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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1909
Page
4
The Business Men's Association holds its meeting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the hall in Dalton. J C Brookfelt presides with Frank O Bergold as recording secretary Idenry Hahn as financial secretary and O Obeldebel as treasurer.
Riverdale Hose Company No 14 meets the first Wednesday each month at the Fire House in Highlawn. Fred Ludwig serves as president, George L Koehler is secretary, and Herman Dreesen is treasurer.
The Women’s Relief Corps G W Spencer Post 279 meets the 2nd Friday at 2 pm and the 4th Friday at 8 pm at the Village Hall Riverdale with Bertha Smick as president and Oswald Obeldobel as secretary. Dolton School Board meets the 1st Tuesday each month at 7 30 pm at Park Avenue School.
The Minois Brick Company will start Yard 24 this week while Yard 22 opens next Monday after repairs. Yard 17 begins about March 10 with two new marine boilers. a steel smoke stack is installed. Yard 99 of Calumet Brick opens about the same time as Yard 17. Blue Island Standard urges free thinking and restraint from coercion.
The Harbor Commission urges Chicago to widen the Calumet River to 300 feet from the forks to Hammond and to improve docks, fearing land value and growth pressures if delays persist. A 300 foot river would deter unnecessary bridges, and a Lake Calumet containment plan proposes a 300 foot channel to the lake and a large dredged harbor, pending study.
A poem praising working women who earn a living with honest hands. It extols daily toil from desk to factory, lauding their courage, sacrifice, and family support. The speaker blesses and defends the girl that works as a queen and princess among the toilers.
Boston watchers heard Prof. Percival Lowell of Lowell Observatory say a collision of an unknown dark planet with the sun could terminate life on earth, prophesied fourteen years before the catastrophe. He warned the chance of a near term disaster is slight.
A dated humorous guide outlines a seven day plan to win a man. It urges varying moods and actions each day, from smiling and looking pretty to confessing affection and showing restraint, ending by urging readers to name the day.
An editorial extract cites Mr Milligan and a pupil Bojedji to illustrate African speech as direct and contrasts color perceptions. The pupil asserts preference against becoming white, citing pride in being better looking, while noting different country skin tones and the speaker’s own pink and white in his country.
A four year old, Catherine, asks her mother to move God to the downstairs room so he will not ruin a pretty dress or eat candy saved for morning. The girl speaks of prayer and religion in a childlike, humorous moment at bedtime.
Folklore on sneezing spans many nations with varied omens. Beliefs link sneezing to longevity, fevers, or good fortune, and greetings like God bless you or God preserve you appear in diverse cultures. In Suffolk a sneezing tariff exists with wishes, kisses, letters, and disappointments following each sneeze.
A Basque province prison lets inmates work in town and return at night. One drunken prisoner tried to enter. the jailer denied admission and sentenced him to spend the night outside the prison. The tale notes the strict nightly identification by bolts and guards.
The article notes St Edmund's Hall at Oxford as the last surviving original hall of university life. It bears Archbishop Edmund Rich's name, not the Saxon king. A legend suggests Dante might have studied there if he visited Oxford, but not at Queen's College which did not yet exist.
The Ladies Aid of Dolton M. E. church offers sewing for aprons comforters stocking bags and similar items. Orders may be left with Alma Lund at Lind's Drug Store in Dolton. Proceeds go to charitable work and community help.
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