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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
7
The notice warns of car shortages for next winter and recalls last winter when 50 percent of Bituminous coal sold was inferior. It urges readers to order now to ensure selecting better coal, referencing Order No. 49 and signing as Very truly yours.
A list of monetary figures is presented including 148,485.00 186 98 31,572.50 9,500.00 500.00 1,800.00 39,830.38 without context or labeled items to explain their meaning or origin.
Classified ads show positions for comptometer operator stenographers clerks and office help from Kensington firms. Posts request experienced personnel with state experience and salary details, with contact via Riverdale 9 or The Pointer office. Girls wanted offer steady work paying 1.60 to 1.90 per day for Asbestos Shingle Co. Riverdale. tf.
A mix of real estate and farm land listings from Lansing and surrounding areas. 150 acres in Lansing offered in 20 or 40 acre tracts with flexible terms by H F W Schultz and Peter Moleraar Jr. Plus small lots near 147th and Panhandle, besides 5 acre lot near the corner adjoined to camp meeting grounds. Also other property brokers advertise highlawn lots, Barnard street lots, and Atlantic Street offerings with nearby utilities and street details. Additional items include shade trees, vegetable plants, screen repairs, and used goods like horses, hogs, seeds, and second hand sewing machine.
Miscellaneous for sale lists a team of well matched seal brown geldings aged five and six, sound and about 2800 pounds, offered by Peter Molenaar in Lansing with note of excess stock. Also Flowers for sale from Chas Milhahn on Lincoln Avenue near Oakland Cemetery with phone Dolton 391.
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