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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1927
Page
5
A man needs will to exceed, brains to plan his path, energy to pursue it, and the courage to batter down discouragements that block progress. The note emphasizes determination, strategic thinking, and resilience as keys to achievement.
Observers note that each new British sovereign, starting with Charles II, deliberately faces the opposite direction from his predecessor on coinage. Charles II resisted matching Cromwell’s portrait orientation after the Restoration.
A 175 foot long wooden temporary bridge will be built 115 feet east of the old site over the Little Calumet river at 122nd Halstead. City and state fund 313000 of costs plus a $4000 contribution from Great Lakes Deck and Dredge. Work starts immediately under City Engineer A O Guyton as Richard Wolf orders plans.
Springfield Ill Nov 28 Director William J Stratton outlined accomplishments of the State Department of Conservation as proof the proposed $20 000 000 bond issue will fund work without direct taxes. Hatcheries at Spring Grove Yorkville Rockford East St Louis Carlyle Wyanet Malloon Kankakee game farms at Alton and Yorkville regulatory grounds and 200 000 pheasant eggs distributed. </s>
A new decree from the minister of the interior bars Hungarian women from entering ecard clubs. The order targets female patrons and cites official compliance measures across municipalities. It raises protests among women’s groups seeking equal access to social venues.
The market, now at 119th and Morgan after moving from 123rd and Halsted, faces strong protests from merchants and residents. Clarence P. Bayne investigates the dispute while Aldermen McKinlay and Govier pledge no permits will allow market operation on city property, pressuring it to relocate to private fields.
Secretary of State L L Emmer announces 1 040 000 1928 motor vehicle license applications to be mailed to Illinois owners. About 30 000 letters have been sent as the first batch with return envelopes and a letter from Emerson. The plan aims to provide service to automobile owners as early as possible next year.
A man about forty in a brown overcoat gave the name J. B. Buckley and bought hardware at Roeder's on Broadway. He paid with a $56.50 check for more than the bill, received cash back, and left a vacant address at 15530 Paulina avenue. The same man tried Stows on 154th street but was refused.
Four bandits in a high powered car abducted chauffeur Harold Farley on the Dunes highway east of Michigan City and seized his truck containing 72 cases of silk hosiery worth 12000 destined for Chicago. Farley was released near Dyer. police alerted, but haul not recovered.
The city confirms a special assessment to pave 119th street from Vincennes avenue to Morgan street. This improvement aims to enhance the local highway system and is slated to begin in the spring.
A biblical excerpt notes Jesus appointing seventy two laborers to go two by two ahead of him into cities He would visit. He warns the harvest is great but the laborers are few.
The 1928 calendar outlines eight electoral events in Illinois including five general elections and three primaries. Key dates include April 10 for primary nominations and the November 6 general election for state officers, U S senators, representatives, and county posts.
Chief of Police Andrew Bentwow ski of Calumet Park was sentenced by Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley to eighteen months in Leavenworth and a $1000 fine after his conviction with eight others on national prohibition violations. John Yakas and several others were fined or jailed as part of the crackdown on bootlegging, with agents testifying to numerous stills found during raids. Anderson estimates Bentwow ski collected about $40,000 in protection money from bootleggers.
A humorous remark asserts that true communism in the United States would mean total control of everyday items like umbrellas and golf balls, illustrating skepticism about ideological extremes.
A proverb contrasts courtesy and sense in driving and walking. It notes a man yielding two-thirds of the sidewalk to a woman is courteous, while yielding two-thirds of the road to a woman driver shows good sense.
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