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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1908

Page

12

Local Club and Board Meeting Schedule for Dolton Riverdale Area

Notices list upcoming meetings for the Business Men's Association Riverdale Improvement Association Hose Company No 1 Women Relief Corps G W Spencer Post 279 Dolton School Board Riverdale Board Directors and church activities. The Dalton M E church will suspend Sunday evening service as Pastor Carl Stolz travels to Grand Rapids Michigan for a week with his parents.

Women's Relief Corps G. W. Spencer Riverdale Bertha Sprick Cora Jenness Dalton M. 16 Carl Stolz Grand Rapids Mich

Riverdale Local and Chicago Rail Schedules Amid Odd Notes

A jumble of train times from Riverdale and Dolton shows eastbound and local daily schedules with a note on a Sunday exception. The piece closes with Salt in the Coffin a reference citing the New York American on an ancient custom tied to salt symbolism.

New York American

Poor Substitute for Tobacco on Alaska Coast

Readable fragment notes a curious Alaskan practice where wood shavings saturated with pepper serve as a tobacco substitute. The fumes are said to irritate the mouth and eyes, described as injurious and harmful to health.

Alaska

Courage and Patience in Mrs. Cook Aged 87

The New York Herald praises Mrs. Bella Cook, 87, bedridden for 53 years, for her enduring courage and self support. A second note argues that true health comes from quiet, not mere change of air, contrasting city turbulence with country silence.

Bella Cook New York Herald

Silk Handkerchief Sleep Aid Claims

A medical note states warmth on the head induces sleep and that covering the head with a silk handkerchief in nine of ten cases helps sufferers sleep. The report notes sleeplessness often follows head cold exposure while the body stays warm.

Incandescent Lamp Gives Soft Ceiling Light

An incandescent lamp in a green shade when turned toward the ceiling spreads diffused light. It offers ample brightness for a room when no one is reading and creates no shadows.

Coal bids sought by District 148 Cook County

The Board of Education District 148 invites sealed bids for about 100 tons of Pocahontas or New River coal to be delivered to school houses in summer. Bids on lump and egg and mine run accepted. coal delivered per car invoice. Bids opened August 4, 1908, Park Avenue School. Board may reject any or all bids. Secretary Fow. Rorison.

Board of Education Cook County Pocahontas New River Park Avenue

Local notices and classifieds from Riverdale Dolton area

Classifieds include licenses by Jacos A. Decklar for hunting and fishing, sale of four pointer pups by Frank Berschinski, rhubarb for canning by Chas Milhahn, lots for sale in Mrs Bartsche subdivision by Wm F Propper, two rental listings on Fredericka street, a lost black Cocker Spaniel, a four room cottage for rent on Grant street, sale of a Victor phonograph, and two tandem bikes plus twelve used bicycles by Henry Hahn with prices from five dollars to fifteen hundred dollars.

Frank Berschinski Indiana Avenue Riverdale Sta Chicago Chas. Milhahn Berger Station Dolton Pointer Office Grant Street Dalton F. C. Propper Victor Phonograph Pointer Henry Hahn

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