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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1910
Page
3
The Business Men's Association holds its meeting on the first Wednesday at UC U. W. Hall in Dalton at 8 p.m. President Henry J. Diliner, recording secretary Frank Bergold, unancimg secretary Henry Habu, treasurer Obeldobe.
Riverdale Improvement Association meets second Monday each month at Riverdale Village Hall at o'clock p m. T F Kinney serves as president and John E Bohafer as secretary with A Reid listed.
Women's Relief Corps G W Boancer Corps No 279 meets the first Friday and the second Friday at 2 pm at Village Wall Riverdale with Emily Claussen as president and Dorothy Niemeyer as secretary. Dolton School Board meets first Tuesday each month at 7 30 pm at Park Avenue School Riverdale. Board directors meet Saturday each month at 7 30 pm at Bowen School.
The author praises the ear as a marvelous instrument and contrasts its delicate function with the eye. The piece notes the ear’s delicate mechanism and the trouble when it goes out of tune, calling it a great mystery of human physiology.
1920s era lyric excerpt depicts the song My Old Kentucky Home with lines about Kentucky, summer, and plantation imagery. The verse set, including lines about darkey labor and sorrow, reflects historical context and sentiment. The text presents a full lyric fragment rather than a news item or report.
A correspondence review explains the difference between the terms sanitarium and sanitorium. Sanatorium derives from sanitas and denotes health preserving facilities, while sanitarium from sanator or sanatorius relates to treatment or rehabilitation using therapeutic methods.
An curious claim suggests moving the bed away from walls and placing rubber under each caster or in a glass dish to cut off electric contact. Proponents say this absence of current contact helps people sleep better and has cured stubborn insomnia cases.
Mexican Herald reports that Teple prefecture orders after January 1 sombreros must be no larger than a prescribed size. Charro hats, sometimes nearly three feet wide, are deemed a nuisance as rancheros crowd restaurants. Offenders face punishment by authorities.
A guide to Chicago landmarks from the Montgomery Ward statue on Michigan to the Cahokia courthouse on Jackson Park Island. It notes the Healy portraits at Newberry, Columbus statue on Wendworth, Pullman residence area, Fort Dearborn tablet, Civil War artifacts in Public Library, and the city’s vast park and boulevard system.
Lava from near Beyreuth in Bavaria was adopted for gas burner tips in yRS4 by J von Schwarz. The solid lava resists carbon deposits and endures repeated heating, enabling turning sawing and polishing. For centuries it has served in fireproof utensils musket balls and other objects.
Property owners desiring house drains in front of their lots should see the inspector just before the sewer reaches their premises. DRAINAGE TRUSTEES.
The Illinois Central offers two Sunday excursion tickets at one fare for the round trip commencing Sunday May 15 1910 with return the same date. Minimum fare is $1.00. No baggage check and no child reduction. Special sale to Decatur and return on June 5 1910 and June 11 1910 for Knights of Pythias dedication. E Canon, Agent Riverdale.
Fragmentary timetable notes a Panhandle P C C and St L line with Riverdale local card. Mentions arrival at 7.88 a.m. and 0.14 p.m. P.O. shows same schedule for Delron with some differences in race paths and pace.
Good chance sale listing includes 6 Partridge Cochins and Rhode Island Reds 200 to 250 young chickens with some weighing 2 pounds. Includes Bone Mill Corn Mill White Washing Machine Incubators 240 Eggs each 100 Eggs, Out-Door and In-Door Brooders, feed valued at $50.00 and many other items. Full particulars call or address F. W. Tegtmeyer 11953 Dearborn Street West Prussia area.
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