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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1925
Page
7
After 12 years a French gardener grows four mistletoe plants in a pot as house decorations. He grafts the mistletoe shoots on the top of a pruned apple tree sapling. Five years later the grafted plants bear berries.
Notice sets election date April 11 1925 in Cook County Travis for one president two board members and one unexpired term due to resignation of P B Good. Polls 1 pm to 7 pm at Precinct 1 Lincoln Ave school and Precinct 2 Highlawn school. Nominations require filings ten days before. Dated March 2 1925 EMIL C Kasten President and GEORGE H Schafer Secretary.
The Riverdale Park District votes will be held April 7 1925 at Riverdale Village Hall Calumet Township and Highlawn hose house Thornton Township Cook County Illinois. Two park commissioners to serve six years. Poll hours 6 4 at Highlawn 7 5 at Village Hall. Dated March 16 1925 Edward J Schulte Secretary.
In Bessarabia the Turks were defeated in four notable battles: by the Poles in 1624 and 1673, and by the Russians in 1739 and 1769. These engagements are cited as memorable chapters in Turkish history.
The village passes an ordinance authorizing four notes of 350 dollars each due in 3, 6, 9, and 12 months to John Mackler and Company to pay for a steam roller and scarifier, appropriating 1400 dollars for the obligation. The measure, approved March 10, 1925, remains in effect after passage.
Wilamena Petersen from Globe School, a 12 year old seventh grader, describes sewing projects including a laundry bag and clothes pin bag. She mentions a bazaar, a towel, hemming, and ongoing sewing classes, along with roles in the Achievement Club taught by Mr Norris and Miss Keller.
Arthur Dahlman reports earnings from vegetables in his Gardening project. He lists profits from asparagus onions strawberries and rhubarb totaling around 33.50 while sharing onions with his brother and learning under his father’s guidance in his second Achievement Club year.
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