Spencer Post 279 Meets Friday at Village Hall
G W Spencer Post No 279 holds meetings on the fourth Friday at 2 pm and 8 pm in Riverdale Village Hall. Bertha Sprick is president and Oswald Obeldobel serves as secretary.
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Dolton
Harper
Geo. H., Schaefer
Village Board
Riverdale
August C. Reich
Jacob A. Decklar
Ancient Order United Workmen
A. O. U. W. Hall
Dalton
Richard Heppe
Herman Kalas
John F. Boetteger
Catholic Order Foresters
John H. Metevia
John E. Kinney
Nicholas Simon
Peter Ripley
Avomen's
Hiverdale
Magdalen Ripley
Mama Kelly
Catharine Kurz
Brickmakers' Local Union No
William Albrecht
Jienry Ddingendorf
Andrew Messerschmidt
George Washington Lodge
Ls. A. of
N. A
Lund’s
Lincoln
Chicago Aves
Lil
John O’brien
Geo. W. Luckenbill
Lecy and
Treas
Ladies Auxiliary
W. Weat
Ros. Harper
H. Fuller
Business Men’s Association
M. Deam
John KH. Schafer
A. Reich
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1
Hose House
Highlawn
Fred Ludwig
Geo. L. Koehler
Herman Dreesen
G. W. Spencer
Bertha Sprick
Oswald Obeldobel
Income Tax in Great Britain Reflects Burden and Revenue
English income tax raises about 191.6 million dollars annually from England Scotland and Ireland with England bearing the largest share. The system targets wealth, aims to protect property, and funds a treasury facing a 75 million dollar deficit. Tree trade remains deeply rooted in policy and sentiment despite reform debates.
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United States
England
Scotland
Ireland
Treasury
Mothers Day Proclaimed by Modern Woodmen Leader
A. R. Talbor, Head Consul of the Modern Woodmen of America, proclaims May 9 1909 as Mothers Day in the order. Members are urged to wear white flowers honor mothers and perform charitable acts for the ill and imprisoned, especially if a mother is away or has passed.
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Talbot
Woodmen
Modern Woodmen of
America
Philadelphia
Anna Jarvis
Modern
Woodmen of America
A. R. Talbor
Sea calling and changing shipbuilding norms over time
The British Nautical Magazine notes that the sea as a calling has changed. skilled men who thrived 40 years ago would struggle now. In earlier times owners hired a suitable man and built a ship for him, but now the process is reversed.
Violin Parts Count Totaling Sixty Nine Pieces
A description lists the components of a violin totaling 69 parts. It enumerates back two pieces belly two coins and blocks six sides five side linings 12 bar one purflings 24 neck one finger board one nut one bridge one tail board one button for tailboard one string for tailboard one guard for string one sound post one strings four pegs four.
Wisdom in Old Adages From Global Sayings
A compact survey of proverbs from English Spanish and Latin origins. It highlights how timing and quick action are echoed across cultures with lines about seizing opportunity before it slips away and the folly of delaying when chances arise.
Multifaceted classifieds offer bargains in Dolton area
A long reader list shows items for sale and rent including a gasoline range, eight room modern house, ten acre Riverdale farm for rent at 175 yearly, four room flat, pot plants and tomato plants, bowling alleys and saloon for sale or rent, a small store building to be moved, three fresh milk cows, a two cylinder gasoline engine, 80 acre Wisconsin farm with varied land and farm equipment, a daily Dolton newspaper route, seeds, and five room flats. Also yard items like wind mill and a building lot in Dolton with park committee sale. The Pointer office is repeatedly urged for inquiries.
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Pointer
Simnick
Highlawn
Riverdale
A.C. Reich
Riverdale Iron & Steel Company
C. Vandenberg
Dolton
Frank Zornow
Indiana
John Pratte
Dalton
Wisconsin
H. A. Wichman
Desk 2
Vesper
Wis
W. W.barnard & Co
Fred Pohlers
Chicago Street
Forrest Avenue
H. H. Meyer
South Holland
Ill
The Switchman and the Train’s Arrival
Across day and night the gleaming railway stretches over plains and hills as trains rush along. The switchman holds the road with punctuality and authority, while brakemen salute from car roofs before the trains vanish into quiet.
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Echoee
Photographer learns gas mantle fogged his plates
A New York photographer discovered thorium in a gas mantle near stored photographic plates caused fogging after a month. The incident shows radioactive rays can penetrate cardboard and glass, teaching him to keep mantles away from plates in the future.
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New York
Luxuries Define Wealth as Life Opines on Comfort
A Life magazine quote argues luxuries are possessions enjoyed mainly because others lack them. It states luxuries imply litter, indigestion, gout and lassitude rather than comfort, which comes from necessities.
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Standard Oil
Massive August Meteor Stream Spans Vast Path Across Sky
A prominent astronomer states the August meteor shower forms a broad stream. The Earth travels faster than 18 miles per second yet takes seven weeks to cross the stream. This highlights the immense scale and duration of the celestial display.
Bulkheads on liner shut in seconds by hydraulic power
On a new trans Atlantic liner twenty four bulkhead doors weigh half a ton each and can be closed from the bridge in thirty seconds using hydraulic power.
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Kinney Brothers
Indiana Ave
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Knights OF the Modern Maccabees
A. O. U. W Hall
A. Baumgartner
John Harter
Vandenberg
Riverdale Improvement Association
Women's Relief Corps
Dolton School Board
Park Avenue
Riverdale Board
Bowen
Great Britain
Jupiter
G. Vandenberg
138th_ street
R. R
Engel Street
Park Committee
Emil Kasten
Ada Hahn, Dolton
Switchman
H.R. Penfield Wines
Cigars
38Th St. Highlawn
WM. C. Zesch
Riv
Midway
Leyden Avenue
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossing
Chicago Telephone CO
Washington St
F. A. Reich
Alfred Peats
C. Vandanberj Dolton
Henry Koehncke
Telephone
Leyden Ave
Ili
Carl Wulff
Dolton, Ill
A. J. Parker, M.D
D.D.S
Dutt Building
Fordtran Bros
Chicago
Blue Island
Chicago Heights
E. Fordtran
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago St
Doiton
R. Pilz
Lincoln Avenue
Grant Bros. General Machinists
138Th St
Richard Buschking
Henry W. Schnoor
Geo
Col
137Th Street
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