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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1912
Page
4
Riverdale board directors meet on the fourth Friday of each month at 7 30 P M in Bowen School to discuss district matters. The notice requests public attendance and outlines agenda points for the session.
Listings detail regular meetings for German Oak Lodge No 257 AOUW Modern Woodmen Calumet Camp 56142 Catholic Foresters St Luke's Court 186 Women’s Catholic Order for Eliters George Washington Lodge 189 U N A Modern Maccabees Twin City Tent 1150 and Brickmakers Local Union No 6 Dolton. Officers and meeting times are listed for each group.
Riverdale Improvement Association meets the 2nd Monday monthly at the Village Hall at 8 o clock p.m. Officers include T. F. Kinney president and F R Baker vice president. Highlawn Hose Co No 1 meets 1st Wednesday at the Hose House. W Spencer Corps No 279 meets 1st Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Village Hall. Boy Scouts Junior Division meet Fridays at Park Avenue School with Rev W A Cisana as Scoutmaster. Senior Division meets Fridays with Rev W B Gissna as Scoutmaster.
A 1841 Northumberland Pa sermon warns that neglecting printer payments poisons character and life. The preacher extols the printer as mind’s key, urges immediate settlement of all debts, and credits the press with knowledge and civilization. He cautions lawyers and creditors, urging daily payments to avoid doom.
Classified rental notices list a cottage at 403 Washington Avenue Dolton with contact Dolton a4 F C Propper. A four room farm house east of Dolton on Lincoln Avenue sits on two acres with fruit trees grape vines and asparagus. $12 monthly. suitable for a man in brick yards. Details at the Pointer office. Additional farm land rentals in the Riverdale area by F A Ketch Riverdale Illinois.
Multiple single line items advertise for sale items and properties including lath, a Thor twin cylinder motorcycle, a phonograph with records, musical instruments, barred rock poultry, a horse and buggy, gas store, ponies, mahogany piano, a Ford, survey equipment, two motorcycles, and real estate including houses, farms, and cottages. Contact details reference Riverdale Dolton South Holland Oakglen and The Pointer office.
Multiple farm and residential properties offered for sale by F. A. Reich and associates. 94 acre Dalton farm with house barn and outbuildings, riverfront poultry farm near Harvey, irrigation land and fruit trees, Riverdale lots and installment homes, nine room Dalton residence, nine room Riverdale home, 14 Leonard subdivision lots in Dalton for $1000 cash. Inquiries at Pointer or Porter offices.
A wife probes her husband about remarriage after death, asking if he would marry again. He answers firmly that he would not, and she notes the tone of his certainty.
The document lists southbound and northbound train numbers with departure times from South Holland and 47th Street, noting daily, Sunday only, and Saturday only services. It shows No 82 at 9:04 am, No 24 at 0:04 pm, No 23 at 8:46 am, No 31 at 5:15 pm, No 21 flag at 8:41 pm, plus 6:06 am from South Holland and No 67 from 47th St at 0:57 am arriving 6:45 am.
Local timetable notes Panhandle P C C and St L services to Riverdale and Chicago with listed departures at 7 00 am 7 09 am 4 15 pm and 9 43 pm noting a same schedule for Dalton via a single connecting route and indicating a once a week variation.
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