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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1913
Page
4
The Grand Trunk installs copper circuit telephony for dispatching to ease congestion and speed operations. Wiremen worked in Harvey preparing to connect, with the system expected in service within weeks. Telegraph operators at smaller stations may be replaced by telephone operators under the added coordination measure.
Chicago sanitary district trustee Thomas M. Sullivan rebutted charges of wasteful spending by Trustees Clark and Paullin. He supported digging the Calumet Sag channel, noting Clark once favored it despite government water refusals and arguing future Lake Michigan water could flush the Sag channel via Indiana drainage.
The Eastern Illinois Traction Co. will begin building new lines this summer from Harvey to Hammond and from Harvey to West Pullman. The project has faced crossing challenges with steam railroads but is reported to be near completion of the obstacle and ready to start.
High School plans a staging of Planquette’s The Chimes of Normandy in the Auditorium on April 4 1913. Eleven leading roles plus a forty voice chorus and twenty piece orchestra perform the comic opera with ticket sales already begun and reservations to start March 31 at Oliver’s.
Notice for the Village of Riverdale Cook County Windis public election to elect President of the Village Board and Police Magistrate for a term. Polls open at seven and close at two. Village Clerk F O Bergold signs the notice.
Multiple real estate notices list several properties for sale and rent. Highlights include a seven room house with heat, six and ten room homes in Dolton and New Chicago, a 80 acre farm in Three Oaks Michigan, and rental offerings such as a 10 room house and a 6 room flat in Riverdale. Also listed are farm land, a knitting machine, a gasoline launch, and various household items for sale. The Pointer Office appears as a contact for many postings.
Six room house with small basement and lot of fruit trees and shade trees two blocks from the depot. Includes a good stone foundation barn chicken barn wood and coal shed. Price 2300 dollars. Also note lost umbrella at Riverdale Village Hall returned to Miss Naomea Grant.
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