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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1928
Page
7
For sale baby buggy baby bed and bassinette telephone Riverdale 882 two separate notices list address Wentworth Avenue 13821 and contact numbers two small classified items in a damaged OCR sheet
The Lighthouse Service reports a 15 month campaign on Tubbataha reef in the Philippine islands culminated in a 120 foot tower to guide mariners between Manila and Hongkong and Australia. Hurricanes halted work many times while crews faced sun heat and water supply problems. The reef will later gain soil behind a sea wall to form a small park.
Village trustees report repairs and safety measures at multiple facilities. Lambert notes fire siren repair and weatherproofing. Highlawn hose house work. water main leak at 137th place and Indiana avenue. truck driver reading meters proposed. Bills approved. A Woodmen locker break-in reported. Health board notes sewer issues east of Illinois Central. Public Works cooperates on crossing safety at 137th street and Indiana avenue.
John Jones of California, a former University of Illinois student, built one of the nation’s finest sea shell collections with over 5 000 specimens. The lifelong collector later began gathering mineral samples and plans to earn a B S by 1981 marking fifty years since his first entry to the university.
Dear Miss Hedtke I like to go to school and do my lessons My mother says I read and write well I like my teacher and recess I aim for 100 percent daily Next year my sister will attend and enjoys stories in my reader I hope to find my spelling book and to get a hundred today
A girl named Alice plays by the pier with her dog and spots a white sea gull. She jumps in to catch a fish but cannot swim. the dog dives after her and reaches shore with the child in his paws. A passerby rescues the girl and her mother thanks her with a reward.
Reports describe kindergarten through ninth grade projects on Native American life and the first Thanksgiving. Activities include Indian tepees, pottery, artifacts for an Indian Museum, a sand table on Pilgrims and Indians, booklets on Log Cabin Days, and art like stained glass.
A farmer notes that allowing land to lie fallow yields richer harvests. Resting fields and time for soil to recover boosts soil health, moisture retention, and eventual crop yields, signaling long term productivity gains for agricultural cycles.
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