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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1929
Page
5
The Chicago Association of Commerce reports freight from Chicago stayed 93.44 percent on time in September. Of 60,579 package cars checked, 56,607 reached destinations as scheduled. 3,114 were one day late and 858 were late two days or more.
Appeals go out for Thanksgiving funds to aid the Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs Iowa. The forty seven year old institution is described as the largest and best equipped work of its kind in the Midwest. Donations are requested to help the children.
County Court has levied a special assessment on property benefiting Shepard Drive and nearby streets for curb, grading, draining and paving. Installments total ten payments starting with 18422.68 due November 6, 1929, and further 5 800.00 due on January 2 of 1981 1932 1938 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 with 6 percent interest. Call at Dalton Village Hall Collector's Office within 30 days to pay.
Albert Sutherland Blue Island watchman at Rock Island crossing earned the Carnegie medal and $1000 for heroism after he dived before a moving train to save an eight year old girl last August. He spoke modestly to Sun Standard, noting he has yet to receive the money.
The International Live Stock Exposition opens in Chicago at the Stock Yard on November 30 and runs through December 7. Secretary B H Heide says over 12 000 head of horses cattle sheep and swine will be on view, breaking its own entry record.
Excavation in London unearthed shoes dating 2,200 years old in good condition. The find challenges the idea that the footwear belonged to a boy and supports their use by adults in ancient times.
The article extols the love of home as a sacred human fabric, woven from life’s strands of goodness and beauty, highlighting home as central to happiness and moral virtue.
Harry Twine of Homewood recounts three days of wandering near starvation after a misstep in a mountain gorge. A posse of 200 men and trained bloodhounds searched for him, guiding him to a clearing and a house where he received sustenance, before returning home still weak.
Record shows Elm Trees Wethersfield Connecticut claims a larger elm than the Kingsford elm with a height of 102 feet and branch spread of 146 feet. The tree’s circumference is 1 foot above the ground and 4 feet above ground at 29.1 feet from the base.
A group of Chicago and New York airmen plan a vast Air Harbor on nearly 3000 acres in Pembroke township Kankakee county. The site near the Kankakee river would host aviation schools plane and accessory manufacturers and a dirigible hangar. The development includes 800 student living quarters an 18 hole golf course and permanent road access to Momence. Architects Lewis Harris and E P Rupert drew the field with long taxi lanes and a hangar 50 by 150 feet. financiers include Rueben Levine and R H Julien with directors M F Fawcett R A Garter and others.
More than 400000 cows on 35000 farms across seven states including Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Ohio Indiana Michigan and Illinois feed Metropolitan Chicago with 2000000 quarts daily. The dairy system employs 6000 vehicles 7000 drivers 14000 daily ice loads and complex bottle washing with automated sterilization to keep city needs met.
Over 800 people attended a safety rally by the Southern Group of the Chicago Safety Council at Chicago Heights last Tuesday evening November 19. Victor Chemical Co. of Chicago Heights arranged the event with demonstrations and a lecture by Sydney J. Williams on daily automobile and other accidents. Officials from Harvey Blue Island Riverdale and nearby towns attended.
A brisk Toledo Blade note reports the new car makes a startling first sound next to thunder, signaling an attention grabbing debut. The snippet hints at a bold, noisy unveiling and sets a lively, local tone for the feature.
The piece notes cheaper money via federal reserve cuts and a 52 percent dip in major New York bank stock prices during the panic. It cites record October exports of 530 million and imports of 392 million, plus French gold holdings and Swiss air plans, urging restraint in speculation and warning savings deposits fell for the first time in twenty years.
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