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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1914
Page
5
A stretch of Indiana Avenue between 134th Street and the Illinois Central tracks at Riverdale has been put in good condition by the city street department. A crew worked last week tearing up the surface leveling it and rolling it smooth. Good work.
Mr Tom Greeley will present Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Dalton Theatre on Monday and Tuesday evenings, July 20 and 21. The play, long a staple across the United States, remains a popular drama celebrated for its moral lessons and engaging rendition.
Notice offers farm animal death insurance via A. Diekman Dalton It contact 468. The text then shifts to a historical aside about Christopher Columbus noting he was Italian and not Jewish, while naming officers and sailors as Jewish Luis de Torres Irishman William Harris and Englishman Arthur Laws or Larkins among Portuguese Spaniards and Italians in the rank and file.
A licensed plumber operates in Dalton at 10911 Michigan Avenue Chicago. The notice confirms professional credentials and location for local plumbing services.
Several hundred Grand Army of the Republic members and families plan the Cook county reunion at Hiverside on July 18 and 19. Thomas H. Gault, Civil War veteran, chairs the committee of veterans from various posts and a camp fire style program will be arranged. Veterans will camp in tents, reviving wartime days and reunions with old comrades.
John Metz was elected president of the local district council of carpenters for the seventeenth time at a meeting held Saturday night. Daniel Galvin chosen secretary treasurer for the 12th time and W S Buel will be vice president for the 4th term. W C Wright J C Johnson and H C Bromley elected business agents representing 24000 carpenters in and about Chicago.
Property owners in the Village of Dalton are urged to cut Canada Thistles. The law requires removal and destruction. if not done by the owner, the village may perform the work and bill the expense. By Order Village Board of Dalton. WM. G. Dalton Village Clerk dated July 10, 1914.
Notice to all property owners in Thornton Township to cut and destroy Canada Thistles before seeding. Legislation from 1867 and 1869 imposes fines from $50 to $200 for failing to destroy thistles or allow seed dissemination. The Thistle Commissioner will notify parties once before legal action.
A cautious note urges readers to confirm coal arrangements before stocking up for winter. The advisory highlights ensuring delivery timing, price clarity, and contract terms with suppliers.
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