For Sale Items and Rentals From Local Listings
Multiple notices advertise real estate and rental offerings. F. Reich promotes Riverdale and Dalton properties with installments from $150 and up. A U Reich lists a high value Highlawn corner residence with utilities and trees. Vaughan advertises near 147th Panhandle tracks with $200 one third cash and other cheap secondhand houses. B P VanDampner offers young rabbit hounds from South Holland. Vaughan's Seed Store markets seeds tools and catalogs. Rentals include a 6 room lower flat with modern heat and a 7 room two story brick near Calumet river with 3 acres. Also 10 acres near Muskegon touted for fruit or poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlawn
South East Front
U. Reich
147Th
Panhandle Tracks
Camp
Vaughan
P. O
Chicago
Ill
Young Rabbit Hounds
B. P. VanDamnpner, Jr
South Holland
Harvey
Pointer
Calumet River
147Th Street
Taylor
Holland
Muskegon
S, Menard
Riverdale P, O
FOR SALE ITEMS IN LOCAL MARKET NOTICE
A collage of classifieds lists items for sale including a 1918 Twin Indian at a bar gain inquire Peter Ripley 3853 Chicago St Dalton a second hand store front Riverdale fur niture The Pointer office young team of horses Henry Gottschalk 23 J Homewood coat lost near South Holland initial J M return to Pointer office or John Shilling store Furnished rooms to rent 3w 138th street loverdate large hard coal stove wanted at The Pointer office
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Peter Ripley
Chicago St
Dalton
R. Hess
Indiana Avenue
Riverdale
Pointer
Salke
Henry Gottschalk
J Homewood
South Holland
J. M
John Shilling
South Lolland
138Th Street
Public Auction of Estate Properties in Riverdale
The undersigned will sell at public auction at the late residence of Mrs. Augusta Ultsch deceased at 188th street near Halsted Riverdale Saturday September 19 1914 starting at 1 p.m. The items include wagon buggy sugar beet box harness grindstone iron kettle paris green distributor plow seed drill hand cultivator and various household articles. Cash terms. Henry J Dillner guetioneer M Robert Weidner executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Ultsch
Halsted Street
Riverdale
Henry J. Dillner
Guetioneer
M. Robert Weidner
Colored man on trial jokes of hanging and bass singing
A Tennessee trial features a defendant who, when asked for remarks, quips that if he is hanged he will be the best bass singer in Tennessee. The remark is recorded in Everybody's Magazine as a moment of costly justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Tenneassee
Everybody’s Magazine
Ton Family Reunion Celebrates Largest Illinois Family
The Ton family held its annual reunion in Calumet Grove with about 300 attendees at 2 p.m. A business meeting, greetings from five states, and a family chorus marked the day. Totals show 670 members, 553 in the U.S. and 117 in Holland, with five marriages and seventeen births recorded. The Koster branch won the best attendance prize. Mr. and Mrs. Madderom were named longest-married couple. Officers for 1915 named Nellie Hartman president and John Koster vice president. Transportation moved crowds by auto to save time. Calumet Grove was chosen again for next year’s reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
T. Bagshaw
C.J. Ton
New Orleans
Richard G. DeYoung
Johanna Madderom
C. J. Ton
United States
Holland
Koster
Brennan
Martha Voss
Wichert
C. K. Madderom
C. Int
C. Inthout
Transportation Committee
R. J. Ton
Calumet Grove
South End
England and Kiao-Chau War Ethics Highlighted
The Indianapolis Star argues that an attack by Japan on the German garrison at Kiao-Chau would be murder, not war, given Japan's superior force. It blames Britain for allowing ally aggression and questions England’s moral duty if the move is England urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Kiao-Chau
Great Britain
England
Indianapolis Star
Signet Ring and Gimmel Wedding Ring Traditions
The text explains how signet rings and seals served as pledges in Bible era business deals. It also describes the Gimmel wedding ring as a two section ring exchange at marriage, with one half given to the bride and the other to the groom, a fashion seen at some modern weddings.
No More Panics Warns of Financial System Readiness
The Chicago Herald notes the smooth adjustment of the financial system to emergencies through a complete plan. It cites preparedness on the monetary front, an emergency currency law, and modern banking with Federal Reserve Board coordination to shield the country during and after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
Chicago Herald
Panhandle Northbound Schedule Details and Variations
The timetable notes a 9.45 a.m. to 7.43 p.m. service with a 1 minute difference for northbound trips. Saturday only returns at 2.20 p.m. to Oakdale, with Riverdale 134th Street sharing the same schedule minus the minute difference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale
Riverdale
134Th Street
Defendent Urged To Renew Dog License In Court
In a case for keeping a dog without a license the defendant interrupted evidence repeatedly. The clerk urged renewal or face a fine noting the license expired Jan 1. The defendant insisted the dog’s license also expired, prompting the court to insist on renewal.
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Harper’s Weekly
Origin Not to Be Traced
Outside Ulster the Irish are mainly of Celtic stock but their origin is lost in antiquity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster
Pat O'Brien Sought Water To Get A Pail In Flooded Yard
Pat O'Brien waded in flood waters around his home when the Little Wabash River rose, a neighbor in a boat nearby watching as Pat hunted for water to fill a pail with a long stick in hand. The scene captures a rural flood moment and the odd pursuit amid rising waters. A separate ad fragment promotes a pamphlet titled What Every Young Lady Should Know offering marriage guidance for 50 cents.
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Wabash
Lousées
Patrick O’brien
Pat
O’brien
Canada
Cosmo Co
Chicago
Pointer for Poets A Note on Stamps and Women Buyers
A short essay suggests that offering trading stamps with poets' works could boost female purchases. It argues incentives may attract more women to buy literary items and supports this with a general market idea.
Furniture For Sale By Owner In Riverdale Notice
On account of moving to Florida and to save freight costs, J. M. Deam offers bargain furniture including kitchen table, twelve dining chairs, three dressers, medicine cabinet, magazine stand, dining table, hall tree, music rack, two stands, bedstead, commode, Morris chair, two rugs, feather bed, Quackenbush rifle, ten dozen fruit jars. Located over Schwab's store Riverdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Morris
J. M. Deam
Schwab
Riverdale
Lincoln Chautauqua Opens Near Palmer Park
A Lincoln Chautauqua opens Monday afternoon September 14 at a waterproof electric lighted tent on 111th Street and Edgebrooke Avenue just north of Palmer Park. Over fifty musicians lecturers and entertainers perform daily through Saturday with season tickets for adults 1.50 and children 8 to 15 1.00. Solve The Million Dollar Mystery and win 10 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Riverdale
Andolph Street Raen Sr
Expresa
South Riverdale
North Ly
Randolph St
Toop
Chicago
Dalton
111Th Street
Edgebrooke Avenue
Palmer Park
Chautauqua
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John B. Kinney
Office of Publication
Cook County Press, Club
Fr Fis
Hown
A. ©. Reich
Vaughan’s Seed Store
W. Randolph St
Dearborn
Ton Family Reunion
Dolton
Western
Indiana
R. R
North Bound
Lincoln Chautauqua
South End Business Men’s Association
Fordtran Bros
Photographers of Everything
Leyden Ave
Chicago Heights
Blue Island
F. J. Higgins
Webster Bldg
LaSalle St
Richard E. Hoppe
Lincoln Avenue
Carl Wulfe
Dolton, Ill
WM. G. Zesgh
Midway
Leyden Avenue
Chauvacy Ave
Grand Crossing
Edward F. Dillner
Summer Garden
Chicago St. Dotton, Hil
Geo. Tuch
Indiana Ave
137Th Street
Grant Bros. General Machinists
Phone
Cor
138Th St
West 137Th St
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
H. W. Blocker
Kanawha Ave
Edward F. Fulford
Fred Dracula
Figsen
Chas, Mil. Kahn
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