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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
4
Classified rates detail memorial poems notices entertainments for profit five cents per line. Display rates on application. Want ads five lines or fewer five cents per line per issue. ten lines and over five cents per line per issue. Multiple issues discounted. cash with order.
A long list of names including Irwin Gundaker Geo Nairn Lawrence Engle and Raymond Robinson appears as part of the Illinois Field Artillery roster. The document names many officers and soldiers with varied initials and surnames, indicating a comprehensive unit roll call or appointment list.
Parents and friends are requested to report new enlistments to The Pointer each week, so that none may be slighted. Names listed include Lyman Lee Herman Faden Kleinhausse Burch Crowley Pearson Schoon Smith Ladd Robins Voss Rivers Robinson Stas Voss Jenness Henken Arsettie Stevens Black Ingle Macdonald Reed Ruthenhofer Sweet Campbell and others in the cavalry and signal corps.
A Riverdale boy-drafted correspondent writes from a coastal fort in June 1914 describing daily routine in detail. He notes drill times from 5:45 am to 11 pm, meals costing about 32 cents, mail as a major daily event, and discipline for missing a call to arms. He mentions weapon drills, gunner exams, infantry practice, battalion parades, and leisure activities in the evenings. The letter conveys pride in service and routine life at Uncle Sam's fort.
Harbor master Adam F. Weckler pushes a municipal and industrial harbor at Lake Calumet with notices served to about a hundred settlers and landholders. Harbor District No. 4 established July 15 1915 gives the city title to submerged and reclaimed land as preparation for possession and construction.
The Liberty Loan of 1917 will funnel a large share of the five billion dollars into farmers pockets. Funds loaned to allies will be spent in the United States on munitions and farm products, with the government as a major buyer to support food, clothing, and materials for troops. Local banks will hold the money to prevent community nudity of funds.
The speaker urges farmers to subscribe liberally to Liberty Loan Bonds, describing them as the safest investment and a means to supply funds to purchase agricultural products, asserting the policy as plain political economy.
The American Poultry Association launched a four month drive to boost the nation meat supply by raising chickens. The plan aims to add 100 million pounds through expanded poultry production and higher flocks nationwide.
The excerpt urges vigilance over health and disease prevention, patriotic duty through liberty bonds, and notes wartime shipyard activity. It cites 1917 shipyard construction in Holland, listing ninety one steamers over 1 000 gross tons, including four at 20 000 tons each.
In New Castle Indiana every home destroyed by the cyclone was insured for fire but less than one percent had cyclone destruction coverage. The notice urges purchase of cyclone insurance and directs readers to contact A B Diekman of Dolton Illinois for rates.
Classified notices list labor offers for 50 general housework clerical and other helpers at Budge Employment Agency and 20 steady employed workers for Asbestos Shingle Co. Also numerous property sales and rentals including lots on Atlantic Street at 200 each, 5 acre tract east of Panhandle tracks for 900 cash, second hand houses cheap, and several farms and flats for rent in Dolton Riverdale Chicago and nearby areas with contact details and addresses.
Miscellaneous items offered including a brindle and white bull dog for 600 dollars at 908 Chicago St Dalton Illinois. Farm vegetables direct sale east of Propper's Corner. Lawn mower with carrier almost new for 4 dollars. Iron safe at A C Reich Riverdale real estate office. Several rooming-seekers and buyers for small farms near Riverdale. Shade trees Vaughan Farm Hazel Crest. Fords and other second hand cars listed by P J Van Drunen South Holland. Property buyers seek small farms within 16 miles of Riverdale.
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