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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1938
Page
6
Abandoned car notices list a 1925 Jewett sedan with motor 251694 and serial 256681 and public sale set for January 16 at 2 p m at Neal's Motor Sale in South Holland to settle by highest bid. Also listed are a 1928 Pontiac sedan and a 1929 Dodge coupe with motor numbers and serials provided.
Harold John Wiltjers son of Mr and Mrs William Wiltjers died at home 171st street Monday January 2 1938 at 10 pm after pneumonia from a severe cold. He was born July 20 1986 and was 1 year 5 months 18 days old. Funeral services held Wednesday at home and Lansine Reformed church Rev Rozenboom. interment Oak Ridge cemetery. He leaves father mother one sister Adeline one brother Williard and grandparents Grace Wiltjers and Mr and Mrs Leonard Van Dreal.
South Holland Board of Health warns all measles cases must be reported to the Health Officer and a notice posted at residence for less than fourteen days. Noncompliance may lead to arrest. Health Officer Th. G W Walvoord.
In colonial commerce northern traders or planters used palm leaf hats to conceal sugar shipments. The practice shows inventive measures to move goods while evading inspection and taxes.
County Court processed about 5,000 cases on trial in 1937 amid 10,524 law pages. Special Assessment records reached 3,257 pages. 1,162 election matter orders. 150 general orders. 4,921 lunatic warrants. 5,120 lunatic petitions. 9,235 inheri tance tax orders. 594 tax receipts. 1,680 objections to sale judgments. 105,326 parcels. 250 feeble minded and 65 epileptic filings. 8,000 law docket entries. 5,000 judge and clerk commissions. 45,3867 tax judgment orders. 10,000 lunatic docket entries. 181 bond pages. 850 tax receiver petitions. 1,123 adoptions. 298 common lay cases. 640 contempt pages.
County Treasurer Horace Lindheimer reports 1937 real estate taxes total $114,500,205, about 75 percent of 1936 levies, higher than last year. Personal property collections reach $30,105,179 or 62 percent, the best since 1929, aided by new office equipment and timely tax bills.
A fragment notes a raisin derived sugar valued by Arab cooks for its use in coffee. The reference underscores a culinary practice linking raisin sugar to regional beverage flavor.
A freshman in a Latin class received a garbled passage and produced a cryptic translation that the teacher read aloud as a comic misinterpretation. Classmates Mary and others react with witticisms about trucks and ducks in a playful exchange.
Joseph Krol a 50 year old resident of 120 W 13th Street suffered serious injuries after being struck by a car on State Street between 118th and 124th streets. He sustained facial head lacerations internal injuries and a fractured right leg and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital by J P Lau and Paul Bronkow who found him while returning home to Dolton.
Announcement this week reports Miss Janet Kliefoth of Riverdale wed Thomas Halloran of Washington Heights on Christmas Day. Attendants were Miss Evelyn Bowse and Stanley Johnson. They reside at 135 East 110th Street.
Miss Mapvie Klein of 13306 Prairie Ave was taken to St. Francis hospital in Blue Island on Monday January 3 for an emergency appendicitis operation. The girls debate giving expensive presents to the boyfriend, advising only if truly needed and to mark them with their name.
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