertight trunks, protective deck gratings, large electric fans for engine rooms, and coal bunkers venting to prevent explosive gas buildup, ensuring crew safety and ship performance.
In a clipped remark the speaker urges a bold suitor to meet his wife, claiming a dashing rival could win her away. The exchange hints at romantic tension and a sharp social flirtation.
In effect July 16 1917 trains run from Chicago to Dalton and Oakdale with limited weekend service. Eastbound northbound times listed include 7.09 am 9.45 am 5.03 pm and 7.43 pm with Sunday exceptions and no Sunday trains. Dalton schedule mirrors with small time differences.
Mary E Tuesdaye Camp No 8142 Royal Neighbors of America meets the first and third Tuesdays each month in the Dalton Village Hall. Josephine McLaughlin Oracle Lulu Berger Recorder Pauline M Slaughter Reedive.
Numerous items list employment openings for girls and women at multiple Riverdale firms with wages. property for sale including 5 acre lot near 147th and Panhandle, a 7 room Leyden Ave cottage to be moved, a blacksmith shop, and a 16 acre tiled farm with improvements. rental and farm land requests. small truck farms near Forest Port Preserve. sale listings from A C Reich and The Pointer. buyers seeking small farms within 15 miles of Riverdale. 20 acre truck farm with house and onion warehouse for sale in Lansing Illinois.
Miscellaneous items listed for sale or trade including hogs at 1.50 per 100 lbs above stock yards wholesale, 14 cents per pound for butchering. Vaughan Farm Hazel Crest offers various goods such as an organ, horses, Ford cars, an iron safe, shade trees, and household items. The Pointer office advertises rags and other notices. Lincoln Park area listings include sharing land for crops and multiple farm and personal items for sale.
A U S flag flies over the Jamestown worsted mill. Owners praise the unity of labor across nationalities with a flag woven from global toil. Names include American, Italian, Swede, German, English, Scotch, Belgian, French, Albanian, Turk and Irishman along the production chain.
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