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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1925
Page
8
The City of Calumet City seeks a five installment special assessment for lead water service pipe construction in Price and Gordon Streets. A final hearing on Docket Calumet City No. 160 will be held September 14, 1925 at 10 a.m. in Cook County Court.
Docket No 162 provides that the city ordered grading paving curbing and drainage work along Gordon Street from 152nd Street to 153rd Street and related roadway enhancements as part of the municipal project.
The City of Calumet City seeks special assessment for paving grading and drainage on Gordon Street from 153rd to 154th Streets plus alleyways and parkways. Work includes concrete curbs pavement vitrified tile sewers eight inches, catchbasins and manholes, expansion joints, and six percent interest on ten annual installments. Final hearing set September 14 1925 at 10 a.m. in Cook County Court.
A golfing fiend notes bluntly that the pessimist spots the sandtrap while the optimist spots the hole, reflecting a playful view of golf hazards and opportunity.
The City of Calumet City seeks a local improvement by grading paving and drainage on Price Avenue from 152nd to 157th streets and related streets. A six percent annual special assessment is proposed. Final hearing set for September 14, 1925, at 10 a.m. in Cook County Court. Objections may be filed before then. Dated August 27, 1925. 160 N LaSalle Street.
A scientist describes the lizard’s 10,000,000 year journey to becoming a snake as the greatest waste of time on record. The remark frames evolution as a lengthy, dramatic transformation.
Docket Calumet City 161 reports tile pipe house sewer construction on Price and Gordon Streets in Calumet City Cook County Illinois. The court will hear objections September 15 1925 at 10 o clock a.m. in the County Court to assess costs per benefits. Dated August 27 1925.
Swinging through oak country, woodpeckers drill hundreds of holes in a utility pole and insert acorns. Rain swells the acorns causing cracks that let water in and rot the pole. The result is thousands of dollars in damage with no remedy available yet.
New York reports a pledge by about a score of influential men to fight rising crime through a permanent national crime commission. Headquarters will open in New York with violence crimes as the initial focus. Elbert H. Gary may head the commission, with an executive committee and a nominating slate chaired by George W. Wickersham.
A historical note argues the potato's global spread began with American adoption rather than Irish credit. It traces the vegetable to Peru origins and notes its early cultivation along the North Atlantic coast by early explorers.
A humorous remark suggesting that being too handsome should warrant a group picture of the subject. The quip implies admiration and playfully questions if one person can contain so much allure.
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