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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1916
Page
7
About forty years ago English engineers proposed a canal from the Atlantic into the Sahara south of Morocco to create an inland sea for ocean vessels to reach western Sudan. The plan assumed the desert lay below sea level, but it was shown to sit high above sea level requiring extensive pumping.
The London Chronicle notes Stevenson’s imprisonment in France as a German spy due to his unfamiliar appearance. Lang’s twenty eight year old self-portrait, and Stevenson's remark on national type, show how appearance shaped perception across continents and time. Tee cream all winter at Obel's.
Sample ballot list for Calumet Town positions includes Thomas Becker for Supervisor East Vermont Street Blue Island Frank Lossmann for Town Clerk 11826 Lowe Avenue Chicago Illinois Fred L Logan for Commissioner of Highways 71 East 137th Street Riverdale Illinois A C Reich for Justice of the Peace Riverdale Illinois Fred Schlingman 11631 Harvard Avenue Chicago Illinois Henry De Cook 12036 Harvard Avenue Chicago Illinois Isaiah Broadfield 130 West 110th Street Chicago Illinois Frank McGinn 9919 Prospect Avenue Chicago Illinois
The notice lists candidates for Constables to fill vacancies including WM. F. Propper James B. Ellis Harvey and others across South Holland Dolton West Hammond Dolton and Hazel Crest. It also names individuals for the role of Commissioner of Highways and for various districts with multiple names across Lansing Narvey and nearby towns.
Legal voters in Calumet Township Cook County Illinois are notified that the annual township meeting and officers election take place Tuesday April fourth. Polls open 7 am to 5 pm outside Chicago and 6 am to 4 pm within Chicago. polling places listed by district and ward with street addresses and venues.
The notice lists precincts and street addresses across Blue Island area and surrounding wards, naming polling locations and precinct boundaries. It specifies officers to be elected including Supervisor Collector assessor Town Clerk Commissioner of Highways and Justice of the Peace with terms ending in two to three years and a vacancy. The town meeting at Chicago and Vermont streets Blue Island IL is set between two and three o clock p m with a moderator to be chosen and reports to be heard and taxes to be levied. Given under my hand at Washington Heights March 11 1916 EMIL J WANEK Town Clerk.
Sale notice for a 4 ton water cooled truck in good condition offered as a bargain. Inquiries directed to W C at Zesch Plum Ber Riverdale or via Midway 306. Details available at The Pointer office.
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