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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1917
Page
8
Local notes report vote totals for a nearby election with 140 total votes, and results by party. Town updates include obituaries, illnesses, real estate moves, road work, and residents traveling to Iowa and Texas. Weather mentions 70s and freezing temps in Montana as a seasonal contrast.
The regular Village board meeting was held Tuesday evening. Public Service Co. representatives Mr Hyatt and Mr Williams from Chicago Heights set Wednesday to review street changes and the plan to move a house to Vincennes road and Riedle street.
The Dolton theaters showcase Baby Marie Osborne in When Baby Forgot and Told at Twilight. Pearl White appears in Warning up the Ring and the Fatal Ring’s fourth episode. Alice Joyce and Mark McDermott star in Whom the Gods Destroy, a tale of Irish rebellion. Frank Daniels performs Captain Jinks Should Worry. Midweek features Lillian Walker in The Kid and Bobby Connely in The Boy Scout, plus Making Shoes industrial segment.
Saturday features Marie Walcamp in The Lure of the Unobtainable in two parts and Neal Wail in Right of Way Jasey. a Gold Seal comedy drama. Sunday offers Mabel Talliaferro in A Wife by Proxy with Props Drops and Flops two reel Ko comedy. Wednesday includes Gray Ghost with Eddie Polo and The Emperial Stock Company in a Wife's Personal in eight acts. Lost necklace with heart locket engraved D. R. seeks return to Pointer office.
The Village Board will accept bids to lay 400 feet of 4 inch water mains on State Street north from 137th to 136th. contractor supplies labor and materials except pipe. Bids due by Tuesday November 13 at 8 p.m. Specifications available at the village office. Village reserves right to reject all bids. F C Bergold village clerk.
The village accepts bids for laying about 300 feet of 6 inch water mains on 137th Place East from State Street. Bids must be submitted to the village clerk by Tuesday November 13 1917 at 8 p m.
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