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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
7
The Calumet Index reports a new effort to reduce illiteracy among immigrants in New York. A supervisor of immigrant education is appointed with goals to cut illiteracy by half within a year and tackle the rest soon after. The piece urges practical ESL and reading programs tied to work and daily life, with employer support.
The Civil Service Commission announces an exam for rural carrier vacancies at Blue Island and Harvey in Cook County Illinois on October 27 1917. Open to male citizens domiciled in the county with Form No 1977 eligibility. applications to be sent to Washington at earliest practicable date.
A British shipping controller warns that Germany will destroy about 200 vessels by next spring, exceeding ship production. He urges the United States to grasp that the merchant fleet shortage is the war's most vital fact and stresses rapid shipbuilding importance.
Classified notices advertise small farms and house sites near Forest Park Preserve, with offices at the First National Bank Building, Dolton. Other offerings include Highlawn lots at 175 each in Riverdale and a 16 acre Iowa farmland with tiled 2 1 2 acres asparagus and a 7 room back house near Lansing State Bank. Also a 5 acre lot east of 147th and Panhandle tracks near a camp meeting grounds at 900 cash with second hand houses available cheap through Vaughan, P O Drawer V Chicago? Ill.
A.C. Reich lists remaining lots on Atlantic street at 200 dollars each and mentions macadam street cement walks pits electric current water sewer and stubs. He advertises Want Property save several buyers for small farms within five miles of Riverdale.
Miscellaneous notices list WANTED bass drummer piccolo trombone reed players for Dolton Concert Band inquire Ed Neather C C Wetterling Dolton Illinois 2841 Also WANTED good second hand coal range contact Dolton 314 4 R 2 R 2 FOR SALE three Ford cars P J Voodrunen South Holland Illinois 1606 For sale five Fords and other second hand cars P J Van Diunen South Holland Ill 1606 R 2 Also iron safe inquire A C Reich real estate office Niverdale Illinois 368 Shade trees Vaughan Farm one mile west of Hazel Crest For sale logs for killing at retail Vaughan Farm west of Hazel Crest
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