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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1926
Page
8
Lansing and Oakglen plan sewers after a special meeting awarded to J. J. Dunnegan Construction Co. of Chicago for 1 158 579.70. Work starts within a month and should run about 15 months as housing remains tight. The piece notes local business openings and residents traveling, with various social updates.
Black of Chicago Heights and Mr and Mrs Geo Swanke of Florida, friends of the Ward family, stopped in Lansing early Monday while traveling from Roseland and formerly living at 16 E Ridge Rd to say hello. Mrs Sophia DeMik moves to a new home on Indiana Ave Oak Glen after 19 years on a Bloom Township farm.
Mr and Mrs John Hoogewoning welcome a daughter born July 27. Rev and Mrs Isaac Couwenhoven and baby from Tracy Indiana visit their parents for several weeks. Mr Henry H Anker visits his brother in Chandler Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Chris Jonkman of Corsica South Dakota visit the Jonkman family and relatives. Wm Brouwers and Tunis Holleman families spend a few days at the Dells Wisconsin. Mrs John Kappe returns to Denver after weeks here for her son’s illness.
Specialville social news highlights a Sunday gathering with Mr. and Mrs. James Gorman and Mr. and Mrs. O Brien from Oak Park visiting Pat Daley and his mother. Builders file five permits last week signaling ongoing construction. light poles delivered as improvements near start within a month. Mrs Sara McLeod hosts luncheon with guests from Homewood Chicago Roseland. Chas Thompson hosts sixteen ladies dancing with prizes and luncheon. all attendees enjoy the day.
The undersigned will sell her entire household goods at public sale on Saturday August 7 at Oak Glen Illinois on the Thornton Road two blocks west of Torrence Avenue. Mrs Carl Rose proprietor James Gouwens auctioneer. Sale runs from noon to 2 PM.
The Blue Valley Creamery Institute cites Prof. A. G. Phillips that Mediterranean breed hens with white ear lobes lay white eggs while red ear lobes indicate brown or tinted eggs. The rule reportedly holds across Leghorn Ancona and related breeds.
Report describes snow figures buried under fresh avalanche hearing every spoken word from seekers, while their own shouts fail to pierce the thick snow. Experts note acoustic anomalies but offer no definitive explanation for the phenomenon.
A Boston Transcript note cites Charles Lamb with the line The fear of Yl exceeds the ill we fear as a pithy saying. The remark appears in one of his essays and is attributed by the paper.
More than thirty million eggs reached England from South Africa during the last quarter of 1925 in new laid condition.
The Riverdale Theatre presents The Sea Beast tonight and Hands Across the Border tomorrow with Fred Thomson and Silver King. Sunday features Irene Rich in Compromise with a dramatic town wreck and stampede scene. Aug 11 to 12 showcases Zane Grey’s Born to the West with Jack Holt and co stars.
Saturday features Ani ue in The Masquerade Bandit with Laughing entertainment and Pathe Review. Sunday Corinne Griffith stars in Mile. Modiste with a triumph beyond style. Tuesday and Wednesday August 10 and 11 Conway Tearle presents The Sporting Lover, a thrilling screen story.
The Lincoln Fields track near Crete will begin a month of racing on August 9 with the plant fully ready. Marshall Field Jr., vice president of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club, plans to ship several of his thoroughbreds from New York to establish a western division at Crete.
The Board of Education of School District 148 Dalton Illinois invites bids to re cement joints on water tables, repair the chimney, install a solid cement coping, and reset stone caps atop roof ventilators. Bids must be received by August 10 1926 at 8 PM. The district may reject any bid. W H Baker secretary.
After a Chicago conference with most good roads authorities, Detroit officials and Lincoln Highway Association leaders predicted an early extension of the Wayne County system to the Chicago district. Experts said high speed intercity routes would require wide lanes gentle grades and minimal curves, with speeds possibly near fifty miles per hour on some sections.
Auerbach notes that harboring hatred and animosity corrupts the soul, making one irritable gloomy and prematurely old. The quote underscores how negative feelings erode happiness and vitality.
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