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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1925
Page
7
A business states it is licensed and supervised by the state and has fifteen years in operation to assure reliability. It notes applications can be made by phone if visiting the office is inconvenient.
The Board of Education District 215 Calumet City Illinois will receive sealed proposals until 12 noon March 20 1925 at 728 State Line Street for a Township High School building on 154th Street between Mackinaw Avenue and Kankakee Street. Bids cover general contract masonry carpentry plastering iron work roofing floors painting glass and more with separate bids for heating plumbing electrical and fixtures. A $10 plan deposit and 5 percent bid guarantee with certified check or bond are required. The board may accept or reject any bid and reserves the right to award in whole or in part. Signed Martin H Finneran Secretary.
The 1924 Thorn town tax collection schedule lists due dates and locations across multiple villages. Payments are accepted at Hazel Crest Hose House on March 5 from 10 to 12 a m Riverdale Riverdale Bank March 5 from 2 to 4 p m Lansing Village Hall March 11 and 30 Homewood Homewood Bank Thornton Thornton Bank Oak Glen Bock's Hall March 20 Burnham Village Hall March 7 from 9 to 12 a m Berger's Corner School House March 7 from 1 to 4 p m City of Calumet Old City Hall March 14 and 24 Park Bldg March 6 21 31 Dolton Dolton Bank March 10 18 South Holland Village Hall March 17 Phoenix Village Hall March 26 Harvey City Hall March 9 13 16 19 238 27 28 Peter A Anker Collector Telephones Harvey 1600R1 and Harvey 23.
Quote celebrates rare minds who turn the ordinary into extraordinary. It praises poets, leaders, scientists, artists, and explorers as the noble band of wanderers who spark curiosity and advance human intelligence.
President Coolidge acts as arbitrator advancing a final settlement of the Tacna and Arica border quarrel between Chile and Peru. A three member commission will supervise a plebiscite to determine voter qualifications and oversight, with the U S president naming the third member.
A Daily Mail dispatch from Nairobi reports that Mrs Green, an Irish explorer from Dublin, and British Captain Atkins were killed by a rhinoceros near Nangaki while Mrs Green had wounded the animal. Captain Atkins, arriving with his wife, died after the animal charged as Mrs Atkins escaped.
Senator Couzens of Michigan disclosed on the Senate floor that the Internal Revenue Service served him a back tax assessment of 10 to 11 million dollars for profits from 1919 in the sale of his Ford Motor Company holdings to Henry Ford. He said the action aims to intimidate him over his investigations of the IRS, citing a memorandum from Commissioner Blair detailing the stock sale.
The Post Office department reports February postal receipts up 15 percent from a year ago, a Government economists view as a general business barometer. In 50 selected cities the gain is 4.68 percent, led by Springfield Ohio with 43.55 percent, followed by Portland Maine.
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