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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1910
Page
5
Miss Alice Dorothy Anderson offers elocution and piano classes in Dalton and Riverdale. She seeks a few more students and invites interested people to call on any Saturday morning. Address 1415 Farragut Avenue Chicago.
A. Schm eidil announces a new arrangement with Ken Singston Bakery to handle their cake goods, expanding available options for customers.
Daniel Perry offers charter trips aboard the handsome new launch Iwonda for private outings along the river or lake. Enjoy scenic river views and a relaxed excursion on this vessel option.
The writer testifies Hayashi Kishi served four weeks in daily tasks including keys to the wine cellar and table provisioning. The teetotal, orderly family praises his diligence yet laments diminished subsistence, jokingly wishing another fool to hire him and relieve a white man of the burden.
San Francisco and California urge the Panama Pacific Exposition be awarded for 1915 at the canal opening. They tout the city, climate, site, and people, noting four million dollars raised in two hours and three and a half million extra since, with ten million more expected at a legislative session. The bid emphasizes West grit and Western hospitality as proof of a successful national celebration.
A practised lesson in greeting guests turns into a test of Maggie's social manners. After repeated attempts to open the door and present a card, Maggie finally earns Mrs. Brown's approval and rings the bell for a visitor, asking if she did it right.
Coming events note a fair at Dillner's Pavilion in Dalton from October 11 to 15 with a Sunday picnic at Riverdale Park. The piece honors a mother's virtues and memory, praising truthfulness, sobriety, and good domestic care.
The Pointer invites property owners to advertise for sale in this column and offers to match buyers. If you have property to list or seek to buy, send details to the column for potential connections and savings.
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