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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1930
Page
7
Advertises a door to door sales job offering 21 assorted Christmas cards lined envelopes and gift boxes for 1.00. Pay ranges from 825 to 90 weekly with potential earnings. Contact F Modersohn at 14114 Wabash Avenue by phone Riverdale 83 before 10 am or after 6 pm.
Mrs Welters hosts a Lansing gathering on Burnham Avenue Wednesday November 5 at 2 pm. Mrs Oscar Alsip Mrs W L Chapman and Mrs Guy Armentrout attended the Ladies Republican meeting in Dalton with speakers including Congressman Sproul Helen Bennett Mrs Eckes Bertha Moller DeLyn and Otto Reich. Boosters of the M E church held a Halloween party at Fetten s Wednesday night with games and refreshments.
A brief of a stylish bertha collar described with a narrow ermine edge garnish. The text notes a chic black and white street wear combination and mentions a specific decorative trim.
The son of Louis Nicolas Murat, son of the famed Marshal Murat and brother in law to Napoleon, was court martialed and shot in 1815. His son Napoleon Achille arrived in the United States after his father’s death and settled in Florida where he served as postmaster of a small town and died in 1847.
A brief note from Washington Star highlights how radio progress reduces complaints from those afflicted by the dread disease of needle changer’s finger. The piece emphasizes a milestone in communication technology and public health.
The record lists vote totals for numerous county and municipal races including Byrne Colianni Tegtmeier D Esposito Sullivan and others, with party affiliations and pluralities. It notes vacancies on the Sanitary District Trustees and King vacancy and shows president county board results for Cermak Reich and multiple county commissioners and judges with indicated tallies and party lines.
The text notes that manuscripts brighten with vignettes and colors, from the Book of the Dead on papyrus rolls fifteen centuries before Christ to later illuminated alphabetic writings, where important letters receive decoration in color.
A digest of local events lists Alvin G. Wilkens elected river board clerk to replace Geo L Koheler as of spring 1911. Peter Beck, a Harvey leader, was severely injured by a train and required arm amputation. Births include a girl at Niewald home while Erffmeyer welcomes a baby girl. Oswald Obeldobel installs a new massage chair in his barber shop.
Charley Minger at Matteson displays a three inch by fifteen inch ear and offers five thousand dollars in gold to the person guessing kernels in the ear. Details available from Charley. Local notes report Miss Minnie Gold’s return from Beecher and various town happenings including a nursery stock trip to Chebanse, strawberry picking, and local farming chatter.
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