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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1910
Page
4
The Brickmakers Local Union No. Na. b. meets A. O. U. W. ddall in Dulton on Thursdays. Willam J. Albrecht serves as president with Albert Kasten as recording secretary and Andrew Messerschmidt as assistant secretary.
Riverdale Improvement Association meets second Sunday monthly at the Village Hall with T Kinney president and others. Riverdale Hose Company No 1 holds meetings on the third Wednesday at the Hose House with Fred Langwig president and George Koehler secretary. Women’s Relief Corps G W Spencer Corps No 27 meets the fourth Friday at 4 p m and the fifth Friday at 4 p m at Village Hall with Emily Claussen president and Dorothy Niemeyer secretary. Business Men’s Association meets first Wednesday at A U W Hall Dolton at 8 p m with Henry Dillner president and Frank Bergold recording secretary.
The Village of Dolton announces bids for a single phase Motor Type A 1-15 HP built by Wagner Electric Manufacturing Company. Bids must be cash and submitted by November 21 1910 at 8:00 PM at the village hall Cook County Illinois. The sale follows an ordinance and will be opened at the regular Board of Trustees meeting. Henry Hagn and Thomas Harper, Village Clerk and President.
A fragment outlines salaries for county and court staff including chief clerks, auditors, and deputies. It notes patronage distribution under a new sanitary district appointments by board president Thomas A Smyth and bipartisan board dynamics with Trustee Paul Hazard at odds.
Officer Montell of the Kensington police station intervened at the I. C. depot after rumors of a drunken man armed with a gun. He nabbed the suspect as the man tried to shoot, detaining him in the lockup. The man, from the city, confessed to stealing an overcoat and a small amount of money from his employer.
Detroit reports growing smallpox presence with three cages in Coldwater, 100 miles from the outbreak center. Dr. Shumway urges statewide vaccination in cities including Detroit Coldwater Mount Pleasant Owosso to curb winter spread. Two more Saginaw deaths raise total there to forty. railroads warned not to move people from infected areas to Ann Arbor for the football game. Wholesale fumigation of cars and buildings continues.
The speaker questions why prisons fail to deter crime, arguing that global vice and corruption seem rampant yet many labeled honest still gravitate toward wrongdoing. The passage challenges perceived moral collapse and the effectiveness of penitentiaries as deterrents.
After a four day trial in U S court Judge Landis led a jury to a verdict for F C Teidt against Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Ry for 33000 The case centers on whether railroads may grant special service to one patron and deny it to another Teidt ran a picnic park 20 miles west of Chicago for ten years receiving favored service until 1908 while nearby Columbia Park received similar service and drew away his business impacting profits and his park investment.
In Sterling Illinois on November 15 a daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Spitts made Clifford Vandermark grandfather at 33 years old. He believes this breaks the state record for youngest grandfather in local family history.
In Montgomery county, about 1500 men from Independence and surrounding areas joined to construct an eighteen mile road to Coffeyville. The project reached completion except for oiling the surface by nightfall.
Burglars entered D Visser’s residence at 119th street and Michigan avenue between 3 and 4 am. They took Mr Visser’s trousers containing $15 and other items from a sleeping room. Jennie Visler, the daughter, saw them and cried for help. Next morning the trousers were found burned near the house.
An old guide explains that lice drain vitality and money, urging dipping vats and oil treatment. It recommends spending ten to twenty dollars on a dipping vat and oil, cheaper than losses, and suggests applying crude oil on posts wrapped with rough bagging for hogs to rub against.
Describes hay fever signs such as nasal irritation dryness and mucus dripping into the throat and watery eyes. Recommends a soothing antiseptic spray for the throat and nose and inhaling lavender smelling salts for relief.
Various classified notices include a modern five room flat for rent in Riverdale with December 1 possession, a 30 to 50 acre farm for rent, three acres land and building lots in Riverdale, a store property for sale at 2044 Dayton Avenue Chicago, irrigation lands in several western states for sale, and multiple land and home listings across Dolton and surrounding areas. Also found are a milk cow for sale and a Crystal Universal Heating stove bargain.
OCR snippet shows bus times and route notes from North Riverdale line. Listings include morning departures from Riverdale and various time stamps such as 4 a.m, 6 a.m, and early afternoon slots, with sporadic digits and letters. No clear event or structured detail emerges.
Eastbound timetable shows departures at 7 00 a m and 7 58 a m with arrivals 4 15 p m and 5 14 p m. Same schedule applies for Dalton with equal times in each direction.
A partial timetable notes service running Saturday and Sunday with a daily route excluding these days. It lists departure at 47th Street 5 57 a m and arrival at South Holland 6 45 a m.
English goods in Argentina are sold at auction with average prices around $100000. The Pointer notes subscription details for readers to access further updates.
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