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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
4
The notice lists the Pointer advertising rates as five cents per line for reading notices and classified items. It provides office and residence phone numbers and an address for communications, dated Friday November 22, 1907.
Poem contrasts honesty and virtue with gossip and debt, imagining a world where installments and alcohol vanish. It then shifts to local notices: Thornton township sets an $8,000 tax level the largest ever. Bruce Dick injured at Beet Sugar Works. William and Mrs Flat visiting Orange City. P Kliss injured from a ladder fall. and the paper pledges to improve service with patronage.
Chicago timetable notes eastbound and northbound trains with morning departures at 7.00 and 7.58, and later runs at 4.15 and 7.05 p m. Dalton schedule mirrors with two minute differences.
Village Board Riverdale meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in Village Hall with August Reich as president and Herman Penfield as clerk. Dolton board meets second and fourth Tuesdays at 4 p.m. in Village Hall. Thos Karper presides. Various lodges and clubs list meeting times and officers for local service groups and fraternal orders in Riverdale and Dolton, including Modern Woodmen Calumet Camp, Royal Neighbors Olive Camp, and Brotherhood locals with hall locations and officer names.
For rent a five room cottage on Osk Street in Dolton by F C Propper. Also notes credits and notices about Epworth League programme at Lands Hall misattribution corrected to Mrs Robison and participants. Includes ads for Victor Talking Machine terms from Henry Hahn of Dalton.
The Switchmen's union of North America and nineteen western railroads met in Chicago Tuesday afternoon. The unions pressed for higher pay and rule changes but withdrew demands, avoiding a strike that could have halted much railroad business. Sixteen local unions were represented by a five member committee including G W Luckenbill. The managers of nine railroads declined wage requests in a press release dated November 19 1907. Also listed are adjacent Lincoln avenue and Chicago street Dal ton property for sale by First National Bank or A S Diekman.
A gold-plated cuff button engraved with F L T is missing and a finder will be rewarded for returning it to the Pointer office.
Kern and Kiply advertise a large selection of domestic and imported cheeses including Blue Ribbon Brand American Cheese touted as the best in the market. A 300 pound loaf from Allegheny Valley is displayed in Riverdale store window at 2743 45 187th street with orders urged before stock is sold.
Readers are urged to place subscriptions for the Christmas number by December 16 at Obeldobel's store. The notice emphasizes timely ordering and local availability for holiday issues.
The article extols asparagus as the superior vegetable with ancient lineage. It cites Cratinus, Cato, and Pliny noting its long history and valued cultivation, claiming it should be the garden’s main priority.
A suburban beekeeper recounts his failed attempts at bee farming after his colonies swarmed and vanished. The city man questions his methods as the suburbanite explains he had many fine colonies and a library of literature but still lost the swarm.
For the convenience of my customers I have opened a branch at Jacob Lau's confectionery store 13725 Leyden avenue Riverdale. Orders may be left there for coal wood or kindling Jennie C Dotroy Dolton Il.
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