20 Years Ago With The Pointer
The Pointer recalls 1929 Riverdale and Bowen school news. Riverdale supporters press Riverdale extension of the streetcar to connect with Indiana avenue bridge, council to vote next Tuesday. Riverdale Improvement Association protests scavenger overreach and calls for citizen oversight. a committee will consult health officials on scavenger authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago City Railways Company
Riverdale
Collins
Herman Brossma
Mr. Brossma
Bowen School
F. A. Costello
George Vander Veen
George
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co
Muskegon
Mich
Peter Ripley
Schaecfer
T. F. Kinney
City Council
Street Car
Indiana Avenue
Aldermaan Biel
Dalton
Riverdale Improvement Association
Chas Ohlsen
Martin Niewald
Henry Mohr
Jacob Lau
Otto Lentz
City Eyes 1,450 Acres From Harbor Dredging Plan
Share owners would receive submerged land to compensate riparian rights while dredging creates channels slips and the harbor basin. Estimated value totals 14.5 million dollars at ten thousand per acre with dredging costs around five million, promising profit and port facilities. Officials Wolfe and Thompson back harbor development amid aldermanic enthusiasm.
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Lake Calumet Harbor
Richard W. Wolfe
Rowan and
Govier
Rearranging the Furniture and the Human Corner
A columnist compares moving furniture to human adaptation. After a failed attempt to repurpose rooms Nancy and the author quickly restore the original layout. The piece notes adaptability is rare and urges staying in a chosen corner to fit best.
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Thackeray
Nancy
Western Newspaper Union
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Princeton Avenue
Fhone Pullman
R. A. Bales
Wall
Roseland
Dolton
Bender
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West 144Th Street
Grant Park
Ill
C. Schmidt
Tel
Beecher
Soilitt
Cottage Grove Avenue
Chicago Heights
14Th Street
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A. C. Reich
John Ravesfoot, Jr
State Street
South Holland
Til
Harvey
Park Avenue
J. Harms
Henry van Ramshorst
186Th Street
Lansing
Ilinois
Copenhagen
F. J. Gyger
H. G. Wills
Edbrooke Avenue
City & Suburban Electric Co. (Inc
Parnell Ave
Chicago
C. H. van Valkenburgh
Pullman
MR. Biggs
George Tuch
Peter Farney
Aspen Kruiter
Indiana Ave
Ott
Council
Malloy Coal CO
Lincoln Avenue
Lincoln Ave
Thomas Arkle Clark
University of Illinois
Tel. Pullman
M. Dykstra & Sons
Wallace St
Green Staud
Carl Dieck
Sundberg
Halsted St. Vincennes
Frank C. Ott
Chicago St
Anthony Basile
Lyp
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
Majestic Electric
Gladstone
Joseph Kavlak
East
137Th Street
K. L. Sherrill
Leyden Ave
WM. C. Zesch & Son
Avalon Ave
Saginaw
William Lotz
Telephone
138Th Street
Riverdale, Tl
Isaac Shilling
159Th Street
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