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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1910
Page
4
Poem fragment urging a reader to seek nature for healing and perspective. It reflects on mortality and reunion with the natural world, imagining rest among ancient hills, oceans, and forests as generations pass. The speaker counsels living simply and meaningfully so when summoned, one rests among the timeless landscape.
Unimproved Michigan farm land offered at 8 to 15 per acre with terms as low as 10 down and 5 a month for 40 acres. Seeds store advertises Old Reliable Seed Co and bulk seeds for farmers. Rentals include a 20 acre farm with house near Illinois Central and a modern 6 room flat on 137th. Numerous houses and lots for sale or rent in Dolton and Riverdale with cash and time terms. Also a Dolton newspaper route for sale and a Lincoln Avenue lot. Real estate loans offered and Pointer ads inviting property listings and buyer requests.
The wedding of Miss Ruby E Hastings and Rupert J Wigley was held at the bride’s parents home with Rev Robert J Reid officiating. Immediate relatives and neighbors attended as the couple exchanged rings and received congratulations before a luncheon and gifts were shared.
A playful furniture of words features a baby’s reply to a visitor asking who he is. The infant’s cheerful declaration “I’m the baby’s brother” reveals a humorous and innocent moment captured in the page’s OCR.
A reflective verse describes a deathbed scene as a traveler moves toward the grave with calm dignity. The speaker contrasts fatal toil with peaceful departure, stating the beloved meets death like one ready for sleep and dreamless rest.
An advertisement for printing services at 13702 Indiana Ave Riverdale offering low prices on letterheads billheads noteheads statements envelopes and business and calling cards.
At the Great Northern Hotel the Pullman Foreman's Club banquet honored 33,000,000 passengers with only three deaths in Pullman car travel last year. Speakers included T. Dunbar, F. M. Gunn, James Wares, and J. P. Carey. A theatre party followed. The Rosebuds plan a May Party at Dillner's Grove on May 7.
Fragmentary timetable notes list train times and routes including Frisco Chicago and East Illinois lines. Entries show morning and afternoon departures with multiple numbers. daily except Sunday indicates service omission on Sundays.
Eastbound trains from Chicago to Riverdale and Dalton appear with multiple times listed. Schedule fragment shows 7.00 am 11.7.58 am and 4.1g pm 5.14 pm with unclear notation and repeating patterns.
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