Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Riverdale Pointer in Riverdale, Illinois

We have 16,533,476 pages in Illinois

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1914

Page

4

For Sale and Rent Classified Items in Dolton and Riverdale

A dense classified note lists farms and town property for sale including a 5 acre lot near 147th and Panhandle tracks for $900 with partial cash, Riverdale and Dalton lots from $150, and 5 room and 6 room houses for sale or rent. It includes an unpriced Highlawn corner residence, various farm lands, an organ bargain, and farm equipment. Also ads for lost pin, a mare and buggy, eggs, fertilizer, an oil route, and seeds.

147Th and Panhandle Tracks Old Camp Meeting Grounds Shesp Vaughan P. O Drawer V Chicago Inl Riverdale Dalton F. A. Reich

Hit or Miss Column Sparks Town Gossip

O H Leetlefellow surveys city quirks from jobless street protests to auto excess and a comic clock move. He notes Mexico crisis steel car rescues, wig fashion, Miss Starr’s rising fame, Longworth’s re election bid, and a promoter denying a $36 000 deficit in a brisk, cheeky recap of contemporary oddities.

Riverdale Fred Jake Jones Mexico Miss Starr Starr Nicholas Longworth Congress Nick

Card of Thanks for funeral support and floral offerings

We extend gratitude to neighbors and friends for respect and kindness at our beloved sen’s funeral. Special thanks to those who sent flowers and to Rev Muller. Albert H. Meyer and Family.

Sen Muller Albert H. Meyer

Addition to Hotel Florence Planned by William Fischer

William Fischer proprietor of the Hotel Florence in Pullman plans a 50000 dollar addition at 111th Street and Watt Avenue. The basement will house storage and lunch room extension. The main floor adds a restaurant, the second floor suites and baths, and the third and fourth floors lower priced rooms with Watt Avenue entrance. The extension will align with the historic hotel noted as premier in Chicago suburbs.

William Fischer Florence, Pullman 111Th Street Watt Avenue Chicago

Carter Lead Plant Expansion at Kensington Progress

Carter Lead will build an addition to the White Lead plant at Kensington. The 60 by 236 foot structure will cost sixty five thousand dollars when completed. The contract, excluding the steel structure, has been let to C W Secord and the work is under erection.

Carter White Lead Kensington C W. Secord

Get Ready for the Birds Arrivals Bring Birdhouses for Wrens

Local bird lovers prepare nests for martins and wrens as arrivals begin. Builders plan holes sized for each bird with no porch to keep out English sparrows. Martins arrive around April tenth.

Fence Described as Receiver of Stolen Goods

Saloonkeeper Ludwig Almon of 12018 Calumet avenue was arrested Sunday by Officers Griffith and Gray as the receiver of stolen goods. Anton Trubus, who pursued the thieves, failed to recover the plunder but helped dispose of it through Almon. Police found a freight car robbed of several boxes of shoes and hundreds of dollars worth of property including four hundred yards of carpet likely from the Pullman Co. Calumet Record reports. FOR SALE Fresh milking cow and calf. R. VanVuren.

Ludwig Almon Calumet Avenue Griffith and Gray Anton Trubus Cata Almon Pullman Co Calumet

A Boy’s Adventures Nearly Ended on Freight Train

The three year old Carl Sharp son of Mr and Mrs Marion Sharp of Bourbon escaped death when he climbed onto a Pennsylvania freight engine and fell between cars two miles west of Bourbon. The train passed over him severing three fingers and inflicting a deep head wound. He was found walking toward Bourbon about a mile from the scene.

Carl Sharp Marion Sharp Bourbon Pennsylvania Plymouth Warsaw Ind. Times

Insurance notice for cattle and horses

Notice offering life and death coverage for cattle or horses. Apply or write to A. S Dick man, Dolton, Tl, phone 468.

A. S Dickman Dolton

For Sale Riverdale properties and oddments

Several sale items listed including two five room cottages and a seven room house in Riverdale Bar gains with contact at 230 Hf 136th street. Also a double seated rubber tired furry bargain sale, a small steam engine with boiler, and a Studebaker 30 1912 model inquire at The Pointer office. A brown horse found east of Prop pers Corner available to owner with proof of ownership at The Pointer Office. Wanted a bright office boy age sixteen apply at the Chicago and Riverdale Lumber Co office.

Riverdale Pointer Office Story & Clark Organ Fint Condrieop Bargain Logine Ab Peter Paarlberg, Sr Studebaker Proppers Corner Brigbt Offin of Chicago & Riverdale Lumber Co

Also Mentioned on This Page

Indiana Ave Ill Deltoz Pu Icall Indiana Avenue Til Cook County Press CLUB Highlawn South East Front F. A. Reich & Son Pointer 137Th Street H.M. Propper Park Avenue Chicago Street Lincoln Avenue L. Schroeder Ridge Herman Faden Camp Grounds Berger Station S. W. Schwab E. 187Th Street Alberta Harry Shilling South Holland A.p.deyoung Henry Alt Oakland Cemetery Darling Win Bachman Herman Brolama W. W. Barnard & Co Timothy O. H. Leetlefellow New York C. M St. P Craig Company Florence Carter Lead R. VanVuren Paul Heydebreck Mason Contractor Calumet Hotel Riverdale, Ifl Thor Electric Thor A. C. Wesse Dolton, Ill Arthur M. Propper Illinois Roseland Richard J. Ton Real Hstateh & Loans Cor 110Th St Michigan Ave HazelCrest C.R. R Vaughan W. Randolph Str Dolton Bakery WM. Minardow Prop Paige Hudson Light Hudson Ford Richard Ton Pres Victor A Beckman Vice Pres Roseland Auto Sales Co 110Th Street Michigan Avenue Chicago, Ill Fordtran Bros Blue Island Chicago Heights F. J. Higgins Plana Furaighed Lsteat Hartheon Webster LaSalle St A. C. Roth May’s Leyden Avenue Carl Waleke WM. C. Zesch Riv Midway Chavncy Ave Grand Crossing Edward F. Dillner Summer Garden Chicago St. Dolton, Ill Geo. Tuch Col Grant Bros 137Th St Robert Hanschmann Park Ave Henry W. Schnoor Delton H. W. Blocker Kanawha Ave Fulford & Henken Torse Shoeing and General Repairing 138Th St Leyden Ave Fred Dracula Harvey Figsen
Search Courier

Search the Riverdale Pointer Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Riverdale Pointer?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication