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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1911
Page
8
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad offers round trip Sunday excursions between all line points in Illinois at the regular one way fare for round trip. Tickets limited to sale date and to stations with fares between $1 and $4. no child reduction. Details from L. C. Cannon, Agent, Dolton, Illinois.
Sealed bids are invited to furnish 35 tons of egg hard coal to Bowen School District No 133 Riverdale. 17 tons due by September 1 1911 and 18 tons between January 1 and 6 1912. Bids open Friday June 23 at 8 p m. Submit to Clerk J M Dram Riverdale.
Memorial Service Division 613 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers plans a memorial at Dalton M. E. Church on Sunday June 18 1911 at 730 pm. The event is observed as an international memorial day by divisions across the United States Canada and Mexico with services for deceased brothers. All C E I R R operating department employees are invited. John Needles Chief Engineer L A Treftz Secretary Treasurer Division 613 B of L E.
The Rosebud Pleasure Club hosts a picnic at Dillner's Grove on July 4. Dolton Blue Stars meet Seidler Colts next Sunday with Bitzer and Scott as Colts' battery and Messerschmidt and Albrecht for the Doltons.
Mott injury improves slowly after fall from engine while Hagman sustained arm injury. Hagman and flagman hospitalized. Tome Wood and Hazel Crest graduation exercises held with record attendance. Class colors blue and gold. motto Be Sharp Never be Flat. diplomas presented by C W Farr. Graduation featured patriotic drills, music, and remarks. List of graduates includes Augusta Dawe Lillian Schoof Minnie Holtz Minnie Severine Edna Whitney Margaret Smetacek and others. M W A Memorial Day service conducted by Rev I Q Wilson. graves visited in neighboring cemeteries. Local moves include James Cowing new address Golf Parkway. A E A Wilkinson returns from New Orleans. Howard Hermanson moving back. Louis Stamens auto praised. Louis Mueller near home completion. Flossmoor depot work shifts to west side with excavating. old Depke farm south of Flossmoor to have subdivision. teamsters prep grading bins.
Classified notices offer PARIS GREEN for sale by John Behrens and ARM property parcels in Riverdale and Dolton with pricing around $100. Residence on Lincoln Avenue in Dolton offered on easy terms. 25 foot launch for $300, asking $250. Four room cottage with lots and adjoining land listed for $1200 or $900 with single lot. Blue coat lost at Riverdale show grounds. Pandem bicycle and lawn mower for sale. Rent listing for a 12 room house with barn and garden lot in Highlawn. For details see The Pointer office.
Public notice states proposals will be received by Dalton Village Trustees for installing twenty water meters. Bids awarded to lowest responsible bidder in Village Clerk's office at 8 PM on June 19, 1911. Plans available at Village Clerk’s office. work to be finished by July 1, 1911. bids may be rejected.
The Pointer publishes a new local telephone directory available at the Pointer office. The Thorn ton Township Directory costs 1 dollar and is free to advance Pointer subscribers. If your subscription is prepaid visit the office to pick up a book. If not paid, pay now to receive a copy.
A Dallas News style reflection on prudent men who store tools only when needed. It contrasts planned purchases with last minute improvisations such as broken glass, a rag on a pane, and a gnawed plank, noting natural human carelessness. It likens forgetfulness to leaving a streetcar and ignoring its future operations.
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