This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1927
Page
7
The famous Matterhorn in Switzerland presents a left flank ridge deemed unconquerable by experienced guides. It climbs from snow fields to about 13,000 feet and is topped by a cliff reaching the summit at 14,830 feet, a challenge climbers say may stay unmatched.
A U S Chamber of Commerce survey reports the prolonged miners strike in bituminous fields has caused minimal disruption to industry. Production in weak districts drops and rises. stocks total 2 million tons with 54 days' supply, raising questions whether future demand will be met by new output or existing inventories.
War department promotes Brig. Gen. Robert Alexander to major general. Engineers approve plans for a Mississippi River bridge at Quincy Illinois. St Louis and O Fallon rail valuation set at 810000 by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Treasury acts to stop bootleggers by ending half strength tincture of iodine formulas.
The Interstate Commerce Commission places a tentative $349,547,475 value on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and inventories the property at $579,679,283. Assistant Secretary Lowman announces 200 more guards will join Great Lakes border patrols to curb rum running.
The last government air mail route is handed to National Air Transport. Planes and mail on the Chicago to New York line were transferred to National at Cleveland.
Rock Island County Old Settlers names William P. Odendahl president as J B Oak leaf steps down. Edward Albert Glad elected grand commander of Illinois Knights Templar in Rock Island. Fire marshal probes a Waukegan blaze causing 500000 in damages. Cavalcade of notices from Decatur to Decatur, Nashville, St Charles and Joliet cover weddings, abductions, protests, and civic decisions.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.