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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1912
Page
5
A budding novelist tests a critic with demand for proofs then stakes his case on words alone. The skeptic hurries away, insisting belief rests on spoken assurance rather than manuscript certainty.
Regular Republican candidates to County Commissioners endorsed by a committee of 100 and by the Republican County Convention. William Busse, Joseph Carolan, Alfred Van Steenbergh, William C. Hartray, James Noble.
Political Calendar lists dates for 1912 elections including town officers outside Chicago and Chicago city officers. It notes petitions deadlines and primary dates for county state and congressional offices, plus school trustees in towns outside Chicago and school directors in all districts outside Chicago.
A combined sale offer lists a horse harness and buggy with a light wagon for purchase. Inquiries are to be made at the Cabe rnet Hotel in Riverdale.
Henry Ramshorst of Lansing Illinois advertises fine buckwheat honey in 60 pound tins and 8 pound lots at 1.60 dollars per gallon. Orders mailed from Lansing Illinois.
The Degree of Honor hosts an entertainment at Lund's Hall in Dalton on Thursday evening April 11. Tickets cost 15 cents. A cartoon lecture by Omar J. Wilson is set for March 29 at the ME Church. Admission ranges 10 to 15 cents. The Rosebud Pleasure Club of Dolton plans a May Party at Dillner's Pavilion on May 4.
WM C. HARTRAY argues the nation supports heavy weather bureau spending to forecast daily conditions. He says accurate forecasts ease life by predicting storms and freezes that threaten shipments and daily plans.
A chart on water scarcity compares New York’s needs to a world population of about 1.5 million, noting that an inch of rain would yield two gallons per person. It argues that if every person on earth contributed two gallons at New York’s reservoirs, it would not sustain the city for ten days.
A Washington Star report quotes a scientist warning that coal reserves are finite. A man in the audience exclaims in regret that a hall heating in the lecture was wasted coal, illustrating public concern over energy use.
The Bank of Venice founded in 1157 served as the world’s financial hub. With the Revival of Letters and the rapid invention of printing, Venice led in book production and the spread of knowledge.
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