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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
4
Classified ad rate card lists prices by line count and issue pack. One issue costs 25 cents for five lines, with discounts for multiple issues. cash must accompany each order. Rates scale to 50 cents for five lines or more per issue, with two and four issue options available.
The piece decries the 1907 traction ordinance and a city council that sleeps on street car failures. It cites seventeen million dollars in city share profits, misrepresentation by the companies, and a court ruling upholding the state utilities order. It notes a three member council panel and delays by aldermen, leaving straphangers without relief. A classified line follows seeking a general house worker at 15423 Vine Ave Harvey.
In loving remembrance of my husband and father who died June 10 1915. From those you left behind comes respect for a steady, kind, true man. The lines speak of longing and loss as the family mourns the absence in their home. Mrs. Avetsi Buatner and children.
Numerous listings include employment requests at Asbestos Shingle Co and local boarding houses, rental offers on Lincoln Avenue and Leyden, farms and land for sale, livestock and household items, a boys watch lost, and vehicles plus machinery for sale. The notices appear from The Pointer Office and local banks and businesses in Dalton, Dolton, Riverdale, and South Holland.
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