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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1910
Page
4
G W Spencer Corps No 279 meets the 2a Friday at 2 PM and the 4th Friday at 8 PM at Riverdale Village Hall. President Mrs Emily Claussen and Secretary Mrs Dorothy Niemeyer are listed.
A columnist notes wives grow sensible and embrace hen parties when husbands dine at clubs. Modern wives host elaborate evenings with invitations, expensive dining and bridge, sharing companionship while husbands are away. The piece contrasts old mores with current domestic dynamics and socializing at home.
Mrs. Lariene Helen Baker of Spokane, Washington, reports to the AP on dire conditions for women and children across Europe. She cites Russian girl babies starving in Moscow foundlings, German and Austrian wage disparities, long hours for meager pay, and Scandinavian advances in schooling and parental self-governance. She notes a glimmer of hope as global brutality wanes and predicts future progress once men stop warring against women.
In Aldershot area a garden report notes a mass ambush of queen wasps drawn to a rhododendron with honeyed flowers. Fifty queens were killed in half an hour and more the next day, as gardeners pinched the blooms to stop the attack. Also a help-wanted notice for a second hand bicycle at H. Hahn's, 444 Lincoln avenue.
Willard A Warman of Melrose Park Illinois Republican candidate for Representative of the Seventh Senatorial District is a Chicago College of Law graduate. He works in the newspaper business as secretary and auditor of the Chicago Journal Co. Voters are urged to support him.
Has taken the agency for the Moline Plow company in this section. If you need plows wagons buggies trucks and related equipment see John Kickert in South Holland or call telephone South Holland 1016.
Captain Pinkham and fifteen crew members from the Westpoint survived six days adrift after their tramp steamer burned in the engine room on August 27. They were rescued by the Cunard steamer Mauretania after drifting in small boats. the group suffered hunger and cold but were saved in thirty eight minutes from discovery. Passengers of the Mauretania donated $450 for relief.
Gary Indiana residents propose annexation to form a single municipality of about 125000 people. Invited communities include Gary Hammond Indiana Harbor East Gary Hobart Miller s and Whiting. The plan revisits a spring annexation attempt previously overturned.
The page lists fragmented times and numbers under headings North and From Riverdale, including morning and evening intervals such as 4 44 a.m. 7.38 a.m. 11.58 am and 6 19 p.m. with various figures and a note Men’s Special. The OCR text shows erratic digits and partial entries without full context. The data appears to be transit or schedule listings with unclear destinations or services.
Saturday only and Sunday only buses run daily except Saturday and Sunday. No. 67 leaves 47th street at 5 57 a m arriving at South Holland at 6 45 a m.
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