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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1915
Page
3
Chicago now has 400 000 telephones in service, about one per seven residents in a city of 2.5 million. The system covers city limits with large underground and aerial networks, operates 712 miles of conduit and 3 398 miles of duct, and employs 10 347 people including 5 600 operators.
The Chicago Telephone Company reports rapid expansion from 26,661 telephones in 1900 to 104,338 in 1905 and about 400,000 in 1910, with daily calls rising from 324,000 to 2,000,000 and annual originating calls from 108,000,000 to 607,450,000. The company was incorporated in 1881. its main building at 212 West Washington is a 20 story facility, and Bell Lines connect Chicago to 70,000 cities nationwide.
Illinois news brief recounts Homer Tice father of good roads legislation delivering the chief address at the Dixie highway celebration near Danville with Congressman Joseph G. Cannon and Kin Hubbard among speakers. A monster automobile parade preceded a banquet at the Elks club where State Senator Bailey acted as toastmaster.
A small man asks a haberdashery clerk if he may return a necktie not approved by the board. He is told return policy exists but is asked to identify who makes up the board. His wife and daughters claim they also serve as the auditing bureau and the committee on style.
Promotional note for Cuticura soap and ointment claiming relief for eczema rash itching and chafings in infants and children. Promises rest and speedy healing, offers free samples by mail with a booklet, and includes a Boston address for requests.
A terse exchange centers on evolving fruit ideas with a playful claim that the navel orange is a product of species-wide agitation about a fleet. The remark underscores humor in scientific framing and fruit evolution notions.
A wartime style promotional letter column extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women's ailments with three new testimonials from Mrs S T Richmond of Providence Rhode Island Mrs Maria Irwin of Peru New York and Mrs Jane D Duncan of West Quincy Massachusetts The piece ends with a humorous quip about a baseball game and a local judge.
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