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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1909
Page
4
The Business Men's Association will meet on the first Wednesday at 8 p m in A U O hall Dalton. Officers listed include President J Brookfelt Recording Secretary Frank O Beigold corresponding secretary Henry Hahn and treasurer O Obeldobel.
Riverdale Hose Company No. 1 meets the first Wednesday each month at the Hose House Highlawn with Fred Lud wig as president and Geo L Koehler as secretary and Herman Dreesen treasurer. G W Spencer Post No. 279 meets the 34th Friday at 2 p m at the Village Hall with Mrs Bertha Sprick as president and Mrs Cora Jenness as secretary. Dolton School Board meets the first Tuesday each month at 7 30 p m at Park Avenue School. Riverdale Board Directors meet the third Saturday each month at 7 30 p m at Bowen School.
Beginning next week at the Alhambra Theatre Bob Manchester presents Cracker Jacks a long running burlesque and extravaganza company. The season features forty performers including Billy Hart Frank Harcourt Lillian Vedder La Belle Alarie Ruby Leoni and Gibson Girls among others with daily matinees.
A dying Legionnaire in Algiers asks a comrade to tell his mother and sister of his longing for Bingen on the Rhine. The poem recalls battles, family ties, and the sacred sword, ending with a quiet moonlit battlefield scene at dusk. The column closes with an advertising note about property buyers in Dalton or Riverdale.
Henry C Ostermann president of Ostermann Manufacturing Company West Pullman spent three thousand dollars in Walla Walla Washington dispersing cash to strangers and bands, buying drinks for locals and tipping generously over a few days while touring with Mrs Ostermann and W M Brennan. He arrived from Chicago two months earlier and planned to return soon.
The column extols home life as a source of happiness through good cooking, neighborly courtesy, and earnest duty. It cautions against gossip, urges thoughtful spending, and emphasizes the value of intelligent friends and shared learning for children.
Transit timetable fragment lists times and routes from Riverdale with multiple stamps and codes. It includes morning and evening departures and stops labeled with numbers and letters, concluding with Meh's Special.
Scientific American describes a plastic slate mixture for treating large tree wounds. The compound blends coal tar with slate to form a putty like mass that seals cracks and adheres to wood metal and stone. Slate dust is produced by crushing slate for easier application and air tight sealing.
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