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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1928
Page
2
The Lutheran church at 1338th St and Leyden Ave announces Sunday services in German at 10 am with Lord's Supper and a 9:30 preparatory service. Sermon texts focus on Isa 48 17 18 and the gospel of justification by faith by Pastor W. J. Kemnitz.
Corner Sheridan and Grant Streets invites worshippers to attend German service at 9 a.m. and English service at 11 a.m. Sunday School starts at 10 a.m. A class for everybody. Pastor Wm. Kreis extends a friendly welcome and promises simple services and spirited singing.
Our Savior's Church of Riverdale invites all to 188th and Wabash for 10 30 a m worship and 9 30 a m Sunday School. Luther League hosts a campfire service on Aug 7 at Riverdale Forest Preserve with a wiener roast and songs. Lawn festival on Aug 15 features picnic lunch at 6 pm, games and ice cream. Pastor Rev Edw A Voorhees broadcasts on WMAQ Aug 13 18 at 7 30 am.
Sunday School session at 9 45 a m marks Missionary Day as Elizabeth Robinson, a church member and Epworth League participant, gains international fame by winning the Amsterdam Olympic title. Elizabeth joined the church Easter 1927 with Sunday School Picnic memory. Morning worship at 11 a m led by a Moody Bible Institute student. Public invited.
A well attended Vacation Bible School at Our Savior's Lutheran Church concluded with a pageant titled Just Suppose presented by the Junior Intermediate Department. The 7:30 pm Sunday show set in India depicted a wary American missionary’s conversion to Foreign Missions work with cast members including Pauline Werner Thelma Coursey Ruth Mullen Rose Baumgartner and others.
The article notes stain removal from bricks is difficult as soot penetrates brick pores. It mentions dilute muriatic acid or gasoline as possible methods but implies removal is not reliably achieved.
The new air mail postage is five cents for the first ounce and ten cents for each additional ounce or fraction. Domestic rates drop from two dollars to ninety five cents for air mail packages. Items may be registered insured or C O D by air mail and carry under fifty pounds. Distinctive stamps are recommended though not required.
The Forest Preserve Commissioners seek public input on maintenance and development of the preserves. They list numerous outing sites such as Northwestern Park Lincoln and Dempster St Paul Park and more across Cook County. Citizens are urged to send suggestions to Room 547 County Building.
The reindeer industry shows promise for Alaska but is unsuitable for any U S region. Grazing is limited to Arctic areas and the Biological Survey studies feed resources, management practices, and diseases affecting reindeer.
Ancestry of the chow dog is linked to China in northern regions and has developed over many years. The breed shows general traits of today’s specimens and likely traces back to Arctic dogs, notably the Eskimo lineage.
Flossmoor hosts Summer Theatre at the Community House directed by Ivan Lazareff. The Chicago Art Theatre Professional Co presents Dickens The Cricket on the Hearth on Aug 9 10, Kelly The Torch Bearers on Aug 16 17, Sketches of Russian and American Life on Aug 23 24, Ostrovsky The Marriage of Balzaminoff on Aug 30 31. Season tickets 5.00 general admission 1.50. Contact Chicago Art Theatre 410 South Michigan Ave Chicago Wa bash 5773.
A special committee and Harvey Chamber of Commerce sewer group seek Chicago sanitary district trunk lines to serve Harvey and nearby towns. They plan to petition the sanitary board for high capacity sewers with local laterals funded by residents. The full system previously estimated over 1 million dollars was voted down, and officials pursue a roughly half-cost plan.
The earliest English shorthand treatise marks words by characters. Tim othy Bright M D. published Characterie to show short swift and secret writing. The ancients used shorthand for secrecy and brevity, with ties to Cicero’s freedman Tiræ.
An old party quip in Thrift Magazine notes that politics will not ruin a venture yet asserts a country cannot be run without politics. Cash Muller, the cigar store philosopher, argues the public must understand what outrages them to respond.
The African elephant has very large ears and tusks in both sexes with a convex forehead. The Asiatic or Indian elephant has smaller ears and tusks only on the male, with a less convex forehead.
A catalog style display lists toothpastes mouth washes face powders and powders from brands like Listerine Forhan's Kolynos Pebecco Luxor Marinello and Coty plus powders talcs and perfumes. It notes tennis balls Wilson golf balls and cigarettes with carton prices and advertises availability at Kettlers.
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