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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1926

Page

5

Income Tax Rules for Singles Couples and Heads of Families

The article outlines filing thresholds and exemptions: single filers with net income 1500 must file, under 1500 exempt. married filers with net income 3500 must file, under 3500 exempt. singles have 1500 exemptions, married 3500. heads of families get 400 deduction per child or dependent. Tax rate 1 percent. March 15 filing deadline, extensions for illness or absence. A table compares new law tax for heads of families without dependents to the old law.

Gold Use in Arts Reaches Immense Annual Value

Estimates place the annual output of gold used in jewelry gilding dental filings and related arts at about eighty million dollars. This figure reflects vast demand across fine and liberal arts sectors with broad industrial impact.

Gang Boss Carried Gun in Blue Island Arrest

Lawton Tucker of Harvey aged 24 boss of a Chicago area gang for the Illinois Central Railroad at Markham was jailed in Blue Island on Sunday. He was fined 100 dollars and costs and had a gun confiscated after police stopped him at 2 30 a m with companion Elton Latham following a South Side hold up.

Lawton Tucker 155Th Street Harvey Illinois Central Railroad Markham Blue Island Rauhoff Tucker Elton Latham

Round House Opens at Homewood for Illinois Central

The new Illinois Central round house on Homewood's north side began operations Monday with forty men on duty. Thirty three senior switchmen are chosen for the nine yard towers and are completing schooling. Two bumping cars are in operation one by electricity and one by steam. Soon the force will grow and much work now done at Burnside will be handled at Homewood.

Illinois Central Round House Homewood Burnside Homewood News

Illinois Railroads Stand as Major National Gateways

Illinois contains the most railroad track per square mile and, after Texas, the greatest total mileage among states. The Bulletin of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce notes that nearly every eastern trunk line ends its western track at Chicago or East St. Louis, and its eastern track at Chicago or St. Louis, making Illinois a pair of dominant rail centers and commercial gateways.

Illinois Texas The Illinois Chamber of Commerce Chicago East St. Louis St. Louis

Illinois Bell Phones 50th Anniversary Celebrations

Illinois Bell marks fifty years of telephone service with employee buttons and a statewide salute. Alexander Graham Bell spoke the first complete sentence on March 10, 1876 in Boston, Watson heard it, and the system grew to about 32 million phones worldwide. In Illinois there are over 1.5 million telephones and more than 70,000 workers. The company also announced the installation of the 80,000th phone in Chicago and the 200,000th in the Chicago Suburban Division.

Illinois Bell Telephone Company United States Alexander Graham Bell Boston Watson Thomas A. Watson Ilinois Illinois Chicago

Businesses Need More Printer's Ink Than Talk

A sharp call for action urges firms to invest in advertising and print materials over empty talk. The idea is that tangible printed outreach drives visibility, customer reach, and measurable results beyond mere messaging.

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