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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
1
Riverdale trustees discuss audits of treasury books and wheel tax delinquency. They approve cement walk bids on 136th street, funding for gas main work on West 188th, and repairs on Wentworth viaduct. The board orders railroads to comply with closures within 30 days and considers a county bond issue for better roads.
An advertisement from the First National Bank of Dalton promotes combined private bank service and government security. It highlights a semi annual audit report by the bank's Auditing Committee and features officer titles CHAS. E. WATERMAN president JOHN SHILLING vice president HORACE HOLMES cashier ROBERT C. MILLER assistant cashier.
Twenty four Lutheran churches of the Missouri Synod mark the 400th anniversary of the Reformation on October 28 at the 7th Regiment Armory Wentworth Ave and 84th St. The program features 8:00 p.m German addresses and 7:45 p.m. English addresses with special music by a male chorus of 600 mixed chorus of 600 children chorus of 800 and a 50 piece band. You are invited.
A joint meeting of the American Railway Association car service committees called on every railroad to promote early shipment of Christmas packages by mail or express. About 1,000,000 soldiers in camps will receive packages averaging five pounds. The Post Office fixed November 15 as the last mailing day for soldiers and sailors abroad.
A collection of notices includes Lost or Stolen hunting dog with reward, a bicycle in weeds on Grant street, several for sale items such as a coal base burner heater a seven room cottage to be moved and a blacksmith shop building, and wants for base burner parlor heater. Contact details reference Gus Sebranim J A Pracht and The Pointer office with local addresses.
Miss Anna Kurz marks her eighth birthday with a private note of pride and future ambitions. Dalton public schools apply for a $100 Liberty Bond, urging each pupil to save one cent weekly from earnings. Mrs W J Wirtz hosts friends. Herman Zirzow travels to Peotone for his mother's illness. W C T U to meet Nov 1 at Mrs W F Waddell’s home. Herman Simnick’s Pullman car catches fire and is destroyed. Mrs Fred Berndt wins centerpiece at Emmanuel Church Ladies Aid raffle. Our Savior’s Church bazaar set for Nov 21 in the basement. Printing shop opening noted at The Pointer. Harwell Thompson to aviation corps. Wilmer Bonse, Karl Besemann, and Gus Biletski depart Camp Grant for Houston. Local delegates return from state labor convention in Joliet. George De Young, first white child born in Roseland, dies at 68. Ed rippe injured. foot crushed, hospitalized in Chicago Heights. Local unions invited to meeting at A O U W Hall with Jeff Davis addressing. Max Noothbaar appointed captain at Kensington station. Carl Schmidt ill. former barber and crossing watchman, hopes for recovery. Ladies Aid trip to Evanston to visit Mrs Ed Claussen. Liberty Loan drives surge locally with substantial company subscriptions and holidays in support.
The Pointer editor will send the paper free to soldiers and sailors from Riverdale Dalton South Holland Lansing and vicinity who join the service. In exchange readers should send a correct address and a uniform photo for possible publication.
A watchman named Berry was shot through the left lung at 1 a m while confronting six men attempting to break into a car on the Pennsylvania Ry just west of the S C tower in Riverdale. The robbers had set a brake shoe on the rail to halt a freight train. Berry was found by the train crew and taken to Blue Island hospital.
Miss Tillie DeVries daughter of C DeVries married Henry Grassa of Scottville Michigan at the Congregational church. They will live on Grassa’s Amber Michigan area farm. News notes include local guests, a Fair at St Mary’s school hall, aero plane sighting last week, Liberty Bond efforts, a infant death from diphtheria in Dalton, and community updates.
In fond memory of our beloved wife and mother Mrs Lydia Waterman who departed this life two years ago October 24 1815 Lusband and Children
We thank all who extended sympathy at the death and burial of our son Louis. Special thanks to Raymond and Monard Knapp for their kindness and to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ciona for their support.
Help wanted for a reliable steady young man to take orders and deliver for a Riverdale grocery and market. Apply at The Pointer.
The Sun condemns unfounded tales about Red Cross work and phantom sightings of alleged misconduct. It traces how such stories morph through hearsay and urges readers to stop spreading them while offering a five dollar prize for verified facts.
The Central Group of Bell Telephone Companies participates in the $5,000,000 Second Liberty Loan, including American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Associated Companies, and company employees. Subscriptions listed: Chicago Telephone 425,000, Michigan State Tel. Co. 150,000, Wisconsin Telephone Co. 100,000, Cleveland Tel. Co. 50,000.
In memory of our darling babies Louis Stickweh who would have turned two on Oct 22, 1917 and Lydia Stickweh who died Oct 28, 1918 from parents and brother. Gone but not forgotten.
Latest reports from South Dakota indicate unusual thermometer readings in recent days, with observers noting steady warmth across several counties and potential impacts on local farming and daily life.
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