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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1922
Page
4
Display advertising costs listed for the first page 15¢ per line. Ads require cash to insure publication. Display plate matte 30c per single column inch. Any composition 40c per inch, special position 60c per inch. Church notices free for services and social meetings. Entertainments and suppers for gain 10c per line. Card of thanks memorial notices resolutions 10c per line.
A reflection on American politics urges fewer hand shakers and more hay shakers. The piece notes Turks may consent to massacre Greeks and Armenians only during daylight hours and a Sunday afternoon, while voters prepare for November 7 amid price concerns and rising transport costs. It contrasts old horse travel with modern car speeds and traffic danger.
An October wedding invite prompts pleasure yet gifts raise concerns. Married readers recall generous pre wedding presents that aided early building years while ornamentals may misfit frugal homes. Advises asking the bride’s family for preferred items to ensure useful, welcomed gifts.
Public Health Column discusses the Veterans Bureau running thirteen tuberculosis hospitals for World War I veterans and urges stronger child health measures. It notes blood pressure norms by age, announces James Minnick resignation from Chicago Tuberculosis Institute and his move to Drexel Life Insurance, with Mrs. Theodore Sachs succeeding him, and ends with a quip on Europe debts and road hogs on highways.
County Treasurer P. J. Carr announces a new department of experts who will offer free guidance to delinquent taxpayers. The program aims to reduce worry by clarifying steps to recover property without cost. Tax sales do not transfer title, and redemption remains possible within two years.
A family of nine, the Hargots from Chicago moving to Plymouth, was struck by a fast Pennsylvania train at a crossing near Valparaiso last Sunday October 8. Seven members died including Mrs Harriet Hargot and children Raymond Irene Richard Susan Margaret Edmund and Rene Jr. Rene Sr. and Jr. barely escaped. Mr. Hargot, a former Chicago printer, saved his son by flinging him clear as the stalled car was hit. The other relatives perished. Also noted is a separate report of a coal industry strike causing a loss of 1 190 000 000 and remarks by J G Bradley on the National Coal Association.
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