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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1912
Page
8
Homewood notes detail a March arrival of a baby named Joe Teensatra and describe a Friday snowstorm that disrupted S C train service, with a derailment requiring a wrecking crew. The column reports community members, weather chatter, St Patrick’s Day references, and local sales notices, births, birthdays, and a pair of real estate listings in Hazel Crest and Starke County.
South Holland notes Leensvoort family return from the Netherlands on March 12 after a month visit to their motherland. Local items include sick list updates, new Riverdale residence, school enrollment at 159th Street School, a boast of local hunter Harm VanDerBilt and a rare possum catch, farm listings in Indiana Michigan and Illinois, construction plans for John Shilling’s feed store building, Peter Peerbolte purchasing old buildings for dwelling use, Calumet Orchestra concert on the 27th with Weddericks and Turnquist, social visits from Dalton Shelby and Shelby guests, and campaign chatter for Willam C. Whattray. Also notices for rent and real estate along with motorbike bargains offered by J. P. DeYoung.
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