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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Henry Mohr hosted friends at their Riverdale home on Monday for their son Fredericks first birthday celebration. Mrs Mohr and the child are visiting relatives near Glenwood for a short time.
Reports spread in Riverdale Park Wednesday afternoon after a portly man linked to the Chicago mayor’s party stepped off at the dock. Local onlookers identified him on a bridge as Mayor Busse amid boating scenes and wireless chatter.
In sad remembrance of a husband who died July 9 1908 at age 24 years 11 months 1 day. A faithful husband and father. Farewell until they meet again in heaven from his wife and baby Mrs F W Hammermeister. Also memorial for Emily infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil Ruf died July 9 1908 age 6 months. An angel flew in Our darling is gone.
As the whistle blew at Pittsburg Carnegie mills 50 000 workers returned to jobs along with other local mills and mines thousands more came back in the coke districts railroads report shop work accelerating and a car shortage looms. A surge of 195 million dollars in payments to corporations is expected to spur investments and improvements nationwide on July 1 analysts say the mass distribution will yield broad positive effects.
Article notes New York City records an average 225 deaths daily while births add 126 new residents each day, resulting in a net population increase driven by natural increase despite mortality. The figures illustrate rapid urban growth in the metropolis.
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