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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1937

Page

3

Vacation Names Lightly Spark Global City Tour

The piece highlights a playful travel meta tour of Europe and the Orient using a 1938 Illinois road map as authority. It mentions Paris Athens Crete Milan Vienna Venice Warsaw Waterloo Cairo Havana and says Dolton Riverdale merger would be unlikely due to existing Riverton.

Paris Europe Athens Crete Genoa Marseiles Milan Vienna Venice Warsaw Waterloo Old Troy Sparta Continent Orient Palestine Havana Antioc Cairo Lebanon Panama Peru Ottawa America Kansas Oregon Pittsburgh Wyoming Virginia Atlanta Bunker Hill el Paso Phoenix Washington Harvard Princeton Anna Atticus Byron Casey Chester Christopher Henry Homer Lena le Roy South Holland Pocahontas Illinois State Dolton Riverdale Riverton

Locomotives Double as Fire Engines

Illinois Central railroad reports 350 fire fighting locomotives equipped for flames near the right of way. Yard and road engines carry hose reels, delivering water from tenders at 60 feet and 100 gallons per minute, with 8,000 to 10,000 gallon tenders lasting about an hour. Read the Pointer’s classified ads for more.

Illinois Central Railroad General Offices The Road Chicago

Average Ford Wage Across Detroit District Revealed

Automotive Industries Magazine tabulates wages for 86 889 Ford factory workers in the Detroit district as of July 1. Major groups earn 90 cents per hour or $7.20 daily, with 29 464 on a 40 hour week averaging $36, and 11 450 paid 95 cents per hour.

Ford Motor Company Detroit Automotive Industries Magazine Dearborn Highland Park Flat Rock Northville Phoenix Waterford Plymouth Nankin Mills Ypsilanti Newburg Dundee Mills

Freehold New Magazine for Realtors of Nation

Freehold a new bi monthly periodical from the National Association of Real Estate Boards enters the field aimed at real estate professionals. It will be pocket sized with no advertising and cover census data housing activity trends and a semi annual survey. The publication pledges practical articles and timely news for the general reader with real estate interest.

National Association of Real Estate Boards United States Nareb

Pure Water Facts And Health Insights

A concise overview explains water's central role in the body noting two thirds of body weight as water and the brain’s high water content. It covers chemical formula, dietary water content in foods, a camel’s fat-based water storage, and how little chlorine makes water safe. It also compares calcium intake from water versus milk and notes stomach temperature equalization after ice water.

Desert New York

New Capitol Limited Streamliner Draws Townsfolk

The Baltimore and Ohio announces a diesel Capitol Limited on the Chicago to Washington route. A test run through Hammond drew crowds as the blue and gold train showcased its two-engine setup and extended length with passengers and baggage space.

Capitol Limited Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Chicago Washington, D. C Hammond

Michigan Roads Lift Tourism As Dustless Highways Attract Visitors

Michigan tourists fuel a multi hundred million dollar yearly spend with out of state autos. The State Highways Department built dustless, well maintained routes across the upper and lower peninsulas. County and state parks and scenic picnic spots enhance travel appeal, making Michigan a premier vacation destination and road system a tool for growth.

Michigan State Highways Department Union Michigan State Highway Department

Gyro for the Backyard

A congressional committee approves a $100,000 test of autogyro aircraft to lift mail from post office roofs and swap to fast planes that cross the continent in hours. The vertical takeoff leaves no large landing field required, but backyard use would not actually improve garden harvests.

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Ford Freehold, New Magazine For Realtors Limited Paichigan Gyro Monumental Works, Inc B. H. Krueger & Sons Props Indiana Kenwood Ave Oak Hill Cemetery Oak Lawn Ridge Lawn Obresk State St Ham Anthony Basile Plumbing Dalton Chicago Street Ame Central Garage Pohlers & Stahnke Washington Ave Ken’s Welding Shop Electric and Gas Dearborn Street A.W. Hamann Roseland Michigan Avenue Quinn Lincoln Avenue Fray’s Flower Shop Carl Dieck Coal and Free A. M. Dykstra Pullman Acme Coal CO Riverdale, Illinois Commodore Acme Twin City Garage Jacobsma Lincoln Ave
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