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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1929

Page

8

Lansing Pairs Tie in Church Weddings and Local Social News

Miss Elinor Blank and Mr. Erwin Schultz wed at St. John's Lutheran with Rev. Harthun officiating and plan to reside in Chicago Heights. Clara Young and Melvin Vierk also married at St. John's parsonage and will reside in Lansing. Ladies' Aid groups hosted farewells and dances as Wm Lorenz family moved to Crete, with several residents receiving favors and attending banquets at St. Paul’s.

Elinor Blank Lansing Erwin Schultz Chicago Heights St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church H. H. Harthun Clara Young Wm. Young North Lansing Melvin Vierk Henry Vierk Sherman Street St. John’s Parsonage Vierk Ladies’ Aid Trinity Church Oak Glen Assembly Hall Wm. Lorenz Crete Bunco Gustave Bock Wm. Barkow Helen Lorenz Wm. Kraegel Geo. Jarnecke Methodist Ladies’ Aid John Schroeder Eliza Cochran Edna Ellsworth Thos. Mathieson Wm. Kragel Fred Lorenz

Burnham Illinois Seeks Amateur Baseball Teams 1929 League

Burnham Department of Community Recreation invites entries for a 1929 baseball league for amateur players aged 18 to 25. The league promises a steady season, clear rules, good officiating, fast clean play, and trophies at season end. apply to Lyle W. Munson, Burnham Illinois.

Burnham Department of Community Recreation Lyle W. Munson Department of Recreation Burnham Illinois

Fortune Telling Room and the Self Made Tax Oracle

A humorous note reflects on a man who, under the income tax law, must act as his own fortune teller. The piece satirizes self reliance and bureaucratic fate in a personal finance context.

Bird House Contest at South Holland Ends with Auction

The Isaac Walton League Bird House Contest displays clever, artistic houses in the old bank building. All entries of cottage, bungalow, log cabin and colonial styles will be auctioned at the village hall Friday night April 26 at 7 30. Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday April 28.

Isaac Walton League Bank

Robbery at Roseland Haberdashery on Michigan Avenue

Last Tuesday morning at 9 30 two well dressed young men robbed Aseison's haberdashery 11182 Michigan avenue. They demanded cash but found no money as the proprietor had banked it. Three workers Ed die Saldecki Aserson and Steve Bezyak were bound in the wash room while a colored man and Ray Coughlin were made to sit in a corner. They fled in a Packard with sixteen suits sweaters neckties and more. Eddie was warned to hand over money and warned others as the robbers escaped.

Aseison Aserson Steve Bezyak Ray Coughlin Eddie Herbert

Free My Own cream with permanent wave at Mathiel shop

During the next two weeks Mathiel beauty shop at 11501 Michigan Avenue offers a free jar of My Own cleansing cream to every woman who gets a My Own permanent wave. The wave is described as the croquignole wind.

Mathiel Beauty Shop Michigan Avenue Mathiel

Weekend Screenings and Serials at the Tremor

Friday features Georges Sidney and Hersholt in Give and Take plus The Collegians. Saturday shows Hoot Gibson in Clearing the Trail and William Desmond in The Mystery Rider. first chapter of a thrilling serial and a comedy. Sunday presents Naughty Baby with Alice White and Jack Mulhall. a lively laugh a minute. April 30 to May 2 program notes.

George Sidney Jean Hersholt Collegians Hoot Gibson Wild Riding Cowboys William Desmond George Morgan Alice White Jack Multhail

Epic Old South stage production dazzles audiences

A grand stage epic promises thrills and drama with picturesque plantation days. Twelve star principals lead a large cast in a production costing $2,000,000. An unforgettable family treat with admission 15 and 35 cents.

Riverdale Theatre Shows Harry Carey and Dix Features

Saturday marks Harry Carey in Burning Bridges along with News Fables and The Tiger's Shadow. Sunday offers Buddy Rogers and Mary Brian in Some One to Love. May 1 shows Richard Dix in Warming Up as the gruest baseball picture to date. Dix is at his best.

Harry Carey Buddy Rogers Mary Brian Richard Dix Dix

The Barker at State Theatre with Sills and Mackaill

At the State Theatre Michigan Ave and 110th Pl the Barker stars Milton Sills and Dorothy Mackaill as a major feature running April 25 27. The Wolf Song with Lupe Velez and Gary Cooper follows April 28 with sound effects. The jungle mystery Stark Mad and The Collegians playlets run April 29 May 1 with further acts.

Michigan Ave Milton Sills Dorothy Mackaill Lupe Velez Gary Cooper Lupe Mexico Stark Mad the Collegians

W R C No 279 Meeting and Local Events

The W R C No 279 shifts its next meeting to Friday May 10 instead of May 3. The Pirates hold a Novelty Dance at Dalton Village Hall on April 27 with Royal Collegians providing music. St Pauls Sunday school hosts a dance on April 27 1929 at 8 15 pm. Intermediate grades of St Pauls Lutheran school present an entertainment May 3 at 8 pm with tickets 25c adults 25 children 15.

W. R. C. No. 279 Pirates Dalton Village Hall Royal Collegians St. Paul’s Church St. Paul’s Lutheran School

Stage Band Benefit At Dalton Theatre For Legion Band

The newly formed Paul Gall Post 308 American Legion band will present a musical review at the Dalton theatre on May 8 9 and 10. Admission 50 cents for adults 25 cents for children. Tickets available from band members Hausmans or the Dalton post office. Proceeds fund instruments for the band. public cooperation urged.

Paul Gall Post No The American Legion Dalton Theatre Hausmans Dalton Post Office Legion Band

Onion seed notice with payment offer and boarders wanted

We offer yellow Strausburg onion set seed and will take onion sets this fall in exchange. Payment is 15/16 bar screen. Seeking set crates. T. T. Gouwens & Co. contact Harvey 6731 or 484 Harvey 6738W. Also advertising board and room for rent at 13704 Indiana Avenue Riverdale $10 per week.

T. T. Gouwens & CO Harvey Indiana Avenue Riverdale

In the Ring A Portrait of Struggle and Shadows

A fragmentary reflection on personal conflict and social tension. Some resist with effort, others retreat into self appointed differences, while daily life becomes a series of guarded, shadowed exchanges. The text suggests inner battles and public misperceptions shaping behavior.

In Memoriam Bertha Poeplau Tribute

A memorial note remembers Bertha Poeplau who died seven years ago on April 27, 1922. The note is signed by a loving husband and children expressing enduring love and remembrance.

Bertha Poeplau

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