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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1930
Page
5
J. M. Deam M. H. Jenness and Al Becker of West Pullman can ride the Panhandle system next year without passes. None of these men are considered stuck up.
Henry Thompson and Minnie Messerschmidt, both of Dalton, secretly married in Chicago on Wednesday, shocking friends who offer congratulations and best wishes. William Coville, the 78 dollar theft suspect from Riverdale Panhandle office, was judged last Friday in Criminal Court after arrest in Chicago while passing a check. Because of his 18 years he avoided Joliet Penitentiary and will be sent to Pontiac for training in theft avoidance.
The Stork Myr. and Mrs. Robert Keiser welcomed a son born December 28. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Fadtke welcomed a son born December 31. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Neath welcomed a son born Saturday January 1.
Miss Rose Schrieber visits from Chicago and laments there’s no place like Homewood. John Van Eyle plans to buy a car after selling his horse to William Warning. H Meeker Sr travels to Stuttgart Arkansas, hoping to return. Fred Domm trains his horse for racing and uses a sleigh. Trustees Harwood and Gold study waterworks plans and spring youth vote. Mr and Mrs Fred Struss visit Henry Schooter from Riverdale. T DeYoung & Sons open a blacksmith shop on Maine street with farmers as friends.
The Canadian Supreme Court ruled in favor of Payette, heir to three siblings and their wives, who argued the land left by their grandfather could not be sold or leased. The Grand Trunk railroad had occupied a large freight station on the land, but Payette pursued title with the King's Consul records and legal counsel. After years of effort and initial setbacks, the case secured Payette's hold on the estate and the fortune.
Dean Thomas Arkle Clark argues that modern endurance contests often value vanity or spectacle over real benefit. He cites breath holding, extreme fasting leading to death, English Channel swimming, rocking chair marathons, and long dances, deeming most endurance feats of little societal value despite public interest.
Sixteen sentences show a mix of local items including a December 29 highway contract let to Henry P Downey Construction Co for 80 842 and three miles of highway between Dyer and Highland Lake County. Four men detained in Hammond after discovery of a large distillery by Deputy U S Marshal H E Miner and Ward Powers. One detainee identified as Charles Torna done of 706 De Koven street Chicago. Also deeds transfer January 1 to Calumet Railways Inc for Hammond Whiting and Fast Chicago Street Railway. East Chicago bank opens a new 750 000 First National Bank and Trust building with public tour from 10 a m to 9 p m.
Mr and Mrs Charles West Sr hosted Christmas at 212 Kanawha Avenue Dalton with 23 guests at noon and evening. Gifts were exchanged after dinner and children received presents from Santa Claus the morning of Christmas Day. Attendees included Morris W West Karl Meginnis Hazel Burwell Edward Burwell Charles West Sr Glen Mervin Eleanor William West Roche Chandler Beecher Chas West Jr Garnet Doris and R C Mannhey.
The swift leopard ray is observed leaping horizontally from the middle of a wase and catching air for about fifty feet. The behavior suggests notable agility and aerial capability in this species.
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