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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1925

Page

7

Ledger of city expenditures lists numerous payments and salaries

A 1924 25 financial ledger details semi monthly salaries for Dr M R Weidner and others, along with payments to Hick Hastings Garage wagon labor, Barrett Co tarvia and utility firms. It includes totals 41 941 01 for expenditures and a 55 815 77 balance carried over.

M. R. Weidner A. W. Hersey Wm. G. Dalton P. B. Pa Kinney Hood Printing Co Chicago & Riverdale Lumber Co Illinois Bell Telephone Co John Verney Gus Albrecht Louis Koch, Sr Edward McGowans Ernest H. Roney G. J F. A. Rentner Geo. Smith White Bros. Motor Co South End Supply Co Meyer & Wenthe City of Chicago Roy Flohr H. Krueger Wm. Mau E. Wirtz Brownell Improvement Co J.cGowan John Ver Wey Barrett Co Tarvia Pennsylvania R. R. Co Austin-Western Machinery Co Wm. G. Dolton Wm. C. Krueger Fred J. Kruege F. A. Albrecht Matin Krueger H. M. Packard Illinois Brick Co A. T. Harms Louis Koch,Sr Er. J. McGowan Austin-Western Road Machinery Co Public Service Co N. J Marshall-Jackson Co Kinney-Hood Printing Company E. J. McGowan A. R. van Deursen S -Hastings Ernest Roney Een Serre Pennsylvania R. R. Co South Brid Supply Co Roy Fisher Hastings James B. Clow & Sons American Railway Express Co First National Bank t—Albert Raver Kinney C. W. Berger Lo —American Railway Express Co J. Radtke Dearborn Electric Division N. Hl First Trust & Lav Bank of Chi I—F. J. Kruege C.sesesccsdeeet J. F. Boettger Hastings Garage C. C. Holden G. J. Vulcanizing Jacob Fisher City of Chicago Dalton Volunteer Fire Co Jas. Radtke American Ry. Express Co N. Ill Illinois Municipal League F. J. Kruege W. G. Dalton M. Robert Weidner Ilinois Bell Telephone Co Harms Bros Dalton Volunteer Fire Co. No Fred J. Klaege Samomonthly J. McGowan National Meter Co Dolton Volunteer Fire Co Wm. G. Volton Henry Albrecht Kinney-Hood Printing Co Aaron Leedy Penn, R. R. System W. G. Dolton J. Kruege W. E. Beck O. Jenness Fred A. Buedefelt al. H. Harms M. Sheppard Co B. Good I. Ferguson Fred Wesse Fred J. Kiaege F.C. Ott Geo Eens Pup Ie Eeesee Tee Robert Hanschmann Fred Klaege Nor, Ul Wm. F. Propper I. H. Borkam L. Corriveau C. G. Fike L. I H. W. Grapenthien Edw. Prickett Gilbert O. Jenness Fred Buedefeldt Arthur T. Harms Hall Mueller Co Harry M. Packard Lands Drug Store H—Dl. Corriveau L. Kruege

Critics Clash With Speech Purists In 19th Century Debate

The London Daily Telegraph reports Sir Johnston Sorbes Robertson criticizing modern pronunciation in favor of traditional forms. He preferred sometimes to omit t in often and used agen instead of again, condemning long my lords vowel sounds as intolerable. He defended hisCorrectitude by citing historical norms and noted the challenge to rules about ear.

Sir Johnston Sorbes-Robertson London Daily Telegraph Johnston Daswehl

Creatures That Man Is Unable to Tame

A discussion of wild animals and their tamability compares wolves and big cats. It notes Tasmanian devils remain untamable, black jaguars stay savage, and leopards or bobcats may tame when young but revert to savagery. Wolverines threaten trappers by breaking into shanties.

Beethoven's Triumph Over Deafness Inspires Humanity

The passage recalls Beethoven's severe deafness and the paradox of his genius thriving without hearing. It notes his awareness of applause only through observers and highlights that many of his greatest works emerged after he lost his hearing, proving the mind's victory over physical limitation.

Beethoven

Ruskin Style Scene of Holland Barge on flowering fields

Description of flat Dutch lands as seen from a barge with rich red color, windmill or dyke halting wind, pearl gray rivers, red roofs, and a horizon broken by a cow, a broad-breasted woman towing a barge, a singing child, and a barking dog as a deck scene. The lines evoke a tranquil rural voyage in the Low Countries.

Ruskin Holland Alice Meynell

Mill Rules Reflect 19th Century Work Hours

Amasa Whitney ran a Winchester Massachusetts factory with sixteen rules. The first rule states the mill opens ten minutes before sunrise all year and closes ten minutes after sunset with seasonal adjustments from March 20 to September 20 and reverse times for the rest of the year, noting Saturdays at sunset.

Amasa Whitney Winchester Mass

Jud Tunkins On Election And Self Knowledge

A quip notes that being elected to high office mirrors marriage, revealing a man’s faults to himself, per Washington Star. The remark frames public office as a spotlight exposing flaws.

Hisself Washington Star

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