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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1916
Page
4
Advertising rates listed for Reading Notices For Sale Wanted and other items. Communic ations should go to 13702 Indiana Avenue Riverdale Illinois. Cards of Thanks Memorial Poems Resolutions priced per line. Want ads show multiple pricing by line counts and issue numbers with cash accompanying each order.
The Republican candidate Walter G. Davis, born in McGregor Iowa, age forty five, resident of Chicago’s Ninth Ward for twenty two years, is a real estate and insurance businessman with a strong public service record as Calumet Town Collector and West Pullman Park District treasurer. The paper endorses him as clean upright and conscientious, urging voters to nominate and elect him on September 13.
11 000 acres of high class agricultural land in Big Horn and Yellow Stone counties Montana now open for settlement in 640 and 820 acre tracts on the main line of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railway Price ranges from ten to twenty dollars per acre Interested buyers write to G Peters 10917 Wabash Ave Chicago.
Advertisement seeks practical nurse for confinement cases. Contact Mrs M J Fahey at 1714 West 56th Street Chicago via Prospect 7819 for terms and inquiries.
Lone Tree Land Co of Lone Tree Iowa promotes farmland purchases. The firm notes 300 farms to select from and invites talks with farmers who moved there five years ago and achieved independence. Mention Pointer in writing.
Republican candidate Thomas Marshall appeals to Cook County Republicans for active support in the 1916 primary. He emphasizes merit over machine influence, cites prior service as First Assistant State’s Attorney in 1910 1911 and 1912, and urges voters to keep the prosecutor’s office free from political bosses.
Walter S Parker of La Grange runs as Republican for Representative to the General Assembly from the Seventh Senatorial district. He favors a shorter ballot and constitutional amendment to modernize the fundamental law. Mark a cross opposite his name in the September 13 primary.
Classified brief lists job ads from Chicago & Riverdale Lumber Co. for a boy, a young lady typist, a bill clerk, and 20 girls for Harvey cutting and dressmaking school with other domestic help positions. Also two rental notices: a farm house with two acres on Lincoln Avenue and a blacksmith shop building at Leyden and 138th, plus an eight room modern flat for rent at $15. Includes contact details for Mrs Wiegand Mrs TL Petersen Mrs L Hancock and W F Propper.
Property ads offer a 40 acre tiled farm near Oakglen Lansing with new buildings and utilities plus 13 1/2 acres in Dalton. Also 21 acre improved farm near Oak Glen and a 5 room cottage at 223 E 186th Riverdale. Several small farms wanted within 15 miles of Riverdale and a two story 10 room house on Calumet Ave Riverdale.
Mixed classifieds list items for sale including grapes corn tomatoes and a reed baby buggy. Found items include a gold stick pin and a gold band ring with owner to claim at 550 Lincoln Avenue Dolton. Also notes on furnished room for rent and various items for sale like an iron safe bicycle trunk and a 1912 Twin Indiana motorcycle with asking bargains. Several entries mention addresses and phone numbers.
Juplex Motor Car Company offers immediate delivery used cars in perfect mechanical condition from makes like Studebaker Buick Rambler Peerless Stoddard Dayton. Late models with electric starter and lights priced from 175 to 750 dollars. See them before you buy elsewhere. 14 S. Michigan avenue Roseland.
In a provincial English town an notorious fast-talking old maid refuses a peddler. He responds with a sharp retort that he only sells mouse traps and not muzzles, leaving her speechless and bested.
The New York Sun quotes a social settlement worker noting that such workers meet varied people and may know girls who do not giggle, highlighting perceptions in social circles.
The critic asked why Meissonier had no women in his paintings. He replied that women can paint themselves better than he can paint them, reflecting his humorous self view.
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